, 1866-05-18
FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1866.
mR. SEWAEf q.

Washington correspondent OF the Charleston |
Courier. who has managed to hold the posi- |
ton Of T. s. Minister to Portugal durinE 1hs |
post five years. At the date of his appoint
ment In 1851 hc was oiliciattng rs reporter for
the New York Tribune, and the Charleston |
paper aforesaid. During his connection with
the former jourDsl, ,he had lost no opportunity |
TO put in a good word for Mr.. Seward, who,
wliatcycr else may be said of him, always
takcs good care OF the newspaper gentlemen
who blow ms Il ru1ur rtts Upon hls accession
to oillce he lost no tune In opening the
good things Of the s.ate Department to
them. He sent Harvey to Portugal, Btsclow
10 Paris, Thnyor to Egypt, Pike to the
Hague, uni some smaller fry In journalism to
other plrces; and upon the discase Of Mr..
Dayton he appointed Mr.. Dlse1ow Minister,
although it Is held in Europe to lie uodiplo-
matte 10 make minister Of consul.
Mr.. Harvcy had scarcely reached Lisbon
Wien II was discovered. IN overhnuling the
Telegraph dispatches Ut Washington, that ne
had sent dispatch to Charleston, warning
The rebels iu advance OF the proposed expo
di,ion tu relieve Fort Sumter His recall was
demanded by the unanimous voice Of the
loyal press ind people. Mr. Harvey replied
that his dispatch was seut with the full
knowledge and authority OF the Secretary
OF State. Since he was allowed to re-
tnin his position. there can be 40
doubt That he told the truth. Senator Wade
aillrms that, upon investigation. he iound the
facts 10 he us stoted ny Mr. HarSey. Ihe
public, nevertheless, are as tar from be1n; re.
concilcd 10 the sending Of the despatch as
they were when II W2s tlrst dug ont lit was
wrong for Mr. Harvey, mere newspaper re-
porter, to send the despatch, 1t was sill more
wrong for the Secretary Of State 10 authorize
him to do so.
This ili-omencd pair. Harvey aud Seward,
are again before the public-ile former hsv-
Ing written letter, or despatch, to the lat
ter, recommending the President 10 elect
Congress from the Capitol, and the latter
having allowed 1t To be published Mt. Rev.
crdy johnson, who is supposed to believe
everything that Andrew johnson believes ia
regard to reconstruction. pcycrthe-
less says that II the Secretary
OF State did allow the letter
10 be published he should be ccnsured. Sens
tor Fcssendeu, who il not noted for speaking
rushly in debate, says that tho letter was ex-
cessiYely impairment, and that probably Mr.
Harvey expressed no opinion resnrdin: Con-
gress that was disagrceable TO the Secretary
OF StAte. This remark Of MIR. Fessenden's
appears TO MS 10 be a lucid statement Of the
casc, morc concise, indeed, than the distiu-
suisled Senator from Maine Is in the hsbIt Of
directing agninst the Executive branch OF the
government, and hence more noticeable. It
amounts to statement that probably Mr.
Seward would not be, i'll pleased to see the
Congress Of the United States elected from
their seats for thc pu1pokc of getting rebels
Installed in their places.
NIr. Seward has been the Mephlstopheles
OF tho Government throughout the war. Be-
lore MIR. Lincoln's accession in 1861, he made
speech In New York extolling the virtues
of the nnai'e South Carolnians who were
throwing up earthworks around Major An
dcrson, predicting that the country would
bc hnppy within ninety days. Next We find
him authorizing Harvey TO communicate the
military aud naval plans Of the Government
to the rebels In Charleston. Shortly alter
ward he writes 10 all our Ministers abroad
that, whstever may be the Issue OF the var,
not q save will be freed by 1t. Then he
sends special communication to Mr. Adams
that lac war is waged for territory ercla
eivelr, and this despatch furnishes the basis
Of Earl kusself's speech, which gave such Of
fcrcc in this country, declaring that the war
WIS carried on tor empire on the one side
snd for dominion on the other. 1T
ii little surprising that Mr..
DlNCrOft, In ndveTtlng 10 this EpaeCh
oi lie noble Lord, should have
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