New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-15
Np1v.vopK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY DECEMBER i5 1853

10 contrye the appointment of Hannegan to Foreign
Mission BY preferrng its own editor TO one-consder
rg that scores OF men ia this City have meauy ducAod
and lodged TO its attacks AID some even snossel on
the traluestien fearing to appear as witnesses lns
the rufian-wo must repeat tic comnon CONVICTION OF
every decent man 10 fe community that the pls'nun
entitled himself emphatic moral applause for being
about the frst mas-Out Of the editorial prOfession-.o
defy and spit upon Mr Bennett and finally, after iyo
Years uninterrupted prosecution OF his suit, to legally
blast him TO a lower deep of iniamy than ever his
Tsrtarus groupings had yet reached As we have already
nublisbed in greater or less detail the evidence al
speeehes of this trial. we shall not give now any sy-
ropsis OF it. Sufficient TO say that while the Opera as
appeared by the evidence, was morally AMI technically
reformed The Satanic le no mire OF bsastislity IN
disturbed no possibility Ofoboquy unsounded no acr'd-
ity oivenom unspent. to wreak libel on loel' AMI 9
on Iie on the head of the plaiss6 Sworn to do him
s the evil that bl0a'ea power and unchecked vlliany
could compass it rotted steamed. and reeked' with
nsuseous nfamies 1t led to this course because
II bad supposed that out of the editorial procession
soeietv 10 man almost, coged before It The feeling
had got abroad. and remained rife up 10 the decision
of this trial that JUSTICE BY an individual could not be
obtained against The Satanic that witnesses would
sutter in their evidence shrink utterly from giving
decisive truths. that jurors would not convict ami
counsel even ready defend the penniless murderer
oulI not appear against tie wealthy moral assassin
Well might they think so, when it is fresh in public
recollection that two of the most eminent statesmen
in the United States both bent their neck TO the hog
woke of the rufian-ouo of them said, as pubishe /
- ~ uqtr "a
"cOurse Las deserved well of the country aat the
other gave him letter Of introduction 10 an American
Legation when lie went abroad. OF course w en- can
ddtes for tie Presidency through the lower sub
stratum Of the sewers OF party TO get tie good word
Of such a parsonage the Republic must be fastening
to ruin unless there be civic virtue in public persons
Tlslk Heaven, there is Eew element in the social
syeteml That element is lndyidualism. The private
gentleman, however modest of demeanor. simple OF
purpose and delicate Of frame can take the lead in DO
ing that which shive.ing senators feared and from
which rich corporations recoiled.
The tide is row turned The ruiiian has got his de-
serts The low-mouthed Distant witless, brutal
scoundre is observation-disclosures too, BY THE PEo-
PIE ct not his sewersheet roll its nastiness and nth
over the Goldfish Aristocacy"-as it has called them
for fifteen years, in scurNy datrbes-as tAe cause OF
Liswitherine blasting condemnation That sord noisy
falsetood will not serve him. We say he has beea
condemned by Jury Of The People not because we
DO not consider all honorable citizens "a alike entitled
TO that name, but because The Satanic has always
ATTEMPTED with its lurd scribbngs, to light up dyi-
ors and hates in society by chasing one set as arstoc-
racy aud the other plebeans and taking, therefore,
The Satanics own distinctions say he has been so
condemned. Upon looking at tbeiury in question we
find it composed as follows: One miikman' three
butchers; one paint dealer; one grocer three mer-
chants; and two mechanics These are the men Who
have condemned the lbeler belonging to The
Satanic to pay Ten thousand Dollars compelled
him 10 do it although, master of the science Of the
laws delay he hoped to tire out his victim by throwing
huge and manifold obstacles in the prosecution Of the
matter-compelled him to do it, although backed by
seven lawyers who obstruced and obseured the courso
of justice icr FIVE long years.
This Jury indeed have entitled Themselves to the
lasting gratitude Of the community. They have proved
that Jultice when pcrseyeriugy pursued, can be OBJ
timed even sean libeler fortified behind fortress
Of geld and siyerand welding greaterengne of intlm
i1.icn than the history Of tLs country has htheso
Lrown. Every man in the community who is not ready
to sprawl himself in dungheaps before this Juggernaut
If the Press will bear in mind the almost instantly
rendered verdict Of the Jury-sx we learn, bein9
forTwenty Thousand DOllars-four for Ten Thousand
and two sealy for Ten thousand, butnaming first al
five thousand so as to admit of eOmpromise-whic
was finally lad by the verdict as recorded. Beside
this the costs and fees will swell his expenses 70 some
seven thousand dollars more, making bis loss Seven
teen Thoueand Dollars In all