The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-07-30
everywhere-we suspect that their little affair with
the Naive Americans is not yet al an end.

that city such remodel.ng OF the public schools
MS row enables them, without violence to their re-
gious belief, 10 enjoy the benefit of the public ed
ucdtlon fund. He has ever since been an ohIect OF
malignant and INSCRIPTIONS attack, not only 10 the
religious blgots who would raise the cry VI Pro-
teslant asceadancy but TO all classes OF trading poll
texans whose personal or party purposes could be
served by exciting hatred ana pIrJudlces against
the irish Catholic population. Amongst this latter
Glass the celebrated James Gordon Bennett, pro-
prletor OF the Nno York Herald, has been con-
spcuuus. the large circulation OF his journal,
combined with his prrfrc, unscrupulou-n' ss IN the
use he makes Of II, gives this man drplerable ex-
tent of power, IN exciting hr bad passions OF those
whose prrjndices, already ibfiimed, insure an un,
questioning reception TO the must extravagaDt and
malignant OF his talsehood Hr, with Other edl-
tors Of the same class, have been INSCRIPTIONS
dealers IN the grossrst misfepresenailons against
Bishop Hughes and the Catholics. Bennett, no,
content win "a, bling real trans clions, has had
the unblushlng audacl'y 10 fabrcate facts that had
not The least foundation III any actual occurrence,
even facts of such magnitude and notonrty,
and 80 capable Of almost immediate r-futation
~ speeches at pubic meetings, and public meet
ipgs themselves II seems almost iucredlb!e, but
is not less the fact, thar forged reports OF publ
meetings, with speeches as large AZ HE, were pub
lished IN his paper, the whole transaction, meet
ings and speeches. being pure iabrlcalons, invent
I'd and published by Bennett, IN order 10 lnfiime
The fee lings that served his end for the monet
His ohtct was then to excite hatred against y Con
nell and the IRISH, in revenge tor the pubic rebuke
administered TO him by Mr.. t'Connel IN tins coun-
lry. His paper could not suffer by these iabr,ca-
mons, the character that IT rs well known 10 ss-
plre To is one of dashing reckless andacny which
could not fail TO be served by enterprises OF spch
unparalleled bodness in public press as the whole
sale forgery OF public speeches and meetings =
Sometimes he seems 10 have forged meetings. and
speeches as Of Bishop Hughes and The Catholics, or
TO have garbIed with wholesale lnterpo ailons
speeches delivered by them AT real meetings -
Sometimes he lIfdsrd into the speeches OF the
native" party diabolical magnlty OF which
their own extempote misconceptions were inca
pable, or attributed TO them deliberate hardlhood
I assertion which their lesser acquaintance with
the gulllbiliy OF The public prove nted them IRON
using themselves. Sometimes he manufactured
out-and-0ut meetings and speeches tor this party.
Without giving them the trouble OF concoctine the
magaity or even ofleaving their own homes. This
demon like industry would be almost incredible
even on the evidence furnished by the admission OF
this mans own pages, which are now before Us, II
we were not aware that he had vowed himself 70
the task Of exciting public haired against the Irish
IN America that he derives his gains less from The
ordinary profits Ut his journal than from the black
mail levied on those who dread his power and
that this power depends upon fully sustaining his
reputation for a daring, interchangeable, and demo-
MAC capacity for evil.
BIsHoP HUaHRs' LATE LETTERS. Whlle this In
termination OF bigOtry was in process OF accumua-
non against the Catholics, they found II Impossible
to make their voices heard In sef-defence But
since the horrible results OF the no-Popery lnstga,
tons have developed themselves in the awful
seized upon the American people, and IN ITS still
aces The voice OF the Catholic Irish IS at length
heard removing the caIumnrs that have been SO
unsparingy and unscrupulou-ly heaped upon them.
Bishop Hughes has lately published two letters,
one 10 the Mayor ut New York, the other 10 the
editor OF the Commercial Advertiser, IN which he
ably reviews the calumnies aRd iabrlchtlons re-
spsctlng himself and the Catholics, by which since
the first agitation OF the New York school question,
the American people having suffered themselves 10
De imposed upon and ifenzled.
NaTIvEIsM IN NEw York When the last mail
(the mail preceding that now arrved) eit, II Wae
feared at New York that the present mail would
have conveyed to Europe intelligence respecting
hat CITY even more disastrous than that whicn had
reached from Phllade phla, but we rejoice. TO say
that those apprehe asions are totally dispeed.
The "pative," or "no-Popery" party IN New York.
we're stronger, and their organs had dealt more
ttrocionsly malignant foundations against Catho-
lies than In auy other city OF the union but peace
and order have been preserved NO doubt the
atrocities committed at PhIladelp his, while they
stimulated the appetite oil the baser raboe OF the
natives" sobered the better order OF citizens be-
longing 10 that party who mad properly or character
10 preserve, and thus threw their active influence
into the scale Of order; but we believe the prnci
pal means Of preserving the city OF New York from
anarchy and bloodshed, probably from universal
conflagration, was the admirably tempered mixture
Ut torbcarance and determination exhibited by
those who had influence with the Catholic Irish.
Immediately on receipt OF the Intelligence from
philadelphia, the New York freeman 8 Journal,
ihr prlncI.al organ oil the Irish Catholics IN that
city, published extra edition, eXhortIng the
Gal hoics 10 forb-ar from every provocatlon to
heir opponents, 10 attend no public meetings, even
as spectators not to lounge in the streets, nor ab
sent themselves IRON their ordinary avocations,
ont to be fully prepared, IN case at attack upon
theIr houses, prop rites. above ALL their churches,
10 rally together, to defend themselves 10 the Iaet
and II the authorities did protect them, then 10
resort To any desperate means OF rePelling drs
perate aggression that the eAigency oi the crcum.
sest.
The consequence was that the public authorities
took m assures 10 prevent The contemplated meet
lnga OF "the natives" and now New York Is sale
md men are recovering their senses.
From the amer of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland
Most ot our readers are probably aware that the
NNo York Herald Is Of the most lntlu- ntiai and
most ably conducted journals in the United States.
From the John O'Groat Journal
The "NEw York HeRALD."-The affair be-
tween Bennett and WIkof has been eagerly selz
ed on by the press, and was nothing more than a
vain attempt to raise the Republic and injure the
Her Id. Every one acquainted with the history Of
he New York public press, is aware that every
method has been resorred 10, but IN vain, TO put
down the NeW York Herald. A mortal war of
determination has long been waged against that
paper, and its emlnentIy industrious and enterpris
ing editor The combined press Of that city have
attempted again and again, TO Islander, shame, lie,
and "back maiI' that paper out OF existence
And for whatl Il it immoral or hbellousl For
us Hordiity anu Seheiai tone, ~ - Oh par Win
lts conte mporares, and for its bellous tendencies
there il not faper in New York, even the most
respectable, but what has been convicted of libel
This, however, is commonly the charge. Bst the
real cause of nj. this malignty is to be found IN
the spirit, energy, and ceaseless enterprise with
which that journal is conducted. No paper-in
hat country-is more eagerly sought after, more
generally read, and more widely circulated over
the length and breadth Of that vast country. In
every city, town, and village, is the Herald to be
found. There sre few business men IN the coun-
try but are subscribers 10 it, and the of its H.
walls instead Of abrdging lfs circulation, only tends
to increase it, temploys the ablest reporters, and
the proceedings in Congress, political and religious
fidelity unequalled by its contemporaries Mr.
Bennett was the first to introduce anything like
full and accurate reports, and which, as one cause,
has led to the popularity OF his journal. IL has re-
gular and occasional correspondents in every state
and city ia the Union, and occasional correspond
.nis In Lnndnn. Dnhlln Parls Ecankfnri and