The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-12

[DAY, DECEMBER II, l85
py, however, to have them under our drill for one
month. We should like il vastly. We would
take the nonsense out Of them in more ways than
one. And If the Little Villain of the Times Will
only persuade the Chevaliers Webb and Weed
and himself to attach themselves to the HERALD
for six weeks only, we win give them some les
sons in morals and good behavior which they
never can learn from the corrupt cliques with
which they are associated.
The plain truth of the matter is that the stock
jobbng oligarchy in Wall street ana the lobby
at Washington have contrived to corrupt
with their douceWs almost every metropoli-
tan journal Of any consequence. Only one
of the leading journals has escaped from these
influences, and held itself aloof from these stock
jobbing operations-that journal Is the HERALD.
This journal has never been mixed up in any of
their intrigues-never received cent Of their
brides. Its support is drawn, and always will be
drawn, from the Independent people Of this great
and growing metropolis; and its progress is in
exact proportion to the prosperity Of the city.
TIE "BAcK TRAcK''-THE MODERN CHIvAL-
RY or VIRGINIA AND THE New YORK HERALD
In the course Of review Of late editorial arti-
Gle of this journal on the cotton culture, the
Richmond (Va.) Examiner takes occasion to say
that " the New YORK HERALD is giving few
symptoms OF returning sanity, and takes the back
track from Fremontism, tree-labor-only- in-the-
new-territories free soilism and that whole litter
of fanaticisms,n &c.
In reply, we take occasion to say that in refe-
renee to Fremontism, free labor and free soil,
and that whole litter of fanaticisms," we occu-
py now precisely the ground which we occupied
during the late campaign, and precisely the
ground in reference to the constitutional guaran-
ties Of Southern slavery that we have occupied
throughout an editorial experience Of thirty-fve
years
We have opposed with some earnestness poor
Pieree's ruf6an policy Of making Kansas slave
State by the lawless, demoralizing and unconsti-
tutional agencies Of ballot stufng, bogus terrific
rial statutes, Missouri mercenaries and United
States dragons We are still opposed to this
Kansas policy of military coercion, and still pre-
fer the policy of an honest administration of the
the Kansas organic law. We are glad, also, to
say that at last, even poor Pierce himself is
repenting or relenting, or at all events taking
"the back track" His right hand man, Judge
Lecompte, is removed; and we should not be sur
prised if all the remaining Kansas officials and
mercenaries of the same stripe were disposed Of
before the Inauguration, with the view Of secur-
ing such appointments as Mr.. Buchanan will be
likely to retain.
Again We take pleasure in repeating the fact,
that, since the Presidential election, the fire.
eating, dsunion niger driving Junta at Rich
mond, Governor and organs leaders and follow
ers, bag and baggage, have wheeled TO the right
about face, front North, on the back track"
In truth, however these Richmond spoils editors
are scarcely worth the powder. 1.-The days Of
chivalry' in the Old Dominion are gone. For
thirty.fve years, almost single-handed in the
North, we have defended, at all points, and
rights Of the South. During this interval, the
editor of the HERALD has been the subject of
more mean and malignant personal abuse from
the paltry politicians and editors Of Virginia
than from all the rest Of the Union. Some two
years since we detailed special reporter TO Vir-
ginia 10 give to the world some of the peculiar
stump speeches Of Gov. Wise, and to make a
great man Of him. Bat, like yeritable Don
Quixotte, he fell upon our reporter pretty much
as be would open upon a niger that had CON-
mitted some grave offence; and not satisfied
with abusing him like pickpocket the amiable
Mr. Wise vented his spleen upon the "miscreant
Bennett in epithe.s and execrations that would
have excited the envy Of the Five Points.
We are sorry for it; but II is true that there is
little or nothing left Of the ancient chivalry OF
Virginia. II has deteriorated into mere vaga-
Sondizing for the spoils. In South Carolina, on
the contrary, with all their crotchets and alb
stractions, the politicians and editorial corps
still possess some Of the genuine chivalry Of the
:" brave days Of old" Their good breeding is
seldom brought in question by low and scurrilous
personal abuse, and their principles do not shift
with the wind in the direction of the public
plumber. The fall OF the Virginia chivalry from
their ancient high estate, i, perhaps, due to
The exhaustion Of her soil-to the poor men
that ere The natural products Of impoverished
plantaions--and 10 the debasing Influences
Of loose and lazy habits cross-road politics, Rich
mond Juntas, and morbid appetite for the
spoils. Let us hope that with the Inauguration
Of Mr.. Buchanan they viii be persuaded to aban-
don this wild hunt for Office to look to some
thing else for individual and State prosperity
than public plumber or an increase in the price of
niggers, and return to the examples of ta.ir
fathers and take the back track" Of practical
Industry, patriotism, selfrelying independence,
hospitality to their friends, and gentlemanly
behaviour even to their enemies. We owe rem
nothing but still We shall charge them nothing
for our good advice. Let them take the back