The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-09

Office will soon expire. We call upon him,
thea, to signalize the last months of his admin
istration by making clean sweep of all
belonging to the incapable and corrupt old
Treasury ring, beginning with Mr. McCulloch,
who is the centre around which the whole
reyolye. W
Two Civil Wars at Once--The Oyster aud
,,.,ss Other Spells.
Old Abe was Of opinion that it was best to
have one war at time, and permitted the
nation to endure at the hands of England the
insult and outrage of the Alabama business
rather than violate so safe rule. Hence the
destruction Of our commerce and our temper
and terrible loss of time in reading Stewards
dispatches, to say nothing Of the vexation of
Reverdy johnson and his apologies to that
famous old invalid, the British lion, for our
bad behavior. Now we are more than half
ready to convict Old Abe Of too timid spirit,
of : too great fearfulness of war; for here we
have actually doubled Old Abe's allowance
without evident damage. We have two wars on
hand, raging in full fury, either as bad as the
Dorr war In Rhode Island. or the anti-rent
war up the Hudson, or the whiskey war in
Pennsylvania or Peter Stuyvesant's dreadful
war with the Delaware men, or any other Of the
famous wars Of history-two such wars, and
we are none the worse for them, or not much
the worse. Except for little tightness in the
money market down in Wall street, tendency
to speculation and panic in all sorts Of fancy
printed paper, an unusual extravaganza In the
style of ladies' dresses at the opera and the
appearance Of notes from g. W. B. in the
papers, We might almost fancy that there was
as profound peace In the land as we all hope
there win be when Grant takes hold.
Yet there is dreadful war on the Chesa-
peake waters between the virginians and the
Marylanders. From the character Of the com
batants this war evidently is no trife. We all
know how the virginians fight. Haven't we
heard Of the Army of Northern Virginia, and
Stonewall Jackson, and Governor Wise, and
Magruder, and Lee, and all the other sons Of
the mother Of States and of statesmen, who,
though she has lately been looked upon as no
better than she ought to be, is stout old girl
neverthelessr We know that the Virgil
mans will fght-at least while they preserve
that fine sensibility OF character that makes the
fear Of being laughed at for running away
more terrible than the fear of an enemy in
front. We also know that the Marylanders
will fight. We know the history of the Balti-
more streets. Moreover, we have heard Of the
Maryland line Whether II is only common
chalk line, or whether it is first cousin to the
equator, or whether IL is the line with which
they catch the Spanish mackerel they have at
Guys, is point of no importance whatever.
We have heard that this line, like Scion
Shingles grandfather, ''fit into the Revolu-
lion, and we have no doubt 1t SIT better |
than Mill did. for there was good material in |
L. II was composed of two regiments Of in |
Iantry, all Irishmen. Thus there is no doubt |
that the Marylanders will fight and the Virgil |
mans win fight If there is an object worthy Of
their prowess In dispute, and the object in this
case is--the oyster! They win fight, Of course.
Who would not fight for his oysters2 Now
that niger breeding as business is done
with; now that the soil Of Virginia is so ex-
hausted for tobacco that the best districts hardly
give crop, and now that, as always, it takes
bottom dollar-her last source Of wealth; so
,he will fight in this war with all the chivalry
Of her spirit--arst, because the object is her |
beloved oyster next, because 1t is the last
resource Of her sons in making money. Mary
land, therefore, is not going to have an easy
time on the Chesapeake.
The other war is in Florida, and is trivial to
the oyster war; IL is o war of the politicians
about the plumber. We have no great respect
for the Florida fighters themselves. They
Lhreshed little Hay once, Old Abe's secretary,
pretty badly; but as Hay was not Of much
account on the field Of slaughter they are
entitled TO no honor for the achievement. But
this Florida war has more serious aspect
when we remember that all the combatants Of
both sides went from Massachusetts. Massa-
chusetts will 6gbt terribly when the spois are
in danger; so there may be some bloody
noses yet II seems the Legislature has found
out that the Governor has got better hold on
the State purse than they have, and that he
tiles" Chat being radical for difference of
opinon); 80 they have impeached him. He
in return has impeached all the members In
bis way--has declared their seats vacant under
the consultation because they held other Offices.
The war will give US fine view Of the way
government Is carried on in q reconstructed
State, unless (Which fortune forfend the par
ties, finding each others power, make peace on
fair distribution Of the spois.
The Portuguese In Mozambique.
Our cable dispatches inform MS that the