Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-07-17
The Close of the War.

We scarcely know what the world Is coming to,
now that Noah has endorsed the gentlity and fair
ness Of the " Herald" and placed us, in point of
truth and morality above the leading religious jour
nal of the country. We are inclined TO think that it
was but ruse Of the old clo man t. do us deadly
injury knowing, that in the estimation of the COM
muni;y, a compliment from him is the severest CEN
sure any receive.
However, it is q matter of small moment what
either the " STAR" any Of the miserable rcketty
concerns. who joined in the late ridiculous attack
on this paper, say for against it. When the
raj war; rag hottest and iercest, and the red-ho,
shot flew the fastest, calm and unrufied
a. a summer Our object was a simple and
Straightforward one-to make a good paper, full Of
facts and early news, uamindful Of the missiles
which, though hurled 18th violence, never reached
us Where there was possibility of i'm pro vement
it was effected. The independent journals all over
the country saw through the infamous conspiracy,
and promptly exposed it, And although VIC might
fill our paper with extracts from all parts Of the
union, showing that the attacks have only resulted
in advantages TO us, yet must content ourselves
with the following
[From the St. Louis Pennant Of July a.
The person who sent a number Of the New
York Herald, accompanied with his elegant marks
AID remarks, shows how grecdily his depraved
taste seeks for yulgarity and obscenity, when
were probably intended He reminds US Of the pi-
Gus old lady who congratulated DIR. Johnson upon
hi. having left out al the " naughty words" in his
dictionary. +" Humph, madam was the caustc
reply-"I see you have been looking for them"
II the individual who sent US the paper, will call
and show US his face, we promise will publish
the extracts, provided he convinces US that he did
not experience more pleasure than pain in their pc
rusal.
This mawkish afectation Of fastidiousness is one
OF the surest signs of the degeneracy of real mo-
rality. We were never more struck than with
passage met some time since, we have forgotten
where. An English lady, as prim and fastidious as
possible. was in company with her French friends
AZ the gallery of the Louvre. stopping before the
statue Of The Apollo she bashfuly hid her face be.
hind her fan, and exclaimed, "Gracous me. how ip-
delicate" The indelicacy is in the remark not
the statue" whispered a French lady to the gentle
m IN who accompanied her.
The attack upon Bennett will do him good, and
make his paper better. Its character has already
undergone a marked improvement. Every thing
heretofore Objectionable, has been carefully omit
ted Will this satisfy the wishes of those who have
set upon hint No-they wanted to destroy him
u &c; him out of the wsy-and leave the world fol
them To- hustle in!
We have been as prompt in condemnng every
thing improper in the Herald as any one; and va
arc glad that he has reformed. The usefulness III
his paper is no longer marred with those blemishe
winch charity would attribute 10 the fraIlty OF hu
man nature, rather than TO wanton profligacy.
As an illustration Of ths bad faste-o say no more
with which the crusade has been carried on, we
will mention the fact that there are several news
boys IN town. who sell the New York weeklies, and
that they uniformly get rad Of every copy of the
Herald long before request is made for the others
We saw two yesterday NOR ing, who had plenty
ofthe other weeklics, hut not n single Herald One
had sold fifty copies NJ the latter in an hour The
attempt. then to put dorm the Herald, will only
serve, Just we anticipated, 10 put him up-and
sincerely hope that for the future he will refrain
from publishing any thing Objectionable 10 the most
fastidious.
% The editors all over the country are m akins