The New York herald., 1863-12-24

tention Of upsstting every throne on the
tainly satanic, but to which we have no possible
objection. Then he ridiculed the reconstruc-
ton schemes of Chase, Seward, Sumner, Dale
Owen and Lincoln; and we know of no fairer
game for satire. Then he said that the Supreme
Court will set aside all these schemes, and the
proclamation with them; and we declare that
this is precisely our opinion. Then he demand
ed an amendment to the constitution, which
strikes us as satanic lapSus h',gu9; for, only
a year ago, Mr.. Phillips announced that the
constitution was abolished; and the adminstra-
tion has accepted the fact and acted upon it,
as the whole conduct Of the war proves. How,
then, can we amend an institution which is
abolished?
After this remarkable evidence that Satan
the father of lies, has not what all liars should
haye-viz: good memory-Mr. Phillips gave
our Senators roasting which they richly de-
serve-and then proceeded to develop his plan
of disposing of the rebel States. He intends to
confscate all the land and divide it smcng the
negroes. This scheme presupposes that all the
rebellieus whites shall have been killed off
before the end of the war; and we think such
result very possible, if the war is to continue
as long as most people expect and the admin
istration faction designs. But Mr.. Phillips again
forgets to remember. or remembers to forget,
that the negroes will all be killed off also,
some time before that contamination is attain
ad fko c,t~ ind in
episode about slavery in Jamaica, in regard to
which, we make bold to say, he knows nothing
whatever; for Satan seldom takes the trouble
to read up upon these matters and is generally
indebted to his imagination for his facts Then
he remarked that Mr.. Lincoln might be a very
prudent man, but that his prudence is too ex-
pensive-a remark which will apply equally
well to his jokes. Then Mr.. Phillips advised
people to trust to cannon balls rather than to
politicians; and this is very good advice al
though we had rather trust to General Grant
who knows how to make the cannon balls tell
Then, in conclusion, our satanic lecturer played
Sir Oracle upon the coming Presidential
election, and arraigned Secretary Chase as
recreant. and compared his bank system to a
tub without bottom We agree with Satan
there. Then he declared his preference for
Fremont or Butler as President, although Ere
mont is a Pathfinder who is always losing his
way. and Butler has all his New Orleans en-
tanglements to clear mp and explain before he
can be an available candidate. So Satan sat
down, amid applause and poor Greeley sang
doxology in long metre in favor of Chase,
which had the effect of elicitng three c.eers for
Mcclellan and driving the audience out of the
hall. Thus ended the performance.
Now, this is truly great deal for any orator
to say about such topic as the Presidents
message, and all that we have to add to it may
be expressed II very few words. Satan may
as well discharge Wendell Phillips. The sa-
tsnic orator may hang up his abolition fiddle
and settle down quietly. His work is practi-
cally done. The negroes are free; bnt they are
also doomed. Thousands OF them die like cat
tie every week. Thousands more are in the
army, and are marked men. certain never to
survive the war. In ten years black face will
be as scarce among us as is now the face II q
red man. The Indians were q much nobier,
a much moro manly, much more energetic
race than the negroes; but they have been
crushed out of existence by the Caucasian race.
The negroes are going the same road. They
cannot exist, as . race, side by side with the
white race, except in state of servitude. Some
Of them will emigrate; but the majority will die
here within the next decade. This is the result
which Phillips and his friends have labored
hard to bring about. Now that he has accom-
plished it, let him wash the blood Off his hands,
discard satanic influences, and cast his 6rst
vote-for he boasts that he has never yet
voted-at the next Presidential election in favor
of the great General Grant
WHY LoNGsTREET LINGERs IN EAST TENNEs-
sEE.-Military strategists are beginning to dis
cover some new and formidable game in Long
streets dogged determination TO risk the
destruction of his army rather than clear ont
Of East Tennessee. His reasons, however, for
holding on there as long as possible appear to
us to be very simple. First be remains there
to subsst his troops and to forward all the ex-
ira supplies he can gather up towards Rich.
mond. Secondly, be is protecting the rebel
workmen engaged IN extracting the nitre from
the nitrc caves of East Tennessee and South
western Virginia, and he is also protecting the
salt works of that section, from which the 30
called "confederacy" now procures nearly all
its supplies Of salt. 1t will thus be seen that
so long as Longstreet occupies the eastern cor
ner of East Tennessee he is doing the most i'm
portant service to jeff Davis. We dare say
however, that General Grant thoroughly under
stands the case, and will attend to it without
unnecessary loss of time.
CoNTRABANp NEws-wELLEs VERSUS STAN
ToN.-On board the blockade runner Ceres, re-
Gently captured of Wilmington, some interesting
rebel correspondence was found, which, being
forwarded to Secretary welles, he delivered
over to the newspapers for publication. After
the arrival ofths correspondence in New York