The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-29
NEW YORK. HERALD.
New York, saturd NY, june 80, Is44.

~ IL w 1OnFA n ERALD
New York, saturd my, Jvne 30, 1874.
Polly Bodine's rriaI-By Special Express.
We present this morning most complete repoI
Of the testimony and proceedings In this trial du
ring yesterday, up 10 the hour of adjournment a
ten O'clock at night, received by special ex
press, run across the island, by the way Of Berge
Point and Jersey City. Our readers are thus fur
nshed with much interesting and important test
mony for the defence, contained exclusively in thi
paper. We have given the only report of this inter
esting trial that has been made. Several of tn
city papers attempted it on the first day, but faile
entirely and Withdrew from the court room. TIL
others have given pece-meal abortions, and alb
stracts and letters, interlarded with opinions an'
conclusions more ridiculous than would have beel
their attempts to fully report the trial. This pape
could draw their own conclusions. The weekly o
to-day will contain five days proceedings.
Mr. CLAWS GREAT SPEECH AT RALEIaH.-Wt
publish to-day this great declaration, creed and con
lesslon of the master spirit of the Wings. Ii viii
be read with great interest by all-frlends and foes
it is the great ralying speech of the Wing
leader.
News FOR EURopE.-The steam ship Acadia
will leave Boston next Monday for Liverpool. Her
letter bags viii close in this city at half past tour
O'Clock this afternoon.
The Weekly Herald, published at nine O'Clock
this morning; the Morning Herald, and the Even
ing Edition. to be issued at three o'clock this after
noon, contain the latest commercial, political,
theatrical and fashionable intelligence from all
parts of this continent. They can be had at the
office in and out of wrappers.
These will make capital remittances to Europe.
State OF the Presidential EIection-Licen-
tlOusness OF Party-The People Coming to
their Senses.
We have seen Presidential elections during the
last quarter of century, but we do not recollecr
any one in which the people have discovered so
much apathy. The campaign of 1910 was scene
of constant excitement, from beginning to end
This was, in great measure, produced by the sad
commercial and pecuniary reverses which had visl-
ted the country previous to that struggle. Dlsap-
pointment-avarce-al the ambitious feelings OF
mans nature, served to give evaporation to the
feelings Of that day, and communicate spirit of
almost sublime energy to the contest, and which
afforded the only relief to its drunken revelries and
mingled coon and hickory absurdites.
The eectloneering contest of the present day re-
sembles that of lS4O only In one particular and that
49, the display which it affords of the utter llcen-
tiousness of the party politicians, and the gross de-
graduation and awful decentralization OF the party
press, comprehending both Wings and Democrats,
with very few exceptions on both sides. But the
excitement OF 1910 pervaded the entire mass of the
people, whilst the excitement of 1874, with all
Its decentralization, is confined to the party
press and the mere party hacks The great
body of the people regard with marked
apathy, contempt, and disgust, the in which
the contest is conducted and when the day of cleo.
ton arrives, they will go up quietly the polls, and
deposlte their ballots, without mngling at all in the
RIGHTEOUSNESS and folly of the fray. The country,
during the last eighteen months or two years, has
been gradually regaining its commercial prospect.
y. Trade is improving. Industry is fourshing
All the elements of prosperity in rapid motion,
and all intelligent business men, in every depart
ment of human industry and enterprise, begin to be
convinced that the farther politics are reno
we'd from business operations, the better it is for the
country.
1t is this apathy amongst the masses of the PEG.
ple-it is this growing contempt and avoidance of
prediction ofthe probable result of this contest so
absolutely impracticable. Every one acknowledges |
that the issue is more uncertain than ever il was in
any previous presidential campaign And this is |
one great reason of the exceeding RIGHTEOUSNESS |
and violence of the party press The unprincipled |
organs of both factions endeavor to dispel the doubt
N the public mind by additional violence. And
hus they load with all the opprobious epthets which
Lei,
he candidates of both parties Murderer" ruff |
ian" gambler" and such terms, are applied to |
Mr.. Clay, AND Mr.. Polk is covered with equally |
'lle epithets Mr. Frelinghuysen is reviled and de-
ded because he is plous and cold water man; and
n the same BREATH his contemplate revilers abuse
Mr.. Clay because he is not pious and is not a cold
water man The Wings shout out that Mr. Polk is
in favor of dissolution Of the Union whilst they
themselves, not long since, declared, with fierce
imprecaions, that if the Texas treaty passed,
they would dissolve the Union!
Now all this vile, malignant, disgraceul conduct,
regarded in its proper light by the masses of the
intelligent people. There is every reason to hope
that the low, vulgar, mercenary and unprincipled
political hacks will this time receive their proper
deserts, and that the people will stand alcof from
the arena of their degraded clutches, and quietly
await the day of election, then to discharge, in
becoming manner, the high and responsible duties
of American citizenship. The result may be
astounding as that of the election which terminated
in the return of Mayor Harper. We cannot forsee
which it may be- Clay is, we think, losing ground
somewhat. But whether Polk may be elected or
defeated by large majority, it is impossible to tell
We shall, however, watch with due care the pro-
gress of events and keep readers fully and ac-
curately informed.
EMIGRATION TO WISCONSIN vast political
emigration is preparing to go to Wisconsin in
very short time. 1t seems that Senator Tamadge,
who has been appointed as Governor of Wisconsin,
is only link in series of appointments, which
have very curious aspect. According to all APP