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


to unite in amcabe conference with such an enemy
as hersP II the living could to bury and for
get thelr resenttnents what would be done win the
oead, whose DloOd cries out against the murderers
| with voice which no apostacy could stine9 The
dead of this war met their fate in performing the
the enemy we would consent TO dishonor their
names and to brand with infamy their conduct
The advocates OF peace at tho North may as well
dismiss from their programme the preposerous pro.
position for Joint convention with The South. Their
stained with Southern blood; their consciences are
equally loaded with the guilt Of this wholesale and
wanton bloodshed; and we win not we cannot grasp
them III friendship. Ii Is fraud and falseho0d TO
teach the Northern people that we will unite with
them in convention.
ON GENERAL MCCLELLAN.
From the Examiner, Feb. A. 1891
UnaccustOmed in peace to the indecent haste OF
railroad travelling, Mcclellan adopted in war the
sedate tactics OF the mud turtle. He manifested no
fondness for former pursuits, except passionate
anection for spades and pickaxes, a reverence for
trenches and o sublime fervor for establishments.
lie developed the srangest liking for mud and
marshes mar and no muskrat ever delighted in bitches
out the his Old friends the contractors at SO
much the cubic foot but Lincoln paid no heed to
tnese satlrists believing with Mcclellan that the
pesG way 10 extricate the nation nom difficulty
70 excavate or exhume 1t. Accordingly Mcclellan
continued 70 excayate for nearly year. and at the
rison,s Landing, still digging with undated ardor.
G 6 IN was Wen pleased, but concluded that
''TIanrISG JOE, HOOKER.
From the Examiner, May 7, 1851
me depraylty OF Northern sentiment could not be
more lorclbly exhibited than in the expectations
| which that people had formed from such mounte.
bank and braggart as the now beaten and disgraced
truth honor or any Of the s disnguisSing Qualities
OF gentleman Is established by the fact that in the
Old army he was held In contempt by his fellow ON.
GERS who refused to tolerate his society, and that
when ne was appointed to the supreme direcuon OF
the federal forces at FredercksbuIg men Of respect;
ability, like Generals Sumner and Franklin, retired
| In disgust from their commands.
| OPINION OF ENGLAND.
from the Examiner, July 81 1851
Those blessed persons who expected nothing from
| England filed to-day. Periodically there is a
| fuss in the British Parliament over the Southern
Confederacy. II is time that this farce should tire
| the audience. We have no worse enemies in the
world than the British government and the majority
81 e ps s'o a he w yb Iey ae
| and gloat on their ruin. AL their diplomacy has
| been, and will ever be, employed to prolong the
war, by preventing the interference OF any otner
on JEFF DAVIS. ss.ss
| from the Examiner, Dec. q, l864.l
Dut good sense, mOdesty and justice Will never
actuate the Executive while Congress abdicates It's
| functions, and public opinion its rights. Nations
| will suffer just punishment whenever they intrust
power to puny hands, puff up the concelt and en-.
| courage the passions OF their rulers by fusome
nattery or silent submission. We have done SO.
The folies of the government are manifest to all but
II any one who pays their cost proposes opposition,
oreven remonstrance, the amiable majority cry,
he VIII do thus and So all the more If he Is opposed
Don't say anything. We must have concord-una'
ment:, Therefore, the only voice which is heard at
all Is the voice of naterersthe voice Of those who
have neither head nor heart, neither knowledge nor
| principle. Hence the Executive is encouraged to
pursue its fances and although every military mis-
fortune of the country Is palpaby and confessedly
due to the personal interference OF Mr.. Davis, the
Congress continues at each to be his subser-
Went tool, and to furnish new incentives to per-
| versity, new means OF mischief.
ESTIMATE OF GENERAL GRANT
| From the Examiner, March 20, 1SG4.1
Strange to say, the South regards the appointment
nj IN larh urtfh Pfrfc
| faction. They believe this favorte Yankee general
to be nothing else than what Is called, in homely
only in fact that, having the confidence Of the
Yankees, and the support Of their government, he
may bring together larger military forces and EN-;
! less celebrity among his cOuntrymen. Neither our
| army, our generals nor our people entertain much
has won reputation solely by the folies and faults
Of Jefferson Davis. But they do hold him In respect
attend his standard, and which viii now be con-
| troed by him more than ever before.
This opposite appreciation OF Grant by the two
belgerents Is characteristic Of both peoples The
North admires success; the South, merit. The fault
and folly Of the Yankees is their overweening admit
tune making, puptsing Impotence, nsolen nee
reputable or dsreputable Grant as general,
Seward as o politician, Lincoln as an unworthy
winner OF vhe Presidency by lottery, Barnum as the
prince Of humbug-mongers Beecher as the cleveres,
Of religious hypocrites Keenan, scientific bruiser,
| Law ana vanderbilt as mlIli0nnaires by Infinite
| frauds. Butler as model pferer and despot-thesc
are the sort OF worthless whose lives some Yankee
Fuller will write for the admiration OF remote Yam
| kee generations
RECONSTRUCTION.
| From the Examiner, JAM 81, 1S64.l
| DEMONSTRATION" Is an absorbing topic with the
| enemy OF present. The fighting being nearly con-
Guided, Lees army extermiuated, Johnstons starved
10 death, Beauregard's buried under the ruins OF
Sumter, it becomes serious question what to be
done with the rebels. variety Of opinions exist
upon the subject Lincon's decimal system is OF
course, favored by Official influence but there are
Others to which their partisans not less devoted
There Is the territorial system under which the Yam
KEGS to control absolutely the destnies Of popu
latlon which has forfeited all the rights appertanng
10 the states by their wicked rebellion There Ia the
free farm system, by which everybody Is to be en-
dowed with rich lands, fruitful in cotton, rice or
! tobacco, and new blood infused into the languid
South; and there is also feeble remnant OF ante
diuvian politicians who call themselves democrats,
and are much laughed at for their innocent perth
nacity in demanding the restoration Of the states 10
all their rights and the maintenance OF that obsolete
| instrument called 1.-The constitution"