Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-03-21

The following nonce has been published in several
Of the Wall street prints We transfer il 10 our CO.
lumas in order to give it additional circulation =
" The Eas Cssr.sef Np York. and all others opposed
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Wednesday Esrns the ais, inst. half past o'clock 70 hear
mayor O p sly HONE HON Chairman
R RcssT E T. Wssm0re' Secretaries.
We understand that the meeting will be large and
many of our best speakers expected to address it,
Outrageous Libels-The late Murder-Meet-
ing I'm Masonic Hall.
The Generalization of party tactics has never been
exhibited in blacker colors than in the conduct of GER
tain politicians relative 10 the late unhappy arocious
wicked murder of Jonathan Clley by band of bar
barians from this city at Washington. As a speci-
men of the horrible depravity of the party press
that portion Of il which is attached to the waning
fortunes of Mr. Van Buren-take the following ar
tice extracted from the Evening Post" of this city:
IFrom the Evening Post of Monday, Marah 49,
The papers which we receive from the country, ana
from distant cities generally condemn IN the strong
est terms, the late marderous affair al washington
We perceive however, that many OF the wing prints
are disposed to take the view of the subject
which has been taken by several leading whg presses
here; that they seek to Justify the part taken IN the
transaction by Webb and WISE and 10 discourage any
public expression of censure.
We de not recolect more striking instance of The
deplorable effect OF party blgory the moral feeling
than this. The wings had fair opportunity Of exon
Grating themselves. They might have said, with
great plausbillty, "Whatever these men may have
done they alone are responsible. They profess to
belong cur party, it IS trse but that we cannot
help, and are not answerable for their private i'm.
moralites. If they have been found committing mur-
der we join you in condennng, and we will help you
in furnishing them. The guilt is theirs only, and we
will not make it ours by defending the guilty." This
would have been noble an honorable, and we will
add polite stand for the wings TO take and for the
sake of public morals we sincerely hoped they would
take il. But they hare chosen to forego this high
ground they hare chosen to identify their
7oth that Of the murdsrers Of Ciley and to share ro
Them the burden Of their crime. They hare chosen
to make the murder political murder, lchig mar
der, stroke Of t0hig policy ,ohieh, If it cannot be
achoy sophisticated into praisecorthy action, u.s. at
least, ercttsable-a renidl error, thing to be
Iosked 10 be spoken Of tenderiy and alphabetically
aoheR yox must speak gift but to be BARRED as soon
as possible in an induigent forgetfu!ness.
Really the wings more blinded by the bgotry
of party, not only TO the distinctions OF right and
wrong, bat to their own interests than in our mis-
taken charity we had imagined.
Stripping this paragraph of its commonplace, poe,i-
cal verbiage it presents charge, Of advocating and
defending, of the most bloody and arocious acts
ever perpetrated in the midst Of civilizations charge
against the great body of the wing opposition party
of this city for defending this black and horrd
Now who are the persons composing this body of
men thus charged and how many do they number 2
At the last election, the voters against Mr.. Van Bu
rem reached $4,000 persons, one half of them, if not
more, heads of families, men OF reputation charac-
ter and moral principle. In this analysis and emu
msraton, deduct the little cliqaes Of rabid, nm
prncipled, demoraized, disgraced politicians who
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the American" newspapers" This latter section
OF bankruptcy and wrechedness do not reach 1000
persons, who neither possess morals, talent worth,
nor respectfully. The balance, reaching at least
se,erseer or eighteen thousand persons and including
their families, may number 10000 souls are beyond
doubt, the best purest and most deserving inhabit-
ants that could fill up any city under heaven.
Now it is against the character, Interpolation, the
principles, the stainless parity of this large mass of
inhabitants, honorable men and lovely women that
the organ of the President Of the United States
charges, openly and violently with apoogizng for
the murder of Mr.. Clley-esteeming it a stroke Of
whig policyn-lsokng at il as "praiseworthv ac-
ton" or !" at least an excasable-a venal error"
The atrociousness Of this libel, when the mind
sufficiently sees It's wckedness, surpasses human be-
lief. IL il 10 be supposed, that the thousands Of vir
tuoss and moral wings Of New York, look upon
blood and carnage so complacsntly1 Can it be ina
gned for one msmsnt that more than one half Of the
reputable citizens Of New York, tamely approve of
the progr smme Of assassination vauntingly published
BY Mr.. Charles King justification Of his associate
Mr.. James Watson Webb7 Does Mr.. Van Buren,,
the President Of this great and yet moral country,
his abandoned editor, really believe that the viriueus
people Of New York will tamely submit to such
atrocous lbels against their dearest and highest
princ,ples-pnncpIes regulated by morals and reli.
gion1
Agsin-ii may very naturally be asked, who is this
editor7-what is the name and character Of this
daeious hbeller upon the good name Of majority Of
the religious and vrtuous people Of this city7
The name Of this libeller by proxy IL WILLIAM
CvILEs BRyANT. In the early part OF his life, his
profession was q rhymer-a weaver of verses-a
commonplace poetaster. BY crawling and sycophan-
CIV, he got pulled into notice, and ultimately was ele
waited to the chair Of principal Lbeer for the present
President Of the United States. OF his own moral
character il record that he attempted to violate
the law, by cswhiding w. L. Stone in Wall street. a
few years ago, the aggregate balance Of which cow
hiding we believe was left has own shoulders In
point of intellect he is fourth rste-ust possessing
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