The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-03


and cannot lag behind
The SECOND MISUNDERSTANDING historical
document, addressed to the free soil wings of
Ohio, appeared in yesterdays Tribune, over the
signature of Horace Greeley, of tendency great
deal more mischeivous than the first Apart from
the arguments with which he contrives, as much
as possible, to damn the cause he pretends to ad.
vocate, the very fact that man who, but two
short months ago, was one of the most furious op
ponents OF General Taylor, now comes out, as it
were, yelling, screaming, going down on his knees
wrlngng his hands, and beseeching the people of
Ohio, as personal favor to him as an individual.
Gas if they cared one blind nut for him as an indi-
vdual,) to support General Taylor-we say. the
very fact of such change, will throw suspicion on
his advocacy. We trust the crazlness of this do
cument will be the antldote to the bane it woulo
otherwise be calculated to work. Never did man
bitten by dog, exhibit such responsiveness to wa
ter as does the editor OF the Tribune to the very
name of Cass, although he has done more TO elect
him than perhaps any other man in the Union.
Mr.. Greeley was the FIRST to excam against the
nomination of General Tay lor. calling 1t "sIaupb.
ter house" affair; and for long time after. the
Tribune was engaged in kneadlng into COM
pact mass the elements OF dlscord in this
city, in order to defeat that nomination. II
cannot be SAID that his failure TO produce
this result was not owing to the lack of effort on
his part, and on the part of those upon whom he
could operate. 1t would have been much better
for the cause of General Taylor if the Tr,bun.
had continued to Willy and abuse him. The NOR.
bid, ftiul zeal Its editor now pretends, can do
General Taylor no sort of service His fury
against Cass-hs appeals against Van Buren,. will
produce no more effect than the insensate throes
OF an epleptic. Nobody can be persuaded that his
frenzy for General Taylor is not simulated. His
words will consequently have as mu ch effect on
the Generals success, as the breath of peevlsh
child fan the sails of calm bound line of-bat-
tie ship. He talks IN his own mad way of send
Ing his voice across the Aleghanies Mr. Gree.
ley's voice was never OF the best. 1t was always
shrill-it is now unfortunately faisetto We
fear it will scarcely go half way across.
But Mr.. Greeley very innocenty dscloses his
own views as to the manner in which General
Taylor is to be regulated after his election This
is so choice bit Of righteousness, that we viii
give t in his own words. He says
But how 1t is asked " can vote for Gen Tav-
lor a elaveholder who has given nc evidence that he
is with on the subject of slavery extension. aud
when the fair presumption the premises Is that his
feelings against US ?n Why, truly, If Gen. Taylor
to be the government, and his mere will the
preme law, this question would have great
Gen Taylor must be elected by the whg party, in full
view OF certain great principles they CHERISH and he
has sssented to- rejecting the use Of the veto the
powe Of Congress, &c. &c He triumphs with his
party and cannot without iniamy and Disaster sepa-
rate himself from its policy and fortunes He must
harmonise with the bulk Of his supporters Congress
aye and out Of Congress He can only go on
Ennn fh hv lnly no hla uh
Huenced decision OF the peoples representatives a, he
stands virtually pledged TO 20 And II he does this
cannot believe that wing Congress wall ton
the territorial extention Of slavery.
1t will be seen by the above extract, that Mr.
Greeley's support is accorded to Gen. Taylor on
conditions-frst, that he shall never, under any
circumstances, presume to exercise a will of his
own and secondly, that he shall never be any,
thing but the slave of the wing party, both in and
out of Congress. Should he attempt TO exercise
an independent judgment, he Is threatened with
infamy and disaster. This is the most open at
tempt at insolent dictstion we have yet seen but
taken as part OF document which may be classed
with emanations from the lips of the hatiess
prophet, we cannot conceive that it will, after all,
work much mischief. We no longer wonder,
after reading this last manifesto, that our phioso-
pho contemporary is obliged to practise abste-
mousness, and to confne himself to brown bread
and vegetable fare. Fed on flesh diet, he would
be dangerous.
The BAIL REfoRM.-Our Judges have now, for
the most part, set their faces against the small bail
and straw bail business, which used to prevail in
too many of our courts This is one thing which
promises well for the working of the new Judicial
~ regulations. II used to be the first move of
counsel, for persons accused OF high offences, TO
present themselves with proposed bondsmen, who
guaranteed the appearance Of the accused party
before the court at specified time The quality