The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-20

den and his friends, TO assure him, them, and every
body else, the Morning Post included, that it is i
quite possible for honest, Independent, ao.i
fearless journal TO be misrepresented when - is
surrounded by number Of journals, 9 res pecta-
ble by assumption, 9 respectable ga their
general Stupidity respectable" in win flying any
intelligent contemporary newspaper. and "re-
Specialize" in word, in mo'aopolizing all
that pertains to respectability,'. particularly of
that standard which they thems ves have set up rs
the stninaRm boanm of jour ialsm Hitherto, II
must be confessed, foreign ,urn;ls may have found
it difficult to discern the tr lie nature Of the 'respee-
ability" Of the "respecta. ole" American press. The
veil, however, l. now withdrawn, and every
ing's sun is daguerreotyping these respectable
journals undo. the manipulatons of the 'respecta-
ble' Journalists themselves. What strange develope
ments! What remarkable impressions con-
sesed BY the evidences furnished by these respect
able editors The Lvadon Times may now be
fully satisfied if it had any doubt, on the cha
racter of the journals which for years, every now
and then, have made spasmodic efforts to gain
respectable position in foreign countries.
The drama which has been commenced in eluoi-
daton Of the mysteries Of New York journalism, has
only reached its first act. The scene now before the
public is a curious one, in which the interlocutors
anidrG,aatis persona present very singular aspect
Webb, like gallant general on the field Of battle
lodging bullets has received assault IN answer TO
his grand charge, which has made him draw Of his
forces and being placed in dangerous position, he
has retreated behind masked battery for rehec-
ton. Having taken thought, and wishing 20 carry
on the battle in good military style, he has pro-
| posed to Brigader General Morris TO meet him
with a white flag, and talk the whole matter over |;
and in case the warlike phrase should be tiresome
il would be well for the Brigadier General to infuse
the interview with few amatory poems, or to re-
cite ''Woodman, spare that tree There is no
need Of any of the brilliant courage displayed by
| the American Korner, Gas he has been called by
/ some Of the cornered respectable journas) lat
| the Astor Place riots, and in the great field Of
| Heidelberg. 1t is rather too much, however, to
expect that any military man viii venture to re-
port" for the purpose Of putting himself into the
same disagreeable pre- dicament in which Webb finds
himself the present hour. There now three ar
mics in the ield-the army of occupation, the army
! ofreserve, and the army of observation We belong
to the latter DIVISION and it is not difficult to place
| the others interested in the present conflict. The
| probability is, that will surrender but
change in position is quite likely; and it will re-
qure no little skill on the part OF the batants to
finish this war in style worthy Of military heroism
and glory. AS matters now stand, however, we are
fully impressed with the belief tina. the position Of
Webb is precisely like that of Santa Anna at the
battle Of Buena Vista, who, after getting good
many showers of cannon balls and bullets, ran up
the white flag, the white feather, and asked his
opponent = What do you want =
Such is the state Of the battle to-day. To-mor-
rows sun may put more :. respectable" face
the position Of affairs; but there is much smoke,
and such an ambition to increase the number Of
generals in the action, that fear much confusion
Of a respectable kind is very likely to ensue, in
which all the bellicose parties may be entirely lost
sight Of II is not often that they attract much aten
ton, except in their own respectable way. Mean:
time, we wait for the movement Of Brigadcr Gene
raj George Plantagenet Morris. We wait. March,
General