The New York herald., 1866-07-28

hey cannot be turned out Of the Philadelphia
Convention under the terms Of its call. Messrs.
Weed and Raymond, who are clearly not with
out sin, should not throw the first stone In this
rude and unjustiGable manner. Somebody
may retalinte before long by opposing the ad-
mission Of lobbyists. 1t Is much better to take
the only true ground and advocate the
admission Of all comers. One clique
will then neutralize another, and we
shall get moral force from the combined
influence Of the Convention that will work
most powerfully in the fall elections. These
squabbles beforehand over Mr.. Ben Woods
dirty linen or Mr.. Weeds dirty linen can
made pure and spoiless by the Convention.
Those whose sins were as scarlet will come
forth white rs snow. The issues between the
President and Congress will absorb all other
issues, and every politician will be judged, not
by what he has done, but by what he Is doing.
Let US have general political amnesty, and
the people will accomplish all the rest
The Middle Among the Mexican Liberals.
Speaking of the quarrelling emong the
Mexican liberal leaders in the United States
as well as in Mexico, we are reminded, MS
the good and jocular Abraham Lincoln
would have said, Of q little story:-A
couple of sportsmen started ont one day
in pursuit Of game. In due time they both
espied at the same moment a fine, large, pamy-
looking bird sitting on stump. Each claimed
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first shot, and finally both banged away
together. The bird dropped dead, and the
sportsmen went to work cudgelling each other
sonndly about the right Of possession. One
claimed the game as his, the other perempto-
rily and bellgerently denied the claim, and
utter pounding each other to their hearts con-
tent they mutually agreed to an armisticr and
proceeded to examine the character of the
game they had brought down. II proved 10
be nothing but dean and tough old crow.
It is so with thu leaders of the Mexican lib
erals both in the United States and in Mexico
They are wrangl;ng and abusing each other
most roundly about game the value or worth
lcssness of which they cannot at this time form
any approximate idea. They are ready to cut
each others throats TO be first in ut the death
of what they suppose may be a glitteriug bird Of
brilliant plumage, and yet they may be doomed
to find the prize nothing but tough old crow.
Both Juarez and Ortega have their respec-
tive retinucs Of game-masters, and while
the leaders are firing for the game OF
the Presidential chair of Mexico, their
retaincrs are poaching on every manor
and bagging all the game, in the way of silver
mines and gun and steamboat contracts. they
can lay their hands on. At one time there
was the game Of plundering the town of Bag
lad, in which some Of Uncle Sans hlue-birds
took part. Then there was tho game Of taking
Matamoros, by which several of the old Mcxi-
can guerilla sports bagged some heavy plunder.
Then there was the game of capturing conduc-
tas loaded with spccie-a game that was emi-
nently successful. But the biggest, fattest,
most tempting game of all, ia the anticipated
fifty million loan by the United States 10 the
Mexican liberals. Juarez and Ortcga are now
blazing away nj this rich and luscious prize,
and their several adherents are eagerly watch
ing to catch the juicy droppings as the game
is being roasted. Meanwhile. that acute old
sportsman, Santa Anna, is sitting perched like
a bald-headcd eagle upon limb in a quiet
grove in he pretty little city Of Elizabeth,
watching for The game to drop, when, with
lightning sweep, he will pounce upon the
prey and bear it alofi TO bis own inaccessible
eyrie. Even Santa Anna may, however, find
his game. for which he has been so long and
patiently lying in wait, prove to be, like that
about which JuareZ and Ortega have been
breaking each others heads and bruis:ng each
others rcputations nothing but tough old
crow but he can afford 10 bear the expense
Of delay and the modification of disappoint-
ment more phlosophicslly than either of his
sporting rivals for liberal supremacy in Mexico.
Seriously, the leaders Of the liberal cause In
Mexico. as well as their several representatives
and retainers, mus, either cease this silly
wrangling and personal bitterness and vitupe-
ration. or surrender all hopes Of ever seeing
republcanism rc-cstablishcd in their country.
except as province under the especial wing
and protection of the United States.
THE FINANCE MEASURES IN CONoRrss.--Il
is encouraging to find that public exposure
Of the provisions OF the Sherman Finance bill
and Morrill, Tariff bill has not been without
effect upon Congress. and that they have been
amended by striking out their most objection
able features. IL Is no longer proposed 10 add
10 the dutiable value Of imported merchandise
the cost Of packing, freight, brokerage. FOREIGN
export duty and other general charges, nor TO
break faith with the holders Of fseven-thirty notes
by deprivipg them of four months of the option
of converting the same into six per cent bonds,
which they are entitled 60 under the act author
izing their issue; but there are still provisions
remaining in both bills which are al the best
useless and uncallcd for. That, for instance,
which provides that no part Of the reserve Of