Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-30

banks in Wall street. and their affiliated institutions
| throughout the domains Of the Regency, must DC
struck out Of existence as fast possible We eoor
gradual but energetic overthrow Of the whole sys-
| tenn. The orners Qfhe soil alone ought TO possess
| banking privileges. The solid wealth Of the city
and state hosses lands, unencumhered property, ID
the best foundation of Its paper currency The great
mercantile interest-thc owners of real estate-the
mechanical classes of this great city are all rapidly
uniting in favor Of this radical luton in our fnan-
cal and banking systems On this point, all the real
interests Of society locofoco the bottom OF their
hearts. None hostile but the speoulators-the
bubble bank stockholders-the Harlem lot holders
and such like pests of society, who may be termed the
blacklegs of the banking system.
The blockhsads of Masonic Hall say il is question
between conservatism and locofocolsm-bctween
property and poverty. 1t is an impudent and auda-
cious lie. The question now before the community
| is question between the solid wealth of New York
and the Autographed bubbles of land and lot specu-
| lators-it is to decide whether specializing banks
without capital, shall have the power of furnishing
US with deprecated currency, solid institutions
founded on the houses lands, and real property of
substantial citizens in every populous street OF this
city. On this question all old party ties and attach
meats snapped in pieces. The corrupt Albany
Regency and the equally corrupt Wall street clique of
bankers and shavers who swindled the merchants
on, of s2000000O during the years 1885 and 60 IN
usurious interest and exchange, united IN favor OF
the Masonic Hall ticket-but the whole honest, real
estate mer camille manufacturing, mechanical inter-
est ofNew York, will be- for the first time, united on
the Tammany Hall ticket tbs not question about
| the paltry cabbage-trunder at Washington. When
Van Buren, day shall be in the front rank,
| to crush him and his faction. We must first break
down the corrupt Regency, and ultimately all CORFU p
ton in Albany or Washington can easily be rooted
out. We seize their own cannon and turn 1t upon
them, ba,terng the rascals TO the uttermos perdilon
with the very thunder which they forged for the uses
| Of corruption. Down with the swlndlng spectators
and swindling banks and all their irredeemabe
Up with the honorable merchant, the honest trader
the substantial real estate owner-the industrious
mechanic 1.-The hard working farmer-and a currency
based on the solid wealth of The soil. Van Buren's
| day is coming-but the banks must 60 first.
| OvERwHELMIsG MEETING THE SEVENTH WARD
JOE HoxIEs ELECTION SuRE.-On Friday evening
last one of the greatest meetings was held in the
Seventh Ward by the friends of Alderman Joseph
Hoxie which ever assembled together IN New York.
| No doubt exists now of the final triumph of the Al
derman his election to DE county clerk-saary slO-
| OOO-and the utter prosraon Of the vagabond ed
or' and the "squnt eyed son of bitch" as Charles
King Esq and his literary associates call Gordon
Bennett, the Infamous scoundrel who conducts the
Herald and makes that paper abominably pop
uar in this city. All the young merchants of re-
spectabty"-all the "innocent boys from Thomas
street," all the special friends of Roslna Townsend
were present al the meeting and made the air resound
with their applause.
Gordon Bennett is now considered To be dead and
damned Not single voice raised Ia his behalf
except one poor devil in corner, who said "no 10
the resolutions He was instantly thrown out of the
window, and it was well for him that he was for
certain little Ratchet, TO by porter in Maiden
Lane was brandshed SO as TO give warning 10 oil
those who dared TO oppose Alderman Joseph Hoxios
nomination.
Several speeches were made. cadaverous look
inc fellow with big black whiskers made very eo-
ouen, harangue and said that Bennett was an out-
cast and no gentleman. "Now gentlemen" said
he. 81 know VIVA, gentleman is. During the last
fifteen years have Ind fifteen quarels, and came
very near fighting each time l have been fifteen
times on the edge Of eternity"
"Awful," said the meeting.
eyes, gentlemen fifteen times on the brink Of
eternity. You have heard of Duff Green, and Of
Poindcx,er, and Of Leggett, and of Gholson."
Tremendous" said the assembage
"These me2 know what an do in the way OF
fighting, and no man can be gentleman that has
not had his affairs Of honor Bennett has been
in The danger that have been-he is gentleman
he's an ou,cast."
Next followed another speaker with large whshers,
but short in stature. He alluded TO Dartmoor-to
gold snuff boxes, the readest mode TO pay debts of
$40, 900, and closed with high eulogium on Alder
man Hoxie, and a whitening philippe against the
rascal Bennett whom he called "a vagabond editor"
Another speaker got up-pale cadaverous with
curious round shoulders Says he, Alderman Hoxe
is SAFE | was in magnetic communication with Mss
Bracketr recently, and we travelled through the mir
into the middle Of next week TO find out the result Of
this election asked her to look at the returns of the
polls from the wards. She said
"Colonel my love, do"
"What do you see y
al sec great many figures
"what kind of 6gurcsF
"a number of big Os' =
"was it OHaggerty y asked the crowd.
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