The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-05

General Lee; but II the speedy suppression Of
the rebellion be the object of the administra-
ton we cannot understand why the militia
forces indicated should not be brought at once
again into active service By the slow process
of the federal draft, General Meade may be
found still waiting for achievements, while
Lee, with bis army increased to a hundred and
fifty thousand men, under the sweeping and
relentless CONSUMPTION of JEFF. Davis, may again
be marching northward, and with the resistless
force of hunger and despair
The true policy Of the administration is to
give no time to JEFF. Davis to bring in, either
from his CONSUMPTION or from the fragments Of
the late armies of Bragg and Johnston, any con-
siderable achievements to General Lee. In q
word, President Lincoln, ii it can be done,
should utterly break up and demolish the
army of Lee while yet it il weak crippled
aud demoralizsd from its recent damaging
defeats and its exhausting retreat of over two
hundred miles from Gettysburg and this can
be done without difficulty by bringing our or
ganised Northern militia again to the rescue.
Not only, indeed, can Lees army thus be de-
molished, but an opportunity can be gained
for shipping off to Charleston body of vete-
ran volunteers that will enable General Gill
more to clean cut that hotbed of the rebellion
within week from the demand which he may
then feet justified in making for an immediate
and unconditional capitulation.
In the meantime we should say, if Lee has
been reinforced, while our opposing army has
been too much reduced to justify at present
further advance, let ii be recalled in season to
Manassas Junction, and there be fortified. until
sufficiently strengthened to move irresistbly
"onward to Richmond" Let the adminissra-
ton. at all events, avoid every risk OF another
cam paign Ike that Of General Pope.
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The New York Herald and Our city
Politics.
IL is our misfortune, in common with all other
good people, to be continually misrcpresentcd
and misunderstood. Particularly is this state
ment true of our course in relation to city poll
tics. The majority of our politicians are either
too uninteliigent to comprehend the HERALD
or too unprncipled and prejudiced to do us
justice. They do nothing themselves without
an eye upon some job or other, and they can
not understand how any one else can be honest
an independent. They are always attached
to some one party, sustaining it whether il be
right or wrong. and finding their reward in the
spoils OF office: and they are totally incapable
Of apprcciatng journalist whose sole rule of
action is 10 defend the right and to attack the
wrong, no matter what party livery the
righteous or the evil doors may chance to wear
The HERALD has been following this rule for
about a quarter OF a century and few poll
ticians at last begin to adopt our idea
We fondly hope, in the course OF another
century or 80, to convert the remainder of these
political sinners, and transform this country
into perfect political paradise.
Last week a certain newspaper, supported
by some of our city politicians. took occasion to
comment upon one of our recent articles and
began by flaming announcement that the
HERALD had at last done justice to the CON
servatism Of Tammany Hall. We trust that we
have always done justice to Tammany Hail.
and to Mozart Hail. and to A. Oakley Hall. and
to all the other Halls. The newspaper which
could announce so we'll known fact with such
flourish Of trumpets ought TO devote por-
ton of it's space this week to proving tina, The
sun rises once every day. But, then, the arti-
Gle goes on to insinuate that our doing justice
to Tammany Hall is. in fact, equivalent to our
joining the Tammany Hall party. and
becoming the Tammany Hall hand or
gan. There is just the usual mistake
OF these crack-brained politicians. They
seem to argue the matter somewhat in this
way: THE HERALD supports us while we are
right, and consequently the HERALD will sun
port us when we are wrong. Huwahl The
HERALD is our organ.r We really do no; see
this conclusion, and If these politicians live
long enough they will doubtless discover that
their logic is more comforting than correct
The HERALD is for any party which i. right. aud
against any party which is wrong. Be virtuous.
and you will always be sure OF the HKR,Ln's
support.
The weekly paper to which we allude talks
to ms about Tammany Hall as if 1t were the
grandmother Of that venerable institution. in
stead of being mere sucking, kept alive by
political pap. II is a bad thing for nursing
newspaper to be so precocious and try to bab-
We require no Instructions in regard to the
past history Of Tammany Hall When the
HERALD took the lead of the conservative
masses, two years ago, the Tammany party had
the good sense 10 follow in our wake. During
this war Tammany Hall has drifted along with
the conservative party. standing steadily by the
government. and having very little TO say, but
saying that little we'll. The consequence is
that Tammany Hall is now right on the great
national questions. Being so, why should we
not sustain this old organization Mozart Hall is
totally wrong. The other copperheads are
totally wrong. The niggsrheads are totally
wrong. In this state of the case, why should
the HERALD sustain Mozart, or the copperheads
or the niggerheads who are all working to-
gether to ruin the country Mozart Hall has its