, 1873-09-28
LINCOLN AND SEWARD.
NX-Secretary Wellcs Criticiscs Charles
Francis Adams.
An Exposition Of State seerets-.Mr. Lin
coins Selection Of Cabinet.
Thurlow Wecd's Relations to SowArd.--
Tho Famous Nincty-Day
Prediction.
From tho Springfield tifass.> Republican.

From tho HTTtn1Hetn tMGSss1 tstpHosiedHs
We laayo moro than onco had occasion to ro-
mark on tic singular and soasonsblo utility Of
MIR. Lincolns Secretary OF tho Navy, Mr. Wollos
ns rcventor Of truth, pniatablo or otherwise.
An IIornco remarked of Ulysses, Mr. Wcllss doos
not nuke much Of figure, but he Is tluont md
rcndy to a degroo almost appalling. He has kept
a tliary, too, as Tic Atamses hnvo had tho habit
OF doing for tho last hundred years. aud has hia
facts nnd ctntions roaiy to Ills hand. Whom,
therefore, wo paw 1t announced TINT Mr.. Wollcs
would take ALr. q. +. Adams to taak for hta ILL
considered dsparsgcment of Abraham Lincoln
III comparison with William II. Howard, VIC at
once concluded TINT this pioco Of work would bo
worth looking at. It haa now appeared, In tho
October Gaiary, and though 1t does not bristle
with factR aud datos quito SO much as hfr.
TelleB papo1s generally do, yot tho quiot mas
tory Of tho subject which It displays, and It's
koon analysis [hrico ropoatod, for tho Hnko Of
emphasis we supposo), Of Alr. Soward'a oharac-
cor, make 1t ono OF tho most convincing of tho
old Sccrotary's contributions to his favorito mag
azinc. It orrs on tho side Of disparagomont to-
ward Mr, Seward, rs Mr. Adams did toward Mr..
Lincoln; but tho error is not so fundamental
and ls moro oxcusablo. Mr. Adams madc stato-
mcnts exalting tho subject Of Lis
oulogy in directions which the facts do
not warrant, and which nothing but his ig-
uoranco Of these facts can explain. Ho ut
tempted also tho hopeless task Of poranadinE
~ onr proa;.1anta have haon known. tIat their
nom,1ar prosijent vas m1orior in greatness Of
mind to his Secretary of State. It would 30
r. Jo thnt Hamilton was creator than washing
son ~ ia a wn1tl lint n mart ia creator than tic
ssrn,o srhoen nnrt;ona Of Mr. faaIns' ouIocy 10
which ,Ir. Wollos most utrenuous]y objects nrc
~ oTho pTesidcnt-e1oct was lin the winter
-, 1snt7 al;1 nj hnrne In I1;nnin riyinr mn stunn
o. ueoA el'u "S Thnt ,rhin1 nn,3anrc3 ,nost IN.
palling was tho iact TINT wo wcro to havs for oilr
'toJ nartfy m accnunt of tic ntaonco Of uos,
t 5ntt - nr M wna nown tn tho nnb}io
Ivy Ivy ~ Uito,t tho aJsantora n anv az
porienco peri in national affairs, beyond }he little that
t,'n cn' n tIa"na 1r". no ~ y nanreenntntivos. II
sno r orSo ~ 'n,at " o that o,,r cianco of a1c.
Vas vas ,,1 =, rest m " m 1ncntive nnnnc co1
nouod Of the wipest mud moat experienced mon
1;anonsa1io sua; on owoT ac,o,ut lint nnt nn1y
% Hfr aov"r, Iavs hcen nor1v aecu9cd IN
ror1;,,a',t slo @ 'nst hmt t1'nt Ls adyco At least
Fhould hayo boon boen asked IN regard to the compile
.at ..J" Lnnw 1itflo Of all this. His mind
yos An1" a.ot o,.n,, ononei to tha nnturo ~
ti'a una contcst Fronl hia secluded Home in
tno ionrt nf J}l;nnfs. he was only taking rneas-
u;coe uiv ~ and baain1iue lis oncrations. where
s.Iup, n.,on7u nna Iaaya ~ ~ ira amai,or an
Inrco X vas at ntn }nto pnriod OF thn snsson
tnfora In Ind iliHclnsal his intontion to mt Mr
sns1 sr neo1n co tae oou i1 MT fa to percoive tho ac
ME- ls ,'atnrer aatmnto ho mot mt m lila own
at,,r"1 ;n1rment hn Ind to doai with s.1pe
rnr IN nat,Sn ntoIlectusl povor ia extent Of
IL ceo o G oral Gseps e1' on
ehce, ha 1,.d - ~ A. SororI can1d nnt hnvo hacn