The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-23
NEW YORK HERALD.
The Mission to Engiand-The Elder" and
the 80 Younger Organs"

the Younger Organs"
The IYashinpfon Union and the Richmond En-
guirer-which with all respect we must still desig-
nate the " Elder and the Younger Organs. anne
out on the same day with reply to our remarks
on the singular and interesting course which they
have pursued with regard to the special mission
to England. We feel great pleasure in expressing
our admiration of the manner in which these
simultaneous replies have been made II is temperate
cautious and candid-just what we had right to
expect from the elder and younger Mr. Richie
and presents the strongest possible contrast to the
clustering, violent and undignifed strain of nvic-
tive and vtuperation in which the old organ, sent
like Nebuchadnezzar to grass, was accustomed to
indulge The Organs will excuse US for not re-
plying to them in formal manner to-day. We will,
however, attend TO them as soon as possible.
We must mention, however, that the Union as
sures us with great earnesness that ii does not in
tend TO prescribe Mr.. Calhoun. Mr. Richie. in the
goodness of his heart, tells us almost with
tears in his eyes, that he I" is no mans
man"-that he never came to Washington for
the purpose Of offending or prescribing any
honorable republican" We are exceedingly
happy on hearing this declaration. 1t is candid,
kind and honorable. We are also positively assured
that the editor of the Union had no spart or lot' in
portion of the Cabinet This also is gratifying in
tellgence, and affords consolatory that
Mr.. Richie does not mean to engage in any dirty,
underhand work, although his predecessor had la
bored increasingly for years to establish the max
i'm that an enlarged capacity and desire for such
employment absolutely necessary in an efficient
"organ" But the Union, with andor and open
heartedness unspeakaby refreshing in these days OF
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to do, and what it is not to do-what it means to
support, and what it does not mean to support-and
tells that it !" means not to devote itself to
any future asprant and all contests about the
succession. All very well. But in the next sem
tence we are informed that the elder organ is
preparing against the war which the federal party
will make upon the republicans the next presiden-
tal election" Now, how does the amiabe and ex-
ceent editor of the elder organ" intend to prepare
for this war, unless he takesup settled and de-
fined position with regard to the succession He
cannot carry on the war with any chance Of success
whatever, unless he devotes himself to some aspi-
rant Nor can the administration sustain themselves
unless they also take ground the subject of the
succession. That they know full we'll These de-
rlarations, then, of perfect independence of all con-
tests about the succession, are only of value in
terest Illustrative of the candor and good inten-
lions of the elder " organ"-nothing more.
The younger organ still persists in the desire
and demand that Mr.. Van Buren, should be sent to
England. But we have now reason to believe that
the design of sending either Mr.. Van Buren, or Mr..
Calhoun to England has been dropped altogether,
and that the ordinary mission will be offered to
some new man, who has not yet been named,
whilst the negotiations, the management of which
on the part of the United States would have been
entrusted to the individual sent the special mis-
sion, will be conducted here by Mr.. Buchanan HIM
self. We may add, that our government is resolute-
ly determined to insist on our claims to the whole
territory of the Oregon to the very remotest point
Not one jot or title is to be renquished. Good
all good.
REV. Mr.. HERscHELL AND THE SOCIETY FOR ME-
LIoRATING THE CONDITION OF THE JEws-We yes
terday gave condensed account of the lecture deli
vered by this gentleman at the Tabernacle, and we
feel that this subject, in the present condition Of
ligioss affairs, demands some attention. and is of
considerable interest Mr.. Herschell, however, did
not state any striking facts in the Of
his lecture, and failed somewhat in giving that dis
tinct picture of Judaism it exists at the present
day in the Holy Land, his views having apparently
been more directed towards the physical state of
this ancient people than their religious feelings
His description Of the restitution and poverty to
which they have there been reduced, was not the
idea we anticipated would have been presented to
us and at the conclusion of his lecture, were as
much at loss to understand the method he wished
adopted for the purpose of converting them, as we
were before. The sole argument we could discover
that he used was that the Jews still remained con-
slant to their faith, as the bad example set 10 them
by the Armenian and Greek churches Mortified
them, and caused them to look on Christianity as
something totally at variance with their own re-
gion and which it quite impossible for them to
adopt and not prove complete renegades to
their faith from the beginning to the end thus cast
ing the Of their benghted condition on the apa-
thy with which they have been regarded by the va
rious Christian sects.
In speaking of the fulflment of prophecy, he said
he felt sure the time was drawing nigh when this
ancient people would return with joy to their land
but still there was not that full information on the
subject regarding the actual present appearance of
the fulfilling of prophecy that we anticipated. On
the whole, this lecture more of descriptive
than practical nature, and though the gentleman has
embraced Christianity himself, he still does not ap-
pear to have the faculty of pointing out the best
mode of converting his former brethren.
ANOTHER REPRIEvE OF BABE-Babe, who has
been imprisoned about two years on charge of pi
racy in the case of the schooner Sarah Lavna, was
yesterday reprieved by the President for the sixth
time. This reprieve extends to the 9th day Of June
1886 1t is understood to have been given with a
view to enable Congress to pass law permitting the
President to avoid capital punishmentby committing
sentences of death to the State prison whenever he
may deem it proper so to do Babes shipmate, Mat
thews, twill be recollected was tried in April, 1874,
for the same offence and on the same testimony and
acquitted. Webster also accused has never been ar
rested.
LATEST FROM AUX CAYEs-We have received by
the brig Cusoe, Capt Chase, advices from Aux