New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-24
vOL. III. NO. Ies.
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OF tnls nature, Inc reader Will readily suppose Il
be something more than difficult and 10 succeed
! in SO describing it would be certainly less thar
| pleasant The quality of its writing seems 10 u.
at all times, and IN all lts departments OF the very
lowest grade, and how Capt. Marrya1, condemn
ing the vile character of this print became him
could possibly think it written in very clever
and very effective style, is to Us incomPrehensi
ble There is g certain effect produced, beyond
question, when man calls you thief, scoundreI
or liar; and clearly person will be at all In
cined to doubt the effect with which j, may BE-
quite possible to pelt him with filth as ne passe;
along the streets: Blu. there is in all this as mani
fest defect the side of cleverness on that o
cleanness. The weapons of the New-E ork lie,
aid are of this order in every There is only
one word that can describe the tone OF every orr
ginal sentence that appears in its columns, and
this one werd we must be excused for using. it
is dac&guardtSM. The law OF the whole cstab-
lishment Is that; its profits have that sole source
10 say any thing as it is said by decent men, I.
commit single sentence in tune Of Respectable
ity, would be fatal to the Snake Of Newspapers.
When seems on rare occasions lobe lapsing that
way, 1t has habit of recovering itself before thu
sentence finishes, with astonishing ease We
know that the devil can quote scripture, and is
dersicod to have commonly self.respect enough la
do it gravely; but this {" head-devil" OF the Ner-
York Herald, as he aptly calls himself, does not
dare to put his namy SO far in peril as TO venture
on even that. He was defending the other day IA
miscreant wretch, who, in his capacity Of minis
ter to the principal church in Rochester, had con
trived the ruin of artess child, and suInma-
ted the guilt by unsuccessful etert to charge ii
on his own nephew he of this Herald we say
fellow-rufhan in discharge Of his ordinary duty
was defending this atrocious misoreant; when.
bethinking him that there was something to the
point in a Book commonly reverenced BY all men,
he proceeded thus: g We can safely 10 the
pious clergy. he that is without sin among We
pick mp tho first BRICK and let fly at him. y
No bad specimen this little extract, in itself OF a
style and tone of Literature enjoyed withts high
est relish in the bar-rooms Of America; read
though let US hope with moderate liking. in her
drawing-rooms studied and smiled at in her cab
met at Washington; spread daily before her atten-
live Senators and Representatives in Congress;
and, grounds too credible for rejection the sub
ject of the special patronage of her republican
Chief Magistrate. But this is part OF the sub
ject we not yet come to: desiring first to ems
bic the reader, in American phrase, to realize
little more completely, if possible, the every
day contents Of the notable journal in question.
Its size we have stated but it should be seen to
convey any reasonable notion of the infinite IN
thickness between it and our English Journal il
every thing bmt size. Its miserable whity-brow
paper; its dingy, uncomfortable print its per.
tectiy ridiculous encouragement: It's tumble in
one hopeless mass, of leaders and police-rcports,
and abuse and moral reflections.
putfings and bankruptcies and crimes, politicians
at Washington and paupers in England and pick
pockets at the Tombs; these are points it has in
common with every newspaper in the United
States In none Of them is the least effort at ar
rangement observable: in none does the mere in
terest of the reader for single instant appear to
take the place of the convenience profit of the
editor. A lengthy advertisement, stupid or gross
topic of the day; aud even the viruent onslaught
on Wing or Democrat, expected ever with such
greedy and anxious appetite, will be found to have
given way to the editorial lament over non-pay.
ment of subscriptions or The editorial triumph for
some victory of the cash press over the credit
press, or the Wal.street over the cash press. Not
Of course that this would find liberation with any,
were it not sure of large amount of sympathy
with all: an Americans feelings in whatever at.
fects the pocket being sensitive exceedingly, and
dsposng him in such cases to the instant and
strongly countervaling reflection, that his editor
is at any rate one Of those smartest OF men who
is TO be caught asleep to the main chance OF
money, money, the great and final
business of existence.
But while i'll these respects the New- York Her
aid shares only the general characteristics OF lis
brethren through the States, it has, with the
marks of infamy we have Indicated some peculiar
tiles of its own. Its appears, by means OF course
of its evil gains, to have organized throughout the
country a very extraordinary and complete system
of correspondence, so that, in every chief city OF
the Union, it has resident representative. And
these are laborars worthy of their hire: being all
such reckless Hbeers of every thing decent, and
such impudcnt dealers in every thing vile, that
the I" head DEVIL himself must be often hard put
TO it to keep his scandalous supremacy. he cue
universally is Spare one. Thrust yourselves
into whatever house you can get, and every where
leave your slime In no direction fail to abuse
Let fly at all: the more eminent your game, the
more atrecious the falSehood we want; but tiy
low as we'll as high, for tho praiseworthy thirstoi
every free citizen to know his neighbors affairs,
extends to the affairs of every other free citizen
without frivolous social distinction. Never thnH
scandal can be too malignant. 1t is TO furnish
bitterness for u hundred thousand tongues, and
what would be any thing scant or small toward
satisfaction of so many? To be satisfactory, say
every thing but what is true, and above all things
nothing that is kind.'-Nor is it counsel uttered
at any timc in unwilling or inahentive cars It's
last clause is ever most especially cared for.
recent and emphatic announcement of the princi-
pie of abuse contained in it, had reference to a
distinguished writer of our own. Boz, said
the Herald, in its of:hand agreeable manner
.s Boz will return to Cockneyland kiss his young
Cockneys, write a book about the United States,
praise the Country and the People most shock
ingly, and then be laughed "a, for Fool or Flat.
Ca mp and you arc likea. Lard only makes
one sick az he. stomach :