The New York herald., 1864-09-09


stead OF The deeds of the candidates we have
to rely upon hypocritical and deceptive words,
carefully put together, to mean anything or
nothing. This is one Of the worst signs OF the
times, and the moral Of the letters OF the
candidates.
The Prcsidency-rhree Failures Nomi.
nated-What is the Duty OF Our
People.
With the exception of the HERALD the entire
press Of this city is enlisted in partisan quar-
| rel, above which it cannot rise to a coutempla-
tion Of the necessities Of the country, or
| the real character Of the wonderful men
in nomination for the Presidency. The
Tribune has abolition theories and Fourierite
fancies to be put forward, and gun contracts
and other "shoddy" operations to be nursed.
The World is an avoWed conduit pipe through
which the parlor politicians Of the Mcclellan
| clique seek to dribble tepid water down the
backs Of an unsophis.icstsd public. The Times
may be regarded as the "shoddy organ" par
excellence Of the administration its chief editor
! grinding the axe Of his personal ambition at
| the expense Of his brother stockholders. and
apparently ready for any job, from washing the
corpse to writing the epitaph, Of Mr. Lincoln
| and his Cabinet The Ne,os is mere jeff
Davis vehicle, through which the brothers Ben
and Fernando Wood advertise their lotte-
ries and offer to huckster the votes OF
Mozart Hall to whatever other organization
will incur the opprobrium Of renominating
these frcternal disgraces Of our city politics
! The Etening Post only quits its poetry 70
/. curse, while yet supporting, the administration
| that has felt itself obliged to remove one Of
its poctcal publishers FOR the very unpoetical
offence Of peculation. The Journal o. Com
| merce. We arc assured by an entcrpris ing gen
| tleman who devoted three days TO finding
| copy Of it, is ''twin cherry on one stalk"
| with the World its guiding spirit having a
| lively expectation Of becoming Pres dent Nc
| Clellans prime minister. A to the Commercial
| Advertiser, our most active efforts have failed
/ to bring 10 light any one who has seen copy
\ Of il since the day following the renon inatjon
Of Mr. Lincoln; aud for this reason both Is 70
il and the other 'smal fry Of our city journal
| ism. We cannot speak with certainty. 1h at
they are all tarrcd with the same brush is,
/ however, probable, no paper in this city cx-
cept the HERALD having the capital, con
scentiousness and circulation. the pure princi-
pies and the advertising patronage, to render il
Independent.
Standing, therefore. "a we do. oa,,idc The
heated atmosphere Of the various little ciiques
each only intent on the qualification Of its per
sona passions or interests, we are enabled 10
take i cool survey Of the entire national field
and q form upon passing events some such
judgment a. will be formed by the King
lake q ,hc forticth century of the Chris
iian era. W. look at all three candidates
ia nomination for the Presidency Fremont
| Lincoln and Mcclellan n-and ind that all three
are failures: while the nen who have really ap.
proved themselves great, capable aud succrss
ful in the couduct II aiIssirs--such men y
Grant and Sherman sni Hancock, Farragut
Dupont aud Porter are oYsrpAssed IN silence
Lincoln is q failure in manners and sdmin,,rs
! ton, in Naniiness and management Ills .oni'
successes are In his Jokes. and even OF thos'
two-thirds are believed to have been pilfere,
, ! from. Joe Miller. As political csey he ha
equslled Napoleon, and Knocked over Chase
seward and all 10 bis strategy for reelection
Mcclellan has proved failure in that supreme
necessity Of war--.ucces-. h military ~
cord ~ matter what may be the excuses =
! Il has been ono o. RESULT in no dagrr
! adequate TO tie meaa- =! his comma1d
while ss to the career Of General Fremont
slice the commencement OF our war. every
!. BODY can tell what u has hecn--s bank
: Mr. Lincoln j. country LAWYER o
more than average shtewduess and of "a
more thsn the average iadalic.cy whc'
: marks the Western wit lils purposes ma.
= have beea honest enough on his accession y
( power; but we distinctly impugn the honest,
q certain appliance. h. is now putting forth &
Dr. secure his reelection. He seems 70 have a.
! certed with all its consequences that popula
couplet--probably composed by one ot u,
poets OF the Evening Post which says
70 In -hodoy swords aud shoddy ranks
Ills only hope Of ONCE dwels.
q In no sense can even the warmest adiaire
: (who is without gun coatract, honestly a.
firm OF Mr.. Lincoln that he has displayed an