The Nevada Democrat., 1856-09-17
A VENAL PRE- S s .

Not very long ago SAYS the Richmond Eaqli-
rer, a certain New York paper gave publicity to
the rumor that the Herald had engaged to trans
fer its service to the Black Republican party,
and that the earliest indication of its treachery
would appear in a spirit of subdued but cnven-
omed hostility to the South. No surprise was
excited by the revelation; for as everybody
knows that the conduct of The New York Herald
is controlled by the basest instincts Of personal
corruption. there is no inconsistency in its sup
port of any party that addresses the strongest
appeal to its venal passions. Born of the brain
of the most dastardly and degraded villain that
ever dishonored humanity, that paper was
nurscd in its infancy by the ruined reputation
of innocent women, and the sorrowful cries of
broken hearted families. Exhibiting the vgor-
Gus growth of the fungus oflshoot of rotten
matter, it soon reached pitch of pecuniary
prosperity that satisfied the sordd appetite OF
the blink-eyed ghoul who pocketed its profits.
The sphere of his ambition was enlarged, and
from battenng on the honor of men and the
virtue Of women, this fifty vultrc of the Press
aSplrad to earn a subsistence by selling his men
dacity to the corrupt leaders of Party. Born
in brothel and reared among the inmates Of
the penitentiary, the New York Herqd winged
its way to higher regions; but in the discussion
Of affairs Of State, it exhibited the same cruel
contempt of human scnsibility. the same sordd
with which, in the day of its Obscure infancy
it was wont to pursue the doomed victim of its
iiendish malice or Unsuitable venaljty. Never
theless the paper prospCred amazingly. The
same passion which impels the vulgar multtud.
to gloat over the pages Of the Newgate calendar
or filthy story of criminal desire and bcstial
qualification. secured subscribers without mum
Der for the New York Herald. 1t grew to q sort
Of power in politics. Men conciIated its favor
and deprecated its anger, by contributions to
its hoard Of stolen aud extorted wealth; and
thus It's influence and its riches went on multi
plying until it attained its present position of
Incompatible power of mischief
Even IN the vtlest natures, the indeStructbc
vitality Of conscience will assert itself in some
feeble yParniu% after better state; and so the
editor of the Herald was not content with his
stores OF money, but aspirod to a friendly rec
ognition from decent society, and a compliment
tarY tribute 20 his wealth and his power So
ciety spurned him with unspcakabc loathing;
and his impudent claim to Office was rejected by
the Government with equal contempt Revenge
is now the consuming pa ssion Of his breast the
one controlling principle of his paper Upon
the community which shrunk from his ass0ca-
ton, and the Government which repellcd his
advances he turned with the venom Of a crush
ed viper. The mcndacious malgnty with
which the New York Herald has pursued Presi-
dent Pierce is among the most shameful passa-
ges OF its infamous history. To avengc itself
upon society. II has renewed its diabolc traffic
in the regulations Of men. on a larger scale and
with increased energy of venal vihperation.
The violent hatred of the South, which has
become so suddenly conspicuous in the columns
of the New York Herald, is not to be explained
on any hypothesis of mere wanton impulse of
mischief. The wicked spirit Of its conductor
may riot in acts Of villainy but he contrives al
ways to combine profit with pleasure. He is
paid to enlist in the war upon the South so
much from the treasury of the Kansas Aid As
sociations, and so much in promises Of promo
ton from the Republican party.
We congratulate the South on the desertion
of its mercenary ally. What it loses in service
it will gain in sclt-respect.
1t is logical necessity that the New York
Herald should signalize It's hostility to the South
by its opposition to the Democratic party
That paper wants not the sagacity to see that
the ascendancy Of the Democratic party must
be overthrown, before any successful assault
can be made upon the constitution and the
rights of the South. In pursuance of this OBJ
vious policy, the Herald has begun a vigorous
and systematic war upon the Democratic candi-
dates and the Democratic party. The result of
the canvass will show that it is not so easy for
venal press to oppose the current of popular
sentiment. as to hunt down the character of a
helpless woman, or to ext0rt money from the
corrupt aspirations of a proagate Politician
~ Y. Democrat.