The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-28


three times as many men as the South has had,
we have so often been outnumbered in battle.
Concentration, then, is what alone can give
US success. No one understands this better
than General Grant docs, and II the admins.
tration and the radicals will only relinquish
their intriguing and President-making, and sup
port the commander of our armies with all
their might there can be no possible doubt
Of the result Of our next campaign
Rapid Progress or Practical Misccgena-
tIOn.
/. Il is very well known that some Of the prin-
cipal persons connected with the Union League
in this city have proprietary interest in the
New York Times, and, In consequence, that
paper may be fairly regarded a. the official
organ Of the association. It il also proper TO
suppose that the conductors Of the paper are
cognizant Of the movements Of the League
and thoroughly posted in regard to the ope
rations Of the body, among which are the
getting up Of Gag presentations to colored
troops, with the customary amount Of pomp
and an extraordinary display Of female lowell
ness and grace. They must also be in the
secrets Of the miscegenation programme just
adopted by the League and endorsed by some
Of the first members OF fashionable society Of
the smutty republican type; and they must
furthermore, be considered as regularly ODE
hind the scenes" whenever any scandalous
performances are going on among the miscege
majors as couple of chaps happened to be
on recent occasion at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music. With this explanation, then, our
readers can fully appreciate the temper Of an
editorial article on the subject of miscegena-
ton which is to be found in the columns Of the
Times in its issue of Saturday last
Although prepared for complete confession
eventually of the soundness of the doctrine Of
miscegenation by the niger and other free
lovers in the North, we must admit that we
were not expecting this candid acknowledg-
ment Of the beauties and excellences of the
system at the hands OF such a pink Of neatness
and good propriety As the editor Of the Times
at this early period in the discussion Of the sub
ject. Greeley, Of the Tribune, or Triton,
of the Independent, might have bad the au-
dacity to commit such shocking affront to the
good sense and good taste Of the men and
women of New York-as they have already
had the audacity to do the same thing, or
worse, through the columns Of their papers,
or Henry Ward Beecher might have had the
bOldness to avow his adhesion to the beastly
doctrine; or the Reverend Liberty, Equality
aud Fraternity Billings, who is charged with
the paternity Of the South Carolina Gibeonite
scandal that so strangely aroused 80 much vir-
tuous Indignation among the niger lovers and
miscegenators. very lately, might have broke out
in some such declaration in some obscure village
in New England; or almost any other person
prominent for his belief in the colored and
mixed philosophy Of Greeley or Tilton might
have thrown down the gauntlet, avowed him
self proselyte to the new faith, and dashngly
assumed the championship Of the dsbolical
doctrine. But who would have imagined that
the dapper Little Villain" Of the Times would
have exhibited so much boldness and independ-
ence! Who would have charged him with cast
ing aside those high and striking moral re-
straints and those chivalric and exalted princi-
pies he imbibed while in the same school Of
journalism with James Watson Webb' But
perhaps Webb would be miscegenator were
be here. And, furthermore, perhaps the whole
scheme may have been concocted years ago
by Webb and Raymond, and le't until the
present day TO unfold itself, Raymond tax
ing the leading part, while Chevalier Webb
kept on drawing his salary and playing euchre
at three shiliDgs point with the British Am
bassador at the Brazilian Court Stranger things
than these have happened, and are happening
every day. One happened the other day in
Union square, when the Union Square Club Of
white men, bearing respectable characters,
encouraged and countenanced some Of the
most accomplished ladies Of the ha,a ton to
proclaim their love and devotedness to q regi-
ment OF Pompey Smashes-an act Of devotion
never vouchsafed to any regiment Of white
skins. And another stranger thing is reported
10 have happened lately in Port Royal, where
a number of white ladies from New England,
finding the coinage OF American gold eagles
rather slow and tedious, produced a number Of
beautiful yellow boys themselves without the
aid of Uncle Sans Mint. Therefore we should be
surprised at nothing nowadays, least Of all the
espousal Of the championship OF the cause Of
miscegenation by the editor Of the New York
Times.
In the article to which we have reference the
Times apologies for not having before paid the
attention to the subject Of misagsnation which
its Importance demands, and makes the alarm
ing confession that "the rage for marrying
black people which has taken possession OF
the republican party is on the increase" We
learn from the same authority that not salts