Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-26
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| The Grand Jury OF New York has presen,eJ the
Editor Of this infamous sheet in three distinct in
dlements for a gross libel on the jury and members
OF the court OF Sessions, cnd for publishing false md
erroneous statements of the proceedings Of that
court.
This is the source upon which Richie relics for
many Of his leading articles. The Herald say, ,bi.
and the Herald says that-and his last generation
readers would take corporal oath to the truth OF
every word OF It. lfwebster is to be shown nm "a
moral and peeuniary bankruptcies dissolu,e and
depraved wreteh-the Herald is at hand with ca.
pous details aud ample proof. lrClay's burnins
patriotism is to be perverted into treason. and b;
moral character baskcned and deEamed-th;s C,,I
mou'hed iorcigner-sn ou,eist from his own sbo,.
is ready TO do the desired iob. IL puLIe ;,s,;,,
tons or private individuals are to DC injured in thai
credit OF reputation, this same Ioathsome wretch i,
prompt to furnish every material And Nh. Who'll.
when executed is transferred with raptuous deli,b,
TO the columns OF the Enquirer, and the p,opl, n,
Virginia are eShorted to learn morals and roi,,s
from tins organ of bro,hes and me rcen,tv ,crhhl.
The Richmond Enquirer in its 40 yunrs career of
Regeneration, never put grosser insult upon i,s
readers than 10y its quotations from this foul and
ProhigNte shcet-which no gentleman can read
without dlsgust-and the touch of which il pollu-
ton to a lady.
From the following extracts from the n. Y Star.
the Virginia publicmay iornsome idea of the hlsh
authority quoted to them 10y the Enquirer in mai.
tiers of law. religion and politics
FINDING himself unmolested in this peareobIe
community, either 10y personal violence Jy IN,
censute OF the press by the strong arm of The law
ne ioehneip roved about under his black hig
asSaIng Government, Congress, men in birb
stations, men IN business, public ipstitutions
the Character and credit Of the nation reIis;op
private reputation, female character insIitu
lions, laws. courts, Judges and every sub
Jeet, every man, every place or thing, at which h,
could level his shafts. IL is time such carer
should find some check, and as a Coroner's inuu,st
has not yet been held over him, we will now sec
what effect the mild influence OF the law will have
Benneti, IN this miserable course, is the osten b
slb'e man. yet 1t IS proper say that person h,,
the name OF Auree. who came To this country ne =
alleged under the name of Psifis Is the princir,i
eoncocer OF most ofthe sandcrous attacks nppenrin
In the Herald. Bennett has served an ,nrro,,,;"
ship to atiree. Auree gave him lessons how IN |
asSau character, asSa credit and assail nstitu,;ons
anu maze max, money out OF the operation. The Lon.
don Moral Reform SOei:y know A'tree well and /
know ms capacity in that way. lie has great rY !
petehce and art IN designing, great Industry md
skill IN executing, and Bennett has no, only moved
an apt shcoiar, but has reaped II.ntiful harves,
through his instructions.
The Herald dragged heavily along for some time |
alter II was established. II was losing grourd J,,
OF one cent, and Bennett finally tried the expert
ment OF two cents, 10y which he lost half his circua
ton, without increasing his advertising p,tron,s.
The murder of Ellen Jcwe,t opened the first nv |
nue. to the black mail system. OF this murder ard
inc coroneTs inquest, the examination of Rosina
townsend, and the trial OF Robinson the most that
could have been made by the English penny A. /
liners was made in the shape OF continued and eycit
ing Fuhors ana reports. On the night of this muir ,
uer' II was the misfortune OF gentleman of charac |
H. IN Igrsf, to ,l.. -. -
hoslna townsend, and hIS greater misfortune thai |
tue TACT came to the knowledge Of Bennett He C,.-
tened upon this gentleman. pursued HIM ike -, |
memo u Is SAID bed him TO the amount of $4,000 !
and hnaIy pursued him to his death, which occur.
red shortly after that affair This was the first capila
OF any Importance acquired by the black pal system
and It was Determined 10 carry that system out ex
tensvely.
1856. IL will 6e recoeced that he published lis,
OF tHSofusni firms, including IN that list one third of
houses not inspNeni, but supposed TO be to:terIny
The firms called on Bennett and demonstrated win
hIn, representing the ruin he was bringing upon |
them, and they arranged with him to contradict the
Iumor oil Their insolvency on the next day which
ne dId-those, we presume paying the highest and |
eNIehty the weakest, were put forth as possessing
uhuoubied means and credit. His next experiment
was announcing hs intention to publish list of ,oI
Veit houses IN the city of New York. This alarm |
ed aim 81 every hrm-each experimenting thar # NOT
included IN the list the house would be deemed IN
l.
Is supposed and believed, were paid by persons 70
have their houses included in the solvent list
small capitalists doing heavy business, anxious
10 preservs their credit, were willing to come nm
der the black mail system Of the Herald; and this |
experiment, It Is believed, realised many thousand
dollars.
For time the black mail was levied in small
sums from families Individuals ladies' of character
and umIdry, who preferred paying a dOueeur rather
thln have their names dSgracCd by app. arng in the
Herald. No public character arrived in our CITY |
painter, actor poet, musician, dmStHSe dentist &c. /
&c, depending upon public patronage for support |
who was not informed that his or her first strn wa
to eOneiIiais Bennett This system of wbdIssaie |
robbery was submitted TO by pub &c ind viduas, or |
men ~ business rHther than hazard the abuse Of |
Bennett, and ms principal adviser, Attree."
at is supposed that Bennett is receiving annual
contributions, &C. a heavy amount, from banks and |
associations IN tins state and various through
out the Union, IN order that their Gre dit may not he
impaired nor their interests jcoparded by being ga
zei'en IN the Herald as concerns to Toe watched or
guarded against by the public. We have thus the ]
secret OF his wealth. He uses the Herald as we /
have already said, as the Brgond uses his rifle
cleans II carefully loads 1t cautiously posses il over
rock TO select his victim and brings down the nm
wary passenger wHh certainty. He lives by denre.
dating upon the community, and growing arrogant /
on his oil gotten wealth, he abuses and vIlIfes every
thng that stands m his way Our trade, our nation
al credit and national name well as domestic con.
Germs and things held sacred from the public eve /
are daily, openly, shimeuIy the subjects Of infa-
nous remark IN ths columns Of the Herald.
The only rCdeemIng circumstance and conso,a- |
ton IN all this succession Of wrongs is IN the fact
that neither Bennett nor Auree are Americans-our |
country has not the disgrace of having given them
birth"