The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-05
Secretary sew.rd.. Littie Trip.

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steamer, and the purposes OF his trip and his
destination are alike sbrouded in profound,
solemn and almost awful mystery. Whittier
can he be gomez What is he to dot Curiosity
stands on tiptoe everywhere. Tho newspapers
| guess in vague, wild way at what may be in
the wind, and pass before the public eye
panorama Of possibilities in which Mexico and
Macmillan do tremendous duty. The tele-
graph contradicts itself every half hour. Every
one wonders-just as men did at Balaklava, Just
as they did when Marlborough, the prince Of
commanders, had gone to the war in Flanders;
just as they always do when an occurrence Of
the grandest Importance may be announced at
| any moment, and q stroke of vast statesmanshp
may dazzle US like q comet
Meanwhile the Secretary goes on quietly
in his little trip holds his tongue very hard,
and will enjoy the amazement with which the
country watches his movements. His little trip
is success already. Mr.. Seward has not had
any good opportunity lately to figure very
largely before the people His occupation is
not absolutely gone, but the end Of the war has
belittled 1t sadly. He felt that he was playing
a minor part. He was overslaughed in the
great topic of reconstruction between Congress
| and tho President. People were no longer
willing to read his ten column letters and he
saw that in the Senate there were other ideas
| on foreign affairs beside the Seward ideas. He
resolved, like the boy in the thunder storm,
| that something must be done. But WHAT
| That was tho grand question, AMI while
1oho Of ftn ma
| for sensation why should he not take litls
| restf And how could he take 1t better hon in
| q government steamer on a voyage to the tropi-
| cal summer? That would do, and the steamer
was made ready, and, behold, this little trip
answers Tho very purpose. II awaliens ou-i-
osi " it exctes interest, it keeps the Secretary's
name in every mouth, and the papers are full
o. Seward, Seward, Seward. There is great
scnaaion and the Secretary is once more tho
great nan Of Tho hour. Reconstruction is for-
| Cotton, Grant passes ont Of sight Does any
| one vcn.urc an attempt to draw from the $50
rotary the secret of his voyage, how wisely
| hs will shake his head and shus his mouth, as
| if 10 put double guard on his tongu,l How
oracularly be win give out scraps Of wise non
secretaries can sometimes be of that sort of
men that
no . wilfui stiffness entertain
With purpose 10 he dressed in opinion
or wisdom, gravity, profound concert =,
He can be as wise as any one when
ga, ing nothing is satisfactory evidence OF
wisdom. The Secrctary will sip his sherry, here
and therein the GuH--mayhap atycra C-uz;
perhaps even ut St Thomas, with Santa ANN.
And no viii enjoy that sherry all the more
when he considers tho vast succsss that his III
tie trip has had before tho American people,
But be win still be "repuscd vise," for he will
say nothing.
| TIM REsPossmuarY or GOVERNMENT ORR
| CIA,s.--Joseph H. Maddox has commenced
suit against tho Secretary Of War for alleged
faiso imprisonment, and lays his damages at
one hundred thousand dollars. This is doubt
| lcss choice case of what tho rebel symps-
tbiycrsin our n:ds, denounced during che war
! under the general names Of arbitrary arrests,
abuse of power, Ae. We said at tho time
that all the po.sc raised by tho rebel organs
here on this subject WAS only made to en-
barrass government operations by invoking
popular prejudice against Che government
on every possible point Il will be seen,
we doubt not. in the decision of this suit, that
we were right ia shat view. In the cases that
| The iebel press IN this city most loved TO pa
r,de. and that were used in England to show
our icspotic spirit, wc do nos believe it can be
shown that the government officials !ranscended
their Just powers Still, the courts are the
proper places TO try these points. All officials
a'e resuonsible in their private fortunes for
ACES illegally done, and decisions against them,
given upon inli vicw OF all the evidence,
VEGA CRuz on IsoNpos i'oAs.--Napoleon
! cannot afford 10 pay al army 20 hold Maxi
milan up, and Max can. stand alone Hence
he sortes Vera Cruz, building up great earth
works on the land side. TO defend himself from
the Mcxcans, who win be q; his heels when he
starts for his race out OF that country Mean
while what Ia he waiting for. A London loan!
The whole imperial machine stands still to see
II England viii lend il any money, satisfied
that otherwise Il must 90 to Vera Cruz at once
What il the voice from England on the subjectf
{. The French press may shut its cyes,r says o
London paper, ito The fact that IL Is NIL up
with Maxirailian in Mexico, but the rest Of the
world secs i'll
Cisy Intelligence.
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