The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-05

Funny Pre- ..Terrible Sc0urgtng
OF New York, sne sodOm or she jivi-
IFrom the PhiIsd.lphsa North American, MArch2l
MINT AT rEw YORK.
II we laughed, she ether day, 1t the Ignorance
displayed by two great European statesmen, Prince
Schwsrtsenburg, of Ausiria, and Earl Grey, OF
the British cabinet, in confounding-the ono the
capital of the United States with the city OF Nes
York. the other the government OF the republic
with tina. Of the Empire State, we Eause claim, to-
day, to view the matter little more seriously; and
We think u is worthy the attention OF our law ma
kers at Washington, the more especially at the
present moment, when they considering the
proprety Of removing the mint to the 'commeruias
We have always urge that amons the grost and
radical objections to such measure is the dagger
trazipg influence Of that city, which pires to be-
and with the aid Of Congress ia fast becoming the
centre of wealth. fashion, and political power in
the Union-the Londos, the very Paris OF the coun-
try. DO we desire 10 bring about such result! or
arc We blind to the mighty strides which New York
10 making In metropolitan Importance and gran.
deur! The facts referred to are plain indca,ious
and signs Of the times; and it is because the EN-
pire city has already reached an elevation, which
from the foreign point Of view overshad0ws every
thing else in the land, that an Austrian Prime
tional capital, and British Colonial Secretary 10
o speech in Parliament usters solemn nonsense
about 1.-THE United States of New York." The
blunders arc lndicrous but they show that
to the foreign eye New York is the great iea.
ture of the country which obscures and be-
Titles every element Of State and federal sove,
reignty and of popular consequence and dignity.
And such, whatever be the notions Of people else
where is the sort of feeling in regard to New York
| entertained in New YORK itself, and freely and
boastfully avowed by It's press. New York claimed
to be metropolitan IN ali things; while other cities,
| Including the seat of government, are eontsmptu.
ously designated as provincial. Paris herself
which controls France, and therefore renders
FrsDce the sport and prey of every usurper and re-
yOlutiGnarv faction prOuder OF QS6atnoS6.
and scarce better assured OF her irresistible supre
macy Is not Nsw York more powerful nov than
any city il the United States ought to be And is
1t not proof of the dan serous induence she yields
that Congress should for y moment favorably con.
| tiderthe Donssrous project OF granting national
Institution like The mint for no other purpose than
to serve her ccnveDiar &C and satisfy her demands
Is il not true thai New York already, to certain
| extent, 0verawes Congress, and that many MEM
beIs are afraid to vote 10 opposition to her wishes!
We have always protested against the Idea OF
regarding the mint Pna ielphia Institution, or
| rs one which Philadelphia or any other city has a
| right to claim. No interest should for moment
be thought of in relation it, except the national
interest; and wbenever that requires its removal,
| let II be removed. The present mint question, IL.
reality, involves confcL between the national in
teIsst and that Of New York and IL remains to bs
| seen which interest is to triumph, and whether
New York is to prove stronger or weaker than tho
| country. The interest OF the government FIRST
| placed the mint here, where it meets every want
and exigency OF state and whence Il cannot be re-
| moved except at great cost, and with more or less
general detrimsnt. It's removal, without necessary
cause, cannot but be act OF progacy, asinyolvng
a wanton waste Of she public money The claim os
New York to have tho mint, based on a con sidera-
tion Of her interest convenience, is an arrogant
| farce, and Senators and Representatives, should
view tho question fairly in all its relations, weigh
ing, first, the general policy of removal, and then
the particular wisdom Of re moving it to New York,
which is probably, under all the circumstances the
worst place which could be found for il in the nite1
| States. New York wants the mint to coin gold
which does halopU IN her-the gold of CalIfnr.
| MIA, which passes through New York merely be-
cause government has given her the rich prize OF
| the California mails, which, if withdra wn, would
carry the gold to some other city; and 1t is very
| likely, from arrangements now in progress foe
founding steam lines between this port aud Cali!or
MAJ that it will not be long before the larger portion
OF will be found flowing into Philadelphia, ight
| at the doors of the mint, as it now stands Be-
| sides, what does New York want with mint to
coin gold, when all she does with gold ia to ship it
| Immediately to England half million or million
| by every steamerl New York 10 tho city Of small
notes, which drive gold awsy-the city, let US add,
Of counterfeit notes, also, which are 50 abundant
| there, and Throughout the whole Empire State, as
render almost udicrous the notion OF making
hat State or that city the seat OF the national coin
| age. In looking over the last number Of lhomp-
SONS CoIniateii De.ector, for example, We ind
that the entire list Of counterfeit notes ia the Uoted
States oc,upies seventy six columns, Of which New
England has twenty three columns, New York city
and state exactly as many, and all the rest OF the
country emily thirty o. tue twenty three colu nns
| for New York city and State, she former has no
less than Elk for herself-tbat is six columns Of
ounte,feit notes on city banks alone. That is
ne place in which 10 plant the mint ofthe United
| States.
| grow up, the ceatralizng power Of the Union, it
| is proper for members Of Congress, who so i'm
periousy solicited to aid her purpose, to remember
| that she boasts seme other Recommendations to
their favor as equivooal as her pride and her small
notes New York, if not yet Paris politically, ia
very nearly 50 in certain social and moral aspects
She Is almost foreign oity-we speak Of the vast
proportion Of foreign residents, not nasurszed cit
zene, who swell her population giving to 1t foreiga
sentiments habits, snd interests. II is not like an
American, but European city. II would be an Eng
not lrish and Irish were it not French, Spanish and
everything else It's city Of refuge, without any Of
the sanity OF place of sanctuary. 1t
like The old Rome Of Taoitus, the terrible Rome
Of tho age Of corrupted manners and fallen liberty,
=" the common sink into which everything infamous
and abominable flowed like torrent from all quar-
tiers Of the world" " is tho city Of all the faaat
csms of our own and ether countries, the city Of
tancies and phI enses the most odeus and the most
| formidable in their threatened consequences.
There imported socialism and red republicauism
walk hand in hasd with home-born extremism
Of all kinds - a5olitionism of the Garrison
| and Fred. Douglass school, ritrappings, "a
tionalism, Tom Paincism, and atheism. There
the fugitive philosophers aud rejected patriots
| OF tie old world become ref0rmers Of American
peiises, teaching new lessons Of freedom and ma
| tiopal duty; and sages who cannot speak write
English launch into the discussion Of the slavery
question, and regenerstsrs and 6nanciers organize
plans for invading Cuba and raising loans to liberate
nations which do not care for liberty; and, in the
meanwhile, vice is wild, and crime rampant, and
misery alone walks in darkness. New York is a
| Paris; but IL u o Paris under the gowvaweDpsnt
provisoire Trsly, they would seem to have enough
on their hands in the Empire city, without troub
ling themselves with the additional responsibilities
Of Mint And, truly, also, If membors of Con-
grefs will consider all the circumstances Of tho
case and Of that city, they will not find ii necessary
trsnsplantiDg thore IN Institution of do much ma
tional Government
This is one aspect Of the Mint rom oval question,
There are othor phases Of it which we shsil tako
into view in a subsequent article.
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