The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-16

siblc claim to the dignity implied in an attempt at
octave embalmment. As it is, Mr.. Winthrop's book
is less luminous than voluminous, and is likely to
obtain more dust than readers. Its contents, in
some instances, show narrowness Of feeling. and an
inability to keep mp with the spirit of the age Fer
example, some years ago, when member of our
House OF Representatives, Mr.. Winthrop made a
speech against allowing unbeiovers to testify in
courts ofJustice-it being the wise practise of this
ancient, but occasionally stupid commonwealth, to
refuse to believe an infdel on his oath, unless he
shall have first told deliberate lie in order to
qualify himself to be witness. Great efforts
move this relic of fanatical barbarism from
our code, but without effect. Mr.. Winthrop has
had the bad taste to place the evidence of his
narrow mindedness on this subject prominently
among the contents of his volume. Considering
that among the most noted Of his old supporters are
not few free thinkers, perhaps it would have been
as well if he had left such fly out of his amber
On the other hand cannot agree with those critics
VINO censure the gentleman for not emitting certain
passages In his later speeches. in which he reflects
IN rather pungent style, the free sellers. Such
passages show life and they belong to the political
history and literature of the time which they for
cby illustrate There is at the close of the volume
a letter from the author to Mr.. Sumner which, ms
1t has no proper connection with the work ITSELF
might have been omitted without improperly but
should have been sorry--and so, think, would all
others-ifit had been omitted.
There Is project on foot to start new daily pa-
per here, to be devoted to warning against the new
liquor law. Some eminent men are engaged in it
men OF abundant means, who have no idea of SUBJ
mlung IN quiet to such paternal legislation that
law contains. Il will not however be n mere anti.
liquor law journal, but viii be model newspaper;
thatls, If the original design of its projectors shall
be carried out 1t is said that the sum of S25, 900
mas been subscribed as capital for the concern and
thatsome of the ablest and most eypereuced news
paperwrite will be employed on IT, both in the edto-
nal and corresponding departments The journal
VIII not take any formal part IN politics. though it
Is by no means unlikely that, if conducted with abb
hy,lt viii have its effect on our political affairs
directed as exertions will be the repeal of law
IN which so many are in various ways interested
Governor Boutwell, is said to have been very coldy
received at the dinner of the Ancient and Honor
able Artillery on Monday. though heretofore he has
6eenycry popular with all our military men, Col
Hurd, one of his aids, has resigned HIS Office, be-
canse Of his Excelency signing the liquor bill The
colonel ls distlller, and probably does not fancy
being ranked among the enemies of the human race
rank in which all distillers have been placed by
the report of the committee which introduced the
Malnc law to the Legislature of this State; and as
the Legislature adopted the report, that body may
be held as having sanctioned its views as also did
his Excelency.
The Webster wings are dgnant with you be-
cause OF the table in your paper of Ct hnk) Thurs
day, IN which you allow to their favorite, they
tell me- only nineteen votes in the convention They
cannet bear it. Had it come from any other quar-
ter they might manage to get along under the in
hiction, but shot OF that Kind from the HERALD
Is OF the nature of raking, doubleheadcd missile
which cuts them in two
Worlmen have commenced on the foundation of
the new National theatre, which is to be completed
by the first week of next September, when we are
to have the new "Thespian fame" in full operation.
The failure to convict Mr.. Wright. who was tried
this week. charged with being of the rescuers Of
Shadtach, is another evidence of the unwillingness
Of our Juries to convict person thus charged. Go
vernInent has Jared worst in all this business and
all because it undertook to do too much The at
tempt to enforce the old (perhaps it would be better
to say the new idea that judges shall take the law
implicitly from the court, was alone sufficient to
destroy all chances OF conviction ALGoMA.