The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-29


statements, upon the publication of the names of
mercantile firms, which are so cutraseously false,
and so perfectly gratni,ous in every respect, that
we are called upon TO notice this instance Of njus-
tee, and 10 demand correction Of the error Ia
publishing the card of Messrs. Bowen n Mona
NEE we complied with the reques, of those mer-
chants, and, also, copied the letter OF Messr''
Chittenden 81 Bliss, which We found in the Ere
ming Post II was the first time that The names OF
these persons were published in this paper as
beisg concerned with any opinions, or newspapers,
and our information was derived from the EcentWg
Post, to which newspaper we gave all due credit
The first time we saw Mess!s. Bowen q McNa-
NEE named, as holding any opinions OF peculiar
character, was in the editorial columns OF the
Tribune, last week, and on what authority they
were placed there, we know not, unless their
names had appeared in some other journal. This
is a simple statement of facts yet upon this, the
Courier and Enquire ssys:-
We comply with the request of Messrs Bowen
McNamee, by inserting the above card IN enr reading
columns All our readers may not be aware OF the
practices which have led them 70 publish 1t. There
two three newspsptr- in ,hs city. wbirh hsgs
organized systom OF bullying merchants into SUD-
scrib.hg to them advertising In their columns, or
lending their conductors money The manner IN
which they operate. is by denouncing them ss aboli
tlonhts, ana Dy TAKING Sptclt Ntinr 70 erhu thee0
denuneiatioDs 20 their customers in southers States
Rival houses, IN the line OF business with those
thus denounced som etimes buy Up large numbers OF
the paper sDd tend th, TO merchants AZ the soaeh,
wi trade they thus GEEK 10 drsw of Some or these
papers openly demand advertising PATRONAGE or sub
serptons the fee disseminating these attacks.
They deDeunce merchants also for taking or adyer-
Using in. other papers than their and exact =
discontn usnce Of such patronage and its transfer TO
the n,.eves, the price a their forbt arance The
Had IT, of the leader in this manly and snor
able style OF competitions and IL has or two imta-
tors, OF whose proficiency it may we'll be proud.
Now, it is pretty well known that we do not carry
retail business in patriotism or principles. We
belong 10 no clique, party, but in our views, do
business on awholesale scale We are not obliged
to court the favor of politicians, or of any other
class of the community, and equally untrue is 1t
that we have any desire to enlarge for our benefit,
the circle of our advertising patronage, or the
ady vast circulation of our sheet. We publish
nearly forty thousand copies Of the HERALD, daily,
besides thousands on Thousands of various
weekly editions, making an enormous sum total
ard our advertising patronage i'd more valuable,
probably, than that of the Courier end Enquirer,
backed by all the commercial interests Of the city.
We are satisfied with our circulation and adver-
Using, they are, and it is the meres assn ption
Of maleyolence and ignorance 10 represent US in
any other light. We are not disposed, in political
affairs particularly, to come down TO the small
retail plan d political hacks We take more
national gro,nd fox the wholesale field Of our
operations.
For twenty years we have noticed the agitl:ion
Few coming to a head. 1t commenced ia the
North. II was aded by foreign agents ia its first
stages. 1t spread throughout New Englali, where
non-intercoDrse with the South was recommended
by the abolitonisis, who swore not 10 sweeten
themselves with slave grown sugar, or to clothe
themselves with cotton cultivated 10y The colored
labo.sr With every advancing year, the agiid-
,cn has advanced. II has gone in and out OF
churches, has split societies into fragments, has
mtittert political action, and has retarded the
social elevation Of the freeborn blacks. The as
saulis upon the South have been borne with pa.
,ience, hut the day of retaliation has commenced,
and it he's begun, like all great changes, in smal
beginnings, end in great fact. Already, the
title details of notification and disunion fore.
shrduwed aud pre-. figured 10 the doctrine Of non.
intercourse. The mind of the South turas na.u
rally TO all the arts IF defence. IL not only wirn,
ibe planter 10 avoid the ship Of the Nonhern msr
n the carrying trade, but it even prompts the sg1
geetion that Jenny Lind ought 40; to be received,
because a Connecticut man derives large r-0i;s
from her vocal efforts People may smile at th,s,
but there is deep meaning and a deeper purpose,
under IT, Civil war stands in the dark back
ground, where such light figures are arr-siing ihe
attention of men in the front. The ol.i;ers OF the
United States ere citizens OF sovereign States, aat
pu,lic1 opnicn, though guiding their action with
respeet 10 the revenue and administration Of the
laws, can dissolve the Union ia an instant Uajel
The strong apprehension Of such dagger, there /:
no necessity for our entering upon retail bus.aes,
IN patriotism, We have wholesale view of th,
whole matter, and one which ali men wiz have ID
common with us, when they cease ~ look thfougl
the eyes of clques, faction, and parties. Let bi
Seward, Greeley, Weed ~ Go succeed in ihei
insane plans for promoting lh.r own ea is, az The
hazard of the Union. and We shalt ind all IN,
social, fiaternal, and patriotic unity OF nc nitoi
Turned into frsgmeatsry chaos. from which WI
spring misery in all its hound ard loAtl.som.
shapes.
with such incen,ives;o patriotic action as the
circumstances now Surrounding us, il % a pufu
vanity and deplcrabie presumption on he part o.
the Couu.er snd Er3utrr 70 represent that we ar,
reduce 10 snail tactics, su.h a. dirty party pole
iieiaDs constantly use to carry lheir eads. Oas
end alone is ours-ihe peImaneEce ani continued
prosperity 81 his Union, at Watch ne Sswlrl.
the Weeds, aud the Gfreieys aie p,iaung theii
plans end daleers, as effectively as ever did IA
cone pfaiors IN Rn;nc at the hsart Of julius Cesar
That which IL people have 10 guard against. i.
he political hypocrisy Of those Who are in favor o
the abolition wing State ticket, the brand and
mark Of Se~afdIsm, and YET declare TIA, they dc
not lie sr,iaion Mark bow oil ard vrerlr can
be nike as uur w all street Cofsmroratv a,vrs a
Loop ole to jump through after the election -
so far the Cotrtsr ard Enguirvr " on-erneS -
nothing for the repro rtatiout which ze nj
lude. The motive Of these ccnuncia,one 10 hi. re
steci L. too apl aren't - ALLOW th.ra the slishtsa.
", ight ". have no sympathy With sboliti' aism %
columns tor years have su ssniiv aui uuif5rto
fto-n. We have aivsys Insisted gtd ala.vs 81 All
insist. upon thorouth regfrd for sUstlsrn rights
and entire tai hlment of all the OF IN
rstitutiun We ere opposed 10 all AGITATION OF thu
subject anu ~ili do notni.g TO cuuntenance OF en-
cuUrHge any movement IN any quarter. OF under ny
pretsst. Which may tend 10 reuew excite ntA which
b. the matter leit alone. would lie Ou aua O.