The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-10
Raising OF the Price or The Her AID.


Greeley, publishers, and printers and editors
OF The New YORK Tribune, has frequently sent
messenger. inviting as to consultation with
him for the purpose of raising the price ofthe
| HERALD End Tribune at once to three cents per
! copy. The gentleman through whom this over
! ture was made stated that McElrath did not
care whether any other paper advanced in price
or not: he was prepared to take the step if the
proprietor of the HERALD would only consent
TO the proposed arrangement. McElrath further
stated that the expense otpublishing the Tribune
had greatly increased, but that an additional
charge of one cent per copy would increase the
profits some 100000 per annum, and of course
increase the receipts of the HERALD to far
larger and more magnificent amount.
Such is the offer seriously made to us on
the part of our contemporaries of the Tribune.
Pelhaps. if we were to do what they want, of
our own accord they would charge us with an
endeavor to impose levy of black mail on this
honest community. Perhaps they would not
raise the price if we did. No one can make
| calculation on the congregation of saints and
socialists, spiritual rappers and infdels, specu-
lators and chiiioniers, philosophers and
| FOOLS that make up the staff of the
New York Tribune. Certainly there is some
| foundation on which to place the proposition
| OF Mir McElrath. The price Of beef is up, the
price of bread and butter is ra sed, brooches are
advanced, as Marcy at Washington well knows,
house rent is advancing, the wages of labor
advancing We have recently advanced the
wages Of almost every person in our establish
| ment. II therefore would seem natural that in
| the great advances Of prices in every thing,
| brought up by the influx Of gold from Califor-
| MIA, ard the disturbance of the old measure of
| value. we should advance the price OF the He
RAID, and that other newspapers should do the
same thing. But we would not think of doing
such an act-of imposing such levy of black
mail-without their concurrence secured before
hand. We also think it is right and proper
that all the newspaper carriers and agents, and
others. he live on the distribution of the He
RAID. to the number Of nearly 10000 copies
daily. and about the same number OF the Weekly
and Sunday per week, should ascertain from
their various purchasers and subscribers what
they think Of the matter. If, out of the
whole OF the vast number who take the
HERALD, three-fourths did not object to the
raising Of the price, certainly we should
have no objection. We should like very
well to punish the abolitionists by doubling
the price Of the Tribune if it could be done;
for the abolition supporters of that journal are
Earrow-minded stingy, mean individuals. and
to take cent per day out Of their pockets
would have the effect Of modifying their abo-
ltionism. Our subscribers, on the contrary.
liberal, Industrious and pious, too, (as far as is
necessary in these times). and possessing every
good and manly quality found in the American
character, would cheerfully pay four cents for
the HERALD, if we desired it. But we have
bowels OF compassion. aud would not think of
doing it unless they give their vote. 1t isa
vote that makes the President; and it is only
vote that can advance the price Of the
IhRALD.
VIRGINIA CHIvMRY AGAINST THE SrooI-
PiGEoN MOVEMENT IN WAsHNGToN,-For many
months the Richmond Enquirer has presented
nothing in its columns but an arid waste of
newspaper twaddle and violent denunciation
sometimes particularly personal, against the
editor of the New YORK HERALD We have
at last found one green spot in Its correspond
ence from Washington, and here it ISL
WASHINGTON, Des 1853
SocIe John Parker Of yr.irs scosn to m ,st Of
your readers politician OF ri ty anc as "a honorable
gentleman. Hais and has AWAY bren sau nd demo..at
AID Las ben Librarian of the i. yes
ior ne Nt Two sears Tais oce is within the gilt Of
Inc tfrE OF the House. Toca Nj Pa-ar was removed
b ltrney The canes assigned absence OF Me- r.
roe a&shIgon from - TO Tins during tho 81 IN nsr
ard ieces OF ngress Shen there is nS co: and
Shc esspn would be GOOD If were worsh .a,-
h g. for The removal Of Forney himself WIS was bin
SCI but little here This in cause OF removal;
dele
gaon would not vote for +iney for erk and " Parker
wcah not be ade the 10 advocate tie reeecoo Of
the " stool pigeon" candidate, and hence the removal
IL Is 10 trenge himself the Virginia d. e atom that
Forney has struck off Pa ksr,s heal Promo hs nav
yet regret he ratification Of hi malice Toe Librarian
has 10 connection with the clerskhip and there Is no
reason Why he should be ntsd by toe Clerk. move
mtnt l. ROY ca foot 10 fuase the Office elscve and to
iesors Mr. Parker 10 his places by vote of the House.
This th"uid 30 done 1t IA point OF honor with the vr
ssans and scuhern democrats Who refused vote for
forDey-he Justification enpaton of their courae
II involved ID ne decision There be QUIT Of the
action o. tbs IL ,nfe II viii be glad to DO justice Such
seuh WIZ pe deeper brand upon the nfsmy CT Forney
SO it seems that Virginian chvalry, with two
or three exceptions refuses to be enlisted among
the stoolpigeon democrats at Washington in
supporting the present administration. There
is yet fome hope Of the "Old Dominion" in
favor OF the honor, the honesty, and integrity of
its political conduct.
We mean to keep this matter before the moral
people OF the United States. We mean to
publish on the first day Of every calendar month
till the next congressional elections, the stool
pigeon letter of Forney. together with the
names Of all those members OF the House of
Representatives who voted the writer into the
c!crkship in the face Of such an infamous docu-
ment.
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