The New York herald., 1862-12-05

of the great and poorer masses of the people,
and avoid playing into the hands of great COM
panies, great interests or great people.
The Arrival OF GreoIey's Guillotines.
A reliable correspondent Of that candid and
veracious journal, the London Herald, informs
the world that recent steamer from Liverpool
took out twenty-four French guillotines, con-
signed to q confidential agent of President Lin
coin in this city. To those at all informed in
regard to the affairs of this country, 1t is very
clear that this confidential agent of President
Lincoln is no other person than poor Massa
Greeley, of the New York Tribune. We long
ago predicted that Greeley would resort to the
guiilotine, sooner later, and we are not at all
surprised that our prediction has SO speedily
been verified. The recent elections have soured
Greeley nightly. Even before the elections he
was in so exasperated condition thsk he could
talk and write of nothing but blood, gallows
and guilotines. Consider, then, how greatly
his wrath must have increased since his nine
hundred thousand allies went over to the enemy
on election day, in November, and left him
mere corporal's guard at the charter election,
last Tuesday, and since the President has dared
to defy him by message which recognizes
slaves as property, acquired by descent or
purchase, like any other property" and post
pones emancipation until the year 1900, when the
last of the abolitionists, like Barnum's "What is
it," will be shown about the country as a
curiosity. No wonder that Greeley is now
as savage as meat axe, chews tenpenny
nails as . substitute for Virginia tobacco, and
is ready to guillotine everybody and everything
unfortunately. No conservative head will
henceforth be safe within block OF the Tribune
Office.
We presume that these twenty-four guillotines
will be managed by stock company, like the
Tribune, or like Grceley's gun factory. Poor
Greeleys strength is not equal to his ambition,
and, much as he has always desired to be o
little Robe pierre, he certainly could not
manage twenty-four guillotines single handed.
Besides this, Greeley could not pay for the
guillotncs, even If he could work them, and 50
he is obliged to take certain other radicals into
the business, just as he took Snow, Almy and
Wilkeson into his gun company. Cassiua Mar
cellus Clay is one Of these guillotine stockhold-
ers, having gracefully relinquished his publicly
avowed preference for the gallows. That "Little
Villain" Raymond, of the Times, is another
stakeholder and upon him devolves the duty Of
picking the pockets of the conservative victims
after Clay has cut of til cir heads Bcecher and
Cheever, with the other abolition ministers Of
the gospel according to John Brown, will act as
, chaplains. Wendell Phillips, the Incompatible
scold. has also hand in the affair, though he
will doubtless be. as usual, a great deal more
ornamental than useful. Secretary Stanton
must also have an interest in the matter; for
the Tribune announces that the first guillotne
will be erected in the Capitol square, at Wash
ington; that ii is to be worked by steam, and
that it has six axes, with which to chop of six
heads simultaneously. It is perfectly natural
that Stanton should make pet of such ma
chine as this. He has become tired Of Bastiles,
which are, after all, not adapted to his style Of
operations. You may lock . man up; but he
can think and remember, nevertheless. By and
by be must be released and then he tells terri
BILE tales, and resorts to warrants and suits and
all sorts Of obsolete means of obtaining justice
for what he is pleased to call his wrongs. This
sometimes leads to Investigations, as in the case
Of Mrs. Brinsmade, and is nuisance and an an
noyance. The guillotinc, on the contrary, does
its duty thoroughly. Dead men tell no tales
The tongue cannot reveal anything after the
head Is separated from the body. For these
reasons Stanton prefers the guillotino to the
dungeon, and has recently released all State
prisoners, preparatory to executing them, as a
cat allows amouse a little liberty before she
gives it the coup de mort
The radicals intend that Governor Seymour
shall be the first victim of Greeley's thirst for
blood. 1t is rumored, however, that on the
night after the reading of tho Presidents anti
radical message red cross was chalkcd upon
nous; and 80, also, does the fact that General
Mcclellan has been telegraphed to 60 on to
Washington Immediately. We know that Wen
dell Phillips has joined the Tribune guiilotine
association for the express purpose Of securing
The execution of Secretary Seward, against
whom he is still indulging in vindictive TRADES.
Cassius M. Clay insists that Richard O'German
shall die, and the Count Adonis Gurowski is
endeavoring to put John Van Buren's name at
useless to speculate In regard to this
subject, however, for the execution Of oil the
conservatives is mere question OF time.
What does It matter to our conservative road
ers whether their turn will come the day after
the guillotines arrive, or whether they will be
reserved as holiday sacrifices, to give ecld to the
celebration Of the LIST of January? The radicals
have evidently determined to kill of all the
white people in the South by negro insurrec-
tions, and to annihilate conservatism in the
North by The guillotine. Let us be thankful
that our English friends have warned us in
time to make our wills and bid our wives and
children farewell. In return for this favor we
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