The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-16
THE NEW YORK HERALD.


The amusing airs and antics Of the Herald have
for time past thrown all persons not hopelessy
given over to melancholy into fits Of uncomfortable
mirth. The roaring outlaws which come yelling up
every day from thirty millions Of people all sub
scribers % the New York Herald could be inspired
only by the capers ofths political literary and philo
sophicalanrora boreas The great lumnary, however,
isno reflected light neither SUM- moon nor starry plan
cts of the sky contribute their faint rays to the eul-
gence which clings to it like phosphorus to rot
ton log. The Herald is not only light itself, but is
the cause of light in others 1t condescends every
day to iuminate mankind upon all manner Of sub
jects, from the dreadful mysteries of the anglo
French Alliance" to the saYory soups and ragouts
which at .F1rt Washington" do find their way down
the august gulet of the sage who holds in his hands
the destiny Of nations keeps the secrets Of cabinets
and dispenses all the Injuries Of the gastronomic
art
we complain Of the Herald. 1t is not generous ;
nor even lenent We dare not even venture con
lecture that people would not look with compla-
cency or appreciation upon the capture and punish
ment Of large number Of wild and reckless Young
grounds whatever, how Illegal soever the enterprise
they might be engaged in; or that, in the present
excited state OF public feeling such incident might
do real damage to the great interests of the conn-
try we dare not even modestly hint that the South
has large stake in the peace of the world; but this
colossus Of types and printers ink must hold MS up
a spectacle to men and angels. timid sugges-
an tla oF
United States throws our most celestial contemporary
into a tornado of buster and spasms. No Aldernay
bull without horns, no AYRSHIRE bull with horns,
ever gave vent to such hideous din of wrathful
believing over the fresh blood of veal as thun-
ders from the columns of the Herald whenever any
thing is presented to the public which has not been
communicated through one of the one million
seven hundred thousand special correspondents" Of
that unparalleled Journal Like Bottom insists upon
playing every character in the drama, but not exact
y after the same fashion 1t does not roar you as
gently as sucking dove but roars you like the bull
of Bashan. The fuminations of the Herald are too
much for any human powers of resistance you must
laugh or die.
But the most amusing part of the Heralds pcr-
policy of the foreign governments about which il
has become so ludicrously garrulous, and blunders
at every line into such bald absurdites! Ii was
weak enough some time ago TO gravely assert that
the English government had not abandoned the
right Of search upon the 1t is silly enough to
repeat the nonsense now The British ministry as.
se,t ia uriting that they have given up the right OF
search, and the President las proclaimed the fact
to the world. The two governments, Of the United
States aud Great Britain ON the one side, the New
York Herald on the other
My dukedom to a beggarly deuIer."
But even this ia not the most ludicrou5 aspect il
which the Herald insists upon exhibiting itself
The Herald has discovered startling conspiracy or
.hs part Of the Kuglisl French, aud Spaniards tc
war rno, +i,e interests and policy Of the United
State, n nnos al, ~ds to quarters for terrific
explosion throughout all Christendon Da' '"0 yaN'
are, that these great European powers concur tu.y
in the line policy laid down by the United States
concerning Mexico and Central America. And it
may be fairly assumed, in view of the Heralds reve
ations about the hostile designs of Spain, that when
the facts to be ascertained, Spain will herself
acknowledge the binding force of the Monroe doc
trne of non-intericrence in the affairs of this cont
nent.
If the Herald does not doff some Of its balls bells
and paint, it will be the death of the world. Man
kind can't stand Mr.. 1lerryman much longer