The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-09

| it. Russell prepared himself with several
pocket pistols. of different varieties, for friends
and foes, and then embarked upon a govern
ment transport, In company with Colonels Ne
vile and Fletcher, aud Captain L'Amy, Of
that crack corps of England-which we may
soon see here to our sorrow-the aristocratic
| Scots Fusilicr Guard. Just as the party wero
| drinking bon voyage in bottle of champagne,
| General Van Vlet ordered Russell TO yamose
! the transport Russell produced an invitation
| from General Mcclellan for him to go with the
| army. General Van Viet produced much
| more pressing invitation from Secretary Stan
| ton for him to stay away. Russell concluded
| to accept Stanton's invitation, shouldered his
| trunk. kissed his hand to bis friends, went back
to his hotel, and wrote letter TO President Lin
coin, letter to Secretary Stanton, letter
| to General Marcy, and another letter to Pre-
| sident Lincoln. Secretary Stanton did not
! reply. General Marcy was equally kind.
| President Lincoln answered by his Private
| Secretary that he was "disinclined to override
a decision of the Secretary of War, founded on
| what appear to the Secretary considerations Of
high public Importance" Russell prints all
these letters; and, although we regard hislast
epistle as tho death warrant Of the nation,
we cannot help smiling at the manner in
which this penny-a-liner attempts to connect
his name with the names of our President, our
Secretaries, our generals, s. A. r. the
Comte de Paris and the officers of the Scots
Fuslier Guard as if to show the folks at home
that he had been in good society for once, and
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that he is a martyr to the truth Of history.
But, to return to our muttons, it is Secretary
Stanton, then, whom we have to thank for this
contemplate fuss about London reporter. To
his incivility we are indebted for the threat Of
the London Times that henceforward Europe
shall know nothing about our civil war. We
owe to him the credit of provoking the sheer
that Russell was sent away because he could
not be punished, as could correspondents
of American papers, if the reports were
distasteful to the Secretary of War. Mr..
Stanton has burned his fingers very
often by meddling with the press and
we cannot congratulate him, his ad-
visers and abetters, upon the result of his
wrangle with Russell. The idea that he has
ever controlled the American press is simply
ridiculous. He has written great many bun
combe orders; but his orders have amounted to
nothing, and have been useful only as excuses
for lack of enterprise in small fry papers,
which could not have obtained or published
the news if Secretary Stanton had remained out
of Washington all his life long. If Russell should
have been sent out Of the country it ought to
have been done when Russell was doing real
harm, not when his lies we're exposed, his
character understood, his teeth drawn, and his
misrepresentation lost sight Of in the glorious
blaze Of Union victories. The American press
is quite able to take care Of itself and of any
foreign interlopers, and the sooner our govern
ment relinqushes the bogus pretence Of con-
trolling it the better. This belittleing TIA
nation by pcmrrSas,.y arraying it against man
like Russell is perfectly absurd; and if Russell
heads the forces Of England and France, and
comes over, like Bombastes Furioso, to ami
hilate US, we had better at once apologize
and beg for quarter, without stopping to show
fight in 50 ridiculous cause.
THE ANTI-SLAvERY SOCIETY A0AN.-The
Anti-Slavery Society took another pull at the
bellows on Wednesday evening. We gave an
abstract Of the speeches yesterday. Mr.. Thso-
dors Tilton, one Of the editors of the bsdepend-
ent, and noticeable only for bis evident attempts
to get little notoriety by wearing Henry
Ward Beechers old clothes, and adopting
Henry Ward Boecher's cast of opinions, made
. very silly speech, and distinguished himself
by quoting Q Latin sentence without under
standing its meaning. Wendell Phillips, who
is good for any number Of speeches daily, and
does all the oratory of the society by the job,
followed the twenty-fifth rate Beecher in .
spicy lecture. Phillips attacked President Lin
coin, Secretary Seward, and Andy johnson, of
Tennessee, and wound up by assaulting Par
son Brownlow. Phillips had better let Brown
low alone. The Parson is . rough, ungainly,
coarse, tough, vulgar, honest, Christian man,
whose good, loyal heart redeems his bad
language. Phillips il . clever, polished,
refined, educated, gentlemanly fanatic, whose
heart is as black as the negroes he processes to
love, and whose treason Is as abhorrent as his
eloqusnce is attractive. Phillips may have the
advantage Of Brownlow in manner and elocu-
ton; but If the comparison is extended to the
hearts, the purposes and the lives of these two
men, we think Wendell Philips will find livery
odious.
The RELIGIOUS ANNrvERsARIEs.-The religious
anniversaries, with which this city has bSsn
blessed for the past few days, are now nearly
concluded In u pecuniary point Of view they
have been very. and deservedly, unsuccessful.
There IL no greater blmbug on record than
these annual asssinblages Of vagabondizing
parsons and seedy philanthropsts, who come
here to pray money out of The pockets of simple
people. So far from acccmplishing any good,
the moneys collected a. these anniversary
meetings support only a set Of idle, worthless
yortAru Who ora too law IN ,arn THAR oxv,,