The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-07-30
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Character, Circulation, and Influence,
NEW YORK HERALD.
From the London Morning Herald]
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viewed through the niedlum Of selt-ove, il some
sixteen centuries, al least, older than the Ayrshire
poet. Lucian tells OF the sack before in which we
exhibit our nelehbors' FAULTS and gaze upon them,
and the sack b. hind, IN which our own faults are
hidden from all observation.
Gracchos de seditione querentes,"
had never perhaps more striking illustration than
IN the complaint OF the Dublin Freeinan's Journal
OF Thursday Ia Repeal journal, OF which The editor
= ssp1a aryrl, upon me me TRas G. Of he rhla
acquis the IRISH omanists OF all blame In the
affair." and affects 10 prove their Innocence by the
testimony ct American Protestant journals, as toll
ows-the Boston Atlas Is the first and prlaclpd
witness:
From the Boston Atlas, May 10, IsA1
eve have placed upon our first page fan account Of
city during the past week We have hitherto forborne
making comments for we have been at loss TO de.
where ths cenure should be Nor az.
yet fully anle 10 discriminate with entire certainty
Enough however Is known TO sAow Clearly that deep
nimca parties Both have fearful account to render
Both hayebeen terribly in the wrong. The first
the agyressors. and that peaceful meeting OF Native
Americans was wantoIly and murd-rously attacked
without provocation in the first instance The accounts
since received do not altogether go to confirm this
Of the commencement Of these otrsges stated
and we are inclined to the the true version
hst the blame in the first instance with Naive
American party who TO the least acted Mt the begin
ming with great and cupabL imp'udenee-an imprudence
only eQualed by the quent atrocities OF those who
taking advantage OF the excitement Of the moment perpe
trated the awinl scenes that followed.
"On Friday the I'd iost party of the Native Ameri
assembled in district OF Kensington inhabited al
speakers spoke in terms strong condemnation of the
religion and character Of the people among whom and in
When we take into consideration the strong religious
feelings the excitabty and the impulsive disposition Of
o to Ds ronSsr Ct a
followed Whatever may be SAID OF the rights OF
reemrn hold public meetings and thsre to enjoy free
discussion, all who take into all the circumstances
OF the must admit the mprudence not T. say cupa
BILE oolhardnes,, Of these proceedings We blame the
Irish that they had not philosophy enough to listen to
these attacks with patient endurance but We do not
der it that they did do They attacked and broke
"On the following Monday they again assembled on the
same spot aud then began the iragca part OF this sad
rst page that the first re arms drawn out and used
by OF the Native Americans and the first person
shot was lrshman This does moi justify the nhuman
buchery that followed but what natural, may we
say nevtabe, than that should lead 10 III Where
are compelled to ask the city authorities Of Phil
table consequences Of such want imPrudence by PIE
venting sast carefully watching, the assemblage
in place where the consequences could so readily be
This quotation looks well in the columns Of the
actors IN "the monster meetings." at which the
Saxon Ii. g., Irish and English PIotestanD was 80
Literally insulted and abused, and '.deiiance was
hurled" at "the Saxon government" II the feel
ings Of Irish Romanlss were so sensitive in Pha-
delpha, we suppose the feelings OF Irish Protestant.
are as much entitled to respect IN their native land
Ii IS rne the Irish Protestants did not the
insult by ga horrible butchery," because horrible
butchery is not one OF their instincts and they have
not been bred to the BUSINESS true, they had SO
much philosophy as disregard the insult offer
ed, and by ths philosophy, according TO the views
OF the Boston Atlas, and It's endorser, the Dublin
Freeman's Journal, saved their country from civil
war But, "the authorities onght to have foreseen
| and prevented the inevitable consequence Of such
wanlon imprudence by preventing, or, at least,
| carefully watching the assembly" No doubt the
authorities ought 10 have prevented or watched th.
meeting, because OF its imprudenee What II, be
sides being merely an Insulting meeting, II had
been REASONABLE as well most insulting meet
ng9 What If. INSTEAD OF merely abusing the Ro-
manists, it had called upon the population to get
rid ot them by breaking up the federal union of tn.
Republic, and '.hurIed defiance at the law and the
magistrates? What II, instead Of being assembly OF
afew thousands, had been "monster meeting" OF
hundreds OF thousands, succeeding and Intended to
insulting, equal y reasonable, and equally hume
rousa Upon this hypothesis, ought not the author
tiles Of Philadelphia fouiori to have prevt nsd or
watched the mecingl We may observe, in pass
ing, that the defence of the RomanIst Irish IL
scarcely made out for ipudence, or even insult IL
scarcely an excuse for : horrible buchery," and
I'M rudence" is all that is charged upon the Native
| Americans Let US, however, proceed.
The muster in indie pendence-tquare" was yer,
| bad, but we cannot think it worse than the most
innocent OF the "monster meetings." Why should
the lnnaDtantS OF henSlngtOn De more alarmed bt
| the occupation OF their district by mob organized
upon military plan, than the Protestants Of Dublin
were upon the 9Th of las. November, when II
proposed to occupy heir city by 800 or 10000
Romanst cavalry and infantry in military array,
and summoned by the Romanis priest whose ex.
plots As years before could not be forgotten? The
| IRISH Romanisrs of Kensinyou had had no lessons
Of Native American energy, like those Of which
Ireland was the theatre in l64l, 1885, and 1903,
when the streets OF Dublin ran with blood shed Ia
| midnight lnsurlection, as unprovoked as unex
pected; nor had the Irish Ronlansts in America
any Of those annual, almost monthly, murders Of
Protestant peers, clergymen, landlords, yeomen,
| and peasants, which have SO long served To Irish
Proestants as remembraDcers of their position
Now, If there was "culpable remlssness" in tn.
Philadelphia authorities that they did not employ
military and police TO prevent dispense the meet
ing in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" il seems, to our
plain understanding, that there would have been
the ish Government had il permitted the meeting
at Clontarf. The Repeal Journal Is partIcu arly
| angry with certain Mr.. James Gordon Bennett,
| who conducts, AT New York. Morning Herah,
| which-we greve to be obliged to say II OF one Tor
| whom we suppose our journal has stood sponsor-
is not the impeccable journal which q Morning
Herald ought to be.
Amongst this latter class TRADING politicians the cell
sbrated James Gordon Bennett, proprietor OF the New
York Herald has been conspicuous The large circus
ton Of his Journal combined with his perfect
rable extent power exciting the passions Of those
whose prejudices, already inf imed, insure unques
'ionins reception to tho most extravagsnt and malignant
OF his ialsehoods"
We submit that Mr. James Gordon Bennett
ought 10 change the name OF his journal, if he
wants alias for it that would seem better TO suit
its character, we would suggest the name OF a
temporary, that within day or two performed the
arduous and extraordinary feat Of rslling fourteen
flour dealers into one. Mr. Bennett, II appears, has
been in the habit OF filling the columns Of IN
| worthy namesake with Pigments designed 10 excite
the evil passions OF his readers, and to set class
against class in internecne hostility. To lie at all
is disgracetul, but to lie for such purpose is dla
bolcal. Nevertheless, we dare Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett to surpass the falsehood and malignlty Of
the Mullaghmast forgery (of which the Standard
made such clear work), or Of any one Of the thou
widows sons, with which Mr.. O'Connell, when
loose, was accustomed to garnish his defance''
k.~,.