The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-27
Influence Of the American Press I'm Eng
Iand-.English Liberty-Fudge.

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influence of the American Press I'm Eng
Iand---EngIish Liberty-Fudge.
Our readers will find, in another part of today's
PAPER. a report of an examination in the case of
cbart,st. named Beer, recently, in England, who
was sentenced TO two years Imprisonment, AMI
condemned TO pay heavy fine, tor daring, IN that
land of boosted liberty TO rise up and read from
the columns of the NeW York Herald an article
descriptive and condemnatory OF the vanous
system Of mlsrue which England has pursued to-
wards Ireland and speaking against the corruption
and despotsm by which the favored few succeed
in subecting to tyranny the great masses OF the
people OF both England and Ireland. We desire
our readers peruse the testimony carefully, and
then ask themselves whether liberty, IN the COM
mon or any accepiation OF the term, exists IN that
country.
Ii will be seen. from this case, that the prlncl-
pal point on which the unfortunate man was con-
vlcted and punished was his reading, from the NeU
York Herald. an article containing OR opinion,
aud we NAV add. that ftlie whole civilized world,
on the informal system Of mIsrue which Ireland
has been subjected to for centuries past. This
ticle was copied into the London Times, and COM
ments suitable the of that reckless sheet
added The reading of the article, as it appeared in
thislournal without the comments mad by the Lon
don Times which. al matter of course, were any,
thing but IN consonance with the sentiments
which we expressed, constituted the gravamen of
the charge, which Is equivalent to declaring, In
solemn and judicial manner, that nothing reflect
ing unfavorably the manner in which govern
ment is conducted in that country, can be read
even, much less spoken there. And thus England
a mar fyyo and fines
HIM heavily besides, for doing what he might
lawfully do In any country where there Is even
vestige of liberty-is forsoolh as we are informed
by its toadying presses, the only place In the
world where real liberty exists. We need scarcely
say, that, notwithstanding anything the Times
may say to the contrary, we repeat all we have
SAID in that article, and further assert, that the
system which we deprecated as exercised to-
wards Ireland, is very little better than that which
has recently been adopted in England itself For
proof of the truth of this assertion we cite this
very case OF Beer. We do say again, that it is
one OF the most corrupt, tyrannical. grinding, and
despotic governments, that Providence ever per-
mited to affhct a world. We say too, as we
said before, that England fears the great
republic on the opposite side OF the channel, and
has endeavored by intrigue, and by other base and
dastardly means, to injure II to the extent OF her
ability in few words, we re-assert everything
that we stated IN that article. Look at the charges
delivered by the creatures Of the government from
the bench, on the recent TRIALS IN England and
Ireland. Look al the system OF espionage en-
ployed TO find out and hand over to Imprisonment,
those whose sentiments were at all in consonance
with the spirit Of freedom and liberty. See the
fear they evlnce of truthlook at the recent TRIALS
convictions, banisbments, transportatiens, and Sc
questrations. Have We not enough here to sustain
the charge we have made, TO the satisfaction Of
any uDprejudIced persona But the Times knows
that what we have stated Is true, and that is the
reason why II was criminal TO repeat il III England
without repeating also comments made by hire
ling press
From this examination, and the circumstances
connected with t-especlally the insertion of the
article from the Ne,c York Herald, which we have
referred to- and the comments made by the London
Tunes to take the sting from II. and obviate the
effect which il was calculated to have on the mind
of the masses IN England-it will at once be per-
ceived that the American press, we mean that
portion Of II which is not committed to English
interests, English views, and English policy, ex
eTcises an important influence in England. II the
abettors Of the despotsm which prevails in tina
country cannot be moved from within, il is evil
dent that they be from without and this shows
the power which this country is exercising on the
affairs OF Europe, through the power of the press.
Gold In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Economy-A
Moral.
The additional accounts from California. pub
lIshed in the Herald Of this morning, of the rold
sands found on the banks OF the Sacramento. and
the immense quantity of gold daily gathered by
the people who flock TO the rich Paciolus, almost
exceed in romance and richness the stories
about Ell Dorado, with which all Europe was for
some time excited by the Adventures who first
discovered Peru, and the gold countries OF South
America.
There Is one most extraordinary and unac.
countable circumstance attending this discovery,
and that is, that these rich streams If gold were
unhesrd Of, and unknown, until the country came
into the possession Of the Americans. What
lucky fellows the McMcans will now consider los
Yankees to be IN all their undertakings, az ua-
doubtedy we are. Sunday paper, ridiculous.
ly enough, asserts thai the gold belongs exclu.
sively 10 " Uncle SAM" and that he will put a
stop to the general scramble. Not 20. This gold
in these streams, and the streams themselves. are
free as the lish in the rivers to all who please
90 take the trouble TO catch them. Uncle
sam never claims fish or sand in rivers. Now,
Il may be well asked, cp, bono is all this