The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-07-24

A BIRD HANp.--The Richmond Enquirer thinks that
tempt to acceptable candidate. He says
that bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" We
don't know that II the bird be poke had rather have
one in the bush than dozen in the hand
From the Charleston Courier.l
Polk CAN'T BE ELECTED James Knox Polk, and George
Min Dallas are the names in full Of the new democratic
nags for the Presidential 1.-The whg carry
less name than their rival seedsthey simply Henry
Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen.
Every President hitherto, from Washington to John
Tyler, has borne but two Names except John Quincy
From the Newark Advertiserl
Nor Coon FIr-We do not think the glorious old mi.
Iitary boots Of Gen Jackson will prove good for Mr.
Folk Calling the latter Young Hickory" Is ,, biting
stout and lasting hickoryl This try ing play General
Jackson. has attempted by John Tyler and Benton
He play Jackson blu, let him have care from
the sublime to the ridiculous there is no middle ground
the ears which were itched Tor applause"
From the Portland Daily American
Gov. PoLxs RELIc.oS.-The wings say, !" Don't attack
Mr. Clays private char acter" and they nightly
duelling propensities They pronounce quite leg
innate way Of conducting the Have they Tor
they forgotten their brutal attacks upon his amabe lady
that hurried her in anguish to the grave They talk =
Why they hsveior INDUCED In wholesale slaughter
Of innocent regulations They have dragged the foul
slime Of their personal calumniss the very hearth
stone consecrated to domestic happiness The objection
with the force of from source
Even now, while their lips yet with these
protests they trying excite religious feeling
against Mr. FOX on tne charge hst ne IS oman Catho
the testimony OF highly respectable gentleman residing
in that city who lett the following memorandum, signed
.'Gov. Polk is not a Roman Catholic His father is
Presbyterian his vile and mother members Of
oftener than any other The writer Of this has been
neighbor Of GOV. Polk Tor thirty years"
We spprehend that Mr. Folks religious faith is not the
question at issue but inclined think that to be
good Catholic is vastly better than to be due gamb
Ter and lbertne In the time Of Jefferson effort
made to crush him account Of his beef-the result is
not yet forgotten.
From the Albany Atlas, July al
GovERron Folks AScrsToRs-The Federal press, after
public of Col Polk that could be turned to mis-
discredit have been endeavoring Tor tin past
lumnes. They first charged that his father .Tory
in the Revolution !" This SANDER readily exposed
and they pn then e charge 70 MS
Of the charge yet as lew If any Of the contemporaries Of
Ezekiel Polk are now living this caumny could not be
The Nashville Union, however, promises to show its
asy We give portion Of the article from that paper
such idle calumnies unproGably spent The lie has
done its dirty work. and the papers that gave it currency
will not suffer their readers to the contradiction,
they do the charge wi be renewed against the great
grandfather Of Col. p.
Gov. PoLx's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF A VILE SIAN
Every good man, without distinction Of party has
with Indignation and regret vile SANDER circula.
ted through the wing papers-the Richmond Va) Wing
Louisville Ky) Journal, Mobile (Alal Wing paper, and
",hsr nm ats PR pa Of North capona
tory in the revolution. baser libel deceased pa
riot issued from lcentious press. However the
fact might have BEEN charitable honorable man
would believe for moment, that the moral political
standing OF Gov Polk ought to be affected by it. But the
charge every possible sense Is vile fabrication The
writer OF this paragraph has FULL clear conclusive
and demonsrative proof Of the high honorable and man
y course pursued by Col Ezskel Poik. as citizen Of
struggle for independence showing that he was true
wing Of l776 and calamity bore arms such by the side
OF his kinsmen OF the family and his noble
whig fellow citizens
That the REPUTATION will put the popagaors Of the Sian
der open shame vndicate the reputation Of the dead
and bring the living facts upon which
all Gov Folks friends may repose with perfect conf
dence To say in this place would be foresalling
the rraiseworthy labos Of the honorable and distinguish
ed citizens who have this matter IN hand esew here
and whose work, when DONE will be ample perfect and
thorough.
The Nashville wing papers, with all their rancor to.
wards Gov. Polk dared TO propagate republsh
this libel They dare not now do -or even insinuate
[From the Albany August
JAMES X. Polk.
The first impulse Of whggery the nomination Of Mr..
Polk to assa him per sonally Some OF the presses
eager in the work OF defamation, that they could
not wait for the keynote from head quarters but broke
cases. been laughable The contradiction quick
upon the calumny that in after the outsde
worked of containing the lie the inside was obliged
give retTact The following is specimen OF the
haste say evil and the humiliation OF instant detection
MASSACHUSETTS, paper thus announced the nomination
Democratic Ticket-F For President, James X Folk. a
duest who has deliberately shot al ami killed his neigh
Dor profane swearer and free drnker Of wine as
Speaker in Congress he gave great license to rowdym
and Insub0rdination.p
The Ietraction came In the same sheet follows !:
Since the outside of this paper went to press
that the representation given the first page OF
the private morals OF Mr. Polk il entirely incorrect and
that he il not only man OF exemplary morals but Of re
gious principles We made the statement on what we
Considered authentic information but under the
cunlsances, wish to have the charges considered
withdrawn. We shall make further inquiries and give
the result
Some have gone, for political capital beyond MIR. Polk
and started tale Of dshonor upon his grandfather OIL
Folks fitness for the Presidency and his patriotism, are
father adhered to the British and a Tory seventy
years ago Fine Logic, il rue-bu what il be false
Wha1f il be a SANDER the dead well wrong 10
the living We know nothing Of the facts Col Folks
ancestor in remote degree may have been less repnb
lican and patriot than he IS but ms own virtues would
his person built up high character for his family
The contrast would add merit to his exerons and
distinction to his The shame would belong
the petty malice which would cast upon the worthy de-
scendant the reproach for his accestors upon
which death has long set its seal Of oblivion, that
thing but partisan meanness would seek to break it, But
il the tale be merely maevolen invention, is
than meanness-its fragrant crime against both the
dead and living which Is not redeemed from its turp
tude by its failure to do the evil which designed
Polk a SLAyEHoLDER.-The Pitsburg American says
The Folks among the largest shareholders in the
south Lucins the brother of James K, married lady
who owned 1000 these chattels James X Is also the
owner Of great number whom he hires out through the
st tie bargaining with the employers for muck year.
generally from 500 TO $3.50 with board, clothing, and
pay ment the doctors bill. The first is posvethe
others depend on the pleasure Of the employer
From the Forum
NEW WoRKs.-Works OF fiction are interchangeable
Public Services OF James X Polk" and the
Of George M. Dallas" will be the next themes.
[From the Philadelphia Enquircrl
THROWING LoHT ON THE SubIrcT--A writer in the
Portland Argus says Mr. Polk is Of the first OF
the age. Clay can't hold candle to him." The Louis