The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-24

Dfscontent Among the Communicative
to Organize tho House.
The cormorants who feed upon the public
treasury at Washington, and some of the
journals who sympathize with them, are crying
out against the delay in the olnRnization of
Congress, and in the consequent passing of
the appropriations for their claims.
We are not sorry to see this. It shows that
the jobbers and plundercrs who live on the
public treasury are getting hungry. There is
no danger Of their starving, however; for when
ever they get chance at the public purse
they generally manage to grab enough to carry
them through long season of deprivation.
But if the black republican members who pre-
tend to such deep sympathy with the poor
contractors are really DESTROYS of an early
organization Of the House, why do they not
initiate the example set them by the black re-
publican Central Committee which met here
two days since. Instead of doing that, they
insist upon electing as Speaker Mr.. Sherman,
who is one of the endorsers of the incendiary
and seditious publication issued from the trea-
son shop of William H. Anthem, at No. 16 Ex-
change place, New York. Day after day
they defend him and vote for him, in
the face of majority of national
and constitution respecting men, who
refuse to confer their presidency upon man
who has secretly endorsed and recommended
the most bloody doctrines that have ever been
inculcated in this country.
Had Mr.. Sherman had the nerve to endorse
this treason teaching openly or, having done
it secretly, the pluck to stand by and defend
his act when he was found out, there might
have been some reason for selecting him as
leader. But a man who shields himself behind
the paltry excuse that he did not know what
he was endorsing when he put his name to the
business circular of Anthon's treason shop, and
even now does not dare to say whether he APP
proves or condemns the treason, is only worthy
Of contempt. All men can respect pluck in an
antagonist; but none can entertain any feeling
of sympathy with shutting trickster. The
republicans may try to defend him, and Mr..
Grow practise his variations on the joke of the
HERALD supplying brains to the democrats; but
such course only carries them deeper into
the mire.
Now we commend to the republicans in Con-
gress the action of their own Central Com
mittee here. These met at the Aston House,
and, under the benign influence of the excel
lent liquor of that establishment, cheap and
good, the whole of them, headed by
Gov. Morgan of this State, one of the endorsers
of the treason shop circular, took the back
track frankly and boldly. Abolitionism is
thrown overheard, Seward is thrown over
board, Garrison and Phillips are thrown over
board, the irrepressible conflict" is ignored,
and some indications of return to reason and
common sense are exhibited. As all this has
been done by the excellent liquor of the Aston
House, we recommend the republicans in
Washington to try the same plan Let them
adjourn to Browns and if his liquor is not
good enough for the purpose, let them 60 on
to Wizards, who claims to have the best
They should not give up the attempt, even if
they have to resort to sixpenny glasses in the
pursuit, but persevere until they have got rid
Of Sherman and the abolitionism that is fast
reducing their party to faction, and given
some sign of common sense, like that which has
marked the programme Of their central COM
mittee under the modifying influence of the
excellent liquor of the Aston House. Then let
them go back and put up some national man
who knows what he does, and having done it
has the pluck to avow and defend it.