The New York herald., 1851-12-28

bic clique. Instead OF good, 1t has done vast
amount of injury to the cause Of Hungarian free
DOM
The MINT IN New YoRK-OPNIoN OF THE
'sCIrY CT BRoIHKRLY LOVE. Ever since the pro-
ect of establishing mint in this metropolis has
been before the country the Congress, the jour
nalists Of Philadelphia, out Of the abundance of
their good feelings, every now and then break out
into the most extraordinary explosions of brotherly
love and affection toward this great Babylon of mi.
quity. Among the independent, thinking, intell-
gent men, Ia GLASS; however, not SO plenty small
potatces) the establishment of mint in this great
central city of the commercial world has been gene
rally looked upon as very appropriate measure to
be taken up and adopted by q sensible and practi-
cal Congress at Washingto Not so our amiable,
pous, honest, religious, generous contemporaries of
Philadelphia. They differ somewhat slightly in
opinion about the proprety of establishing mint in
this city, give some very powerful and cogent
reasons of certain kind, in favor of their opinions
AS q specimen of the general arguments and gene
rous feelings of Philadelphia journalism towards
this wicked and sinful metropolis, we extract the
following from one of their leading journals
Why should the treasury be taxed with mint at New
York! Merely to crafty the unscrupuous rspsciy Of
New York politicians. And what security could they
York journals TEEN with accounts of dishonesty in
their municipal government; and frauds have been
within the last thirty years. in all the rest Of the
Union since the foundation of the government And
also refer to defaults in other federal Offices in
New York be,idss the custom. house The federal poll
tics Of the commercial emporium have actually fur
nshed provrba Dcknsmes for crimes against the trsa-
suIy. Thus, Collector District Attorney Navy
Agent runs of with Uncle Sans money, does not
square accounts told that he has Swsrtvouted
has got his price, has frospered has done
With all this experience before the people, what security
,ney oI .ce s o. mint II New
hundred millious somebody makes dishruy viz. that
all tbs coinage under standard BY five per cent The
discovery might be accidental and three four years
might elapse before 1t made. The loss would be
and fall upon the holders CT the con and the
Sam could not reach T. what would BE- Re eject upon
upon the character Of American coin abroad!
fer 70 Of Oos 70 the
curious Occurrences in federal Office in sister city,
within the st thirty years or more and to the il look
tell shout Its municipal government.
Alter reading this calm, considerste, and philo-
sophical argument against the establishment Of
mint in such wicked place - New York, We pre-
sumo the legislature at Washington will think NO
more Of the wants of this metropolis, or the pro.
priety Of such measure ct any future time. We
should therefore consider the mint project entirely
at an end. Phila delphia wisdem, PHILADELPHIA
generosity, and Philadelphia pisty, have furnished
this most solid and conclusive argument against its
and therefore, Congress has nothing
further to do but close the debate, annihilate the
project, and take to making Presidents as fast a,
they Yet for the benefit of the mutual charac.
ter Of both cities, and simply for the information
of posterity a TO the exact condition of moral feel
ing and moral honesty In both cities, we would
take the liberty Of asking our amiable cotempo-
raries in Philadelphia, If they recolect, or have
ever read in the Holy Bible the parable as to pull
ing the "beam" out Of your own eye, before at.
tempting to draw the "mote" out of your brothers
eye.
VIII our sotemposaries ponder on that parallel
VIII they think on that PARALLEL Will they apply
II to their own financial and moral history for the
last thirty ycarsl Has there been anything in
New York at oil 6t, in extent Of wickedness, dis
honesty, and fraud, to be paralleled with them
in the great United States Bank, once the
ornament Of Philadslphia, and now nothing
but ga whited sepulchre," inclosing rotten
regulations and bankrupt bonds Here was Q
fraud and dishonesty equal TO city millions at one
blow But this Is not all that illustrates and sdsrns
the neral history of Philadelphia. Look at the
Girard Bank; the Schuylkill Bank; look at half Q
dozen other banks look at the Girard School; look
1t the various dishonesties and defalcations public
and private, which have taken place in that city,
probably rea.h'ng q hundred millions Of dollars,
during the last twenty or thirty years
Now We do not attributs all these historical traits
N the moral character of absolute do
ign, to considerate preparation or to determined
md positive wickedness ofthe highest order. We will
be generous enough 10 call them msfortunes the ac-
'idents Of humanity; accidents which sometimes
VIII semolish crockery banks, and mems reputations
one sweeping blow. No doubt, New York, con-
dering It's size, is curious population, its mixed
aces Its conflicting interests, has wckedness quite
nough, and some to export IL 1t only could get rid
Il It's productions Of that description easily but we
ather think that Philadelphia, in relation to a
mint, or in relation to any other project is the last
iy which should throw the FIRST stone ct the repu-
alton Of New York.
We can conceive no possible word in the English
anguage suficien. to express the utter meanness
nd despicableneJs which such journals and ssch
journalists exhibit as those 10 Philadelphia that
ave adopted such course CT argument against the
cry proper project Of creating mint in New York.
the journals of philadnlphis are carable Of no