The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-25

These persons being on TWO tickets, Will, proba-
bly,, be elected without any difficulty; but great
doubt exists in regard to the remaining portion. If
the wings and natives to agree to support the
same ticket throughout, it is probable they would
carry the city, elect all their men, and have ma
lorIty in the State Convention OF the same way.
Every thing will depend, no doubt on the result in
this city, regards the State; and the probability is
that parties out Of this city will stand balanced.
A great complaint has been made against the can.
didates, in consequence OF great portion OF them
being lawyers. This is very natural. In all our
public movements four. fths Of the projectors are
lawyers and the confusion and difficulty in the
management of our legislative proceedings, and the
execution OF our laws, all spring from this melan.
choly fact. The two great classes of the community
are farmers and mechanics. The next class is the
merchants, and then follows the professional men;
yet il is singular fact that in all public movements
asmal class OF the community monopolize the best
public Offices, and these the lawyers, class who,
with some exceptions, are not particularly burden
ed with integrity, purity, or any very high princi-
pies of public action.
Lawyers and editors are generally great rascals,
except parsons, who are the greatest. In the days
OF the parlarchs, Adam down to Abraham, the
elders OF the people ruled the community. To this
mode of government succeeded the priestIy, or sa-
cerdotal form. Then the fighting, or military men,
had their day. Our republican form of government
seems to give the whole power to the legal profess
sion, excluding the clergy, the military, and all
other classes to greater extent. We do not think
this is fair play. But what shall we do ? Nous
uerrons
MEssRs WEBSTER AND INeERsoLL-It is said by
Washington correspondent tibet Mr.. Ingersol-
Notwithstanding the refusal Of the President to fur
nish the documents on the secret service, to sus-
tain him in his blow upon Daniel Webster-intends
to follow up his movement in the shape of speech,
in which he will produce all the papers, letters and
other evidence, showing that Daniel Webster was
as bad man as he represented him to be-
1t is possible that Mr. Ingersoll may do SO, and
make very readable speech but it will amount to
nothing on the public mind. The character of Mr..
Webster, both public and private, in all its princl-
pal traits well in its feelings, Is very well
known to all intelligent men in the community.
Every man has formed his own estimate of Mr.
Webster's great intellectual powers-his many ge-
nerous qualities, and all the shades of those feelings
which every man who is linked with the dust OF
the earth must have. We have always entertained
very just opinion of Mr.. Ingersoll, as an intelli
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tor and scholar /; but in this matter we think he
carries the joke too far. He cannot alter amend,
or depreciate or increase the opinion which every
welinformed man now entertains Of Daniel Web
ser and his moral and intellectual character In spite
OF the feelings which every may have Of his own,
Webster's great and mighty qualities will always
enttle him TO the highest admiration and all
efforts to depreciate them, will only increase public
l,,,,ra IL
true history of the life Of Daniel Webster disclosing
all his most private thoughts and acts in the same
same manner as we would like to read the complete
biography Of any distinguished man that ever ap-
peared-such as that of Moses, of David, of Solo,
mon, &C. &c. It would be admirable reading. But
to bring forth all those private details Of mans life,
for the purpose Of exhibiting him to the hatred of
the world at large, is neither generous nor just.
Pray let it alone.
The BROOKLYN RIoTs.-The riots recently en-
gendered in Brooklyn, between the Irish and the
German workingmen, in reference to daily wages,
have terminated for the present, in favor of law and
public order. spirit of bitterness however, is left
behind, among all those persons thrown out of
work, by the more accommodating terms OF their
competitors for daily labor at lower wages This
spirit of bitterness is laid hold OF by demagogues and
the dsturbers OF the order Of society," for the purpose
of making mere transient feeling succeed as per-
manent ground for disturbing the social order and
institutions Of society.
Among the fomenters of these embittered feelings
calculated to generate permanent discomfort, is our
peaceable contemporary, the philosopher Fun Hoam
OF the Tribune. In such metropolis as this
where numerous accessons OF population are daily
received, frequent applications made for employ
ment by emigrants landing from Europe-and an
occasional disturbance will of course take place on
the settled price of wages and competition will oc-
cur to reduce them. But all these matters right
themselves. In such an extensive and fertile coun-
try as this, all, and ten times more than we now
possess, may obtain a comfortable and decent
livelihood. BY the exercise OF economy, skill,
and industry, any portion OF emigrants, or class
of emigrants, need not attempt to get up a
strike in this country, or put the law at
defiance. Every individual among them, by the
exercise of economy and due observance Of the
laws, will find a Gving-and not only living, but a
respectable position in society, if he chooses.
These <meutes are almost unavoidable in such city
as New York, crowded with competitors in all
lines OF business; but it is particularly mschleveus
in public Journal to attempt to tan this ephemeral
discomfort into settled hatred and disafecton to
the social or industrial institutions of society.
Our amable contemporary processes great SYM
pathy for the Masses on principles Of equallty-and
is eternaly bemoaning the very hard fate Of those
who depend upon their daily wages for subsistence
If these sentiments are sincere, why does he no,
put it in execution himself7 Why does he not
allow all his editors assistants printers, and press
men about his establishment to take share in it, and
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carry into effect what he is eternay preaching and
putting forth as his doctrine Unless he does this,
we will believe him, and so will the public, as
hypocrite-one who is throwing firebrands amongst
these classes OF society, merely for some ulterol
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