Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-10-14

II was an old and favorite maxim of celebrated
diplomatst, who had studied human nature undervery
advantageous circumstances, ''that every man to
be bought you did but know his price," In making
this assertion he always used to say that he did not
simply mean, &C. price in money" but that If a man
in power could find out the ruling desire of any ndi
vidual, you could purchase him by gratifying that
ruling passion. 1t was always, however, presumed
in this dea that the person to be purchased to
receive the price himself but it has been reserved
for the present day. sell literary and political ia
lent openly in the MARKET the slave dealers do the
negroes in the south, the native princes, their
captives taken on the coast of Africa. -Four five
sales of this kind have been effected by some person
who claims to be proprietor of a morning paper;
and the practice was becoming so notorious that the
buttenders and other ultra politicians of the ocofoco
school, called public meeting Saturday night, at
Tamnany Hall to devise means for putting stop
to it. The meeting having been called to order,
his speech the meeting inferred that the loco
foco party had been singalarly unfortunate in not
possessing paper that would disseminate their
political opinions without being under the control Of
some clique, ether who preferred theirown selfish
views to the great ends which the locofocos had
to carry ost. During the last two elections
paper had rendered the ocofocos great service and
well they kne it; but then the clique came in and
having more aonss than the locofocos, they had
bought their journal, body, so and brecehes. Now,
this meeting was called together to rake up the
should be under the entire control Of Richard Adams
Locke.
Mr.. Riel here handed to the chairman shsrt pre-
amble and resolution, pledging the meeting to raise
the needal for the purpose Of starting such paper,
and Of giving the ex editor of the New Era, its whole
and sole direction.
and il LEFT to the chairmans discretion 70 select
FIVE celebrated and staunch butteRders to carry the
resolution into effect On motion Of another ultra
locofoco the exedtor was sent for and requested to
address the meeting.
Mr. Locke entered into long detail Of the rise and
progress Of the haf-defunct laminary, its decline
while il continued only to be an nsidious advocate
Of locofoco principles, and its emerging into the full
blaze Of its fame when il openly uniuried the pol-
cal banner. Notwithstanding, however, the gene
rosty of its readers, the nishap Of this print
always TO be laborng under pecuniary difficulties.
lie said il was scarce Of great modification 70 him
that paper which realized clear profit Of $l25 per
week, was always changing its contributors, and
such had been its recent tribulations, that he
ers few days since he was told that 81 900 must
be raised, and that Messrs. Coddngtou g. Hoyt
would be forthcoming with that sam the moment ne
should relinqush his chair, and be mere cypher in
the great sccoant Of locofoeosm. Nay, it was even
offered 20 pay his salary up to the commencement Of
the next year, IL he would sat STILL and permit Pros
per M. Wetmore and John w. Edmsnds TO do all the
work the paper This offer, which seems at first
sight have been highly liberal, the exsditor de-
clared an insult; and, because they refused him the
privilege Of explaining the matter to the buttenders,
Q0leTmlOc0
IL he lost his life in the attempt
The buttenders received this Grafton with loud
cheers-nay, they west further, for they determined
10 put their names 10 a subscription paper, but
one present offered 20 part with aay money, and not
even broken bank note handed up TO the chair
man by way Of making beginning.
so much for the meeting, now for the particulars
of the sale Of locofoco editors. We believe IL first
commenced about year ago, when magistrate,
celebrated for his urbanity and polteness, loaned
5O0on the stipulation that individual who had rem
dercd himself obnoxious to the police should be dis
missed from the paper. This method Of raising the
wind was quite novel; l. had never even entered the
heads Of the Wall street hnansiers and il was de-
termised 60 try Il again. Money was wanted, and
the young mems committee were applied to; they
bid provided gentleman who had retired from
w hig journal to assist in the Of semi
ocofocoisn, was made the victim and the Tamnsny
party the immolating priests.
Again, the concern in diflculties, and the
semocsfocos werethen applied they disliked one
Council and the Custom House clique. But this
gentleman claimed 10 be proprietor, and he would
not be discharged. In this dilemma the gordan
knot was cut and tha paper ceased to exist for one
day. Its ghost. however, reappeared in ~ hours,
but for while II was a mere spiritless thing Of
shreds and patches and the semi-locoocos rejoiced
with exceeding great JOY. The butt-enaers, how
ever, protested, and in order TO give them lift in
the political SCALE the last Of the locofoce editors
was restored, but his wings we're clipped, and nj.
though he tried - soar, yet, like him Of Crete"
he only hastened his swn downfall. As this selling
If editors may possibly become prevalent in this
community, we will just give the public an inkng
of its advantages merely in q pecuniary point Of
view.
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