The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-08

by the tlnc duOtuSI clcCuou ua"S |
come round, we hope to see the stump'ng system
introduced, in lieu of that which now exists aud
which, as we have shown, places the great mass
Of both parties at the mercy OF loafers, TO use
mild term.
Tx PARTY PREss-WALL STREET AND WASH
,SGroN--It "a man attempts residence IN a swamp,
he is liable to malignant fevers, espec ally in the
dog days So il is in the moral world If
preacher of political morality locates IN bad at
mosrhere, he must be affected by the contagon
Human nature is weak, and the human mind is
but the conductor of external impressions. The
prevailing Impressions, therefore, BY which he is
surrounded, become the prevailing lights or shades
OF the character Ut the man, unless strongly fort-
ned by prayer and robust moral constitution. II
was thus that Lot continued unspotied amid the
leprosy of Seldom and Gomorrah and 1t is onlyoy
euch a steadiast adherence TO regular platform,
that the soundest constitution can resist the mala-
ria of Wall street and Washington.
Look at the cases of Col. Webb and Father
Richie. The corruptions of the money changers
have ruined the salubrious temper of the former,
and the latter has suffered severely from the in-
fictitious atmosphere of the capital. They con.
stanlly breaking out in malignant eruptlons. From
eachcrs of political morality, they have become
examples of personal abuse. Our amiable Wall
street contemporary IS Ill dreadful state And
what is il, we should like TO know, that has 80
soured his pleasant disposition! He abuses poor
old Father Ritchie like plckpocket. And what
has poor old Father Richie done? The old man,
to be sure, has multitude of sins, Of forty years.
collection TO answer Tor; and, since the fourth Of
March, he seems to have reused himself and rub.
bed up his spectaces, resolved lead ia the race
of party scurriy But what of that? His de-
nupciations Of President Taylor have been mali
cous and speful; but the equally spiteful recrimi
nations Of the wing press and their Wall street
gan have only aggravated his abuse.
1t is matter of astonishment that since the APP
pointment OF minister TO Madrid, Col. Webb has
continued the faithful squire of Mr. Clayton and
the Cabinet. Such was not his policy when the
cooked hat of brigad,er general was refused HIM
by Col. Polk. But in this instance, disappointment
! and insulted expectation have only sharpened his
admiration Of the Cabinet. There must be an an
Choir to windward. Experience teaches patience.
Something good has been promised, or may be
expected. The omission may yet secome mis-
sion. Besides, to man who has alternative,
| fat office or flat refusal are all the same.
fat Office is good ihing-the mission To Spain was
worth having; but continued good services for =
fat refusal the highest evidence Of pure philan-
throphy and disinterested patriotism.
| "And far more joy the Colonel surely feels
| Than would he with the Senate At his hees.n
And yet the de voiion Of the Wall street wing Or
gan, to Gen. Tay Tor and the Cabinet, savors more
of the "sour grapes than honest indignation.
What possible object is TO be gained-what lesson
Of decency is to be taught, the and abuse Of
such terms as Col Webb employs against that poor
cid man, Father Richie! In u recent article Of
the Courier, the very pink Of party decency, we
find such epithets and expletives as these-"Flaent
falsehood, !" RECKLESS contumacy," "blackguard-
ism," "denizen Of Billingsgate," professional
bully" ''beiouling every person." "baseness and
mahce,' forgery, falsehood and fraud" &c.
"Our men swore terribly in Flinders" but they
were stinted in grog and raiions. There 10 no
excuse for the ex. candidate for Spain. Though
not yet in office, he is stlll in the church. lie 10
still on praying ground and pleading terms. The
example In bad. IL ought To be stoaa,ad
But the whole party press OF the country, from
Washington TO Wall street, from the central or
gans to their prov ncial echoes, needs reform II
facts, information, testimony, enterprise, for
IL IL only enterpnsing IN the party slang of the day.
Father Richie is getting oblivious. but he has a
young b oed of disciples Who promise 10 br worthy
OF their teacher Col. Webb Is arriving at the age
of disc retIon but he L. too old To learn IN Wall
street. The old order Of things will yet continue.
We don't mino IL. The evil, In time, will cure itself
The impotence Of the parry organs 10 only lntole-
rable when they attempt "a set up a standard OF
morality. AS well might ''the devil set up to
preach the gospel.