The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-29


as do the American Republicans, we shall render
to1t as free and generous support, in all It's move
ments, we have extended to the American Re-
pubhcans. What reason, therefore, is there for
Mr.. Sammons, or Mr.. Any-body-else, to pour out
such torrent of vitupertion and impudence
against us, because we. happen to assist, in our
own independent way, that very party to whose
welfare he is professedly devoted? Such suicidal
conduct cannot, we fearlessly assert, come from
honest quarter. Were the writer of the effusion
we have given actuated by pure motives-did he
really desire the prosperity of the principles about
which he so loudly declaims-were he really an
honest, modest, sincere man-could he by any pos
sibliy eEuit such dictatorial Impairment abusive
COMMUNICATIONS communication SO much calcu-
lated to disgrace and injure the party! Most GER
tainly net.
We very much regret to see these indications
OF desire and intention to browbeat-to intimi-
date-to use the people-by individuals in this
party. We regard such conduct as altogether
opposed TO the spirit Of the movement-its prin-
ciPles Its objects, Its purposes. And we trust
that the true authors of the party--ts
true leaders-ts true supporters, the great indie
pendent masses of intelligent and industrious me-
chanics who do not live by political agitation, but
who wish to be delivered from it in every shape and
wherever 1t may appear, will put down promptly
all such attempts TO dictate to them, and to lay
down set rules to regulate all who may be friendly
to their great and patriotic purposes.
On all occasions since this party came into exis-
tence, we have given a fair representation of its
doings We have given the American Republi-
cans good advice. We have assured them again
and again that if they adhered to their repeated
pledges about municipal reform, that we should
support them through the election, and oppose them
only when they abandoned their promises. BY re-
porting their meetings we have done more to give
strength and popularity and currency to the party
than all their orators put ogether and this the most
sensible and intelligent men of the party frankly
and gratefully acknowledge. All this has not been
done withou. cost; and we have expended many
hundreds of dollars in aiding this cause, merely be-
cause we believed it to be the cause of municipal
reform. And no vulgar abuse from Mr.. Summons
no private sander--no public calumny-can
move us one inch from the position we have
sumed, or from the course of policy which we have
marked out for ourselves.
And to show that we are still as friendly as ever
that we regard the abusive communication in the
little penny paper, with little circulation, only
with pity-we shall give some more advice to the
orators of the party If, instead of now attempt
ing, as did the sophists and demagogues of
the democracy of ancient Athens, to disturb,
and divide and infame the people, they were
to set out on a great mission of political
reform throughout the country, they would
indeed be doing the State some service, and per-
forming something in the way of establishing
their own sincerity and honesty. Let them so to
Philadelphia, and Boston, and Albany, and all the
large cities and towns in the country and stir the
people up to the great work of reform. They could
easily raise money enough to defray all expenses
from the independent classes of the people, and
great movement might be originated which, at this
particular crisis of history, would lead to pro-
digious results. This would be much nobler and
more fitting work. for Mr.. Sammons and others,
than that OF abusing and vilifying all who do not
choose to adopt all his or their crude iliberal and
views on particular subjects.
This much for the present and we appeal to eve
ry reader, whether of the American Republican
party or not, whether we are not presented with
abundant evidence, in the iliberalitVand gross un-
of the production we have copied
of the danger and disreputable character of that
little clique in the Third Ward, which threatens so
much injury to this great party, but which we doubt
not will be at once properly disposed of and dis
armed.