The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-12


The platform OF the Baltimore Convention
the work Of the radicals-tells Abraham Lin
coin that his Cabinet ID poor. yea, . very
poor, concern, and needs . considerable
amount Of patching, and that he cannot too
soon. proceed to this wholesome work OF
reconstruction.
The official heads demanded BY the radicals
arc those Of Mr.. Seward. Secretary Of State;
Mr.. Montgomery Blair, OF Maryland, Post
master General; Mr. Bates, OF Missouri, Attor-
ney General, aud, last and least, Mr.. Welles. Of
the Navy Department, or old Grandfather Rip
Van Wrinkle Welles, a. he Is sometimes called.
Mr.. Seward, as Secretary of State, has been IN
extremely obnoxious character to the Chase
school Of radicals from the beginning He has
been such trimmer on the slavery question.
such temporizcr with secession, such cring-
Ing apologist and submisslonist TO England and
France In reference to our foreign relations,
that II is hardly matter for establishment that
the Chase radicals should determine among
themselves to exterminate him. His unpardon-
able offences, however, are to be found in his
political intrigues with such party thimble-
rggers IS Thurlow Weed, whereby Mr..
Seward. In finding himself outaanked for tie
succession by Secretary Chase, went over to
the camp Of Old Abe, and thus completely
outHaukcd bis ambitious financial chief clerk
and his disappointed retainers. Next to these
offences OF Mr.. Seward In their gravity is his
very serious offence Of having played the igno.
BILE part Of dunkey to Louis Napoleon on the
Mexican question. The Baltimore Convention
resolutions, 10 reatlrming tho Monroe doctrine,
demand the removal Of Dir. Seward, and before
long he will probably have to come under the
guillotine.
AS for Postmaster General Blair, and Major
General Blair, and the old man Of all, Lieuten-
ant General Blair, In assuming to take into their
own especial charge and keeping Old Abe, his
administration, tho war; the negro question,
the division Of the spoils, the State OF Missouri,
the State OF Maryland, and the Presidential
succession in the bargain, they were cutting it
entirely too at,,and they have. or very soon
will have, their reward. They have domineered
it over Old Abe to his hearts content, until he
had become afraid Of them; and he really
ought to be thankful that the Baltimore Con
vention has come TO bis relief, in not only
advising him, but in pegemptorily instructing
him, to turn adrift all the Blairs--all this dog
NAUTICAL and dictatoriai and consequential and
outrageously presumptuous Blair family. Let
it. then. be done, beginning with the Postmaster
General Blair and his tme-seEving Missouri
man. old Mr.. Bates, and ending in the cut direct
to the father OF the tribe the veteran bellgerent
Blair, Of Silver Spring.
But how 10 Grandfather Wcises, entangled
among these men Of the Cabinet black list,
marked for execution? We cannot exactly de-
fine; but II is said that, as Mr. Welles was put
into the Cabinet and is kept il by Vice Presi-
dent Hamlin, the Baltimore Convention deter
mined tina. Hamlin himself, for this offence,
should be cast overheard. II is eimos, too
much to hope for; but still, when this inovita-
bic break up of Old Abe's Cabinet bcglns, i.
may not end short OF the removal OF old Mr..
Welles back to Connecticut, with aeomfortable
plum. Let the curtain. be raised, and let the
play begin. Anything for change in THE I'M
beetle and torpid administration. Let VS. have
q shaking up Of its dry bones. and anything for
. change.