The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-07


prcea Cows steady. veals were dull for all excep
prime which went pretty freely at 10c Ilc the Iattc
extreme rate Sheep and lambs were dull and lower
Hos were higher, selling At exc. IOkc Tho tota
receipts were:-5, 436 beef CATTLE 80 cows 30A veas
IT. 7q5 sheep and lambs and IL. TIA hoga
Five Hundred Thousand Dema cog ues
and Thirty Millions OF People.
During the recent civil war there was bu,
one issue--that of force. Now that the war il
over, the soldiers returning to their homes and
the country gradually assuming its former
tranquility the professional agitators are re.
Stunning their work, and hundred new issues
begin to present themselves. In this great
country we have over thirty millions of people
and about five hundred thousand professional
agitators or demagogues. Some of this latter
class make living by their labors; others,
like Wendell Phillips, devote themselves gra-
tuitously to annoying their neighbours; othes
like Sumner, seek political advancement by
means of fanatical agitations. As for the thirty
millions Of people, some look upon the agi-
tators good-naturedly, some ill-naturedly
some with contemptuous Indifference and some
with philosophical curiosity. To the frame Of
mind last mentioned we most incline.
The crusade against slavery, led by the
Northern demagogues, is over and has proved
successful. The crusade in favor Of State
rights, led by the Southern demagogues, is
over and has proved decidedly unsuccessful.
The Northern agitators take Off their coats and
loosen their suspenders for another bout with
renewed JUNCTION. The Southern agitators are
either poor, in exile, in prison or in danger of
the gallows. These men have cost the country
a long war, thousands of lives, oceans of blood
and millions of money; and after all we have
turned out as all honestly patriotic men de-
sired; if at its close the troublesome, hair
Drained ranters of both sections had occupied
twin cells or adorned twin gibbets; we might
have regarded ii as an immense blessing in
more senses than one. But in this imperfect,
foolish world we must take things as they are,
and not grumble Overmuch. Let us see, then,
what the future has in store.
Shareholders having been abolished with
slavery, the Northern demagogues now pro-
pose to abolish the Pope, the Jews, religion
generally and the distinctions of dress between
the sexes. They propose to establish negro
equality. negro suffrage, and the Bloomer cos
tune. If anything we could say would have
any weight with these worthless we should ask
them to spare the Pope. That venerable man
enlists our sympathies as being the weaker
party. Any number Of plots to abolish him
have been contrived in Europe; but he has
his existence with tenacity which
even his enemies must admire. The European
world now seems to be combined against him,
and, like his divine Master, he has nowhere in
particular to lay his head. Under these cir
cumstances an attack upon him from this coun-
try is cowardly, and we again offer him the
of Washington Heights. That
locality is admirably calculated
for defence, and we believe that we could pro-
tect him against all assailants. Phillips may
talk and Greeley may write, and little .wad-
ding Tilton may print; but in our opinion
the Pope will not be abolished for Q
long time to come. Nor, for that matter, will
the Jews. These children of Abraham have en-
lured an awful deal of persecution and can
stand great deal more. The Emperor Napo-
leon had shot at them recently in the preface
to his Julius Caesar" and August Belmont cast
ridicule upon them by his shent-per-shent con-
vention; but yet they still live, and worship
God according to the dictates Of their own
rabbis. We doubt that the Northern agitators
can accomplish more than Napoleon and Bel
mont.
Let us warn the demagogues to be careful
how they seek to abolish all religions. As we
entertain no fears of their being able to accom-
plish this great work in our day, we utter our
warning in highly benevolent spirit for their
own sakes. They will soon discover that an
assault upon religion will lose
them their strongest allies. The pulpit politi-
clans will be arrayed against them. When they
abolish religion they abolish Plymouth church,
and Mr.. Beecher's twelve thousand dollar
salary, like the riches spoken Of in the
Bible, will take to itself wings and fly
away. Mr.. Beecher will surely follow
his salary, even ii it should lead him into the
conservative camp. Where his treasure is
there will his heart be also. And there are so
many clergymen of Mr.. Beecher's stamp, If not
of his talents, that the agitators will find the
attempt to abolish religion quite losing game.
II will be better for them to confne their efforts
to objects in which the clergymen can assist
them, a. they did in getting up the late war.
The Bloomer costume, for example, is . legiti-
mate subject Of modern pulpit discourse. Min
listers can preach about that who would find il
difficult to preach about piety. A woman in
mans clothing could be exhibited on the sacred
platform as slaves recently were. No doubt
there are in this world many people In petit
coats who ought 70 be in brooches, and many
people in breeches who ought to be in petti-
coats. We meet moro old women Of the mas
culine than Of the feminine gender. The
young ladies and the hoop-skirt manufacturer
yniOht object IN inch n reform: lint every man