The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-07-31

lead the intelligent reader TO the conclusion tina
the frequency OF cases of gross immortality amongs
the clergy, does not at all present any ground fol
| the scofier or the basphemer of true religion
Laxity in the regulations for the admission OF can
didaies-the encouragement Of extravagant ane
ultra professions of piety-the mixing up of human
error and excited and perverted feelings with tn,
truths and practises of genuine Chrislanity-the
have been the causes that have led to the degrade
ton Of the pulpit by the polluting presence of lyinl
hypocrites and canting vagabonds. Let the mora
character. the whole past life and conversation Of
candidates for the ministry be rgidy and properly
investigated in all cases. and let practical purity
instead of snufflng Pharisaism, be the test Of
fitness for that holy Office, and, depend upon it, we
shall have fewer cases Of clerical delinquency.
COUNTING THE CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARR
HArcHED.-There are now in this city six whis
newspapers--Including the recent pirouette OF
Chevalier Wikof-and all perfectly independent oil
each other, every one Of them running it's own
career oil decency and patriotism, without caring d
straw for its neighbors in the race Around each
of these papers is little clique of office seekers
who mean to fatten on the spoils when Mr.. Clay
is elected, and already we have quite ample means
Of forming a toerably accurate estimate of the
ivellness and fun OF the scramble which will take
place in case Of that anspiclous event.
II has been only with the greatest difficulty that
The Courier clique and the Tribune clique, dur ny
The past year, have been able to keep the peace,
behave decently towards each other, even before
Mr.. Clay was elected. Indeed the rival respect
abilities hardly succeeded in this and not TO
be expected by any body who knew them that they
would. The Courier at all times finds il difficult
matter to keep in the atmosphere of decency, and
when the stimulus OF the rival clique of the Tribune
applied to it, it was not at all wonderful that
some OF its nice little touches of natural behavior
should be manifested without any attempt at con-
cealment. But oace Mr.. Clay is elected, what
scenes we shall have! When the spoils are i'm
mediat lily in prospect-when the air will be redo
ent with the savory odor Of roast beef, and every
breeze will bear provoking cards of invitation to
he rich dishes of the new admlnistration-when
roast duckswill be flying about, like those described
by Benjamin Franklin, with forks sticking in their
plump sides and crying outcome eat me come
tat me "-when that time comes, what conflict,
what scramble, what roting there will be be-
tween the Courier clique, and the Express clique,
and the Tribune clique, and the Commercial clique,
and-most vigorous. hungry end thirsty OF them all
the NeD York american clique II will be the
most amusing scene imaginable. Even now, in
The midst Of the fight for victory, these knife-and
fork politicians-hese soapfat PATRIOTS scratch
ing each others eyes out, and pour out every day
quantities of abuse, SANDER, and vituperaton tar
exceeding any thing to be found in the quarrels Of
the courte Fans in Paul de Kock, or of the pick
pockets in Eugene Sue.
LOUISIANA ELECTION AGAIN. The extraordinary
statements of the result Of the Louisiana election
published by the Journal 0f Commerce, giving a
majority OF hive or Six hundred for the Democratic
lcket IN the recent election, has staggered good
many II the Wings, and amongst them, we per
ceve the philosopher of the Tribune, who is very
much puzzled TO know what te make of it. After
beating about the bush and staggering great deal
and talking about national convention, and the
Legislature and the Senate, and Wing candidates
lected here and there, he at last admits that pre-
oaby the Journal Of Commerce is right, but he is pc
-itvely determined to disbelieve the statement
II the result being favorable to the Democratic
,arty until he gets further information corlobora.
I'VE OF II from Louisiana.
Certainly the result, as now stated, presents a
interesting speculation respecting the future If at
'uch crisis the Democrats can carry the State by
,majority of five hundred votes, we cannot see VIII,
hey cannot carry it with an equal if not a still
iarger majority in the fall. And if the Polk party
can carry Louisiana now as Harrison did in 1910,
oy large majority, what reason is there TO believe
hat Polk is SO very weak and Clay SO very strong
in the South? This is rather puzzling question
for the political philosophers.
A FRsT-RATE oTIcR.-We must give the Err
press credit for knowing something. This NAV
probably appear TO some OF our readers a rattle I
startling admission. But il is true after ALL That
profoundly sagaclous concern certainly seems 10
nave tolerably accurate knowledge of its anna.
Die contemporary Of the Courier E. Enquirer. No,
satisfied with the exposition il had given day or
wo since OF the character OF the editor of the ou-
rier, and which we copied yesterday with the
courier's reply, the Express Of that evening come )
out with the following additional opinion Of the
caiibre and attanments of its neighbour
The COURIER" or rather Its snarleyow, editor,
who distinguished more for his bad temper and sneak
ing propensies than for any good qualities Of head or
the Express Weexposed two Of its atrocities on Satur
day. and find the following in the Courier Of Monday
Wnicn "aS piopdoly prepared Tor Its readers Sab.
bath day recreation. II says Of the Express:
took an article from this paper written the day he.
lore ny him who il writing now; loaded II as editorial
and with the exception Of the first line which Il
= order to conceal the theft FORTH word for wore
AS we wrote IT, for its own it had me the very dsy
before by another editorial paragraph from this nanef
and another still lew days before that,
If snsrleyow" who Ia the author of the above vii,
read his own article again. he will either confess that h.
mas told an utruth in the above he will utter anoher
conceal those he has already told We copied from IN
Courier certain toas,s which the Courier copied from
some other paper There plagiarism in that AM
tor the few words of nterneaton between the toast,
that the Coulter 30 much groans over the loss Of i
snarleyow" will look again he will find another evi
ience OF ialsehood in thu matter OF his exceptions W.
are sorry to waste many words npon SO poor sub
rct but must add that the man seeks TO hid,
-. own offences BY the bad treatment of his hbor
IL the Courier forgotten the article took bodily and
edofaiiy from Blsckwood to the i'll success of Ere.
Trade IN Great Britain p
10 this very hdtterlng and civil notice, the gen.
leman whom the Express has even taken the trou
ole TO christen over again, replies
will IN