The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-24

| ~ Nosss. a.-n s.ata.
We repubiish this tDorp,ng series Of most
! interesting ana rewarsab,e extracts from the
editorial columns OF two OF toe teadiag sepub
| l'csn journals OF this city the Times aad
| l'ibu'R They exhibit sudden ana stconk
! changes of opinion, striking Inconsistencies
bitter oeunociasioas OF every thing and every
! toSy, thieats TO suDersede "Old Ats" ny
] Cromwell or Napoleon. plane To fee the
! Southern slaves and encourage Joto Brown
| raiaa, ccDspuaeies 70 make George Law
| military Dictator, iEvocatong to blood, car
rage and spells, and, ia short, y mslange OF
| abolition, faaat,cisc,. Jacobin fury aud sans
! cs.lotte madness sued a. A'uar,cau joueuati-n
| never saw before Tsis display on the part
OF our Contemporaries may be the subject Of
soEne wcuder, bat its intent aud meaeing ae
vcgy Obvious.
TIE election Of Old Abe To be President Of
hfse Uhited States has suDerindu led many
very curious developemepts. Two rev"tr
tons have cropped cut iuto light. mi a. 'heis
head two representative rovoiuiouists
revolution at the South. beaded by J-ffrrsoo
Davis, OF Mississippi. aiied ny N ASA S,epneas
0f tho South; ALEC resolution at the Morn
beaded by Jefferson Brick. Of the New York
Tines aided ny Massa Greeley, of tie North :
Two twin roses busting from pareat s,em.
In the persons and In the lives Of great
heroes We can di-cov+r most striking cdtoci
| dcncea, Thus both Alexander and Ma ,oicon l.
were small Of stature; Wellington aud S,ou
were born with large nores; Cesar aud Naoo.
leon ! III. wrote books upoa m,itta~y afaics; Ga
rita!d aud Ko-suh wore black teit hats; H,a-
nibui uud Toul~sauit were dark comptexiJned.
aud kud large feet But. ia til. Gaze OF
Jefferson Davis and Jefferson Brick. the para'-
lei is still more complete. Both ara uudsrsiz-d
men. Put one on the TOP Of the Otner aud
both would measure about the height a
! Old Abe six feet four inches. Both have
vast opinion OF their c8n powere-an
opinioa Of which they epjny the eut,re
monopoly. Both have had the advantages
| ct q euperio- military educ4siou. aud OF somc
experience upon the ,eut-d fell. jefferson
| Davis, bavirg by the AID OF q slave NANNY
arrived at those yeArs whlch usually bctnE
discretion, was eduoa ed at West Point IL
saw some service ia Mexico, ACC, without doug
Anything IN particular to deserve 1t, obtaiceH
| such reputation for military genius that b,
now considers General Scot very small po.a
| toes, AID coodescsLds Lot only to boast tia
| he shall oefeat the old Hero, hUt also TO give
| hiin some hints "a to the manner III which Il.
| should conouct his campaign. Jefferson GelcA
was brought up by hand, by his uurse, Aaat,
| Greeley, and received instrnctious in niittscs
tactics from that accomplished g.Gtii n 41 duel
| list ana veteran the Cncgalier Tebb. lie also
studied strasegieai geography on tue "etbows
of the Mincp.' aud took ali the hoEors in tba'
science. lie greatly distinguished himself
doing the campaign in Italy, and by his pre-
sence sld ADVICE secured for the Emperor Ma
polcon nc victory Of ooiferiuo La fact, JET
ferson BrioL's rnastefly retreat at that battle
wbea pursued by phantom AUSTRIAN hu-sar
casts Xenophou's exploit Toto the shade, aud If
| only equailsd by the splendid turn tail nanocu-
| we of the CheSaiier Webb him,elf, a. tn,
J spprcach of Major Anderson, Captain Double
| de5 and pair of mahogany stocked pistols.
| 1t is not at ell singular that our twin Jefier
sons so alike III all other respects, sh ,ld have
been stEuck with the 70 nc revolutionary ideas
At about tue eaGe tune. Jefferson Davis start
cd o res solution ut the South sud by the
shrewd device Of o Southern confederacy
attempt, to gain despoic power. Jefersor
Brick tries the taue game as Tie North, aud
bioing himself behiad the idea Of a military
oictatogehip. euGsas ors to supereese Otd Abe
| and install himself at the White House, with
George Law IS first Wae Minister.
OF the details Of tho Southern conspiracy cur
readers have already beea informed. Tue
speeches, the bogus messages, the State paper
Of Jo6erson Davis hsve heea placed b-for,
them in order in these columns. The Diet ail.
Of tho Eortheru conspiracy we punl'sn to day
la these u;etsoces Of tue tw'u revolu-iousts
we may notice the same coutempt Cor Gepera'
Scott; the same oVerweeniog coue ,oasna-s
Of superior knowledge; the same saecrs at tnc
cxhat boa'maa' and "couns.y gentleman,
President Liuccin; the same aMt,ttous grasr
ut supreme power. Aud Jest as Jetforsoa
Davis aids bis Southern colsborers hy encou-
raging bin to believe that the North is divided
IN its log atty, so, as it will BE- scco, Jcil,fsoa
Brick returns tbe compliment by insisting thu
10 defend Fort Sumter. or t, carry on a.
aggressive war, woulo bs "egregious folly,
and contrary to the dictates of tat "Christiaa
-tateeman.hip" Of Which j. Brick is the living
and The hcaoted exponent
And il may be observed, aiso. with mh At im
partially Massa Greeley divides his favora be-
tween the two revolu,iJ nists Er,denlv h.
has not forgotten the time wien he edited
weekly paper, wore while oJercoa', and pro.
tossed TO be tho AHEAD OF virSie aod of tn.
rlayeholdsr; for, ia The earlier of these ex
tracts, VIZ find him declaring tnat be has Away
bcen in favor OF Seutheru ccofcderacy aad a
peaceable dissolution OF the Uniou Bdtag.'u.