The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-03
NEW YORK HERALD
Steam Ship Caledonia.

Steam ship Caledonia.
This steam ship was out fourteen days YESTERDAY
This is long enough, and we may therefore ehpe'
her news here this morning. She will bring hi'e' =
days later.
The Ashburton Festiya,-A gross indiSh"!
to the President and the America" peo-
pie.
The festival given 10 Lord Ashour'oh' ny ''e
merchant princes" as they call themselves is now
past and gone The revelres are closed, the head
aches better and all the events of the glorious night
are be fore The American people. On these events
we have reflected, with all the responsibilities of a
mama Chnsan--an immortal being who has his
mission TO perform in the tide OF time on earth, and
faithful return of his acts to make the recording
angel, high in the golden mansion Of eternity.
With these views and these feelings, we have re
fected on the principal events of that festive night
and ace How unhesitatngg, boldly, Jearlessy. charac
terise that cstival gross outrageous, unmanly,
beaaly and brutal INSULT TO the ,chole Anerican
People, pepstrated upon the name and station Of tie
Ameican Chigr Magistrate.
In this just and general denunciation we except
Lord Ashburton and his suite, Lord John Hay and
the invited guests, including also Coman and Stet-
son, and all their waters, servants and cooks. This
gross national outrage was perpetrated by the
managers, the stewards, and the tendollar sui
scribers-some OF whom have just taken the benefit
OF ths bankrupt law, and Others had to borrow the
ten dollars to pay for their tckets-and all generally
composed of what is called the aristocracy of Wall
street.-the elite of society in New York--he
merchant princes" as they were termed by one OF
themselves on that very night. These arrogant,
overbearing, insolent, domineering men, or a ma
jority of them, sneered and rdculed at the toast
given to the President of the United States, while
they cheered that given to the Queen of England
On great OCCASION such as that festival, it was
proper aud decorous TO exhibit mark Of respect
10 her Majesty of England but the way in
which it was coupled with studied, syse-
mare and insolent contempt towards the Chief
Mag ,strate OF the American people, under whose
presidency and auspices the treaty concluded,
can characterize as nothing else but Il piece of
any country, claiming to be civilized or chris
tianized.
In thc psrpstraton of this outrage, or sitting 81
lenty ,andquietly acquescing in the act we find two
reverend clergyman, among Them the Rev. Dr..
Potts, a pous minister of the Gospel of Christ
Jesus Preserved Fish, an old and respectable cli-
zen, had the manness to leave that nsocnt festive
board, while John Lorimer Graham, the Postmas
ter of this city, and several other officers of go
vemment, whose names we shall give, had the
want of spirit sit still and acquiesce in the gross
insult to the President of the American people.
In addition to this gross, audacious, unpreceden-
ted, despicaole outrage upon the American people,
We have 10 add that similar insult perpetrated
by the managers and the stewards upon the repre-
sentatves of the newspaper press. The particulars
of the insult will be found in another column.
The character of this fste, and of the men who
got it up, now stands revealed 10 the whole coun-
try. The black brand of infamy is upon its face
its back--and all its lneaments 1t was d studied
and deliberate purpose from the beginning to the
end The dinner was got up DIV a ctique OF lmpudent
aristocrats-of ignorant, arrogant men-who as
sumo to control the free thoughts of the American
people, and claim to be the Elite of all society--thc
arisiocracy of the whole nation--the " merchant
princes of this glorious land of liberty and equa
hty--of generosity and genilemanly sentiment
1t was a studied attempt to strip the venerable
chief magistrate of this great Republic of the fame
and glory he Justly deserves for the management Of
the treaty. AS Lord Ashburton is head and chief
of the moned aristocracy of England and possesses
great influence in making loans and dscounting
bills it is probable that the hopes and fears of these
financiers and merchant princes" may have caused
this line OF conductto be taken.
But whatever be the motives Of such men-or
heir hopes hereafter on London Change, their
conduct on that night was the most beastly and
brutal that ever yet disgraced any community
claiming 10 be decent, gentlemanly or respectable.
AS such we hand it down for the execraton of all
future time
Lord Ashburton's Last Day I'm America-De-
parture of the Worspite.
Lord Ashbuuon leaves the United States to. day
for England, carrying with him the best wishes Of
all who know him; and the esteem of every right
minded man in the country. He goes on board the