The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-23

Horace GREELEY AND GAMBLrNo.-The other
day Horace Greeley, the Fourlerite philosopher
and Irish patriot, INDUCED himself with recon-
mending the lectures of Green, the ex-gambler
IN which he exposes the tricks of gamblers and oil
gambling. lie says
To secure good without doing good-to &C qurs
wealth without creating anyto obtain something for
nothing this liz the errpg aspiration Of half kind
ignorant Of the elemental law which unites Ia Dor in
bly, with benfce uistion, maty hop
to crcumvent omnipotence AID evade that law, the
great majority at all times intent on aoquiri py
veal and enjoying luxury virtually II not avowedy,
at the expense Of others They would fare sumptu
ousy but tie products Of others toll not consider
ing that exercise (more properly exertion as neces
sary the enjoy they covet. the vands which
alone epgross their attention Yet, without the ade-
quate well balanced ereriion of ell mans powers
and faculties, appetite pals, health fails, and the
fsncied enjoy loses its zest, its What
Like Dead Sea fruits. that tempt tie eye
But turn 20 ashes on the lip
This in his blindness, his grossness, his greedi-
ness, will net seeing will not realize and lay
heart. Hence the passion for gambling, which cor
rupts trade. dtgrades labor nd puison the cry life
blood Of society drawing family after family to utter
wreck and ruin.
But though gambling ca never be wholly eradicst ed
until social laws and maxims shall be re-cast in the
mould of purtr and higher wisdom. yet some of its
baser and more fatal forms and manifestations may
messuIsbly If not wholly, abolished There win still
be gambling in stocks, in goods in lands, in the
chances Of peace or war NC So but the grosser and
the light shed by inquiry and demonstration.
THIS is all good, very good Gambling in stocks,
in goods, IN lands in politics, all denounced
yet there is one little item of gambling which is
omitted IN the enumeration, and tina; is-gambllng
in Irish patriotism. Within the last few months a
number Of distinguished moral gentemen-great
speakers, and some of them fluent orators-got to.
gether and formed themselves into a directory.
by means of nicely tinted cards of eoQuence and
patriotism, they conirIved to win IN one pull about
forty thousand dollars, most OF 1t wrmg from the
pockets of poor Irish laborers and washerwomen,
with the exception of bishop who contributed
his five bundled dollars. Now, We call this, UNI
der all the circumstances Of the case something
like gambling In Irish patriotism. Some of
those concerned played for places at Wash
iDoton or elsewhere; some have since come
out as candidates for high Offices, and others
refuse altogether TO give any account, of the
money they received for the purpose of creating
a revolution in Ireland. But even after all the
chances of an Irish republic were blasted, these
wonderful Directors continued TO put forth TO the
world statements utterly at variance with the TRUTH
IN order to keep alive the deusion and increase
their funds It's time this new mode of gambling
should be exposed and We think Horace Greeley,
one CT the prime movers and actors in the trick,
ought no" to come out after the manner OF Green,
and show up, as lac is well able 20 do, the depths
and ants oil this mode OF gambling IN Irish patriot
ism, which he has carried On so successfully in
these days.
Come, do let US have a set OF lectures