The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-20

now Is. will prevail In that battle; and beyond
oil question we are that people. There the
rebellion is TO fight with Its intense strength,
and there we must fight with our utmost
strength also. II the fight Is to last for an
other eight days, we must keep our army equal
70 It. There and wherever else it may be
necessary We must marshal now all our power.
For, though the result be certain, yet we may
hasten Il. and the more freely and the more
readily and earnestly tho people support the
government now tho Less time will 1t take to
put down tho rebellion and end the war. Let
Ss have the end ct once
The Recent Lineeln l1eeting-A Gather.
sssa la ang ef the Ghouls.
The Lincoln meeting q tho Cooper Institute
last Friday evening was ono Of the most dis
graceful exhibitions Of human depravity ever
Witnessed In this wicked world. II was a
gathering OF ghouls, vultares, hyenas and other
feeders upon carrion, for the purpose Of sur
feiting themselves upon tho slaughter Of the
recent battles. We remember nothing like II
In tho history Of politics The great ghoul at
Washington, who authorized the meeting, and
have succeeded In completely disgusting the
people Of this country, and have damaged them
selves irretrievably. .,sssS III /
In the midst OF the terrible conflicts OF the
past three weeks, while thousands Of lives were
being sacrificed for the national cause, and
while every patriotic man was watching with
intense and anxious interest the painful pro-
gress Of events, these ghouls thought only
Of Lincoln's denomination, the control of the
Baltimore Convention and their own chances
for petty offices. At tho sound Of the cannon
which was to- decide the fate OF the country
these ghouls hurried down from tho mountains
these vultures docked from the plains, these
hyenas sneaked out of their holes, to feast upon
the bodies Of the slain and gorge themselves
with the best blood OF the land. They met in
horrible conclave in the Cooper Institute, and
proceeded to dig up the graves of our soldiers,
to tear open the wounds OF the wounded, to
riot amid carnage and make themselves fat
with. gore. sf
There was Clay Smith, the Kentucky ghoul,
and Oglesby, the military ghoul, and Arnold
the Congressional ghoul and Spencer, the legal
ghoul. These were the orators Of the meeting,
and they all devoted themselves to praising
Lincoln, the great Presidential ghoul, and
advocating his denomination and reelection.
Their arguments were corpses Their rhetoric
was blood. Their smiles were drawn from
death aud wounds. Their logic was, that
because Lincoln had killed SO many men be
ought to be allowed another term to kill
as many more They cared nothing for the
country, for the nation, for the Union; but
they rejsiced in carnage, because they hoped
it would advance tacir fortunes, and they
gloated over the red river OF blood, because
they hoped that It would float them into power
again. We repeat that 50 disgraceful and dis
g,sting an exhibition Is nowhere chronicled in
ne history Of politics esl95e i = without .
parallel Of 6ohparison, and ws lack words to
stigmatize 1t as it deserves.
II Lincolns reelection were not impossi-
Bile; If the blunders he has committed and the
criminalities for which be irresponsible had
not placed him out Of the Presidential ring;
il the people had not long ago decided that
General Grant is to be our next President, this
ghonl-like meeting would alone destroy his
chances and render his defeat foregone con-
clusion. Tho trick Of claiming credit for car
mage and trying to make capital out Of whole
sale slaughter was too transparent and too
boldly played. In ancient times the ghouls
stole slyly to their abominable festivals at
midnight, by the pale glmmer OF the sickly
moon; but these modern ghouls parade them.
selves in open day, advertise their purpose in
the daily papers, and gather publicly In a ball
lit with the blaze OF gaslights, as If anxious to
be universally abhorred and despiscd. The
head ghoul at Washington had not secse
enough TO forbid the meeting. The ghouls and
vultures here had not sense enough 10 postpone
It. With brazen faces they confronted an au-
dience whose friends and relatives they were
about to dsvour, and begged for longer lease
Of power. Could the force Of unblushing de.
prsvity much .assher gos
We anticipate that this meeting Of political
ghouls will ALLEVIATE from Lincoln every homes.
man who has hitherto been deluded into sup
porting him. Through the action Of the
Cleveland Convention it will completely ex.
tinguish the proposed convention at Baltimore.
The nominee Of the Cleveland Convention has
been already selected, not by politicians, but
by events General Grant, who bias hitherto
saved the country, is the only man who can
govern IL for the next four years, and settle all
the vexcd questions which surround the per-
manent suppression Of the rebellion. For this
work Lincoln has shown himself as incom-
petent, during the present administration, -
he has shown himself destitute Of any senti
mcnt, any feeling, any judgment, by indulging
in vulgar Jokes az the most solemn crisis OF our
history, and counlsnancing gathering Of po-
hsical vultures while our ARMIES were actually
engaged with those Of Je6. Davis hu the most
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