The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-16

therefor have no great opinion
aud cheers and cries OF 100000 makes good change.
Aud say morethat without to hint at whs,
has caused this most singular change In the votes Of
some Of the members Of Cong is not possible
Tor any man TO have had in four months any new light
from mere conviction alone break in upon him on this
subject of the Bankrupt Tremendous cheers and
cries oil Jupers golden shower OF light ravished DANA
lrhe 100000 story,.all more invention again. The
Is an Interpolation that corres ITSELF for every body
kaows there such classical Series from the
| mixed assembly of public meeting)
We have called attention to this carlo sture q good
representation of the whole class matter that appears
in the Herald The bect make an intsresng paper
without the least regard to accuracy or truth In pre-
tended report like this OF a public meeting where Mr.
suiier and Mr. Edwards speeches are quite acc urate,
out to make him. and those no heard him. appear
charges OF bribery and Of making attacks
Washington
1t is indeed lamentabe that the public taste thus
loves alsehood and earicature which the Herald
presume but responds.
Now in this curious article, there are three strong
points to be considered In the first place, the arti-
Gle does not attempt to impugn the accuracy OF our
| report OF the speech secondly it only denies that
the remarks we said were made by some Of the spec
tators,ever were uttered by any there. And third
ly that for the first time in six years, Wall street
print is found to and endorse in the fullest
manner, the accsracy of the reports OF the Herald
Yes, the very article which attacks the account
gave OF the effect on the meeting commences with
a loud laudation OF the accuracy with which we
give speeches, lectures and every thing else.
| Now, let US see what they deny. They deny
| five things.
l. That any one said any thing about Henry Clay
there.
2. That there were faint Kisses at one time.
| 3-That there was any great cheering
4-That any one said any thing about 100000.
5-Tha any one made remark about Jupiter and
Danae.
| These are the important grounds used by the
Express" on which to base an intended sweeping
| article against our reports and news in general.
| Although the matters we are here to reply to are
| ridiculous enough, still it is worth while to notice
| them in some measure. In the first place then, we
say that all the remarks attributed to the crowd
were made in that room by one or more of the
spectators. There was very great-yes, terrific
eeholng, cheering, roariog, through that rotunda.
Henry Clay was thus alluded to. Some one
did speak OF Ssl9O,OOO, and some other per-
son slightly Kissed And lastly. some one
alluded to Dances golden shower. We are posi-
tive on this point and defy contradiction. But
the Express says that at such meetings Z" every
body knows there never such classical illusions
Why, this remark is gross insult as applied to a
meeting Of New FORK merchants. But the Express
seems to think that nothing was said besides what
It's reporter heard at the table at end of the room
Why, we send two, three, four. or more reporters.
to one meeting, if necessary and while some are
taking down the remarks of the speakers, others
are mingng with the crowd TO see and hear the ef-
fects produced by the speakers, and the remarks
they elicit from the spectators And this we con-
sder the true spirit of reporting, and report can
be perfect picture without it.
But now let US see who makes these ridiculous
charges No other than Mr.. Brooks one of the
editors OF the Express" who endeavored to report
Prescott Halls speech, and made miserable
failure OF 1t and why because he is utterly in
competent for the task of reporting any thing cor
rectly His report of Prescott Halls speech is a
wretched abortion, and scarcely contains ono tenth
part OF the elegant remarks of that gentleman. Not
single sentence Is correctly reported And yet,
while praisng cur account of Mr.. Buffers and Mr.
Edwards speeches for their accuracy he abuses our
remarks about the crowd How preposterous is
this. The same gentleman reported Halls speech
that reported Edwardss remarks. And one is
equally as accurate as the other. And both are as
faithful as they could be given.
Bat the close OF the article more ridiculous 1t
charges us with singing out Mr.. Hail. for the spe.
cia object of making him appear as attacking Mr.
Clay. We did no such thing. We only gave what
ne said Although, there really does appear great
resemblance between the tone Of his remarks and
the tone OF the article in the "Courier" and the
resemblance is so striking, as to leave not much
doubt OF the identity in the minds of many But
still we did not say so. And it was the farhest
from our thoughts TO single out Mr. Hall, for the
purpose named We think too highly of him. He
is man OF splendid natural talents, fine education,
good speaker talks sensblv and distinct, and what
is better, goes right to the point seldom mnces the
matter, and generally speaks out what he thinks
he did so on this occasion earlessy and regardless
OF the consequence OF displaying this, that, or the
other, or individual, or clique
And we reported him he spoke; and this in
reality is the spot and sole ground of attack by
the Express" That journal, like all the Wall
street papers, has always been under the control of
miserable clique that afraid to see the truth
published They would borrow money from Ger.
tain set OF men, who thereafter always control their
columns And the great object kept in view by all
OF them has been, not how they could bes, publish
facts, but how they could effectualy suppress. the
truth They always are afraid of offending certain
individuals, and hence their reports are always
ernascuated, and good for nothing. And these are
the journals that dare thus to SANDER the "Herald."
This paper, on the contrary, seeks only to publish
the truth-the whole cases-regardess of conse-
quences and hence The difference-and hence the
constant abuse heaped upon it,
"Thc Captain of tho Deck versus The
Lancet.
The argument OF 5. Sherwood, ESQ, on the
part OF DR.. Houston, was heard yesterday before
the Vice Chancellor. Mr. Sherwood showed. ia