The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17


men. for selling liquor without license. The Beart
of Excise, it appears, refused to grant them q per
mitto sell hqaor on the Representation of the polic
that they kept disorderly houses. They will receive
sentence on Wednesday pes.. Five prisoners, con
sicted of bugary, escaped from the court reoIn yes
terd ny, and have not yet been recaptured.
Organic Diseases and Remedies !
An OLD guide-book, with its title page torn
out and q new one Inserted, is not @ bad type
OF the present system of organism in this ceun-
try. Popular sentiment twenty years ago,
when there were less readers than there are
papers now; when politics, like courterfeitng,
was done up by stealth and at midnight;"
when the Albany regency and the Richmond
junta appointed funerals for refractory men,
tiers, and had their subjects ready; when con-
ventions made laws, and Congress approved
them; when Z" the condition Of the press was
improved" and organized by arrangements at
Washington; when Morgans-good enough, of
course-weye made for elections; when to :: the
victor was surrendered the spoils of the van
quished;" when politics, indeed, was machine
composed, as Chillingworth says of the Church
it was strangely unlikely that any would get
out Of order; then organism was q necessary
and useful element of power-a ready and au-
thoritative exponent of the popular mind, and
withal an integral portion OF the general and
State governments. The old guide-book point
ed out packet and coach routes, steamboat,
and here and there, for wonder, a railroad
line. 1t was very we'll in it's day-telegraphs
and lightning expresses, end newspapers with
hundreds of thousands of readers, politicians
swarming over the whole coantry, and all as
wary as Machiavel. and as crafty and subtle as
Van Buren,, were not then.
Men have changed as well as moons. If any
thing is exhibited in this material, practical
age of ours, it is the individuality of society.
Each man speaks for himself, endorses or con-
dennis as fearlessly as if his decision was final
and his power complete. The whole tendency
OF the times is towards the diffusion of power
the exercise by individuals OF that authority
which before had been denied to them and en-
trusted to parties and governments. Men count
little now upon what Congress can do, and
much upon the conquests of private enterprise.
The sphere of the former is growing small by
degrees and beautifully less" day by day,
while that Of the latter is spreading over. not
only the entire surface of the Union but ey-
tending its fruitful iabors into every vineyard
of civilization on the globe.
At least then, the American people have an
individual opinion as well as national charac
ter. Each man is his own organ he thinks for
himself, speaks for himself. endorses or con-
dennis according to his sovereign will and
pleasure. Testimony is alike open to all. There
are no longer any secrets. The veil that cover
ed political movements has been torn oG-their
dominos have been removed: and master and
servant, Jew and Gentle, Pagan and Christian
may see and Judge for himself The old guide
book tells only Of old and forgotten things;
and those who travel now have been over the
routes so many times that they require no such
adventurous directions. -
Besides. all runners" nowadays are in bad
credit Men have been cheated by them. mis-
directed and annoyed, and want none of their
aid or advice. Witnesses are discredited by
interest; lawyers have world of latitude by
reason Of their special employment the warn
ing voice of the preacher is even called profes-
sional and often falls upon a listless and indif
ferent auditory. 1t 10 true men sometimes
laugh, as in duty bound, but not often.
All this we regard as quite applicable to the
politics and plans Of the day. The telegraph
continues to inform us that the administration
take great interest in the establishment in
a.: -. - ell
whose notes are expected to penetrate every
nook and corner Of this great State, and to
charm into fraternal harmony the two political
armies whose war bugles have just sounded on
the memorable field of Syracuse. Gentlemen
it can't be done. The popular ear is not tuned
to that kind of music. Wind instruments have
gone cut of favor and, besides, your organst
has been detected already in playing too many
old airs to suit the cultivated taste Of New
York auditory. We tell you that the thing
won't work. You can't keep your instrument
in tune in the midst Of so many Earring ee-
ments. 81
In this day and generation that which il
done well is applauded, and that which is done
badly is condemned knowledge is both gener-
ous and communicative. Nothing is concealed
What is uttered by orc man il Just as good aud
ust as authoritative as the same thing utter
ed by another. -
In the present order Of things political re-
wards, like charities, are used by those who re-
ceive them they constitute no capital upon
Which The donor can operate. The power Of
the spols system" is lost in the condition of
pubic sentiment, and cannot be restored by the
laoors Of dependent and discredited press
Private enterprise on the latter field is not more
triumphant. as a vehicle of news aud an autho-
ritatiye exponent Of the general sense Of the