The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-03

vl0eO, aS We DelleVe IL 10 De, Iet the Noru
and the South agree to part in peace,
| like brethren who cannot and will not
live together peaceably under the same
roof. Accordingly we urge upon this border
State Conference at Washington the paramount
duty of suggesting the ways and means of the
peaceable recognition Of Southern confedera-
| cy as the only escape from general and ruin
| GUS war.
GREELEY FOR SENATOR, WHY Nor I'VE
stated the other day that there was to be an
infusion Of Weed, Bigelow and wickedness into
our piqps daily contemporary and we find that the
-: I'D Adam has already begun to work. Yestef-
day our evangelical brethren had ferecious
attack upon the Hon. Massa Greeley, declaring
that he was not fit to wear Mr.. Stewards old
shoes, and inferring that Mr.. Evarts was the
most "senseless and fit man" to bear the Sena-
torial lantern. We were really panied by the
thoroughly unchristian way in which the lash
was laid upon the simple philosopher of Spruce
street Mr.. Greeley, we are told, is coarse and
sometimes abusive writer !" he" presumes to be
wiser than the doctors on the subject of dete-
tics !" he "can't keep hotel;" he has an
inpatient egotistical mind )" he is "man
who cannot restrain himself" he "pelts you
with coarse epithets !" he is I" the Pope of the
piccanines !" he has a "damnatory style -
his discretion never got the better
of his eagerness to say harsh thing;' he is
"egotistical" impatient" "intolerant" and
wrong headed'-altogether a wretch who
ought to be chained to his own desk and never
permitted to go out unless in charge of keep
er Beecher, using up a brother who failed to
agree with him in his favorite Sharp's rifle
style of theology, could not be more savage
than Bigelow upon Greeley.
Now We do not purpose TO join in this hue
and cry against Hon. Massa Greeley, who
seems to be in the same position as that of
Chevaler Forney when Cameron was chosen
Senator from Pennsylvania. All Greeley's RI
walls, Webb, Weed, Raymond, Bigelow, Bryant
and the small fry republican editors, are doing
their utmost to ruin his prospects, and
they may succeed. His religious ene-
my is chiefly exercised because Greeley
is not lawyer; but we cannot see
the force Of that objection. According to the
general impression of the public the chief
business of lawyer is to lie for his client, and
Greeley has told lies enough for his party to
make the fortunes of any ten men at the bar.
If he wishes to change the old white coat for
Stewards mantle, we say let him have it. The
old coat has seen some hard service, and is not
40 clean as it might be; but we believe that it
is still purer than Stewards political garments,
which were first soiled by the slime of anti
masonry. then dragged through the filth of
abolition, and since spattered with the mud of
corruption, until their original color Is hardly
perceptible. Greeley will find the old white
coat the more comfortable of the two after all.
IMrUDESCE OF THE GRAND JURY.-From time
immemorial grand juries and coroners' in
quests have been notorious for their stupidity,
but il has remained for the inquistion of this
city to cap the climax, and set an example OF
imbecility and impudence before which all
previous attempts in the same line must hide
their diminished heads We allude to the action
of the Grand Jury upon the Mayors message.
Instead of combining themselves to their proper
business-the indicting of persons who have
peNh Buh'y VI p0iPapiV NiVihbiouS vi tue laws
for the protection Of property-the jurymen 20
ont Of their way to present q message which
was simply speculative, not peremp,ory, nor
even recommendatory in its tone. Just now
no man can pretend to say what the end Of
our national troubles may be, nor what course
the city Of New York will finally take. We
may be obliged TO go with confedcracy OF
the central and border States, or to JOIN with
the West, or to set up for ourselves.
Everybody speculates in his own mind
upon the present state Of things and the pro-
liabilities Of the future, and the Mayor of New
York bad most certainly the right to express
his views upon the matter In message. The
Grand Inquest in presenting this document has
given to II more importance than it deserved,
and at the same time furnished another proof
that political spite and envy will lead men to
do the most absurd and impudent things Why
do not the Grand Jurors inquire Into the recent
Migrant violations Of the law BY the Metropoll-
tan pelices The force has made descents upon
private property shipped from this port, and
taken II from Its owners, without color Of law
and In utter defiance Of the rights of the citizens
having II in charge. Yet the Grand Jury winks
at these outrages, and presents harmless mes
sage from the Chief Magistrate of the city.
There's consistency for you!