The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-15

lee, which would come = It'll mnch more propr-
aiY from the oid ,,.dies ~ EXETER Halt than from
p@rfous who account themselves IA euIIgntaned
Journalists. The fact oomr tho m after ia that
the PRICE ~ss not insnl,ed at Richmond The
story was Set on loot by sons attaches
"a the minor Journals aud artists of tue
picture papers-tha former being ia .
strait ,or an iiem and the latter for cut As
suon as The statements appeared in New York
they were promptly contradicted in the HERALD
IN less than three Of onr correspondents being
o. th. ground while the special" of the Lon
don Times war idiiDg away his time At Balti
more Subsequently the Duke Of Newcastle
declared. rot once oniy. but many times, that
The royal party had been most courteonsly
treased everywhere 10 the United States. With
ali these facts before them some OF the London
papers persist in attacking the South. After
The grand ovation we gave 10 the Priuce. aud
lie many expressions 81 surprise and delight
18th which the accounts Of 1t were received by
he very hQ nest persopsges in the royal party,
this conduct on the part OF q few bigoted and
ignorant scribblsrs l. impertinent and absurd.
THE FALSE Prophets or WALL STREET-BE-
FORE AND AFTER ELfCrIoS.-We have printed
TO day the celebrated Appeal TO Business
Men," which was issued Oh the day before cleo
ton by a number Of prominent merchants aud
bankers Of this city. II was the theory OF these
false prophets that the peace Of the country
Ia, kax nil he al ao-
ton OF Lincoln that il the vote OF this State
shouid be given to the fusion ticket, aud the
choice II the President thereby Gevoive upon
Congress, We should have winter OF disaster,
and 20 on; whereas, the triumph Of Lincoln
would settle the whole question, pscify the
featuring interests OF the North. If ybody il
in a condition Of ignorance as to the real
result, 80 far, of Lincoln's election,
the means Of enlightenment are close
at hsud. So far from pacifying the
country, Linc0lns election has already
financial crisis ut the North. Had the question
Of the succession been submitted to the House,
the contest would have been confined entirely
10 The politicians LiDcoln's defeat would have
been certain, and in the meantime the country
would have gone on in the same way as ever,
Tor the cold interests OF the nation never suffer
from Congressional broils Now, however, the
matter is directly before the people. The
North attempts to bully the South, aud the
South retorts by declaring for secession in any
event This state of things naturally alarms
business men in both sections, and therefore
we are on the verge Of national ruin. The
causes which have led to the panic Of 1860
are far deeper and more important than those
which brought about the revulsions of 1887 and
1867, and the results will be consequently much
more disastrous. The future Of the republic is,
just now, a great deal darker than any of US
care to confess.
This il the solemn truth about the matter,
and II wears quite another aspect from that
which Booth, Knapp & Co. predicted. They
are false prophets, and have helped Northern
tanaticism to bring ruin upon the republic
We hope that they will read over the stock
list attentively, and then lie as quietly as posi-
BILE In the beautiful bed which they have made
Tor themselves.