The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-24

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISSECTION OF AN ADOLF
| rroN EDToR-G GREELEY ON THE CoAIs-Read
Oakley Halls letter to Joe Hoxie on the
white-coated philosopher of Spruce street. A
more incisive or painfully truthful analysis Of
the idiosyncracies of prominent public cha
racter has probably not been penned since the
time of Junius. Joe, as our readers are aware,
voted against the Tribune candidate at the May
orally election. Thereupon Greeley selected
him from the seventy-fve thousand electors
with whom he acted to placard and hold him
up to ridicule. The object Of the present epis-
tie is to show that in thus turning upon an old
friend, and insulting his daughters, sons and
family associates, Greeley was but fulfilling .
condition of his nature.
He attacked honest old Joe just as he would
have attacked his own father for offending his
"self-consciousness." "This extraordinary self
consciousness" says Mr.. Hail. destroys his fdel-
ty to his friends, his magnanimity to enemies,
his devotion to country and his regard for
social tranquility" He then proceeds
to review Greeley's career from the
time he edited the Ne,o Yorker down
to the day on which his brain became ad-
died by the disastrous results of his Coward to
Richmond" cry, and shows that this besetting
sin OF self-consciousness has been at the bottom
OF all his extraordinary gyrations and blunders.
1.-The veracous historian" continues this terri
bly, forcible Inner of character, must some
day indict this Greeleyian self-consconsness for
many offences-for its blasphemies against ge-
MUS; for its larcenies of reputation, grand and
petit; for its counterfeits of patriotism; for its
forgeries on public virtue; for its homicides on
Manassas plains; for its treason in the early
articles justifying the right of secession; for its
arson in melting negroes to burn their masters
houses; for its moral briberes with editorial in
auencc or silence; for its editorial tampering
with bench and jury; for malicious mischief
generally and as approximating to the common
scold at common law" 1t would be difficult
to add anything to this catalogue raisonnee Of
virtuous deeds. It is needless to "gild refined
gold or paint the lily"
IRELAND AND CANADA.-Already the buster Of
England and her threats of making war upon
this country have caused great popular excite
ments in Ireland and Canada. In Ireland the
excitement is in favor of the North, however
while in Canada there is q great pro-English,
prosecession fuss and furry. Both Ireland
and Canada will make great deal of trouble
for England in the event of a war. Ireland has
long been waiting her opportunity, and will try
little secession on her own account the mo-
ment England plunges into the hot waters of an
American war. Perhaps England may then see
rebellion in new light, and read international
law somewhat differently. AS for Canada, the
excitement there is too sudden to be other than
frothy. Underneath this fuss is strong feeling
in favor of secession from England and union
with this country. By-and-by, when the proper
time comes, we shall hear of q counter excite
ment there, and again England will have to deal
practically with secession. Of course we shall
recognise all English rebels as belligerents,
and, according to her own precedent England
must do the same. What is sauce for the Ameri-
can goose will be sauce for the English gander,
and we shall allow England an ample supply
Of it,
The "ONwARD TO RICHMOND" CRY REVIVED
We notice that several of our fanatical contem-
poraries are reviving the old, disastrous cry of
Coward to Richmond" Nothing could be