The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-22


Of General Jeremiah johnson and William Freeman,
Esq both Of Kings county-Police and Theatrical
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SC.
Degradation OF the Party Press--SAcvegam-
mon FOrgeries.
The present political campaign has been strik
ingly sgnalized by the Generalization of the party
press 1t has not been limited to few unprincip
campaign papers, got up for the special purpose of
fabricating falsehoods and libels against the two
most prominent candidates for the Presidency, but
some of the most conspicuous and notorious regular
party organs, claiming to come within the pale Of
decency, decorum, and respectability, have becom,
the most Violent vindictive, and reckless in their
shameless degradation.
The Richmond Uvhig and the Louisville Journal
in this class stand out in bold relief, as brazen and
shameless in their recklessness and disregard Of COM
mon decency and selfrespect, as John Minor Bolts;
while, the democratic side, with equal vindictive
ness, and with few scrupes for caudor for truth
and fair dealing, the New York Ecening Post bids
defiance to all competitors in the dirty contest for
the premium Of Generalization. 1t is fact, too,
that our free soil and abolition organs are moro
than any other class, uniformly a thousand times
more vicious, spiteful, desperate, and ferocious,
ratic and the designing demagogue, in the disguise
Of fanatcism, are alike savage and INSCRIPTIONS in
their assaults upon the living and the dead
Neither age nor sex, nor position, nor the good
bad, the unworthy or meritorous, are exempt from
their attacks. As it may suit HE party or selfish
purposes, the free soil abolition 1emagogue makes
victims Of them all; and thus the principles Of
humanity. philanthropy, and Christianity, are dis
torted, fasifed, and desecrated. to the basest OBJ
iects. In poetry and sentiment the poets Of the
Post tender, lackadaiscal, innocent, and af-
fectionate, as the young girls Of boarding school.
Like Uncle Toby, they would not harm fly. But,
as political partisans, they malicious, r,es,
mean, and contemplate, and their conduct is repu-
sive to every sentiment Of manly warfare.
Still, the Ereaiag Post, in contrast with the New
York Tribune, holds even a partisan position Of
comparative respectabiity. TIE central establish
ment of Seward and his factions is nest OF unclean
obscene birds, and may be cassed with owls, and
bats, and vampires, from time immemorial
associated with orgies of Internal darkness, and
witches incanta.ions over their deeds Of crime.
The happy family Of Barnum, composed of rats,
Cate, monkeys, guinea pigs, owls, hawks, rab-
bits, and pigeons, cruelty confined in the samo
dirty cage, is not a more motley family than the
happy family Of sbolitionists, socialists, phio-
sophers, and nfdes, of Stewards central organ
and, as might be expected, it has been the fruit
full laboratory Of the foulost libels and ISLANDERS
against General Pierce There originated the charge
that ne was drunkard, and there toe, have been
employed most industriously, the most dirty arti
fees and ISLANDERS to stamp him co yard and
gambler. 1t was in the columns of the Tri5wuc thai
the imposition of the battle of Seyeg am mon was
published, for the special obje,t, no doubt, Of
fleeing our unsusrectipg Irish fellow citizens Of
their money, under The pretence Of Irelands speedy
liberation; and from the same source wa, first
ushered to the world that mass Of stupid trash
which Robinson concocted in New Hampshire, for
tie destruction OF General PIERCE on the Ca.holic
question.
But the boldest and most imru lent experiment
upon the public credulity ever perpetrated by the
Seward socialists and philosophers is the establish
ment Of paper, called the Htshman. Tbi, paper,
published now and then, without name to father
I, place designating where il may be found Is,
We suspect, the handwork of Robinson and the CO.
tere Of the Tribune Office, and nobody else for the
number before US is chiefly taken up with Robin
sons trashy speech on "New Hampshire Democracy
and the Catholic Question: and the whole thing
has the hang dog look Of q detected counterfeit
Prominent however, in this counterfeit IRISH
man, is a letter purportiDg to be from General
Pierce, which, together with the Introductory re-
marks Of Robinson, or somebody else, are as
follows:-
TIE CATHOLICS AND FRANKLIN PIERCE.
We ind the following impudent letter the Catholic
question from Franklin Pierce the locofoco candidate
for President Of the United States in the Chicago Dav
journal Of July 81 1852 We of course, can't say any
thing Of Its authenticity though doubt IL Is quite
genuine as General SCOTS Read letter Natyism
At all events the letter has been published eight
denied IL under his signature doubt whether he
dare deny IL. At al events without saying ANYTHING
about its geDuneness, print 10 simply We find il
in the Chic9go Daily journal Of July 81 1852
LITTER FROM GENERAL PIERCE
CoycoRp. N II june T. 1852
My Dear Sir Your telegraphic despatch Informing
me OF my nomination by the Democratic Convention a5
Baltimore a. the candidate Of party for the pre.
depcy, came duly TO hand. laudahle ambition dye.ts
the expression OF egotitm, when say. that am more
than honored TO be selected the ard bearer OF
in this great country Of ours We will no into
the canvass with every prestige Of account Of
the part took as comm lndng officer in the Mexicap
war and we will gain great strength in the Eastern and
Atlantic states because Of my uniform opposition In
every public capacity have had the honor 10 occu
py TO the csmorous demands Of the Western people for
appropriations for what they call their arbor and
River lmprovementsibut which in my view Is merely a |
system OF plumber designed TO feed set of hungry
Gapbns out OF our national treasury The Papsts Will
naturally be more or s opposed TO tcket-but let
them 60 We never could depend upon them with any
certainty and they bigoted set that we can get
along without better than with their numbers governed
y they are by bishops and priests of the Catholic
lhurch and we have plenty Of strength without them
rbe constitution my state very properly
IyxfHn dere from of0c IA 1