Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-11


ed Rcformers--A perfect Cure for iIyPocri-
~ and Hunibug--The wall street Press
taking Medicine.
| For some time past the symptoms OF decay and
rottenness in the bloated bankrupt press OF Wall
street has been conspicuous and glaring, that she
| that might read it." One after another they
have resorted to manGuvres, and schemes and tricks
to bolster up their falling fortunes Sabbath break
ing, incendiarsm fifteen gallon laws, abolitionism,
and all sorts of cantng schemes, have been brought
forward without avail; and yet, like drowning men,
who catch at straws they still grasp at every sha-
dow and phantom OF diseased brain that they think
! will them from irretrievable ruin.
The last scheme has been brought forward by the
Rev. David Hale, the great arch-hypocrite of the
age and first cousin of Beelzebub the Big. 1t con-
sists of a memorial TO the Common Council to IL
censc the news boys whose literary pursuits it calls
intolerable nuisance; in other words, il is plan
to prevent the rapid increase of the cash papers,
which are like Aarons cash rod, fast swallowing up
all the humbug rotten credit rods of Wall street.
And it is not little Singular however, that just at
the time that the Rev David Hale is connecting this
scheme TO get pennies in private council Of a
clique, and voting the Industrious little news boys
(who support their mothers and sisters by their ev
ertions) intoerable nuisance, that the news boys
should, at open assembly of their entire body
semb,ed before office in Ann street. on arday,
at high noon, have voted the whole Wall street press
an inosrable nuisance, bat especially the "Journal
of Commerce. which they deem religious nui-
sance and the '-Courier * Enquirer" which they
stylea big bloased blaclIguard Nuisance The result
of their deliberations this occasion, brought forth
the following
MEMORIAL.
To the Aldermen and Assistant ALDERMEN Of Neic
York. in Common Council assembled.
The undersigned hard working, honest, non-hy-
pocritical news boys of the city of New York,
pectiully represent,
That the manner in which the Wall street papers,
and particularly the Courier and journal OF Com
merce,' at present conducted, is disgrace to
enlightened age, and civilized community; II is
moreover growing evil, has become perfect nui-
the intelligent inhabitants of this respecta-
BILE city, and disturDs the minds and proper medita-
tions of all well-docrs.
That the laws of this state, the ordinances OF the
Corporation, the laws OF dccency, and OF common
sense, the decorum of society openly set at de-
fance by the lies, SANDER, hypocrisy, imbeciltty,
corruption and inaniy of the Wall ST. press; and yet
their papers, full of abuse all that is good and vir
tuous, thrust at all hours of the night under the
doors of citizens and very often they contain senti
ments and statements shocking to common and
revolving to morality, religion, and the right princi
Piles of finance.
We further respectfully represent, that these pa
pers a continual cause of violation of the Sab
BATH by their ISLANDERS and lies and corrupt state
mehts, that they produce disorder ana dlscOrd IN
society; that they have caused all the fires and riots
in the last year and further that the Rev. David
Hale is the greatest Sabbath breaker of the whole of
them; for whilst he is apparently worshPPing ina
temple dedicated to religion, he is hooking his
Maker with a solemn sound upon a thoughtles5
tongue-creating confusion and discard amongst tbs
members of his own church-seeking, contriv-
ing, and planning how he can most efi:ctuaiy nure
his neighbor in the course of the following week
and how much SANDER and lies he can palm off upon
the community as the words of truth and soberness
lie has, moreover, become perfect nuisance In the
Presbyterian church, endoavored TO break up the
congregation at the Tabernacle, to set up church
of his own, and create schsms without number
amongst peaceable and religious men.
Webb has not, IT is true, kicked up row IN
any religious society because he never belo ged TO
any; but he has kicked up a row in the lower re-
gions where they already quarrelling about who
shall have him. We, therefore, as intelligent and
industrious newsboys, who continually catering
for the qualification and information of our fellow
beings early and late, through heat and cold, wet
and shine, and all weather, in winter and summer,
respectfully pray your honorable and intelligent
body that you would put in force against the
Courier" and the :" Jorrnal,' the laws now eX-
istng for the suppression ef disorder, SANDER sab
bath breaking and all the other vices that the Wall
street press continually guilty Of.
And we further pray that YOU would grant special
licenses both to the conductors of the Courier and
the Journal, for the former tn retail bombast and
folly and the latter to retail humbug and hypocrisy
through the streets Of the city every day except
Sunday, provided they prove previous good cha
gistered in the Mayors office, and that the Rev Da-
vid Hale and the others be compelled to have cor
responding number some conspicuous part OF
their id impudsnt forehtads, so that the license
NAV be taken away from them ii they commit any
improperly by not acting up TO their proper charac-
tiers Such licenses TO be granted gratuitously, a.
these poor devils have money To pay for the same,
and are totally destitute Of credit.
Your petitioners further pray, that should these
occupations fail TO find the above persons In bread
and ragged breeches, that the conductor OF the
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perpetual committee to decide on the best mode Of
SCATTERING the right arm, and that the Rev. David
Hale be appointed Dog Killer General to the city and
county.
Believing that the proprietors or these papers
on their last legs and that they. themselves, would
heartily concur IN the above suggestions. az II
would certainly be for their advantage, Chat - II
any earthly arrangement can benefit them, or save
them from annihilation)w respectfully request that
your Honorable Body would take some immediate,
decisive, and salutary action on the subject.
PAT MACBETH, Chairman.
LITTLE PIcKLE, Secretary.
This is the petition Of the news boys, which Is
numerously signed, and much better worded than the
Rev. David Hale's memorial We would like to
keep the pious David out Of his troubles, but must
on this occasion give our support to the News
Boys memorial" and doubt not that the Fathers Of
the City in their collective wisdom will grant the
request thereof.
0rj- The office Of State Printer in Michigan, has
not been abolished.
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SYMPTOMS or DrcLIsE.-Dsnels has abandoned