The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-23


NoRTH-Numbers OF secessionists are scattered
oil over the North, and faint the sentiments of
every social circle or public assembly. Our
city has the misfortune, as . metropolis, to be
the headquarters Of these men, and they are
more numerous and holder here than else
where. They are to be seen and heard in all
places OF public resort, In omnbuses and cars,
on the steamboats,, and in the large hotels--espe-
cially In the hotels of that particular class
where board is to be had for "two dollars and
fifty cents day in gold, and four dollars in
currency" These men are Southcrners not bold
enough to fight snObby Englishmen with q
pretentious sympathy for "a people lighting
for their freedom, you know" or some other
contemplate stripe Of the British race, and
Northern men with Southern principles. Many
of the last are the heads of afiiuent mercantile
!. houses in our midst who got rich in Southern
trade, and who think, with Henry A. Wise, that
it is pitiable sight to see "Southern gentle
men crushed by the Northern scum"
These men are always to be heard talking
down our eau se-not openly, but with covert
allusion or sheer. They can always tell ex-
actly how decisive and magnificent is any sue
cess gained by the Southern armies. and also how
inconsiderable and unimportant every Union
success is. Every one can recognize such
person in the number Of his acquaintance
person who cannot be convinced that our
armies have ever won battle, yet whose per-
ceptions are wonderfully quick to perceive any
change in the condition Of affairs that is in
favor OF the confederacy. Just now these men
are talking down the recent victories won by
General Grant and it is good time to call
all Southern agents, mon directly in the into
rest OF the leaders of the rebellion and those
leaders rely upon them TO affect public opinion
here, to divide the North and 10 help the South
in that way. NJ. +. Maury, in a letter to the
London Times, written last year, divulged the
fact that these men were regarded by the
Southern leaders as an important agency in
the conduct Of the war. lie classed them
higher in point Of effectiveness than the South
ern armies. He considered that the South could
not gain its independence by means Of its
armies, but that its chance was good" its
prospects brighter than eyer"-through the
Discussions that these agents were expected to
foment at the North.
In our city the organs Of these men are the
so-called democratic papers. Our readers need
not be told that these papers are not demo-
cratic at all. Tho World, the Ne,os aud the En-
press are the very worst pretenders to demo-
cracy that were ever SEEM though il is not
The least singular OF human decisions that the
conductors OF these papers seem to believe
really that they are democratic as they
claim TO be, and seem also not to know how
completely they are under the influence Of tho
Southern agents who labor so industriousy in
our midst.
As part OF the same Southern scheme un-
der which these agents labor-a scheme for the
division OF the North tho active Southern
leaders now favor the reelection of Mr. Lin
coin. Though their organs here have not yet
come ont sffirmatively with this idea, they
scrupulOusly take care not to oppose Mr.. Lin
coins nomination in any way. This will GER
tanly be the next game by which the Southern
leaders. agents and organs win try to divide
us, il Grants campaign on the Rapidan shall
not make the whole matter hopeless But all
these Woodworking moles may be assured that
Grants nomination by the people will make
their cause hopeless il his present campaign
does not