The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27

dangerous otenceTs against the peace, prosperity
AID good name Of this metropolis are to be
allowed to practise their Vaccinations and 90 uu-
whipt Of justice.
rn,s Logan Aga,n-Ihs Oyster House Critics
Mt Work.
The persecution OF Miss Logan, the great de.
bNdate at Wsuaek's, By the oyster house critics
Of this city, is an event of marked significance in
the history Of the drama in New York. Day at
ter day, dirty mean paragraphs appear in certain
Of the daily and weekly papers tending to dis
psrage Miss Logan's acting and to damage her
character as sensible person; everything which
malice can invent or wickedness suggest has been
brought into play to annoy and injure her. Nor
Is it alone In the city press that these infamous
attempts have been made. The oyster house
critics combine with their duties on the city press
those of correspondents for the country papers;
We have te!ote Us heap Of the latter containing
letters from New York disparaging Miss Logan
and falsely and celumniously asserting that her
dsl. was not tie remarkable success that it was
Even here the malignity of these guerillas does
not cease. Lest by any accident these insulting
sr.iclts and letters should escape the notice of
the person they were intended to injure, they are
cartiully cut out and enclosed to Miss Logan and
TO sone OF her mos. anxious friends. Each days
mail brings her budget OF calumuy, injustice,
ruffarly abuse and insult,
Latteriy, il seems, come Of the oyster house
critics have come TO consider even these ven
geances too tame, aud a system Of anonymous
letters to Mics Logan has been set on foot. The
following Is one Of these which she has received;
VIC print il ,.7ja.1I Z Esra,77: orr readers will
easily recognize tc style Of certsirwell known
critics
N.Y. Yosx June 18th 1851.
You viii pardoa the liberty tae IN addressing you bu,
the entrees fwoe 10 you success must be my excuse
Your Letter r-blsed the herald VIII do you injury
Gao bri way 20 cxtaoato your self you must
DC NJ other wise sou will crushed the Herald has on
doIably has arge circulation but II has hlucnce
be tn result Ad.ess letter 20 the tribune or time do
nyirE that VOC wrote the letter web appeared IN the
hsrad NE pubic vii secve yoe you viii gain the sur
wish OF your success remain yorr Trend
Now what, We ask The judicious reader, was the
cause Of all this torrent OF abuse and obloquy?
Simply and solely the resolution of Miss Logan to
step over the usual Intermediates between thea
tricsl d.bu,antes and the public-namcy, the
oyster house critcs-and TO address at once
frank letter 10 us, explaining her position, her
views, and her hopes
This is the head and front OF her offending.
Had Mis- Logan consented to pursue the usual
course, and allow the theatrical critics Of tho
smaller newspapers TO introduce her to the pub
lie receiving for The service their usual cousidc
ration, she would now have been celebrated in
their sheets as The equal of the greatest actresses
Of the day. aecord Rachel In short. She did
not follow precedent thus far. She thought il best
TO appeal directly 10 the public In the letter
which We published, and the facts have shown
that her Judgment was correct She has achieved
a very remarkable success; crowds 90 to see her
nightly; and this without the least aid from the
small newspaper cri.ics and in the teeth of their
mot vehement opposition.
II u not worth our while 60 notice the charges
of violation Of delcscy which are brought against
u on the basis Of the publication Of Miss Lo-
cams letter VIC arc the best judge OF the way
in which our business should be conducted; when
We want advice from our cotemporarics, We shall
ak for IL. Meanwhile our own judgment SHALL
I've our guide In reference 70 the publication or
suppression Of the correspondence We receive; Il
is Of no consequence TO us or to any one what
the oyster house critics think Of tn coursc il
may dictate.
but ~ the question has come up IN pcrsonal
lhapc. we will remind the fraternity Of dramatic
critics that W. intend to pursue 10 the end the
plan Of exposing their tricks and their ntfirious
Vaccinations II is now many years since We
showed up The venality of Che newspaper criti-
cls1ns on artist and actors. We drew attention
10 the fact tha, a number Of oilers mostly from
the continent OF Europe, had obtained conncc-
tion with the minor press Of the city. and on the
strength thereof were in the habit Of making
a living Ivy lcvying black mail on each
and every artist who ventured to appear before
the New York public We proved that where
artists refused 10 pay this black mail, they were
systematically abused by the papers In the into
rest Of the black mailers And We resolved, then
and there, 10 open . channel OF communication
between The artists and the public on which no
black mail should be collected This resolution
Was The first shock to The black mail business;
and every time an artist avails herself Of it, as
Miss Logan did, II receives further blow. II IL
now, We apprehcnd, very poorly paying voca-
ton; and We additionally advise The parties who
pursue il, rather than exhibit their spite 10 abuse
of Mis- Logan and the IIrrnD, TO Try some more
honest aud lcys precsriQu- calUn,