The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-30

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Tho waipeiian theory was that evory man had
his price No matter how stern his prcbity-how
transcendent his patriotism-there was a point at
which the power Of temptation overcame the power
of resistance. The temptation must Of course, be
adapted to the and temper of the per
son whose aoquiescence is desired You would not
offer Lucifer, the of the morning., bundle of
railway scrip, endeavor to win over Mr.. Golden
with the promise Of an Irish pecrage. The amount
Of temptation judged sufficient affords a certain
rough approximation to the probable value Of the
venal support Under these circumstances, it is
Notifying to find oneself set at too low figure.
Rascaldom has its hierarchy, and the greatest knave
feels certain pride in his proficiency in dishonest
arts. II is not therefore, without certain degree
Of wounded vanity that We have to inform our
readers that the sum at which our support is valued
is precisely G100. A certain Mr.. &. Kemp, of z
Bath road Cheltenham, has opened our eyes OR this
point, and taught us great lesson OF humility for
the future. 1t would appear that this plain spoken
individual is greatly interested in the progress and
prosperity Of the Caiedonian and Lancashire and
Yorkshire lines From the general tenor Of his letter
we would infer that Mr.. G. Kemp has heavy invest
ments in the above industrial undertakings, and
that from particular circumstances connected with
the lines, within his own knowledge, he would not
be sorry to sell out Mt premium. How was this
little scheme to be carried out Oh Mr. Kemp.
MIR. Kemp could you not have called meetings Of
your brother shareholders could you not have
depicted the position and prospects of the line in tho
eloquence to be distributed for general circulation
If nothing but the columns of the Times would
serve your turn, is not advertising Office open
to the public? and might you not have laid your
own case, IN your own way, before our readers
for very moderate charge! Such sum as Gl00
will go long way in advertisements. Would
nothing content you but tampering with our in
tegrity, and procuring us to puff off your cracked
crockery and damaged fish, for certain
Enumeration, to be dexterously slipped into our
own editorial hands! Are we sunk so low as
St. Adams? Has Mr.. Coppock got his eye upon
us Are we henceforth to be the blind agents of
every knaye and fool within the Queens peace
To be we are to have share of the spoil
although the share allotted to us i'll Mr. G. Kemp's
communication does not at all suggest to our minds
the prospect of permanent gain. That worthy in
dividual should consider with himself that humbugs
and impostures of all kinds have, necessarily, but
short term Of existence If take to lying
and putting, we must do it on gigantic scale, or
else il will not answer our purpose in a commercial
point of view. Three months would be long period
to assign to influence if it were, in reality, based
on dishonest arts. We should, therefore, have to
ask ourselves what would be the value of the pur-
chase money of this journal, and contrve to realize
it within the period named, or else we should be
losers by tho speculation. After all, sale in mar
ket-overt might answer our purpose as WELL Surely
the most stupid rogue would prefer a sum Of money
loss of character and disgrace
Mr.. G. Kemp has evidently graduated in the
Pecksniffan school. He begins his letter with
little dextcrous fattery. Mr.. Kemp is the fox
we are the crow and The Times the lump of cheese
in the fable. .'Sir,' says he, 'sas ! am, together
with several other gentlemen" Ga pretty society
they must beg supporters of your paper, the In
huence Of which is beyond question" (exactly worth
El00) s.more powerful than that Of any other
journal extant, and the abundance of money, the
improved condition Of railway property the influx of
gold all tend to enhance the marketable value of
railway prosspects'-ego. in putting particular
line we shall not only be subscribing Mr.. Kemp's
lOri int FIR
our own behoof, but shall absolutely be render
ing the public service. oh wonderful concord
between public and private interests, between shut
fling and duty! "As many may not be able to
their advantage Mr.. G. Kemp proceeds, s. in
buying this description Of property now at once
We expected at this point an exhortation to ndoc-
trnate the public in general way upon the neces-
sity of rushing to Capel-court now at once We
presumed Mr.. G. Kemp to be only goose-but
mark the conclusion, :" write to offer your accept
ance Of El00 on behalf of myself and friends, pro-
yded you will allow the insertion as Header Of
an article SC. The precious composition in ques-
ton is one not only bearing railway interests in
general, but particularly having reference (sic IN
qlstold) to the improved condition of the Caledo-
MAN and Lancashire and Yorkshire lines Mr.. G.
Kemp eoolly winds up, 8 In case of your declining
should endeav0r to attempt other means to obtain
so desirable result" He had better try
Such isa specimen Of the folly to which all per-
sons in the position of conductors of a public Jour
nal, are necessarily from time to time exposed.
The thing would not be Of much consequence in
ITSELF but that foolish people are found to believe
assertions which, if put to the test, would infal-
nruvre of Mr.. G. Kemp. We have heard it cur
rently reported that The Times has received
money from Prince Metternich and Prince Schwar-
zenberg. 1t has been stated that an agent Of the
Russian Car is to be seen in dark nights lodging
about the blind alleys of Printing house square,
with bag of roubles at his neck. A didaetic old
gentleman, in the bow windows of the clubs, will
repeat this legend to some ancient quidnunc, and
thn will AZ 1o,f hal,
was, when. on the continent of Europe, a man would
have been accepted as mere simpleton who would
have ventured to suggest the slightest doubt upon
such point Well, we have outlived this. We
remember ut a more recent period, when we were
directing steady fire upon the Smithfeld nui-
sance, that the motive ascribed to our oppo-
siton was that we had invested largely in the
lslington market. We have outlived this charge
| too. 1t is clear enough that if you attack an
abuse. all persons interested in the perpetual
ton Of the abuse will tax you with dish onesty
You cannot give expression to public opinion
without running counter to the schemes and ras
we are able to maintain our position by fair and
straightforward course. it matters but little that silly
or dishonest people assign to us very different
class of motives. The truth is, they do not believe
themselves in their own assertions or, if they do,
they cannot impress their convictions upon the
minds of others. Let jobbers and mystery-mongers
say what they will, they will never convince the
public that this journal is conducted under dis
the fact, if they should meet with success. The
prestige of goodfaith and fearlessness once gone,
and the days of our prosperity would be numbered
indeed. But we should be fools as well as rogues
if we riskcd an annual circulation Of Il, OOO, 900,
and gross income equal to that Of fourishing
German princpality, for any favors that emperor.
king, minister, or party could confer. And so we
beg very respectfully to decline Mr.. G. Kemps offer
of Gl00
A GREAT BIGAMIsT AND SwINDLER. I'm a recent
Geographic despatch Of the Courier, was announced
the arrest of DR.. c. Hayne at Clarksyille Tenn. on
the charge of bigamy. We have no doubt that he
is tie identical operator who appeared in this
city a month or two since, representing himself
wealthy Southron, who, for pastime bought up. on
three days grace" some thousa nd bales of cotton
in this market. through the agency Of ono of our
well known brokers, which created stir in the mar
ke! for day or two, but no one suffered except the
WAREHOUSE clerks, who had the trouble Of marking
and weighing for nothing. The speculator-that
was the character he then assumel--next endea-
yored to purchase the Bostona. and made extensive
arrangements to build fast packet, bu, he was