The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-23

nate and popular branch of the government 10
settle question so delicate as that in regard to
the form of the trial. President johnson is
fond Of referring everything to the people, so
far as is possible; and Congress will represent
the people in this matter.
The Press I'm tho Late Confedoracy-A
Now Power In. the South.
We notice remarkable growth Of new jour-
nails in the Southern States-all of them very
different in character and quality from the jour
nails we received four or five years ago from
the same region. The press Of the South never
amounted to much before the war, and for
good reason: it was never an institution with
the real vitality of the people in it. 1t was
opposed on principle to that popular develop
ment in which alone q great and powerful
press can originate. 1t advocated the interests
and expressed the ideas of only that small class
of men whom the Southern people were content
to call their leaders, who controlled the policy of
the South, and controlled it always in the narrow
views of the shareholders and against all pro-
gress. 1t was, therefore, ever constrained in
its utterances-mean, poor and contemplate in
spirit and in fact And of course its utterances
were from the commencement the widest Of
The wild in favor Of secession and war. It
clamored for war as . pack OF hungry hyenas
might fer meat, and its noise perhaps con-
tributed in some degree to influence the
thoughts of Southern men and induce the
Incorporate acts that made war inevitable.
The war came and the Southern press was one
of it's earliest victims. This was one of the
revenges of the "whirligig of time" The very
event that the Southern papers had clamored
for and assisted to bring on killed them one by
one, until hardly half dozen were left, and
the country was naturally glad of
But now new crop Of Southern journals
has come up. There are Monitors, Heralds,
Posts, Records New Eras, Advertisers, Tram
scripts, Republics, Mails, Chronicles-and there
is one even content to bear that now disgrace
full name, "The News" There are very great
many of these papers, and they are spread over
the whole South, coming from all the larger
cities. Some are very distinct in the enuncia-
ton Of principles. Thus one publisher in the
late capital of the confederacy carries the
motto "No North, no South, no East, no West"
Another, from Georgia, stands upon the broad
platform of Wisdom, Justice, Moderation"
Though some of these sheets are revivals of the
old papers in the form of ''new SERIES" far
| the larger number are new in all respects.
They are a sign of the times. They indicate .
new development in the life Of the Southern
people. They show that the same enterprise,
tho same spirit, that has made the Northern
press such powerful engine for popular
rights is spreading in the South. They show
spreading intelligence among the Southern
people and educating the masses up to the
level Of good citizenship. II matters but little
what especial opinions these papers may advo-
cate. They all recognize the present facts Of
the situation, and they are letting the light into
the minds of the Southern people, who need
little else to become as good citizens as any
in the country. They are the very best guaran-
tee against further troubles with the South.
MExrco-PREsrDENr JoHNsoN's Policy
There has been of late too much twaddle in
certain newspapers as to what the Paris
Monitew has said in relation to what our
Minister to France, Mr.. Bigelow, officially
said about the Mexican policy of Presi-
dent johnson. The statement Of Mr.. Bige-
low, as reported in the Monitew, whether
he made it or not, to the effect that the
present administration at Washington has no
idea of going to war about form of govern
ment in Mexico, amounts to nothing. All the
public statements of Andrew Johnson, since his
nomination for the Vice Presidency, in 1864
and all his private declarations, we have no
doubt, from the day he succeeded Abraham
Lincoln as President down to this day. have
been unequvocally and emphatcally in favor
Of the Monroe doctrine and its practical appli
cation to Mexico" peaceably II we can
forcibly IL we must" This is President
Johnsons Mexican policy. Louis Napoleon
is, naturally, very anxious to know his
exact purposes in reference to Mexico
but he is not likely to find them out by in
quiries of Mr.. Bigelow. There is very simple
way, however, whereby the Emperor Of France
can ascertain whether his Emperor Of Mexico
will or will not be tolerated by Mr.. johnson
Let the French Minister at Washington be in
structed to apply to Mr. johnson for the recog
T milton of Macmillan, and we are quite san
: guine that an answer will be given which botl
, Macmillan and his master will interpret 81
the Monroe doctrine. President Johnson Is II
no hurry to settle this Mexican question, be
cause the game is in his hands, and he cal
settle 1t at any time but Louis Napoleon vii
3 act wisely by making virtue Of necessity II
: o voluntary abandonment Of Mexico, withou
| further loss of time for, voluntarily or invol
. unfairly, he win have 10 leave.