New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-02
PAR NOBILE-slAmEsE sPECULA
TUONS.

IF publishers will put out newspapers upon
Sunday, it is refreShingly remindiul of the Ira
grant ointment which Aaron applied to his
beard, to find them dwelling together in COM
plcte unity, speaking the same words, uttering
the same opinions, and making their columns
fraternal fac SMILES of each other. This hap
pened, by way of modern miracle, only last
Lords Day, when the managers of The Herald
and The Times being simultaneously moved to
discuss the peaceful subject of English
Jealousy of our iron Clads," did it in
wonderfully identical way, each, for once,
literally crying ditto to the other. That is to
say The Times printed The Hsroid's article and
The Herald printed Tir Times's article, and the
article in The Times bore that likeness to the
article in The Herald which one pea beareth
unto another. Such unanimity as this,
upon so war-lke topic, was never
known before; and the presumption is, that the
writer of The HsralTs essay must have twin
brother in The Times office-or, in other words,
that each of these establishments keeps prl-
vate Dromo, and that Ito use the language OF
Mr.. Merryman in the crcus) it /" is impossible
to tell tother from which," Such identity was
never known before. II knocks Chang and
Eng, by comparison, into widely different crea-
lures: it divides Damon and Pythias by two; 1t
shames the unity of Castor and Pollux; 1t dis
integraes Mrs. Browning'S swan-" floating
double. swan and shadow" Such oneness OF
voice. language and thought as these two neigh
bors of ours exhibited last Sunday, certainly
entities them to honorary membership OF any
church which is willing to take them in. Such
celestial union is really novelty b newspa-
per manufacture.
We do not pretend not being ourselves in the
astrological business, to know what this con-
junction of two bright particular stars may
portend. Making n rough guess, we should say
earthquakes. Possibly a pcstilence. May be
the tanning Of all Copperhead serpentS. May
be the return of Coy. Seymour to the paths OF
public virtue. May be the conversion of several
Doctors of Divinity TO the principal points OF
the Christian faith May be the purchase by
The Eypress newspaper OF a small copy OF Mnr-
rays English Grammar May be the sale by
The Journal Of Commerce of its arithmetic. But
enough of guessing. II Is sufficient for the
present to see that The Herah and The Times
are like twin cherries Oh one stalk.
II is enough to speculate whether they
will agree about everything else, as they
agree about ron-clads. Ii so, although it is
none of our business, We would suggest that
this marriage of true minds should be regularly
solemnizcd with appropriate ceremonies, and
duly advertised, in order that those who buy
The Herald may understand that it will be
useless to buy The Times, and may know that
when they have one paper they have the other
We have always anticipated the restoration of
tine Onion; but If any of our readers are douLt-
full about il, we say that after the union Of LAST
Sunday, they have no right 10 despair OF any
thing. Meanwhile, does Barnum slumber in
his box office Why does lac not engage with
out regard to expense, the two gentlemen who
are so exactly alike, and add them to his
Uappy Family :"