The herald., 1837-01-30

magnitude 1t is a singular fact too that in point OF
talent manners air mind and other attributes there
is great resemblance in Messrs Bddle and Van Bs-
rem 10 the late Col. Burr.
Such are eur sober, long-formed views of the pre-
sent state Of the free government of the United States
The banking institution, originally mere instru-
men of commerce, has been turned by cunning poll
ticans into the government ITSELF and if the people
fools they are called by the banks and fools they are
in sober reality don't take the same banks will
soon turn the same poor devils, the people, out OF
house and home-out of farm and store-by means OF
the power the boardsof directors possess over the cur
rcncy, rates of interest, exchange discounts, and
credits. THERE'S no Mons Sacer here. We must join
the chartered robbers or be guilloned Wcprefer the
former for the present-so 'whoorah for the Banks,
Biddlc Van Buren, and all chartered and legalized
public robbers! They have the money, the cash. the
fatted calf and the plump kid. But the people-the
poor humbugged wings and democrats of Tammany
and Masonic Halls we laugh in your faces while you
for the very that pick your pockets as you
elevate them your shoulders to honor and office,
instead of whatthey deserve the gbbet and gulotne
Bravo for the Banks Down with the people
EDITORIAL BRuTALITy.-The Piaindealer of Sat
turday, the organ OF coterie of poetico-pohucal
blockheads, headed by Bryant and Leggett, has the
brutality 10 the late Judge Hoffman of having
been habituauy drunk the bench whsn aliue Ii
this so why did not this shameless coterie bring
the charge in the life time of the deceased and get
him removed from office?
This most gross cowardly brutal attempt to kick
the dead lion, is only of piece with the cotcrie
In the mean and malignant attacks on the amiable
and nofiensive Washington Irving, of the purest
and best writers that ever New York produced. The
Evening Post and the Plaindealer are only parts of
the same machine started by malevolence, and con-
Quoted by broken down poets and political caratans
to raise themselves into consequence by all kinds Of
dastardly mean and malignant attacks. BY acci-
dent and kindness, but without merit Bryant has got
little reputation for writing few songs-princpay
limitations or bad transatons His colleague has tried
every thing-the theatre-the aavy--the Press-poe-
try-party-andh has succeeded in nothing. Yet these
two mighty poets praise and puff each other in their
own papers, and bid the whole world look on, while
they vanly attempt to invade the life and reput alton
of both the living and the dead. The only mistake
that Washington Irving did was to demean him
self TO write letter of explanation to these charla
lans. Leave them to us-we can manage them-we
| shall pickle them for faturity.
=. s. Since the above was written, we have heard
it stated that Legget has been practising with duel
ling pistols for days pastthat his object is to
provoke of the family of the late Judge to cha-
lenge him-and that the whole is to create public at
tenon, and to fix upon the dying coterie such notice
as may them from merited oblivion. We trust
that Ogden Hoffman and his connections may treat
the brutal outrage with tina, contempt which il mer
its. Don't be caught in the trick.
The HERAIp-Irs CHARAcrER.-By an Express
slip from the New Orleans American Of JAM 49, we
received the following on Saturday:
CoamerciaL--Bennett's reports of the money
market, and his remarks on the causes that affect it.
are so comprehensive, that shall continue TO pub
lsh them for the use sf commercial readers, be-
ing fully persuaded that they will be highly accepta-
BILE. Henceforth they will be found under our com
mercal head.
Several commercial papers of the first character in
the country and in almost every large city, have ex-
pressed the opinions, and adopted the same
purpose We have every reason TO believe that the
Wall street Reports Of the Herald are beginning
new era in commercial intelligence and commercial
science. The old system Of reporting the markets,
still practised by the papers of this and other cities,
will gradually 90 out Of use and out of date. The
mere details of commerce not what merchants re-
features which regulate its currents or indicate COM
ing events, that create general interest Every mer-
chant has his private correspondents, and his own
special operations which give him the only insight
into detail which he requires He wants only TO see
the general facts arranged perspicuously, forming a
science that will in time teach TO prevent revul-
sions and conractions, speculations and gluts in
commerce. This is the new philosophy of commerce,
and this philosophy is one Of the most pleasing and
enchanting studies that the mind can dwell upon Il
pnrakes of all the exaciiiude of the mathematical,
joined with the peculiarites Of the moral sciences
In my Wall street reports thus far have but very
briefly indicated the various views principles and ge-
neral facts which, during the last few years, have
collected on banking, currency, commerce, and po-
litica economy. For fifteen years have been
very seduous collector Of every species of fact and
statement on these subjects ] have many volumes
of pamphlets and statements but thus far have not
had time to look further than my memory in writing
out my daily reports. have been so much engaged
in giving character to the Herald, since began IT, in
literature, in philosophy, in fancy in wit in every
thing that have not devoted one hour and hall
each day the preparation Of my Wall street reports
Yet with this pressure on my time, an, happy to see
that they already attract the attention of the whole
country.
have had several propositions TO republish these
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