The New York herald., 1866-05-30

to in connection with the whole, will bear Mr..
Spinner's construction, Notwithstanding Mr..
McCulloch and the Comptroller OF the.Cur-
rency entertain the same opinion ~ he enter
tains This, however, is an important matter,
and the sooner 1t Is decided by proper judi
cial authority the better. We have here an
other proof of what We have repeatedly said
that the whole national bank system is loose,
wrong and fraud upon the people. The act
ought to be repealed forthwith and sounder
system established. a m
The CaDinot-Mr. seward's Golden Op.
portunity.
OF all the plans Of reconstruction submitted
in Congress or suggested to the Committee Of
Fifteen from members Of either house or
from outside volunteers the plan suggested by
General Ben Butler, in one essential at least
is the best We refer to . reconstruction Of
the Cabinet He makes this the corner stone
OF his plan, and very good corner stone 1t is
for any kind Of structure that may be desired.
1t Is somewhat singular, too. that in this pro-
position, so manifestly to the point and the
purpose, General Butler, among the great body
Of Union reconstructors laboring to tighten the
burden Of Congress, should stand without q
supporter. The remorseless radical leader,
Thaddeus Stevens, who proposes to turn gov
crnment, society and everything else upside
down, seems to entertain the idea that one-half
the existing Cabinet, at least, will serve his
purpose. Senator Doolittle, conservative,
proposes to do nothing with it, and Senator
Salisbury, copperhead, has nothing to say
agains.. II The special vocation Of The spe-
ciai organ Of the urn Of Seward, weed and
Raymond seems TO be the retention of Mr..
Seward in his place, while, on the other hond,
even Greeley has learned to deal tenderly with
him, upon the principle of Honest Abraham
Lincoln, perhaps, that "it is dangerous to swap
horses while swimming flooded stream"
We hold, with General Ben Butler, that we
cannot have perfect scheme Of reconstruction
without reconstruction Of the Cabinet We
guess that President Johnson entertains the
same idea. But only look at the position in
which he stands. Messrs. Seward, Stanton and
Welles, for exampl,, "have done the State
some service, and they know it," and the Pres
ident cannot forget it. They do not permit
him to plead even the plea Of incompasibility
of temper. If he says the cloud of discord
which overhangs the Capitol is like camel,
Seward responds, "by the mass, it is camel"
If his Excellency thinks it like weasel, STAN
ton, with wink at Stevens, says "it is backed
like weasel" And yet again, II the puzzled
Andrew johnson says"o like whale" Grand
father Welles, punching his staff upon tire
floor, exclaims "very like whale" 1t is the
old story of old Polonius, the fawning courtier,
over again, and the good natured President
cannot find it In his heart to turn such faithful
servants adrift upon the cold charities Of the
world.
But still new Cabinet Il demanded for the
new dlspensation. Nor con Mr.. Seward bc
ignorant Of the fact that Mr.. Johnson must
desire a new Cabinet, Cabinet Of his own
choosing, fresh from the people and upon the
living issues Of the day. 1t would be grsS6-
ful and grateful act OF courtesy and dccorum
on the part Of Mr.. Seward, therefore, upon the
score Of his long and exhausting public ser
vices, to put in she plea Of a desire to appro-
pirate the evening of bis days in the seques-
tered waiks of private lifcy and that, according-
ly, with the best wishes fer the success Of the
general policy of tho administration, he feels
constrained 70 withdraw from the neveScnding
but still Increasing correspondence Of tic State
Such a lstter froa Mr.. Seward we think Gt
need not be Iong) would be acceptable stthis
crisis to the administration and to the country.
A proceeding of this character on the part Of
Martin Van Buren, Of New York, as Secretary
OF State under Andrew jackson, was the max.
ing of that Secretary. There was trouble in
the Cabinet. He saw and appreciated the
Presidents difficulty and magnanimously came
TO his relief by q retiremsnt which constrained
all his Cabinet colleagues to fellow his exam
pie. We have now, as then, President from
Tennessee and Secretary Of State from New
York and discordant Cabinet, with Thad-
deus stevens, the Marplot, Sat tie other end of
the avenue" instead OF Calhoun. The time
and the circumstances now invite Mr.. Seward
to repeat the experiment of Van Buren. II
has become Q necessary step to a new and
naImOuiOub OuuAutt iN uAhce ouu kEeCctui
process Of reconstruction and . new Cabinet
has become necessary to the success Of the uev
policy of President johnson.
We commend in this view 10 the special
attention Of Mr.. Seward that brilliant coup
detat OF Martin Van Buren,, ss General Jack
sons Secretary OF State, which upset Calhoun
and his faction and clothed the Little Magi-
clan" with the mantle Of "Old Hickory" as the
heir apparent for the succession This Is bit
of that philosophy Of history which teaches BY
example and it indicates to Mr. Seward his
golden opportunity.
Arrival of Another Cholera Laden Vessel.
Dr. swinbume yesterday received she following report
from Dr. b sell, Deputy Health onacer ss the Lever
Quarantine:--
The British steamship Union from Liverpool has jn~t
rived She lost on the passage thirty thfse mos q them ny
cholera Passage sixteen days and half We scnding
convaeeccns In the hospital 20 the Saratoga and win