The New York herald., 1865-01-24

Afterwards Gold tended upward At the opening, but
closed weak ut 199H.
The Next Presidency-The Money Quss-
tion and tho Monroe Doctrine-Mr.
Seward again Looming mp In the Fore
ground.
1t is generally expected that, with the inau-
term, there will be some notifications Of his
domestic and foreign policy, and at least q
partial reorganization of his Cabinet adapted
to the present condition of things, and the new
and important duties which lie before him. It's
generally understood that Mr.. Fessenden is
merely awaiting the convenience of the Exc
cutive in the appointment Of a new Secretary
Of the Treasury; that this appointment will not
be delayed beyond the 4th of March, and that
it will probably exert powerful inf uence in
determining the administration programme
and candidate for the Presidential succession.
In this connection, whatever may be the
reconstruction of our Presidential parties for
1863 and whether limited to two parties or
extended to half dozen, ii is manifest that the
money question and the Monroe doctrine will
be the ruling issues Of the day. II needs no
elaborate array Of facts and figures to establish
the primary Importance Of tho money question,
and the advantages or misfortunes which will
accrue to the party in power from its manage
ment of our national finances in the interval
to the next Presidential election. The slavery
question before that day will cease to be an
element of discord or agitation; for in the
meantime, through an Amendments of the con-
stitution, this bone Of party contention. sec
tional animosities and civil war, will be removed
from the country. 1t will be superseded by
the money question, and, perhaps, by the revo-
lutionary pressure Of a sweeping financial con-
vulsion. We are approaching the end of the
rebellion; but the current necessities Of the
war still demand more heavy loans or more
Treasury notes. The city of New York, which
has thus far been the main reliance of the gov
ernment for the snews of war, must still
supply them. Independently, therefore, Of all
party considerations, it is essential to secure a
Secretary of the Treasury whose experience
shall command the confidence and cooperation
Of our banks and capitalists in his financial
Upon this point we cannot doubt the con-
currence of President Lincoln. What man,
then, of all the probabilities named, Ia best
adapted for and most likely TO secure this posi-
ton? Not mere theorist, we should say, like
Mr.. Boutwell,; nor a man of one idea, like Mr..
Thaddeus Stevens; nor haphazard experiment
alist in visionary spsculations, like Mr.. Robert
j. Walker; but practical man Of business and
of useful experience in financial affairs Such
. man, Ex-Governor Morgan, of New York,
now one Of our Senators in Congress, we arc
grati6ed to believe, is the very man most likely
to be next placed In charge Of the NATIONAL
Treasury. From his long, useful and suocessinI
experience a. Now York merchart. he po.-
sesses, in high degree, the confidence Of our
banks, capitalists and business men, and that
intimate knowledge Of our financial and com
mcrcial affairs 80 essential TO the success Of
heavy Treasury acquisitions in this quarter.
Assuming, therefore, that his superior qualfca-
lions for the Office, at this crisis, will secure him
The appointment indicated, we reach the fist
link of chain of political combinations which
extend to the next Presidency.
With the retirement of Mr. Morgan from the
Senate there will be a vacancy to be filed in
that body; with his entrance into the Cabinet,
Mr. Seward will recognize the propricty of
Withdrawing, in Difference TO the established
idea that there ought not TO be two Cabinet,
members ut the same time from the same state.
Who, then, shall take the place Of Mr.. Morgan
in the Senate and what is to be done with Mr.
Seward! There are several outstanding or
hold-over republican candidates for the Senate;
but we consider them all eclipsed by the
mere announcement that the venerable Thur
not hesitate, If offered, TO avail himself of the
opportunity of rounding up his industrious
political career in the United States Senate.
And why mott Ia there q man in all the coun-
try more thoroughly skilled in all The arts and
mysteries Of legislation than Thurlow Weeds
Not one. Who can estimate the value of such
q man to the administration in the Senate
in detecting the schemes of the lobby? He
evidently has the control Of the State Legisla-
ture, and so we may set down Mr. Weed for
the present place of Senator Morgan.
This brings us TO the main question-where
is Mr. Seward TO got Where else, but to Eng
land, TO relieve Mr.. Adams, our Minister at Lon
don't But Is not Mr.. Seward tcmporzer on
the Monroe doctrine No. We grant that ap-
pearances are against him; but appearances are
often deceptive. President Lincoln has ad-
hcred 10 the principle Of one war at time.
lie has been, therefore, and is, tolcrating, but
only tolcrating, the new Franco-Germanic en-
pire in Mexico. The day Of toeration, however,
is drawing to close with the closing scenes
of the rebellion. Mr.. Seward, IL transferred
to England, will go there as the messenger, cx-
FOUNDER and champion Of the Monroe doc
trine From his long and distinguished career
as the head and front of the anlislavery move
mcnt Of the North, on the stump and in The
Senate, and especially from his learned and
volumnous diplomatic correspondence as Sec
-st.r,, oc c,ata during fhis war Mr. gcSuard M