The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-03

Will ENJOY sne privilege OF taking seat In the
next Congress, so general will be the whirl-
wind that will sweep the party from power
the coming year. The experiment Is worth
trying, at any rate.
Greeley and Raymond Before tho Prcsi.
don't and Senate.
The fate of Greeley and Raymond in the ex-
pertinent of oficeseeking furnishes very GU
rious and instructive piece Of history. Both
editors, and conducting papers in the interest
of tho same party, the greater and lesser radi-
cal organs Of this ely; both ambitious to be
diplomats and to represent the republic at the
royal courts of Europe, and both having strong
claims upon the party in power, yet one was
rejected by the Senate and the other confirmed.
Though Raymond has tried good many feats
in political tumbling and balancing, he has
confined himself pretty strictly to the company
called republicans, and has never gone over
wholly 10 the rival establishment of democrats.
He only made an effort at Philadelphia to
break up the two and to amalgamate the choice
elements of them into ono, but falling soon in
original companions He is a republican OF
twelve or thirteen years sanding, and, we be-
lieve, he made his debut in the party at Pitts
burg about so many years ago. or late he has
pursued moderate course and, on the whole,
rather friendly to President Johnson's policy
and administration. His nomination to q
foreign mission by Mr.. Johnson, therefore, was
consistent enough The President in this case
was rewarding one who supported him and who
was of the same party which raised him to the
Presidency. But the Senate had become radi.
cal, and spurned this man Of moderate and
compromising tendencies He hung on to the
party and still hangs on, but ii would not allow
him to have mission and even drove him out
Of Congress. The country has lost suitable
representative abroad, the Presidents purpose
to reward friend has been defeated, the am
biton OF prominent partisan has been blasted
by his own party, and we have in all this a
striking example OF the ingratitude OF poll
ticians
The confirmation of Greeley's appointment
as Minister to Austria by the Senate was quite
natural. He is as radical as the Senate, or more
radical, and consequently his nomination
passed without tho least difficulty. But the
strangest thing is that the President should
have nominated him. He has been throwing
dirt at Mr.. johnson for the last two years. The
Tribune has so besmeared the President with
filth that the readers of that journal can no
longer recognize his features or form. The
changes have been rung in the coarsest Five
Points epithets, over and over again, to blacken
him in the eyes OF the public. The man whom
he has appointed Minister to Vienna has called
him drunkard, debauched sot renegade,
scoundrel, liar, and everything else vile.
For two years he has been numerically
assailed in this way by his new appointee
to Austria. What o commentary on
the ways and doings of presidents and
politicians! Evidently the way to the
highest offices is to abuse The President in un-
measured terms. Moderate abuse might be
sufficient to get small Office, but a great deal
is necessary to obtain mission abroad. How
ever, 1t may be that the President considers
Greeley's appointment good stroke Of policy.
He may think that Greeley will be out of the
way Of doing mischief, that his Minister to
Austria will be 80 intent on making an i'm
preston at the court there that home politics will
be forgotten. No doubt Greeley will be very
much occupied in his new role and novel posi-
tion. We can foresee how he will try to initiate
the philosopher Franklin at the brilliant Court
Of Louis the Sixteenth, how proudly he will
move about among the Hapsburgs-the de-
scendanis of the Cmsars-in his cowslIin boots,
slouched hat and white coat, and how he will
astonish the proud mobiles Of the empire by is
natural simplicity. We can imagine the benign
smile upon his countenance as the beautiful
and elegant ladies' Of the Court Of Vienna
crowd around and admire the unique
specimen Of American republicanism. Under
the fascination Of this new sensation we should
not be surprised IL our white coated philoso-
pher were to revolutonize the dress, social
habits and the government OF the Austrians
At any rate, the viennese will have an exalted
opinion Of the great republic and republican
institutions, when they see tho remarkable
individual we send to represent u.s. To make
the mission perfectly agreeable 10 his taste and
truly representative Of our country under the
new order OF things, the only thing to be
done Is to send with him full blooded planta-
ton negroes from the South as secretary and
attaches Of legation. We shall watch with pro-
found interest the effect OF this novel, extraor-
binary and unique mission to the Court Of
Vienna.
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