The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-02


And long as he thus conducted the agitation, BIZ
shop Hughes received no censure from u.s. we
might have diheied with hun; bur We should IN
deed, have mened the full vials OF his wrath. and
that OF all men, had We denounced him, or inter
Tered with him, SO long as he kept In his own
sphere, and within his legitimate mits, as the rell
glous guardian OF ms people. But from the very
moment, when he first departed from the pace
OF Christian Bishop, and adopted the disrcpu'able
weapon OF mere political gladiator. from that mo-
ment he became amenable 10 the censure Of pub.
lie opinion, and from that moment we denounced
him. "--Bennett, May 18th, 1914. n
Now, sir, In order TO prepare tor experiment No.
2, l beg you TO bear III mind that thlngs were
exactly IN the situation here described, when Ben
nett wrote the following attack-pubhshed before
the meeting at Carroll Hall
"Bishop Hughes, who from the highly respecta
BILE trade OF raising cabbages, (having been cspi-
tai kitchen gardener once on a day,) became a
raiser of Catholics and Christians, has the sole
merit OF originating this small potatoe question. =
lie started the project few years, ago, IN humble
imitation Of Daniel O'Connell and the 'rlnt one
of its purposes bengto organize the Irish Catholics
of New York as distinct parry. that could be gwen
10 the Wings or Loco Focos at the wave OF his
acknowledgements, 10Th Oct 1871.
Do you see any Jerking here againl Do you see
any new mark on Benefits forehead branded by
his own hand!
Again STILL
"There is one charge, however, in this letter,
which is so extraordinary, so inexpcable, so afro
cous that we must notice II to-day. The charge ls
that we once attacked Mrs. Daniel OConnel, the
venerable and pious wife of Daniel himself, and
that this was the cause OF the brutal treatment which
We received from the celebrated O'Connell when
we visited The Corn Exchange in Dublin. THIS IL,
indeed, piece OF information which has COM
petely astounded us. We never dreamt Of such
an accusation, as may surely be well believed,
when we never wrote a syllable, or uttered word,
or even thought OF Mrs. O'Connell in the Who'll.
course of our life. The entire falslly--the utter
impossibiity OF our having written or printed line
against Mrs O'Conne is at once apparent, when il
is known that during the last twenty years that !
have been connected with the press In this coun-
try-neary on~ half of which period, as proprietor
ard conductor OF the NeW York Herald, up to the
affair in the Corn Exchange, In every re-
terence. to O'ConneH, 1 ex pressed admra
ton of the man, and column after column
have l written defending him, and even at
tempting to apologize for his attacks on the
Southern institutions OF this country Attack Mrs
O'Connell A more daring and deliberate false
hood than lhis never proceeded rom the Father OF
Lies. cast il back on Bishop Hughes with all the
burning Indignation which can be imagined IN one
50 grossly assalled--one who never even by impli-
cation, attacked any female IN any mode or shape
whatever. Thus much on that polnt"-Benneu,
Nay 81, 1874.
Experiment No. g.
eve would advise O'Conneli not to make the
tour OF the United States, for the sake OF his nu-
nerous children and concubines, who might be lett
fatheress and c0mfortess. VIII our readers be-
icye that this same moral rascal, O'Connel, once
made public boast that he never spared a man In
his anger or a woman in his lust. His wife ence
in order to shame this scoundrel collected together
six young women whom he had seduced, and EN-
ployed them about his house in various mental ca
pacities Yet this heartless, unprinclped, coward
y wretch, has the unblushng etlrontery," NC
Benefits Herald, Vol. iy. No. 100.
This is perhaps Of the most interesting experiments
S 9 nohas IT, In
will has fixed the rst brand his forehead
in reference to Mrs OConnel And now want to sst
whether the moral influence OF truth will compel him
fix another cr0sswse in reference TO the same subject
"To my great surprise and establishment, Che
says) these remarks were OF an offensive character
mind to conceive ~ | knew nothing OF them
whatever, till read them in my own paper the
next morning | was, indeed, exceedingly cha.
grined at The time, and demonstrated severely with
the gentleman who wrote them" he gentleman
| who wrote them )--Bennett, May q, 1874.
Now see whether the phenomenon oil a cross. brand
is to be realized according to my theory OF truth
| "Every editorial apticle which appears III thu
| Herald, is written In this oihce-by whom 1t mat
tiers not but all written there under the con,rc
and superintendent Of one mind. "-Bennett Jan
~, 1874
In the following experiment shall make Bennett, 70
the entertainment of tho spectators through 6nothe
| compound movement OF this kind. which cannot bu
prove very interesting In the frs. place, in orde
unarr'and the Question, ns aven Hso nles', ,E
and, if his intention were to direct any mol
TINT might afterwards arise TO the burning o
our Churches he publishes in OF these speeches
that there dungesns under st Patricks Cathedral
which be intended for other purpose than the i'm
prsonment and torture of Protestant ministers of tn
city when the Catholics should gain the ascendsRcy
In reference to this subject says niew days afterwards
THE Express OF this city-a most miserable concern
modic wrggngs, that all this movement vas hoax,
that all those speeches which now, through our in
strumsn,ay circulating all over the country a, hoax
We only say that the speakers thus rdcu!ed and
voted out OF existence, could give tn
miserable crestures Of tho Express proofs OF thei
dsnttyof their flesh and blood existenceequaily stik
ing and convincing that which the honest countrym
gave the philosopher who had very lesrnedy argued il
his hearing thst there was no such thing az notion y
Here You perceive is the denial Of the forgery. Nov
| then for experiment No 4:
And Ia order to place the whole plan Of operation
before tho new party and before the public got up ,h
famous "Amercan Republican Meeting American lie
publican Hall, between Broadway and the Bowery
which piece of imagination and intended TO presen
In practical and ineligible form the best mode oil con
Quoting the agitation the best plan OF carrying OF
the and the topics which most properly nvte
the attention the speakers and leaders Of the movement
And this succeeded admirably. The ground we thu
pointed out, in practical and, at the same time, deli
cate and unobrusive manner taken by the leaders
the cement, and the agitation went ON from that hou
with spirit All the proceedings OF the part
reported accordingly by u.s. end the public in thi
way kept regularly informed Of the views the purposes
and the progress vi the reform party 10 true that III
Express and other papers clustered good deal and crr
out forgery" forgery" but that did not prevent GU
MODE Oh preventing pUef bipuHb Vi 'Hs
party from producing the desired effect Spr
20, 1874
The shedding of human blood. end the burning down
Catholic chu, ches might be anticipated she Isturs
whether the desired y effect OF such publication
or not And the waling families and ruined temples
enohcr city best declare whether the means mad thu
end have not been In true keeping with each other Blu
any rate you by applying the latent forced truth
his hands up sgsnst his WILL and fix another meian
choy brand upon hs forehead As small sequel TO oil
this will Just mention that after having directed as fa
could the attention and the passions oil any mob tina
might be- against the Catholic Churchesaiter having
fame the embers of social dvison into fame; ate
| having seen the earth cTimsoned with human blood
which ought to have been reserved for the defence OF b
country and ell this have said the natural II not thu
iesr effect Of his vainous falsehoods he discove
in it all now nothing than an equality Will
one OF the moral essays known under the title OF Asop
Fabesr There il this difference, however that Esop
Fables lid tend TO and bloodshed And the only
similarity that the comparison suggests Is that physical
ly according to the ancients Esop was beauty, an
| 20, I am told, is Mr.. Bennett
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