The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-08

holding out to them strong inducements in view
Of other loans, perhaps the Southern States
may club together and pay this one, because
legations and lastly, that If sthe large and in
fiuential bondholders" in this cotton loan do
not come forward and help in this business
thew will be shown up. From all this 1t will be
seen that these unhappy small fry bondholders,
the chaps who have really put in their money,
are in that "parlous state" which calls for o
charitable knock in the head to put an end to
their misery; and President Johnson's despatch
to the Governor of Georgia will do it.
Tho New York Herald Agitating the
Whole World.
This journal seems to come out like daily
earthquake agitating the whole world, if the
remarks Of its contemporaries may be accepted
as true. Happen what may, the HERALD is held
responsible for everything that occurs. In vain
have we modestly declined a responsibility SO
universal and so onerous; it is forced upon US,
nolens volens, by the rest Of the press. AT va
rious times cliques and factions, alarmed at the
extent Of power the origin of which they
could neither understand nor appreciate, have
conspired to put us down. Some Of these con-
spracies have been large, some small, some
worth noticing and some contemplate; but it is
hardly necessary to say that they have all been
unsuccessful. We have gone on, peaceably
and bcnevolently, upon course which we dis
tincty marked out thirty years ago, until we
now have the greatest and the best journal
- x.,,l;shad 0ur dcfroctara have been
many: but our friends have outnumbered them
thousand TO one Every day we address
constituency more numerous than that OF any
President or other potentate, and every day
we find tho number of our readers In
creasing. The Arctic explorer, wintering
upon frozen seas, looks to the HERALD tor his
news, and the missionary carries it along with
his Bible among the savagcs of the tropic zones.
There is no monarch who does not have 1t read
TO him, and no democrat WHO does not desire
TO peruse its crowded columns. Many per-
sons foolishly profess to dislike it; but every
body reads it. That paper SO universal in
lis circulation and 80 comprehensive in its
records of current events should excite con-
slant comment is not singular; but yet the
space and attention bestowed upon it by other
papers are really remarkable in its history.
Just at present the HERALD mania appears
to have broken out with renewed vigor. You
cannot take up one of the other journals Of this
city without finding the HERALD treated as
most important and interesting topic. How
much money we make and how much money
we have lost what bargains we closed and
what bargains we backed out of; how we quar-
relied with this man and how the other man
quarrelled with us; what splendid new office
we are going 10 build and whata splendid old
Office we are going to leave; how the French
mission was offered to us and how the French
mission was not offered TO us; what extra0rdi-
nary crimes we have committed and what extra
ordinary virtues we possess; how we are
the greatest ignoramus and how we are the
greatest philosopher of the age-thcse are the
staple gossips OF the rest of the press. Our
personal appearance does not escape these
tattlcrs Sometimes we are more ugly than
Andy Johnson and more shabby than Greeley,
and sometimes we have most majestic coun-
tenance and dress like Beau Brummel Our
religion is not spared. Often we are set down
as Roman Catholic and great favorite with
the Pope, and often we are classed as an inf
del. The less these scribblcrs know about us
the more fuent!y they write, and those who
have never seen us describe as with the utmost
ease. The country papers initiate the city
press in this Wonderful fondness for writing
about the HERALD. AS they clip all the news
from our columns, they seem to have o per-
sonal interest in our affairs. Their New York
correspondents act as if they were especially
instructed to devote themselves to our bust
ness. They can tell what we are going to do
about the Managers Association and what we
have had for dinner. The few facts about us
that they CLEAN from the HERALD itself-for we
have no other medium Of addressing the pub
| lic-stipnlate their imaginations aid work
them into a fine frenzy. These fellows investi-
gate our private account books, keep the run
of our circulation, overhear our most conaden-
tial conversations, copy long extracts from our
diary, know all about our dreams, are acces-
sorry to all our plans and read our secret
thoughts. If we had anything to conceal we
should be terribly afraid OF these omniscient
chaps; but our sound and healthy conscience,
| our pure and virtuous life, and our Christian
and consistent career, enable US to laugh at
them and their ridiculous stories.
1t is curious to notice how completely the
Bohemians Of both the metropolitan and the
provincial papers identify us with the events
which 1t is our duty to record. Had we any
desire to dispute with Thurlow Weed for the
honor Of being the person who winds up the
sun every day, we might procure ample evil
dence in support Of our side of the case from
the writings Of these veracous people. If q
party is beaten, we destroyed it; If another
party started, we originated it Does the