The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-01

strife. disappointment misunderstanding, have
all arisen. and, having excited the wrath Of
England by presenting our case. we propose
to invite her contempt by Withdrawing it, or by
80 amending it under menace that it becomes
. withdrawal, and we are In the position Of
having made an unconditional surrender.
How can General Grant answer this to the
country Is there any answer It is plain
to be seen that Mr.. Fish, like many able and
great men before him-like the most gifted
ministers that ever sat in the English Cabinet
has lost the confidence of the country We
do not say this is a fault, but 1t
is certainly misfortune, and in states
manship misfortunes must be regarded as
faults Mr.. Fish should cheerfully &C
cept the situation by asking per-
mission to retire from the Cabinet.
He may have done what he deemed to
be best i; but it is not what the country deems
best. and the country is the master OF us all
Let the President send Mr.. Fish to England;
that compliment is due to his character and
services But let us have fresh, indepen-
dent, resolute man in the State Department.
who will give confidence to the coun-
try; and in looking for a man OF this kind
the mind turns instinotively to that Minister
whose career abroad gave honor to the Ameri-
can name, and compelled the admiration of
his country and mankind, to Elihu B. Wash
burne. Here is statesman skilled in politics
as well as in diplomacy, the trusted friend
of Grant his friend when days were dark
and honors were few, and whose career
in France is marked with far-seeing and cour-
ageous sagacity. Mr.. Washburne was General
Grants political chief Of staff in the great
campaign Of 1868. We are about to enter into
still greater campaign, one that will be
fought with unexanhpled bitterness and in
tensity. Mr.. Washburne is not needed in
France, while his services at home would be
Of incalculable advantage to the President,
the party and the country. -, -
So we say to our patient and much-enduring
President thst tAe time has come to take
new departure, to make flank movement
against the enemy and prepare for this tremen-
dous and uncertain campaign. Mr.. Fish,
we are confident, will be the last man to stand
in the way Of his chief. If the sacrifice Of
his Office will strengthen Grant it will be
gladly made Nor is there any time to be
lost. We who support Grant and believe in
him, and will gladly feel it duty to bear
large share Of the heat and burden Of the
fight insist that we 60 into battle with
out any Of the inapedimenta of the army, with
generals who will compel the popular con-
fdence. When Grant took command of the
Army Of the Potomac he removed all of
the generals who had failed, and sending
West he selected an obscure officer and put
him in command Of the cavalry, and made
him the right arm Of his campaign. The
achievements Of Philip H. Sheridan justified
that choice. Let him initiate his own exam
ple-begin this political campaign by sending
away the men who have failed to win the peo-
pies confidence and, in making Elihn B.
Washburne his political right arm, appoint a
statesman to the head of his Cabinet whose
achievements in peace will be as brilliant
and decisive as the achievements Of Sheridan
in war.