The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-09

notice apiece of conduct in the Madisoniau news
paper Of Washington, which is the meanest, and
most contemplate that ever yet came under our no.
tice, in connection of nearly twenty-five years
which we have had with the newspaper press OF this
country.
Ga Wednesday night, at half past ten O'Clock,
when the government express with the Presidents
Messages arrived at the Post Office here, it was dis
c1rocd thai not single copy tcas found in the bundle
addressed to the Nec York Herald. In such an emer
gency what to be donel Col. Graham, the
Postmaster here promptly and courteously furnish
ed us with his own copy, from which we set up for
the Herald and the numerous orders we had receiv-
ed fer extras Ii is singular too, that.almost every
other newspaper inf this city, had copies sent them
from the Madisonian office, and the penny Sun and
Union, conductedby Noah and Beach, oyster men
and financers, had whole bundle.
The Madisonian is the Administration organ at
Washington-and if any new spaper throughout the
land has been more fair and liberal towards its men
and measures than the New York Herald we should
like to know it, Under no former administration,
was ever so mean a trick attempted When Francis
u. Blair, or Gales and Seaton were the confidential
organs, no men were more prompt and liberal
in furnishing their exchanges with copies of annual
or special messages. What makes il worse in the
case of the Madlsondn affair." is the fact, that ever
since we have exchanged with them,we have never
failed to forward slips and extras with all kinds Of
news, in advance sometimes of other papers-and
yet the very first chance they get, they treat us in
this way.
1t is miserable and contemplate trick at best
but it smacks so much of the clique called the
'penny press" composed of the New York Sun,
oil Todu nd Ral IL
Sun, that we believe it was concerted thing in
which John Jones' chief fool of the Mddison,an,
heartily joined.
The truth will be out, the decline and fall OF the
penny press has begun in all large cities, and
lts managers, consisting OF Noah and Beach here,
Swain in Philadelphia, and Roberts in Boston, have
made desperate effort to procure a monopoly of
all the printing and patronage the General Govern
meni, Just to exc out their existence The Sun for
this city has long since lost half ts circulation, as
will be seen by the certificate of its paper maker and
now |, has lost halt OF its advertisements, as may be
seen by inspecting lis columns. Every day the Sun
has from tortyto sixty dead advertisements TO fill up
It's empty sheet. Hence Its avidity for monopoly
OF government printing and patronage In fact the
penny press never had the element of durability in
huence or power To use homely phrase-"ihey
gare TOO much tripe for shilling, With a
sheet of halt the size, sold for penny the system
might succeed, but from folly and mismanagement,
they expanded their dimensions, to that point, which
made their success depend on advertisements. When
arevulsion comes-and business becomes slack
the advertisements Of business men become cur
tailed aud then the penny press falls like Iucfer
nsver TO rise again"
Such Is the position of the penny press now and
to proons crazy existence, are the intrgues TO
impose on the President and that exquisite fool ohm
Jones, of the Madisonian. We never dreamed
that John would have been such an ass as TO attempt
such thing with the Herald. He ought to have
recollec,ed that when, in Roman history. his yene
rable ancestor with long ears kicked the lion. the
latter gentleman was sick and at the point Of death
We alive hon. and it is dangerous for any long
cared animal to protrude his posterors towards us
in hostile manner