Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-07


Qui statuit aloud. parte inaudita altera; equum
.leet statueril baud 4quus est II any enc oeeao
on hearing only side Of the controversy enhous
such pr correct, he has acted unJastly. ouSn
the written maxim OF the learned ana classy H. we
and If more generally acted upon IN seciai Tic, "e
sheuld have much less wrong and ihJusuco a.
now complained Of There is, perhaps no 11nuo III
Uersy or complaint TO which this sentlmen, WIN noi
apdy apply, than those which have recenuJ rsSoasd
this com muni:y in reference TO the aegeu Pio1ccu
ings al the various auction stores, ana hoio pa
larly those located in Chatham street ana s aoJaceh
neshborhood. "All is not gold that giiiters says
an old proverb-and by the same RUE an = nos SUI
stantiay true that may chance 10 pear the impress OF
truth SO il is with the stories which nave been 50
busy circulated respecting the dealings 81 some OF
our aucioneers To person ualnltiaed IN the secrets
of business competition, weaid seem slanse, sna'
(growng out of the fact OF being continually under
soId) a number of apparently reputable ,rsdesmen,
dry goods dealers &c.-would combine together to
get up an excitement against the interest and repua-
ton of class of individuals who were selling goods
to tie community at prices much below their own |;
and Should, for the better purpose OF carrying out
their nefarous designs, select not only thieves but
vasabonds of every other denomnatlOn TO make
base and insidous attacks, through every possible
means, upon the most popular influential, ana re-
spectacle of their opponents.
Yet, while the good naured, ncredulous, and uR-
HuspectnS public ID inundated with tales OF frauds al
auctions and ingenious fabrlcations OF burning, ne
is all the time the intended victim of the cunning and
the sratagem of set OF men, whose soc oDjsct Is
not much to benefit the community by pretending
TO expose the tricks of the auction BUSINESS as 10 get
rid, if practicable of the system OF dealing which, in
ninety nine out 0fevery hundred, Will Afford 10
either small or large purchaser, bargains which
he could never obtain of those very retailers and
shopkeepers who are the enemies OF the system
and whose united energies prompted by the most
mean and mercenary views, have been called out IN
every shape to put it down. Bat, thanks TO the dis
elimination OF well-judging community, Hneser can
Be put do,on, while there men engaged IN IT, as
many who might be named, whose standing charac-
ter and credit, far beyond impeachment or impu
cation True it is, that there may be few exceptions
to this almost general rule-and 1t is but reasonable
to expect there should be- IN city 80 Populous and
extensive New York. In due time, however, this, oy
an honest ard udicous press will be hea out IN bold
relief and pointed out to the digit monstrart OF the
common passer by, as the only individuals who ought
to be avoided by the honest purchaser and the legti
mate caterer of bargains Look, however, at whom
the first attacks made and by whom they were,
(under the influence of the cabal we nave nameu)
sought to be sustained Why against Messrs. Gavin
& CO., the most extensive and respectable of the
entire of the dealers in that street, and by man ac-
cused Of and arrested and under recognzances Tor
theft by feon who betraye the unlimited confidence
he enjoyed from that fifm ana who detected IN
a mean and ungrateful larceny, endeavorec to creep
out of il BY SANDER and misrepresentation the NEST
vile by regularly concerted and continuous beis In
newspaper by some strange circumstances unoer
the partial guidance Of relation and brother. Can
ii be wondered at then, with such malignant sources
for pcrsecutoa aud such polluted engines for mis-
chef that temporary sensation should be created
against a system of trade, the only real fault OF
which was that il was Calculated TO supply the pub
Lie with goods of an almost miscellaneous description
at prices far below those of the common retailers, and
that the propretsrs Of these well stocked and respect
able establish nents should be branded with every ca.
Iumny that infamy, malice and reckless falsehosd
could suggest7 JusTvs'