The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-07

LoS5ioVut0 uuit, IN tneoo u0urB OF munlctpEd
peril about the selection Of the Commissioners
l'he more the knot Of democratic police Job
bel's Is twisted, very naturally the more intri-
cate becomes; and if tue Legislature should
adopt either Of the old political hacks men
toned fN the pIace-either Purdy or Kelly,
understood to be Sam-or ss a brace, Purdy
aud Sam Jones, or Kelly and Sam Jones, or
Lewis who has suddenly appeared in tue ring
and Sam Jones-is there any guarantee that
Governor Seymour will accept the programmed
On the contrary, is there not every reasonable
indication that the Governor will veto the bill,
because bis nominees are not included in the
list Of Commissioners, and thus throw the. con
sequences OF delay and its dangers upon the
republican majority in the legislature Gov.
srnor Seymour will belle his past pretensions
to consistency unless be puts in his veto here
where II is most needed. Purdy is rich and
fat and glossy upon the spois Of public Office
The whole Purdy family are redolent Of the per-
fume Of official obesity and official granula:ed
sweetness. "Their stomach is official to such
nutrition" Nobody Of that or any other race
of ancient oficeholders is wanted for the Office
of Police Commissioner. This admonition the
Legislature must bear in mind. The citizens Of
New York will accept Governor Seymour's
nominations-Mc Bosworth and McMur-
ray--without murmur, nay, with satisfaction.
Their election can be effected, provided the
knot Of democratic police jobbers at Albany is
cut and the Governor and Legislature left TO
manage the business in thu quickest and best
way for the interests Of the city
TIE RIprcoI.oUs DoMGs IN CoNaREss WHAT
SHOULD DE DoNE-Congress has passed resp
luton which confscates absolutely and forever
all the property, real and personal, of the
Southern rebels. Such resolution is in direct
contravention of the constitution, aad therefore
is mere nonsense. The constitution recognizes
no cause for the forfeiture Of property except
treason, and il limits forfeiture even in that
case to the life OF the traitor But the radicals,
like Thaddeus Stevens, an insane fanatic Of the
Dantol, Marat and Robcspicrre type, 60 above
and beyond the constitution. Since that in
strument gives them no power to crafty their
insane spirit Of hate against the South, they
c.alul tudC Tue T0DetS dTe OuI5lUc OI any Case
that the constitution provides for They 60 SO
far as to say that the rebels are not traitors,
but foreign enemies, and that their property is
therefore subject to the common laws of war. OF
course this measure can have no other effect than
to embitter and render still more desperate that
part Of the South that still holds out and to
forever preclude the possibility that any por-
ton Of the Southern people can again become
good citizens Of the United States. President
Lincoln should veto this measure. II Only in
justice to his own repeated recognitions that
the Southerners are not foreign enemies, but do
nestle traitors He should also veto 1t 10
justice to that great sentiment Of the country
that the rebellion is to be crushed, not by
radical legislation, but by successful war.
In respect to slave property, which is what
the resolution really aims at, there is but one
proper and dignifed course for Congress to
pursue. Let it amend the constitution by q
clause for the abolition of slavery, and 80 end
the whole negro question clearly, distinctly
LOT