The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-24

bis eye upon the Arg editorials for the Purpo.s Of =.
that OF intellect, which knew we'd
necessary control leading party paper. For ak
months he daily scruDiecd the contents its editorial
columns thinking in the frst instance that the de6cien
cy in tic might b attributed to the EDITORS
or S %
his POSITION elevate the tone OF his Columns show the
that he ... capable Of %..asng M lead
after day the same monotonous tone prevailed the
same dulness,. was displayed over and over again.
Marcy at length became osgused he resorted to his
snufbox every moment uncOnsciously and finally in
distraction countermAnded the order for the pur
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bad osbts bogus politics and sofS afhnties. An oder
vas made price was fixed, about i've thousand less
sand dollars the difference between the parties and
there the matter stood for tins.
After the hard and soft nominations for State officers
in September last the Aryus pretended TO be dissatisfied
win the results Of both conventions It daily tsemsd
M O1 shs nns
burner ticket II became, in short desptsed by the
tienal emOcras and Aooted by free sellers. 1t
cwineled Gown TO secondary Sheet subordinate to the
The Argus, thus falling from its exalted posi-
testimony to the fact, 80 little seIno ~sdgsd and
appreciated, that in the successful publication Of
daily party organ, - much talent seue.ton, industry
and required In the pursuit her
procession When these essential qualifications were
withdrawn IRON the Argus, it fingered through twelve
ioreshsdo wing single important feature. originating
idea or attracting the notice Of one who possessed
sufficient ratience TO peruse lis heavy columns
The union of the two antagonistio papers by Marcy,
Seymour and Pierce produces ireconciabis separa
ten Of the New York democracy The barnburners and
tree soiers viii assuredy, to man. join with acs With,
and for the Sewarotes and these comprise large
majority Of those Who durng the last four de-
ncminand soft shells On the other hand the
dred thou national in the State viii e her
reoTganze and recruit members upon their platform,
knowing no North nor SOUTH and run candidstes ae-
dan will fnr n m
or twe remain In dm qo voting Tor the American can
didates.
SKETCH OF THE ALBANY ATLAS.
The history of the political Newspaper press Of the
State New York. if written viii present singular
contrast with that Of any other state country There
has been exeron made greater talent enlisted and
employed, and abundant means squsndered to
sustain the partisan press than 10 all the States of this
nation tesides Politicians from the early days Of Jer
and Hamilton through those OF Madison and Jackson
down to the administration of Pierce, have made New
York their battle ground II Pennsyl vans the key
stone to the arch Of the conederacy New York
sentaDy the balance wheel upon which all this motive
power depended and around winch all the lesser bodies
revo.ved, al d kept thereby in proper position
Every ambitious adventurer upon the pc cal element
the necessity Of enlisrg the potential power Of the
press and Of substituting its conductors Aaron Burr
the originator Of the rather he was the mort
conspicuous ana talented OF Inc denaggues VINO mace
the press subseIvent to PEI al aegrandsemsnt De
Witt Clinton not only possessed those indispensable
vehicles to fame and power, but also filed them
with essays and articles from his pen during
. succession Of many years. Van Buien adopted the
with the exception hat he neither furnished
money matter tor his papers, but induced the scrb
blers for him to labor in anticipation Of Office, which
pronises, when he obtained power sometimes bro
ken, and sometimes amply fulfilled By analysis of
his appointments when Governor and President it will
be found that larger number Of editors and pnters
provided Tor than undsr any other administrations
The amount Of money which has been lavished upon
the political prefs in the city of New York. At Albany and
other material points in the State is inca,culsble. o.
course the can be known computed. It is
sufficient for the present purpose to know that the pa
pers thus devoted to the Of ambitious demagogues
the least supported by individual patronage and
distributed through the State by hundreds and
thous at private expense 1t is certain fact too
that every heavy contributor who endeavored to
publication Of such nature retired from Office bank
rupt in morals and pauper in politics Scores OF them
have paid the cebt Of nature, If they paid Others
which debt could not be postponed avoided whilst
myriads remain graspng with isnoish tenAcity the
senoer drippings obtained from subordinate and de-
grazing selvituce with barely sucency whereWith to
mend their seedy garments.
There ~as print Ia these latter days Of this class
which cd conspicuous amongst Its cotemporaries The
reader without any hesancy will readily perceive that
alude the Albany Atlas Il has had Of motto
1ety and now in its rA st0n 1t will net be Amlss to mo-
tice Of its peculiar rAceristcs its conduct the
object Of its tie II has employed the mo
ney rpent it, the individuals has bankrupted and
ruined and the consequences OF Its deserved fate
The title Of the paper originally in possession Of
Ge6se Vance and Cornelius WENDELL two practical print
era, who had previously tor number OF years been
induced to issue 1t as democratic auxiliary TO the
Argus, tsen the State paper: The. interests Of the
and under the able protection Of Edwin Croswen
Vance Wendeps Atlas merely local or considered
Il .nt o %a@ o. Ouca IN 1922 as vas
obtained by nearly united democratic vote some seven
Thousand only of pretended democrats having voted for
Avsh stewart the abolitonist Upon reaching the CAPT
tai Of the State in the month Of December, preceding
the citing Of the Lgslture January l843 Governor
Bone. naturally repaired to the s'ase d:p.rt%enm to
porated in his forthcoming message to the legislature
At that period the Comptrolsrs office was the head
to the general and special finances OF the State, the
canals the banking depsr ment &c All thess matters
Here Governor Bousk n ct Mr.. Azsrish Tsgg who had
been Ieinststed year previous by tho Legislature Mr.
Fseg, anticipating III. object OF the Governors visit,
nor) INTENDED to pursue in relation to tue canals The
Governor being familiar nth that fueject informed the
cia p.lcy 10 recommead oisrent from that which the
demo party uDoer Tnroop and Marcy had pursued
in relation to the capalsthat he had been elected Gov
ernor he believed accoun. Of his autecedsnt
in relation to them and should endesvor not to dsap
point the expectations OF bis friends the demo-
cratic party, which had elected him by
majority Of nearly twenty-five thousand votes
Mr. Brsdi.h, his highly popular and respectable
whig competitor. This reply did not suit the cate
chsiDg Comptroller Mr.. Flsgg wanted to know distinct
ly whether the Governor Inebded to recommend con-
nuance OF the system Of canal enlargement ny whish
the wings had bankrup'ed the State, and reduced the
public stocks down to eighty or whether he intended to
60 With him CHE Comptfoer) in stopping the work al
together. Governor Bouck being friend of the public
works. and believing gradual enlargement coui be
ried by OF the surplus revenues, could not
sgree with Flspg in lis distinctive canal poA:y He
tired from The Comptroer's Office, hnoing that sym
patty OF views existed between him and tina chief fnan
cal officer OF the State He compelled TO ,rt ee
whore for assistance and applied to Mr. Croswe Of the
Argus in whom he found friend capable of him
that aid greatly desired in being indicted into the
gube patoiiai chair Mr.. Croswell wrote certainly
supervised the first message Governor Bouck delivered
to the legislature
The sta officers then Samuel Young Secretary;
Azsriah G. Flagg, Comptroller George p. Barksg,
Attorney General and Thomas Farringtfn, TreAsu-
he me of the lag AZ