New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-15
'The independent Press

Buch is the title arrogatcd to itself by small mum
Der Of very modest journals located in chief Al
lsntc Cities The Herald and Sun of this City the
Ledger Of Philadelphia, and the Sun of Baltimore
make up their som total The Times of Boston was
formerly of the brotherhood, but is now openly 30.
CO Foco and of course less efficiently mischievously
~ than when iii wore the guise OF neutrality. The
residue Of the clan weary OF singing the
praises of their several and oin, imparality, indie
pendence, integrity, influence. circulation, &c. Nc
Yet the facts very far from waTanling these
psralleled audatons In the first place every one
Of these selfvauntcd independent journals is bit
terly Loco. Foco-nsdously, untiringly effectively
% No one OF them misses an opportunity to
oppose and traducc the Wing party as Arstocratic
corrupt and inimca to Republican Liberty and the
Interests of the Poor The Tariff aud Protection
generally. the Land Distribution, the Currency
questions the Uniform Disiricting bin for Congress,
and every permanent casual question IN debate
between the two parties has been perverted by them
TO our prejudice as far possible When the
6sntwor,h aud Stevenson Conspiracy was cxpOd-
ed upon the Wings. Just on the Of Presidential
Election these journals did their utmos, make il
effective in the service of Loco Focoism The Mac
kenze Revelations they have generally slurred over
10 sehtinely as possible the Herald alone has made
extracts on compulsion neutrazed by the graiutous
assertion that the private letters OF eminent Wings
ifexposed would doubtless unvcil similar proiliga
cy; and The Sun on Monday wen, out of its way TO
assert that nobody now inquired for Mackcnzes
book, when in fact we am daily applied TO for CO
pies which the Chancellor injunction disabes
from furnishing We doubt not that Thirty Thou
sand copies of that book will Yet be sold and read
even In defiance of Judicial dospotisn. Our Chan
Gerry Courts cannot stop its publication in New ser-
sey Massachusetts, and they can hardly op the
reading Of 1t by those who fit 10 send thther for
copies A cheap edition for the Mails W III doubtless
be issued somewhere.
We wish the true history Of these selfvauncd
independent journals could he set before the world
OF those in this City we know that one was sub
sidired by the leading Texas conspirators To publish
for round sum Walkers long Manifesto. by which
the Annexation ball was publicly set in motion in
1884, How much i, has received from that quar-.
ter since or how great is It's stake in Texas lands
we know not, but any Yankee who has read it will
guess The other independent shce, was among
the frankest and most unspariag denouncers of the
Texas lniquty in lis earlier stages, hut has for years
been its most INSCRIPTIONS apologies; and promoter,
sigmarzing tools and even stipendiaries of Great
Britain those who adhere 10 the truths proclaimed
= few years ago One of the conductors OF this in
dependent journal and the most active in the An.
nexa,ion cause, we know to be heavy andholder
in Texas and we doubt no, that the whole concern
has heavy contingencies depending on the success of
III, ell. a 4
and foreign hreLngs by these vr,uous impartial
journalists
The Wings Of this City. OF Philadelphia and Of
Baltimore mus, expec, 10 be rampled under foot
BY Loco Focoism 80 long as they see III To nourish
and psmper these deadly and hypocrtical engines
Of their adversaries. BY Wing subscriptions and
advertising they are made rich. powerful and inso
lent The men whom they deisme as Aris,ocrais
and tools Of England meek enough TO I'LL their
coolers daily and thus seem laciily to acknowledge
the justice Of their canmnies. A plain man may
well say, "lfthesc charges agains, the Wings are
not true why do they take the Herald. Sun or
Ledger. IN which they are frequently reiterated or
quietly assumed to be beyond dispute 2" And If
these filthy and slanderous emisssrcs of Loco Foco
ism are found daily on the counters aud work bench
60 Of Wings, why may not the newly natarahzed
voter or yoang man just taking an interest in poll
.cs fairly infer that they tell the truth of such con
stani and liberal patnros
If Wings see tit not TO take Wing papers. it
becomes no, us quarrel with their tastes. but
insist that the sefrcspect 10 say nothing OF
patriotism should lead them to prefer those neutral
papers which do not systematically misrePreseni
the objects and blscken the character Of the Wing
party Such are the Boston Mail, the True Sun
and Mirror here the Chronicle in Philadelphia, &c
These treat all parties with general fairness But
If Tie most poisonous and fatal instruments OF Loco
Focoism are 70 mopopolre the patronage OF large