The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-02-08


merchants and school masters and school
shoe dealers and scavegers sheep sellers and
sherifs--[ Naughter)-All true, gentlemen -Tallow
chambers, trustees teachers and talors-Union white
lead companies, universities and upholsterers-Wago
makers and wagon lenders wharf owners and wharf
all the letters of the alphabet This is buresque,
nor intended as such, for all the occupations named
above may every be written down in Mr.
Deys philosophical schedules. considerable laughter
On the other hand also. among the assets there will be
seen contemplate array Of strength HIS schedules
rich and strong bibles psalm books pourette and
pews together with much lands houses gold mines and
other property all of which doubt will be viewed
with competency and appreciation by all his creditors
well those in the Court of Bankruptcy below those in
the Court Of last above And it. in the painful trial
and mansions in this world shall prove clear or even
vanish away hope and believe that the time is at
hand
when ha will read his title clear,
To mansions in the skies
And bid farewell to every fear
And wipe his weaping eyes,"
"Whatever the poudrete and mines NAV be valued at
have every reason to believe that the news psalms and
bibles are equal in salvation TO 56 795 s in the
objection earth to Mr. Dey obtaining his certificate of
discharge from all earthly debts, unless be in the unex
planned mystery of that candlestck and the candles
The account stands thus w.
CASH AccouSr.
Dr.. TO cash on hand. ........ 10000 %
Or. by candlestiok and two candles 5000 %
Here is very palpably balance of due some
unnamed creditor, from whom it received This is
mysterious, and somewhat alarming We certainly hope
Perhaps ecessary state the various classes
of persons to whom Mr. Dey was indebed but that had
been left out the District Attorney would probably have
do not know that there is any harm in saving tbs Mr.
Dey had greater number of Bibles than was necessary
for the OF his family unless you to constrHe eve
ry truth into sneer and take the insnuaons which,
confess was surprised to hear from the District Attor
ney and to which he would surely not have given utter
had he recolected what said by the Court when
exami ling the competency OF the Jurors The
Court had stated that the be tried without re
ference to any thing hut its subject matter but the Dis
rict Attorney no sooner opens his mouth than he goes
away back to tell you what Mr. Bennett had done in pub
fishing the chehat oil the social party But that has no
Mr.. Bennett you have already been told from the
bench is to be tried for this offence, and only But if
all that has been said against Mr. Bennett by personal en-
emes by hostile editors always ready coin and cir
culats slanderous charges against him. to be taken up
by You the trial this would give up AT once
would say to you find the guilty at once There
is no use in toruring him. Take him and vctimze him
at once There no use in insulting him with the form
to think that not quite prepared go that figure
yet You are to try Mr. Bennett for libel Anthony
Dey. That is all Now, gentlemen, insist upon il that
the public press is in sort public censor That it
in some measure, and to very considerable degree
correcor of public morals and executes that work
variety OF ways 1t does by holding up the ollies of
mankind to public viewby exhibiting in their genuine
hue their frauds and crimes-teng the truth indeed be-
il not there is justification Is for the benefit
of the community that all this should be done II has
manifest tendency to prevent the repetition Of crime II
excies public Indignation against the offender. II fur
ns antdote to the poison Of evil example. It pre-.
vents successful imposition. elevates the standard of
public morality. fmen to remain ignorant of what
was going on in the community, especially in great city
like this il the nnumerable frauds and s,ratagems EN-
poyed for the niqutous requirement Of property were
main in the dark with respect to the crimes and frauds
and NODES and manner Of humbugsing the public why
deporabe state of things would be the consequence.
Fraud and villany would stalk forth unabashed without
fear OF detection and the public would be pundered with
impunity And appeal to your own knowledge and
perience and ask you does not the public look the
newspaper press for all that information? Hence it that
the publication OF cases tried here is tolerated Criminals
are thus made known and rendered in degree
less in future Now, gentlemen, in regard to the be-
fore us here is Mr. Dey who has been, and say with
all possible respect for the gentleman of greatest
humbugs of the agea who has under the reputation
of great wealth. and with qndoubed credit into debt
with every body he literally has; and when that
Bankrupt Act. which is the great revealer of society
comes into operation he applies for the benefit of
then found that all his reputation for wealth ar
rant an humbugas perfect great bubble as the
mind OF man could imagine. 1t is then found that while
he has been passing in this community for worthy
credit and who that credit got into dsbt with every
body from dollar to ten thousand, is in point OF
iact man altogether destitute OF property excepting al
Land Stock which could probably have been bought two
ye,rs ago at sxpence cart load Qaughter) Now, say
that Mr.. Dey should have known better, when nothing
was published here in relation to his schedule but the
TRUTH than to into Court with such charge II an
unfortunate and dreaming specuator whose brain had
been maniesty turned by gold mines and Joint
stock companies had succeeded in imposing the pub
lie, it would have been bad enough. But when man
with grey hairs of sobrety of coaducta solemn Chris
tain-a pous man-bringng up his children in the nur.
ture and admonon of the Lords found running into
such extravagances why it puts young, nexpe fenced
men, crazy. And no wonder it should. And there can
be greater service done to the community by tell
ing the truth and SO shamng the dewitt there be shame
in HIM And that is all that Mr. Bennett has done in this
case as we will show you And again. when upon the
substance Of this baseles thngthe ground property
which is not property at ALL and which man in his
senses would regard property he has cau,on-to get
into debt with every boiy in the community large and
small from the merchant down to the nurse thai takes
- he mi uf h.,
builds him palace in Lafayette Place. the joiner who
makes his CRADLE think that greater service can be
done to the community than to let them know all this 80
that when hereafter man makes extraordinary preten
sions to profitable speculaono the possession OF $780,
000 he was represented not two months before he
came bankrupt-ths public will be cauous--that they
will recollect that all not gold that glsteas And had
such service been the ago. has
been done in this publication 1t is impossible say
how much of ruin and misery, and beggary, II would
have prevented among the honest good, substantial
OF business, who have been entirely prostrate1 within
the last four five years1 Now what the object of Mr.
Bennett in this pubcation7 What is til He publishes
statement the philosophy of this bankrupt act He
treats IL as great OF sec resas process which
mems insides out and shows them the communi
ty. This is his language-and this is surely philosoph
cal inquiry. How long can man who puts lair
iace-who wears the semblance OF man Of wealthhow
long hempose the credulity of the public and OBJ
tam credit Of which he is altogether unworthy All this
shows the operation of the human mind II indeed curl.
and phoso phical subject onquiry and dare say
ny of have reflected heretofore You have all seen
sensible men nduging in visions Of wealth. as baseless
indeed as the airy abrics OF dreams No doubt
ofyou may nave caught yourselves in these reveres.
know can answer for myself that have Now
think such publication this is admirably adapted
to make cautious In regard to the references
the New Jerusalem stock and some othe
in the publication, know they not in accordance
with the taste of many, and indeed they are not with mine
but there are very wide differences Of opinion these
points. But whether Mr. Bennett prudent or not in
making of these expressions not the question This
is not an indictment for libel religion pnbc mo.
rails, those things which people would regard
too sacred for admission in this way into the columns
of newspaper call on you 70 dismiss all such consi
darations from your minds. Has he slandered rid
cued libslcd Anthony Dey7 That is the question: And
lot me say that however erviceable Mr. Dey may have
found his religion heretofore in enabling him 70 get
debt with every body yet ne will find that now he
invoke your religious feelings 70 hell him out with this in
dictmcnt because Mr. Bennett may have spoken not
reverently as some OF you might have done Mr.. DEFY
cannot put that cloak him here He is here in his own
coors lie is to be tried by himself ard apprehcnd that
YOU VIII dismiss all religious considerations RON your
minds. ] that M IN Anthony Dey, MI