The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-12

soldier who can at once distinguish et"eea
Punch and Judy exhibition and an uncaged
Bengal tiger The presence Of the old ,chief In
the street somewhat GAINED the nerves Of the
old fogies of the Merchants Exchange, am yes
they slept but little during the night, tho ugh
assured that the United States marines woA I'D
remain on duty till the morning In the ceiA v
of the aforesaid Custom House.
The worst of 1t is, these idle fellows who area
resolved to have work or plumber, still keep up
their horrible meetings in the parks, and there
is no telling when they may take another walk
through Wall street. The United States ma
rines however, are still within call, and Cen
Scott is still alive go that the day of Judgment
to the Wall street inanciers may still be kept
off till Christmas
TUE SOUTHERN Press AND THE WORKISGMHE
"A TEMPEST IN TEA PoT.-We have been
edited and amused in no small degree by tho
comments of the provincial press upon the
noisy demonstrations of the past week at
Tompkns square. Curiously enough the Bal
timore american excels ali the others in its de-
nunciation of the "workingmen;" and the
Mayor, Mr. Wood is great rascal, according
to the Am1icdn's account. He has, by endear
yoring to ameiiorate the condition of the unem-
ployed, ''loosened the hyena of squalid want
upon the city, and given an invitation to law
iessness and pillage;" he has encouraged dis
orderly assemblages Of bloated filthy ragged
creatures" who have pillaged bakers wagons
and shops in open day. The american expects
| to hear every moment that all the respectable
people in New York have been pillaged and
murdered after the Sepoy fashion The Mayor.
who is the originator of this state of things and
| the citizens who look on with 'stolid indife-
renee" are particularly rebuked. Our amiable
| fre-eeting contemporary of the Richmond South
is likewise troubled for safety, and accredits
| all the balderdash which has been uttered in the
| Park to the rottenness of the social system in
| the North" The Solahquotes some trash from the
speeches in the Park, borrowed at second hand
from socialistic or agrsrian tracts, and an
swers its own arguments by saying that tho
| umob dispersed without further demonstra-
tion.n The same journal makes great noise
over the ridiculous parade of six vagabonds at
Philadelphia, who, for silly jest, marched
through the streets with some broken muskets,
and concludes that the poor of the North will
finally overthrow all the securities of society,""
The journalist, after the true pharisaical
fashion, thanks God that the people of Rich
mond are not like the wicked New Workers..
No trouble about their social system. Oh not
They simply stsrve the poor white man to
death, and thus keep the population-like the
democratic party in Massachusetts
. niently small. The Richmond Wing holds to
, | The views of the South in the main, saying that
1.-The social system of the North is rotten to the
core y that there il feeling and q purpos.
| at the North which the friends of law and order
, | may not be able to resist !" that the working
men of the North are making the welkin ring
with the wild and yociferou3 cry Of blood and
, bread" with much more of the same sort.
Now, We have nothing to say about the con-
; illusions of these philosophers, and shall not
stop to discuss the relative merits of the social
q systems of either section of the country. The
Southern presses are right enough when fight
l. ing the battles of the South, although they
e never seem to lead or to follow the opinions o,
t. their readers. The fact of the matter is, that
7. no such state Of things ~ they have described
e exists in this city, OF In any other place at the
b North The manufacturing interest in New
r England and Pennsylvania has been almost en-
1t tircly Frustrated by the financial revulsion
J. Probably not less than fifteen thousand opera
e. tiycs are now out of employment. Do we heal
NJ these sufferers crying for bread or blood Or
10 the contrary, they suffer in silence hoping TO
u better times. Who are the men tina
make infammatory speeches in the park
:, and at the Merchants Exchangcs The.
. are idle fellows, who never Would wor
., at all, and take advantage Of the present stag
~ nation In trade to congregate in force and tai!
M nonsense about what they call their right to b
m fed at the expense Of honest and industriou
no people There never was the slightest proba
bility that these men would commit any over
,,t act. They knew that the moment they wen
90 beyond their silly speech-making they woul
&c be at once crushed by the authorities. Th
Or Baltimore journalist Is astonished that ther
-. we're no arrests made. This Is refreshingl
= cool from the Monumental City, where the mai
nd streets the scenes of regular pitched battle
lv between organized bands of rowdics, while tn
al police look on and do nothing. II H. however
10 much better 10 allow these Tompkns squar
mt fellows to talk themselves out. They do n
nj harm. They vapor 10 the park during the day
IN and at right you may find them In beer sho
~ or cheap theatre, or listening to the negr
M | minstrels
nd The poor workman-thc real sufferer by tn
re crisis tolls and struggles and hopes In silence
a He strives to keep the wolf from the door til
In the end When the end comes, he knows tina
he may have recourse to public and privat
al benevolencc, and be sure to have his claim al
IT, lowed. We csn not ohiy feed all our people
,el but within q short time VIC have spared enough
as from our abundance to help our brethren 4,