The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-15

Through al independence forced upon him,
Greeley hss beea able to crush Seward, and
become q mighty power in hls party. This
power he can maintain as long - the party
exists and he maintains his Independence. But
If the Tribune wishes to become real power
in the country. it must emancipate itself from
parties as well as from politicians. The mis-
sion of the Independent press ID to preserve the
country from the tyranny Of all parties - they
become corrupt, and to give order, direction
and power to that eclectic national sentiment
shich has grown up in the country, and which
holds the common good 10 be superior to party
ties, to the claims of individual politicians, and
TO the selfish aims of intriguing cNques.
TIE JAPANESE IN NEW YoRx.-The Japanese
Embassy viii arrive In this city tomorrow,
and, a. viii be seen by the programme, they
will receive grand reception. This il novel
event-the first visit Of princes high in rank,
representing . great Oriental nation, thirty
centuries old-a refined, digni6sd and sagacious
people, who have selected this country first Of
all the countries On the globe for the inaugurar
ton Of friendly relations, commercial inter
course and . personal interchange of good feel
ing. II b eminently proper, then, that their re-
cspdon in the Intellectual, commercial and
financial capital of this great republic should
be Of the most courteous and dignided cha
racter.
At Washington they were received very 70
specially ~ . village of it, dimensions and
importance. His Majesty the great American
tycoon welcomed them with becoming grace
At Baltimore, Notwithstanding it, Plug Ugly no
toriety, their entertainment was decent and I'M
Objectionable. But it was reserved for Phiis-
delphia-the city par excellence of brotherly
love, of peace and Of propriety, the offspring
of Quaker parents, city which has more piety
and decorum than it knows what to do with
it was reserved for Philadelphia to receive the
Japanese in coarse and rufdanly fashion, at
the hands Of its governing classes, which Is q
disgrace to the whole nation. In different quar-
ters of that most respectable city they were re-
ceived with hootings and insults, and such fra
ternal epithes as niger" monkey" and
so forth, which must have impressed them very
forcibly rs to the refinement and hospitality of
its Inhabitants.
We trust that our governing classes, who,
though wild enough at times, know how to
control their rowdy spirit on occasions like
this, will demean themselves toward the Orien-
tai princes with propriety. We hope that they
will act with as much decency - they did at
the funeral of the great r0wdy and pugilis.
william Poole, a. decently as they did on the
visit Of Kossuth, O. decently a. they did
at the ovation to Jenny Lind, amidst
all the exciting Barnum hubbub. But
especially do We hope that our Alder
men will school themselves with good msnners
abstain from the use of tobacco and spirituous
liquors, and keep their faces clean. They viii
find that by drinking less champagne, taking
fewer chews of tobacco, and smoking less bad
segars, for about fortnight, their sanitary con-
diion wiz be greatly improved, and they will
be In far better condition fer conducting the
fight at the coming election Of the next Ameri-
esn Tycoon, or old coon, the case may be-
We hope, In fact, that our reception OF the
Japanese Ambassadors will be such a. to cot an
example-not to Philadelphia, for the rowdy
classes Of that village seem beyond the force Of
example-but to the wbele civilized world.
London and Paris are the only cities with which
we condescend to cope in point of Intellectual
ty, refinement, morals and good manners ~
for Philadelphia, 1t Is beneath our notice. We
are certain to do full justice TO the Japanese,
if the Aldermen only conduct themselves with
a. much propristy - we have no doubt the
rowdy classes will, now that we have called
them to order.