The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-03
New Political Mischief MA kers.

missioners of Police. The constitution must
and shall be preserved.
New Political Mischief Makers.
It is curious paradox that there are radicals
even in the conservative party. This party has
gained its present great ascendency and is ra-
pidly acquiring increased power and influence
in the country simply because 1t is conservative
in its principles and purposes, and is thus dis
tinguished from the radical, destructive or ne
gro-worshipping party. Yet, it seems there are
mon too blind to perceive this fact, and SO mis-
taken as to imagine that because the people are
disguised with the one extreme, they are, there
fore, willing to rush impetuously to the other
1t is very certain, however, that these counter
revolutionists, or conservative radicals, mean
just as much harm, and may do just as much
harm as the abolition radicals themselves. They
have not, dc not deserve, and will not receive.
the confidence and support Of the loyal people,
who have not the slightest intention of allowing
the government to be destroyed by extremists
Of any party sect or faction whatever.
These Observation-Disclosures have formed
sort of club, or society, in this city, and their
proceedings, though not lively, are extremely
ridiculous. They appoint each other officers Of
this club, and have president, who presides
over nothing worth mentioning, a secretary
who reports nothing worth recording, and .
treasurer, who has charge of an empty cash
box. At certain periods they select one Of their
number to deliver an address to them, and these
addresses are as full of fire. froth and fury as
miniature volcano at cheap show in the
Bowery The speech of the Hon. James Brooks,
delivered few evenings ago, is a fair sample
Of these orations. 1t is quite as radical, in its
way, as any speech Of Garrison, Greeley,
Beecher or Wendell Phillips. 1t reserves its
strongest denunciations for what these radicals
call the despotism," usurpation" and ETY.
rannyo of President Lincoln and gives the
despotsm, usurpation and tyranny of JEFF Davis
only passing notice. 1t winds up with set
Of peace resolutions which are quite as inaropos
at this crisis as the most radical measure of the
most insane negro-worshipper. The people can
no more endorse such nonsensical sentiments
and resolutions than they can the more sangui.
nary but not less mischievous, utterances of the
abolition leaders. To steer clear of Scylla
only to wreck the ship Of state upon Charybdis,
or to beat back the abolition pirates only to
is BY no means the intention Of the conserva-
tive party. Conservatism is but another word
for necessary moderation, and is not synony-
nous with destruction.
The World and the Express seem to be the
organs of this counter-revolutionary club, and
Il is difficult to say which is the more crazed
and the more silly. The World is weaker, but
the Express shows its insanity better, because
of its peculiarly Of sprinklng its articles upon
the paper out Of pepper cruet, so that the
first paragraph is found upon the fourth page,
the second upon the first page, and the third
somewhere among the borrowed news Of the
last edition. But both Express and World aptly
represent the foolish twaddle of this club,
whose members are always Boosting of their
correspondence with the enemy, and producing
all sorts Of impossible peace propositions from
anonymous rebels down South. Indeed, il is
the object Of these countsr-revolutionists to get
mp such reputation as peace brokers that
whenever and however peace does come at
last the people may be humbugged into be-
lieving that II came from their shop, and that
they are the original jacobs in that line Of
business. Men who have just been elected to
Congress, or who are laying pipe for the next
Congressional election; men who want TO be
Senator's; men who desire this Office, or that
Office, or the other Office, compose the member
ship Of the club, assisted by q few unhappy
individuals who have passed part Of the last
year behind stone walls, and imagine them
selves martyrs to liberty, and few unfortu-
nate persons who have worked themselves into
fever Of revolutionary excitement, and who,
having never seen . fight or heard a pistol
barricade, and dream Of eme,aes when they
should be soaking their heads In cold water
and measuring themselves for straight waist
| coats. The Office seekers see in the triumphs
| of the conservative party a new chance for
place and pelf. The imaginary martyrs to
liberty and the ambitious heroes Of visionary
barricades misunderstood the peaceabls revolu-
| ton in public sentiment which has recreated
| the conservative party, and behold only an op-
portunity for revolution against the govern
msnt Both classes, therefore, try to push
themselves into notice as the representatives
and leaders Of the popular party in order to
| gain the credit and the profit OF all that the
party may accomplish. This is the scum re-
presenting itself as the pure substance the
camp followers pretending to be the army-the
unauthorized, irresponsible, bandit-like guerilla
assuming the authority Of the Commander in