The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-05

MARCH 5, lB64.-WTTH s
had better take warning from the fate Of their
brothers in agitation In Massachusetts. and, In
stead Of impairing the effectiveness Of our home
militia, do everything in their power TO
strengthen II.
Tue ART or WHITING MoNEr ARrIoLEs.-
The art Of writing money articles Is q fine
srt-a very 6ne art. We began TO teach II In
this country some thirty years ago; but 1t is
not yet generally understood. Stil some Of
the present practitioners OF The art arc very
prodcisnt-almost too proficient The follow
ing extracts are taken from the money article
Of yesterdays issue Of paper that pretends 10
be enc Of the leading democratic organs In
this city Tho article Is 80 carefully composed
so admirably argued and so wisely written
that Its oandor, judgment, depth, profindity,
knowledge, science, sense and wisdom speak
loudly for themselves
F,sa TIE MILLION on LENT AxoSo ras UHcoxprsosAL
LOYALTY PAIRors-Euicor uroN Mr.. CHASE ONE Hm
RxrUnAoAs FsEsDs-In the pame OF the Prepheti M.
ch.ses pot national banking scheme Is uacalied fOr 60
In N. nam. - N. prorho,, N,m.r.,., ~. WI
pointed out II its columns tho eaects and defects" Of
Mr. Chase's banking scheme before IL became law, Co.
Ia tn. nam. q Oh. Prophet. Numerals. Salmon ?.
Chase was UNTO Thorn - demi.Sod when making these
10 Il. ssss %ass
morals DC.
Numerals oh, Numerals And It 10 stated that Dol
moncc catching tho financial fever o. tho hour. has
placed upon his bin Of fare the fashooabs dish Of the
season. "6aumon Mariue'-Anglics "Scused Salmon r."
Numerals q, &c. !.
Tho ancient Romans conquered beneath the proud lni
aAs r O. r. ana % the ahoddy Bank Chase patriots
may 60 forth coD0uerng aud 70 under tho banner
| Of greenbacks and the initials 8. P. c., &C.
After reading this wonderful production we
at once resolved to write history Of tho art Of
writing money articles, from 1887, whom We
began the art, down to the present day. We
understand that tho Count Gurowski made ten
thousand dollars by his two witty volumes, In
which he cuts up ono hundred and 6fty politi-
clans, leaving only small pieces of each.
The Chevalier Wikoff made about twenty thou
sand dollars by his amusing books, in which he
cuts up himself and the other diplomats and
presents . large piece of his heart to Miss Gam
BILE. Private Miles Reilly has made about
thirty thousand dollars by his humorous book,
in which he cuts up everything and everybody
and leaves no pieces of the oopperheads. We
| ought certainly to make as much as-if not
more tban-any of these famous authors; and il
| we do we will present the amount to the Sani-
tary Fair, to recompense the managers for what
they have lost by prohibiting rafting
| CONGRESS- AND THE NEwspApERs-1n the
House of Representatives, on the Sd inst, Mr..
Kasson, of Iowa, stated that the sentiment Of
the country was against the action by which
the House proposed to make privileged GLASS
! of the whiskey dealers. Naturally enough he
| cited articles from several newspapers as an
evidence of this. Another member, sensitive
| for the dignity of the House, declared that Mr..
| Kasson sought to be ashamed to read scurrilous
newspaper articles" This sensitive member
was Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio. Perhaps we ought
to say General Schenck, as he is the same man
who, early in the war, went accommodating
| with railroad train and won some notoriety
| at Vienna.
| If there is any institution or body in this
country that is distinguished above all others
for the intemperance, improprlety, and even
indecency of Its speech, it is not the newspa-
| pers, but Congress. Even on the same day on
which the newspapers were thus maligned in
the House there was given in the Senate an
exhibition Of ribald scurrillty worthy q
GROCERY convention of political scaven-
gers-a trade Of trash below the level
of the worst newspaper that we ever saw
In the. dignity with which they discuss ques-
tions Of great public interest, In the intelli-
gence of their judgments on such questions,
and In the power and ability with which they
advocate the right and the truth, the newspa-
pers Of this country will compare favorably
with any Congress that ever assembled at
Washington. How infinitely, then, must they
be above any Congress that has assembled
there for the last few years-since Congress
has been made up Of the narrow-minded, foul
mouthed and maniac radicas2
They who correct the improper tendencies of
the times-who do their all to keep the country
straight-who foster encourage and in ell
ways assist every movement likely to BEN
eft the nation and the people, and who
fearlessly denounce all that is disloyal or
dishonest, are the newspapers, and not
the Congressman. BY it's fidelity and
patriotism the loyal press has exerted an
immense influence in support Of the country In
this great crisis. By its wide diffusion Of the
truth in relation TO our quarrel and to the war,
and also by its wide diffusion Of sound ideas
of national policy, the press mainly has built
ND that confidence in eur institutions upon
which the country now firmly rests In this
way the newspapers have laborsd grandly and
successfully, while the corrupt hucksters Of
Congress were principally engaged in contemp-
tible party broils and the buying and selling Of
votes.
All this is well enough known to the govern