New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-14
~ From all quarters the voice of the Press is


! U From all quarters the voice of the Press is
coming up in appreciation of our stand in the last
Cooper libel-suit, and in apprehension of the mis-
application of Law by which the Liberty Of the
Press has been prostruted. The only exception
we have yet heard-the oHly discordant note ut
tered-is the following from The Sun
Feniuore Cooper Esq Friday obtained d. TeTS NI
for 500 damages against Horace Gteeey Tor oe, s,
Cooper taking The right Gong the State great
in checking the indiscriina;e ioels Oh me prom
gate party backs
Surely i, is foul bird that acts ike The Sun in
thi. case The Rights we battled for al Balston
were as vitality necessary to that paper as to US.
If the construction and application of the Law OF
Libel which has mulcted US be sound, The Sun IS
this moment liable to more damages on libe-suits
than all the Banks Steamboats, and Real Estate of
its owner could possibly satisfy. Aside from the
real libels it has uttered, its constructive, legal
libes under this Judicial ruling would far outnun-
Der the days of its existence What blindness OF
hatred must have impelled il to this suicidal mean
ness
The Sun does well TO talk of our libels When
The Tribune was started, and frankly exposed and
tons, it answered Us with the grosscst personal
| abuse. So it has gone on accusing US vaguely but
bitterly of every thing dshonorabe and infamous,
while IT refuses 10 answer our arguments and dare
aot discuss with US the great questions OF Public
Policy on which we differ. Its only recourse is to
abuse and defamation. It has stated repeatedly
that certain Wings have subscribed thousands and
tens of thousands te support this paper, when not
one of them gave il the first farthing nor was
ever asked to. 1t has resorted to low epithes and
coarse scurrility against US, and waged warfare
every way malignant and dishonorabe. Its pub
Usher has even refused TO insert the proceedings
of Public Meeting until the officers had con-
sented to strike out vote of thanks TO The Tri-
bune
For all this we cared nothing. At length, en-
bodened by IMMUNITY, The Sun dared to charge US
with attempting to get from its messenger pack
age, fouly insnuatng that we intended to steal IL
Here was the grossest as well falsest of libes,
accusing us of personal dishonesty in a matter
where there could be no witnesses but Its own pre-
tended informant Ii was simply malignant lie,
and we felt constrained to prosecute the RESPONSE
BILE liar. He clustered about proving it, held oat
| as long as possible, until we got him into open
Court and the cause on for trial. when his lawyer
offered to do any thing might ask to settle, and
as we wanted none Of Beachs dirty Ulster and
Jacksonville rags, we let him off, compelling him
| to sign and publish in his own reading columns Of
Nov 3D. mot six weeks ago. the following humll-
| iating retraction:
"AMENDE HONORABLE.
"BRAN BREAD HoNEsTY.-Durng the trial OF lcLeod, our
corresponds Utica entrusted OF his packages 10 an
acquaintance, gentleman OF This CITY, bring through Tor
deliver this Office. certain lily ivered hypo
ce connected with the Ann street press who processes TO
be purancaly pouS and ouageousy vlruous orthS pur
pose of practising knavery with better impunity and who
lett Utica the train OF cars arriving at Albany,
acct sted The gentleman bearing package, and by the
false pre,ence thai our correspondent ho spo
ken word him in the word) had requested him to DO
endeavored indsce the gentleman 10 surrender the
package him. purpose he pretended of better
securing its arrival at our Office IN season Inc gentleman
however was not to be caught by lying .hieike, and
vanous device and refused TO surrender package
him. Was not this MOLLY done MISTER GREELEY!-and
the more sob.y in that it was Sunday adventure Pray
Mister Greeley, you inform Us no this cunning friend
OF ours was and what hr REALLY proposed doing with the
package-provded be could STEAL II IN the way he al
tempted
The above paragraph appeared as editorial In
the Sun of the ed November last. The imputa-
tons contained in it, in reference Mr.. Greeley
are entirely unfounded and had their origin in err
roneous information. They are hereby wholly re-
tracted with an expression of our sincere regret
they were ever made Whatever differences of
opinion or interest, calculated to provoke a breach
OF courtesy, may have existed between Us and Mr..
Greeley, we have never doubted his personal in
tegrity and moral worth.
MOSES Y. BEACH
We have never published nor alluded to this mat
ter before-we scorned to trample fallen foe:
but when The Sun has the inconceivabe impu-
dence to talk of as lbelers, and Of Fenimore
Cooper's attacks on the Press checking the
indscriminate libes of the profigatc party hacks,
| forbearance ceases to be virtue.
DEFALcATloN.-The Savannah Republican OF
the 9TH says that it appears from the annual report
Of the Comptroller General, that the deficit in the
accounts of the late Treasurer, Colonel Thomas
Haynes, amounts to S20,93O So
The same paper has the following
EMyEzZLEMENr OF PUBLIC MoaiEs-By an ar
rival from Milledgeville we learn that some strange
reports floating there touching the affairs of
the Treasury and Central Bank as developed by
the examining committee. As they impcate in.
dividuals high in Office and public estimation ve
do not trust ourselves to repeat them.
ALLIoON'S
HISTORY OF FUROP +