Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-15
MORNING HERALD.
MONDAY, APRIL rs. lsss.


Another Revslurss APprsacAing-The New
YSrk Press.
The revolution and couater-revolution in polite
and trade, which have marked the history Of the las
two years in New York, are only Part-and a small
Part-ofthe great Intellectual, commercial, and mora
change which has been going On, in every avenue Of
society and thought, for some time past. The mos
marked feature Of these new times is the radical re-
volution which setting in upea the character, posi-
ton, and influence of the newspaper press. Let ~
explain. ha
The Wall street press, up to the establishment OF
the Herald in May 1895, the representative, the
fyran the organ, the agent, the spaniel of what was
enormously called public opinion-but which never
was any thing bat the corrupt, rotten contaminated
opinion of stockholders scoundrels, and cheats who
debase each other in that ofraud and roguery
In 1893 the New York Sun was established on the
cash principle, which is the only principle that
lead to Improvement and public liberty-but its
ductors ignorant Of the power Of their position
till the Herald began in 1885 and raised the Tone
widened the ield-and gave a fresh intellectual i'm
pulse TO the it espoused. For two years past,
under the excitement Of politics, the Wall street
press has been able to weather the shoals Of bank
ruptcy and debt by the appliances of corrupt poll
tcians-bn that their has been utterly and
sfectuay demolished in the late conflict the public
mind will soon emancipate itself from the deception
that chained il to the system. The Courier T. En-
qurier is at this moment covered with debt bank
ruptcy, and every species Of demora zation and
ruption The may be said of almost every other
paper in Wall street. conducted the credit system
Those journals are bound and mortgaged to specula-
tors and stockholders, and hence their opinions
not free-their influence is factitious-their popu-
l.. IL 49,
How different is all this with the cash press-wih
such papers as. the Herald, and those conducted ON
its cash system and independent principles! We
support what party we believe to be right-we
can advocate what principles we believe to be just
we can take that that will lead to the great
est good of the greatest cumberland if stockholders
or political knaves come into Office to remon-
strate, kick them out and not fear our credit
at the banks Hence the influence, the circulation,
the power the astonishing power, both political and
moral, Of the newspaper press of New York, con
Quoted on the cash system.
In the recent political contest which has
thrown the wings, the whole Wall street press was
powerless as reed shaken BY the wind-the result
produced by the truths, the facts, the discus
sions found in the small daily newspapers published
in Ann street and its neighborhood. And the two
journals which had the most influence in producing
that result were undoubtedly the Herald" and the
s'Sun." In the columns Of these two alone, were
the TRUTH the whole truth and nothing but the truth
published in relation to both parties The conduct Of
the wings in the corporation expenditures, AID OF the
wings in the last Congress relative to the Maine
business, openly and freely canvassed-and to
this may besattrbuted in great.measure the revou-
ton that has taken place in great portion Of the pub
lie mind 1t is singular fact, too in the history of
the newspaper press that these two papers the
only journals Of this city, patronzed by both parties
read by both parties supported by the indepen-
dent Of both parties-making money est OF both par
ties by their labors, and therefore independent OF
both and Of all parties every question: relative to
pablo measures and social prosperity. With the ak
eeption of enc or two others there is not another
daily journal in the city, that is not in debt, and
losing money.
These facts show the rev olatian which has been
working in the public mnd--and in the public press
during the last few years. Yet we are only in the
common cement Of this change New papers are
tablishing on the same system, but unless they
conducted on the principles we have been illustra-
hing, they never will succeed Several Of the mise
rable party papers in being, must soon die and
pass awey. The circulation of the "Herald" and the
"Sun" is alone Eve thousand per day beyond that OF
all the other daily papers in New York-in fact The
country circulation Of the Weekly Herald" Is alone
equal to oil the other ueekiy papers issued from this
eity. The cash advertising business-whch is the
only branch that is valuable-aways follows the cir
culatiop-and accordingly, in short time, We viii
every paper in Wall street abandoned by
the business part Of the population, and only support
cd feebly by some OF those needy Spectators, snd
stock jobbers, and politicians, who have not the
money to pay in advance, but always go on tick
tick-tck-tick.
We only begin this subject today-but we shall
pursue it hereafter and show that the defeat Of the
wing party is sautary change, which will lead to
equally important change in the newspaper press and
newspaper patronage Of this city, well in the
economy the attention 10 business and the prosecu
ton Of industry by the whole population Business
is weaned-is divorced from politics.
AARON CLARK, at the last election, had more vofes
than any tohig candidate erer received in Nec York
This fact alone gives the COUP de grace to the absur
dities Of the Courier-a rotten, bankrupt concern
which will'go to wreck from this day forward.
GREAT LocoFoco FEsrIvAL.-A great Festival
including an OK be roasted alive, is preparing by
the locofocos the recent victory. Would
il be good operation to buy out the dinner and
dishes prepared by the whgs7 The Wing Commit