The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-01

that SCARLET LETTER AaAIs-WuL TIE Re.
FEREE GIVE UP THE BELrs-Now that the Hee-
nan and Ssyers affair has been settled to the
satisfaction of both parties, and. We presume,
in manner equally agreeable to the Liou of
Albion and the Eagle of Columbia, public at
tention is respectfully but earnestly directed to
the great fight for the republican champion
ship between Philosopher Greeley aud the dis.
tisguished pet of the light weights, little Ray
mond. The latter is good deal like Ssyers,
and has the referee, Mr.. Seward, ON his side.
Greeley, like Heenan, stands the ackno wiedged
victor in the conflict; he has driven Raymond
to the ropes, and the referee has left the ring.
There is general rough and tumble fight going
on among Metropolitan pres and politicians
all over the country, and the only real sufferer
is "honest old Abe Lincoln" who IL quite over
looked in the row which has been kicked up
over the grave Of the lamented Sage Of Au-
burn.
As we predicted some days ago, the comba-
tauts in this journalistic mill have quite ignored
the merits of the case, and have commenced
calling each other bad names, and they
all show a great deal worse temper than
is displayed in the digni6ed, not to say
ornate, correspondence between Heensn and
Sayers. The quarrelling between Greeley and
Raymond is now nothing more than bush fight.
ing; the real point a. issue is that celebrated
letter wherein Greeley gave notice to Seward
that the firm of which they were copartners
bad been dissolved, and that henceforth he,
Greeley, was free lance That scarlet letter
represents the belt, and Mr. Seward ought to
give it up. 1t is understood that when the
remains of the distinguished deceased Senator
passed through the city, the other day, en- route
for Washington, Greeley sent to Seward for the
letter. and Seward refused to give it up. Gree
ley is much exercised in his mind as to the
contents Of the letter He is literally dying
with curiosity to know what 1t Is all about.
Ordinary men would have some faint recollec-
ton OF an important document like this scarlet
letter, but Greeley Is an extraordinary person,
as Seward has found out to his cost. Gree.
ley's mind is a perfect blank 80 far a.
the letter is concerned. He has written
so many epistles to so many people that he
cannot remember the purport Of any one of
them. With the Tribune philosopher, the
caeoethes scribendi Is chronic, and the faculty
cannot cure 1t. Compared to him, the chap who
got up the Complete Letter Writer" was an
infant in the way Of correspondence. Ac-
cordiDg to Talleyrand's maxim-"give me two
lines of mans handwriting and I'll hang him.,
Greeley would have given the Sheriff Job
long ago. But we have changed all that;
cheap postage and the ranking privilege have
made letters as plenty and as cheap as dirt.
SO Greeley is expiring with curiosity about
the letter; Seward ought to give kup. Every
body wants to zee it. Bonner, Of the Ledger,
would give more for it than for one Of Mr.. Eve
ret's essays There will be no peace In the
republican family until Master Horace gets
back bis letter; 50 Mr.. Seward had better send
II on at once.