The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-26
The Walt street Prcse.
| To TIVE EpIIoR OF TINE HERALD.

To the EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Now that you have paid yo.r fee, end taken out
a license for your future good brhaviesr, think
you have a right 10 insist that others, who have
sinned with a much higher hand than yourself,
should also pay up and reform. And do not hope
TO see you cover before these mighty moralsts,
who have found good an occasion to display
their hypocrisy, as well as vexaion at their ungra-
tined m il'gnity, and disgrace themselves in the
eyes of all right thinking men," There is no
man so well qualified to assist in the reformation
oil others, as one who has reformed himself; and
yoa might now venture, with perfect propriety, on
thorough reformation OF these 'common liars and
hoeliers," who can scarce name their opponents
without sneer, or notice any prominent man
among them, without penning slander.
The barly one OF Wall street, calls one OF our
State Senators the most unmitigsted OF all Sound
rels and why not make him pay for the honor he
thus eonfsrs upon that SENATOR and the disgrace he
infiicts on himself for il Is themselves, and no.
body else, after all, that hbellers disgrace II all
the felons in the city should unite in calling me
thief l should not feel under any obligation TO
steal and il any man put forth lies about me, he
must look after the maintenance Of his own child.
rem, lest they starve; for should net feel bound
to bestOw any care them. But We must give
every one his due. The Courier. a few days ago,
had the grace not 10 claim credencs for most mo-
torious ialsehoed and libel on the country, which
the author seemed impelled BY some irresistible
impulse from the father of libels to perpetrate,
while noticing a Tyler meeting at Boston: II is
inst as instructing to see these edtes dehling the
language Of rebuke, as il would be to see our pull
pits filled By emissaries of Satan, affecting regard
for the salvation Of souls and praling about sui
holy religion"-an er ent far less improbable than
second general deluge, as long as these incnm-
bents are roundly paid for their services. You
cannot effect the reformation OF these editors any
oa soon, either for their own geed or that OF the
people whom they are often SO deeply interested
in causing to believe a lie.
l am aPprehensive that more people have be-
come intoxicated, and lost their senses from i'm
billing the party spirit distilled from these libel
res, than from any other inc briating They
are easily cheated, when made drunk, and become
the plant tools of knaves and cliques, who, after
making degrading use Of them, cast than, as it
wese to the dogs. Whatever there may have been
Of wrong or false in it, have no doubt the Herald
has contained more truths subjects of general
interest to the country than all the party machines
together. 1t scarcely ever suits them to give a
faithful and true report Of any transaction but
mens for purposes of their own till their story is
about near the color of the fact Us brown is to
white. Whatever may have been your motive,
your course has interfered very seriously with
those knaves who have been endeavoring by every
species OF gambling intrigue to plumber the people
OF their solid earnings, and give them air for Them
In fact, every species of rascaliy has trembled at
the name Of the Herald.
With regard to that little trespass on the respec-
liability of the Court Of Sessions, think YOU paid
about fair price for it, whether from the natural
instinct OF locofocoism to oppose the malice ofthe
ppeiayers, or from any other cause. i have no
pleasure in the use of these terms. in designating
the parties--nor have any hesitation in re-
turning the coin which they put in circulation, by
way OF derding their opponents, while they select
some honied term for themselves. The appella-
tions which they bestow on each other are about
equally significant and equally becoming. How
ever injustice and fasehoed, though they may have
long career, cannot prosper forever; and r0suery
seems now pretty sternly called upon to settle up
her long account, and We may hope that better
days for honesty are coming. And II you can lind
time to attend to the reform alton OF these editOrs
there il certainly good work before you. And
what a remarkable circumstance it would be in the
annals OF repentance and reform, il you should be
In converting the Courier into de-
cent paper If you could only effect that object,
l think all the rest would follow of course. The
other editors would be ashamed, and hang their
heads, al being outdone in truth telling, decency
and gentlemanly department of the former -
make them pay up if you Sempronius like,
they scout the doctrine of" rePudiation, but they
wish to owe everlasting debt. At all events let
us no more hear them take in vain the name of
IMPARTIAL JUSTICE.
P. Spy the way, think the prospect of refor-
nation is encouraging There was very good ar.
tcle In the Courier of Saturday, The subject of
rents, which is well worthy Of the serious censide-
ration OF both landlords and tenants whose mutual
interest 1t would doubtless be, to give these trou
blesome little bottle pretty extensive Irish
hoist. And there might be some very instructive
little histories, chapters, and anecdotes read to
landlords, exhibiting their past and present poll
cy, which might b. quite useful in the regulation
of their future course. About twenty years ago,
perhaps, u gentleman owning small row Of houses
in Sufok street, endeavorcd, like oihcr landlords,
to get the highest rents he could for them. He
was troubled with bad tenants ard non pay mcnts
to such degree that he changed hispolicy, sought
for good man and offered him a cheap rent, and
requested his aid in finding other similar tenants
on the same favorable terms, which aid was readily
granted. The houses have been occupied by the
same tenants for fifteen years, and well taken care
of, and always at a cheap rent, and the landlord
thinks he has made good bargain. 1851