The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-13

dis hansh # IL subject which makes Il inounbsnt
on The President to search into the matter delibe-
atsly, whstever ths iaconvsnisnss to the accused.
1t Il question Of Gslphinism on large scale, and
We suppose the pay of Mr. Slocum justified by the
nature Of the ease. We think, however, that .
committee of the House Of Representatives would
be the best plan for bringing the mysteries Of this
transaction to the light Of day. Il would be worth
the trouble to dismiss Gardiner, quash the trial. and
turn the subject over to the House. Otherwise, we
suspect if there is any roguey in the sass that the
biggest and latest Of the rogues will escape.
The PRINTERS AND TIE PENNY PRsss-Soue-
body has written us communication, taking ex-
ception to our remarks made the other day on the
bulletin Of the printers who recently withdrew from
the Sun newspaper establishment, on account of .
reduction in their wages to the amount of xix per
cent the rates heretofore given.
We do not see that these objections amount to
any thing The writer of the article recognises and
believes in the Importance Of the Printers Unon''
as sort Of authority and standard regulating the
wages of printers. recognise NO such authority,
and lock upon it impairment interference with
matters that do not concern them. We profess to
act on the principles Of personal rights freedom
Of action freedom Of labor, freedom Of opinion,
within the laws of society; and we recognise no
outside conventclo as possessing any authority or
any right in regulating the prices Of labor between
employers and employees.
With respect to the of the Sun, we have al
ready stated, and state again, that the withdrawal
of the printers was matter which they had per-
feet right to do but there an indeoency and i'm
propnety in announcing it to the world, and endea-
vorng to create prejudice against their former
employer The obvious fact was, that their late en-
ployer has been compelled, by reduction in
his business generally, to propose a reduction in
the wages Of the journeymen ut work on his jour
nal. We never have believed that the penny press
can become permanent institution, or agent Of in
tclligencc, in this rapidly growing age. The Sun,
under its former proprietor, was apparently
full; but that borrowed from the imposi-
tions of that distinguished fnancer, who praotised
on the public through his various banking institu-
tions-the Plainfed Bank, the Lehigh, the Erie,
and we do not know how many others. BY oil these
rascaties, it is supposed he made nearly $50 900
The outside success Of his banking rogueres ree 1T
ed their prosperity in the Sun newspaper-that was
all The present proprietor is honest pious reli-
gious, weak, inefficient, imbecle young man, who
knows nothing about the peculiar business Of news
paper, and is not capable of conducting it with
any degree Of success, energy or talent.
The penny press, even under tho highest intel
lectual auspices, cannot contend successfully with
system which combines more income with equal
universaity, and therefore higher power to employ
superior talent and greater range Of industry The
penny press of this city, and all other Cities is ated
from its intrinsic material weakness, to sink gra-
duay and certainly before the progress of the other
portions of the press, that arc founded on more
comprehensive, more efficient and higher principles
Of talent and energy and business qualities, all com.
bined.