The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-15

AuoioiOfo Id - tuat icaucrb like Wdue ho"P
ton, Forrest, Toombs. Henry A. Wise, A. IL.
Stephens, General Gordon, Judge Campbell
and hundreds Of others distinguished for their
political influence In the South are pa@vering
with the negro voter. joining with him in bar
becues, sitting on the same platform WIN MN
and showing him as clear as MONDAY on wn,cn
side his bread is buttered
The Southern political leaders are most
acute and audacious fellows They are the
greatest politicians that ever existed Even
their generals, headed by Robert Z. Lee and
Beauregard, seem to be as skilful and prudent
in the politicians closet as they were brave
and cool on the field of battle. This was seen
in Rosecrans interview with them at White
Sulphur Springs. Take them all together,
whether we regard them while conducting the
government for more than half century, or
observe them in the work of breaking up the
Union or in carrying on rebellion upon
most gigantic scale, in building great war
ships in foreign ports, in bringing foreign
capitalists to their aid, in obliging foreign
courts to give them quasi recognition, in
humbugging old European diplomats, or
whether we look at them after the war is over
proclaiming themselves the truest, purest,
most uncontaminated of Union men, landing
the constitution as if they had never raised a
finger to disturb it and protesting to be better
lovers Of republican institutions and better
friends of human freedom than those who
fought to defend the one and procure the
other, we see them the same bold, impulsive
pucky, vehement, presumptuous and auda-
cious political leaders. In sagacity and
cunning they out-Machiavelli Machiavell
They play the game of the astute and subtle
old Italian statesman better than he could
himself, and in a way, indeed, to charm the
very bones of that ancient political philosopher
out of their tomb. The bitter feuds in Italy
excited by Machiavelli, the arraying of one
turned in his diplomacy, his intrigues, combi-
nations and Vaccinations afford no parallel to
the keenness, energy and intensity of the
Southern political philosophers of our day.
They do things on grander scale. They can
keep up continual feuds among their oppo-
nents; they can attempt to break down govt
eminent one day which they swear the ne1
they are the only saviours Of; they can arrai
for almost crimes the leader of the armies tp
conquered them; they can cajole or coerLa
great political party into nominating CYL
date of their own selection for the Presidfy; |
they can win to their side the support oflree
million human beings whom they have n In
bondage for centuries in short, they c,per-
form deeds which, compared with thofaf the
old Roman or Italian politicians, is ll con-
trasting the tremendous volcanic erupts and
earthquakes of the American Continet the 6
popgun explosions of the volcanoes Erope
These are the political leaders wb iriS72, i
no matter what they may accomplish the
will restore the enteatec0rOle OF s
the great democratic party, smash p the l
republican party, elect Frank Bair Fen q
dleton to the Presidency and pve way r
for centurys permanent asceidanc IN the
government of the United States.