Daily American organ., 1856-04-16
"The Called Jade winces.O


We are happy to find that we have at last
walked up our contemporary of black-maI
His article of yesterday was
spirited in the highest degree, but we have
not yet got him to the point of denying the
allegations of the Times correspondent. He
has learned somewhere, (perhaps near Mata-
gorda,) that discretion is the better part of
yalor." There are some of our contemporaries
ideas, expressed in his article of yesterday,
which manifest so much of amiability, that we
still have hopes of his reformation. He un-
doubtedly has good heart He says, in allu-
ding to the Organ, 1--WE can have no personal
controversy with our amiable and ingenious
neighbor-none whatever-the game not being
worth the candle" Thank you, neighbor--
thank you Then we are at least safe from
bludgeons; but then, there is something rather
unkind in the reason assigned, is there notS
"The game is not worth the candlel" Why,
then, neighbor, you shan't be put to any ex-
pense on that score-we will pay for the can
dies, if you will pay for the music, and goa
shall do the whole of the dancingi Now is
not that liberalp Again, with all the kind
ness Of heart manifested by our contemporary
generally, we don't exactly like some other
things he says.
He says
"We are glad to know that Nsylor and his gang
are as universally condemned by our Know-Noth-
ing fellow-citizens, save and except the Organ
concern, as by their political opponents"
"Unicersally condemned, save and except
by the Organ concerni" 1t may be that the
"Organ" is quite wrong, if it does not join in
the universal condemnation of "Naylor and
his gang" Or it may be that it is good rule
not to condemn our neighbors until after trial
We have had some little experience in defend
ing arrested and accused parties before legal
tribunals, and our opinion is, that it is quite
enough for the public press, to state the charges
made against those who may be arrested, and
leave the trial and condemnation to the courts
To prove our sincerity in this belief, we have
but to revert to our course, when our contem-
porary was accused by the Times correspond
ent, of crimes of the darkest hue, and when
proof was promised to be forthcoming, if
the accused would plead "not guilty" Did
we condemn our contemporary, even though
he was universally condemned, save and ex-
cept by the Organ?" Not at ALIVE ex-
pressed our disbeliefin in the grave charges pre-
ferred against him, and demanded suspension
of public opinion, until he should have time,
"under the circumstances" to deny the foul
charges
Our contemporary will assuredly admit that
we have been wholly consistent towards all
culprits in this respect. 1t may be true that,
according to the ethics of the present admins
tration, we ought to have joined in this hue
and cry" against a gang Of poor dspils who
have stolen few hundred dollars worth of
boots, shoes, coats, pants, &c, &c, and that we
should Gas we did have sought to mollify pub
lie sentiment towards our rich contemporary,
who drives carriage and horses, and owns .
fine plantation across the Potomacl What
right, nay, what excuse, have poor men to
steal, rob and plunderS That sport belongs
alone to the rich, doesn't it, neighbour We
are not surprised that our contemporary, who
has fourished upon spoils until he is as robust
and as sleek as even the fat boy of Matagor-
da"-who has become very nabob--an aris-
tocrat-and who can boast of plantations and
negroes--cattle and fine horses AYE, and sigA,
sohite slaves to boot--a man who can at hi,
pleasure command Congress or the Presiden,
to pass or to reject appropriations for steam
navigation-for French spoliations -or for the
payment of the Texas creditors-it is not
strange 1--WE say) that such man should con-
denim, even without hearing, all mail deal,
ers in iniquity
Our contemporary thinks that we "sympa-
thize evidently with these (lesser) villains. y
Well now, we must be frank, and state that,
whether it be called sympathy, or humanity,
or justness of appreciation, it is unimportant
to US, but since our contemporary "pushes us
to the wall" on this point, we do think that
the offences, said to have been committed by
"Naylor and his gang" when compared with
those offences said to have been committed by
somebody else, dwindle into perfect insignifi-
cancel There now neighbor, you have our
opinion, and you can make the most of our
sympathy We know to be sure, that petty
thefts, small burglaries and the like, bring
those who commit them into contempt, and
are usually (and justly) followed by punish
ment, and we know that he who plumbers Un-
ch Sam of millions, or aids others, by means
of ohite slaves, to do ii, for good rsund fee,
becomes, in the estimate Of portion of the
world, a gentleman To convict poor and
friendless man of crime, is but the work of an
hour whilst to convict nabob in wealth is
in the present age, almost an impossibility for
no truer words were ever written, either in
prose or poetry, than these
Plate sin With gold, and the strong lance o.