The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-13


the surprise of the whole world, they stopped the
war, turning their attention to the paci6cation
Of the feeling they had assisted to arouse. To.
day the eyes Of all men are turned to Garibaldi,
to know what course he, as their chosen cham
pion, will pursue; and every monarch in Europe
awaits in fear the determination of the popular
hero. He must know that the cause of liberty
has gained much through him, and 1t is to be
hoped that he will not fling away the power that
has come to him by entering upon desperate
and hopeless contest Thus far he is silent, but
ii is the silence Of wisdom.
nSr. Wise's Letter-The Last Explanation OF
the Albany Confidence Man.
In smother column we publish the second ex-
PLANTATION of the Albany confidence man, the
Chevaler Cassidy, who gave copy of Mr..
Wises letter for insertion in the New York
papers, but now endeavors in vain to throw the
responsibility Of publication on other mems
shoulders. The Jesuit only founders deeper in
the mire. In his first explanation he denies hav-
ing had any thing to do with the publication, and
insinuates that he had not possession and con-
troll of the letter. Now, after the epistle of Ber
nard Donnelly is published, and when denial by
implication is no longer Of any avail, he admits
that Wise's letter was "confded" to him; and
this admission, coupled with the public state
ment of Donnelly that no person had obtained
copy up to the time he had given the letter to
Cassidy, nails the confidence man of the Albany
Regency like a rap to counter.
In his first explanation he attempted to throw
all the blame on what he calls "the chief of the
HERALD's secret police"-an organization which
he says we have established for the purpose of
procuring news. But if Cassidy did not allow
the letter to be copied how could our agent
get hold of it? In the same article he says we
would sacrifice all the politicians in the
world for priority Of news Undoubtedly
we would because the news is of more value to
the public than the politicians. We would not
merely sacrifice them; if we could, we would
hang them, one and all, as high as Haman, and be-
service. In point Of fact, however, the agent of
the HERALD does not deserve so much credit in
this instance as Cassidy gives him. All the New
York journals of the Associated Press had the
same news on the same morning. They had the
substance of the letter. The only difference was
that the HERALD had it verbatim. Where did
these journals get it? From the very same
source from which it reached us. The agent Of
the Associated Press obtained the substance Of
the letter from the same party which gave the
HERALD's agent complete copy, and that party
got it from Cassidy, who cunningly took the
precaution ofcovering up his own tracks in the
dirty transaction. But the statement of Bernard
Donnely traces the fox and the letter to his den,
and he cannot get over it. This scrupulous poll
tician pretends that he found there was copy
in circulation before be revealed the communi-
cation to his most intimate political associates
though Mr.. Donnelly gave him the privilege of
doing so. Perhaps he is right in saying there
was copy in circulation. Mr.. Cassidy is good
authority on the subject; he ought to know.
He can tell how it got into circulation.
Why does he not make clean breast?
In his own words, the original was "con-
Hded" to him. Bernard Donnelly declares that
no one obtained copy before, and if that state
ment is not true, It is easy to contradict him.
Whatever copy, therefore, was obtained, must
have come from Cassidy, who admits that he
alone had the original.
In the last explanation of Confidence Cassidy
he mends his hand. Driven into hole like
Reynard, after hard run, he is desperate and
turns at bay. He now charges that Mr.. Wise has
been Gin confidential correspondence" with U.S.
and that that is the way the letter has been made
public; just as if Mr.. Wise intended that this pri-
vate letter should zee the light A more shameless
assertion could not be made-it carries its own
refutation on it's face. Wehave had no confiden.
tial or any other kind of correspondence what
ever with Mr.. Wise. AS well might Cassidy
say that all the other New York editors had con-
fdential correspondence with the Virginia Gov
ernor, because the substance of his letter APP
peared in their journals on the same morning on
which unpublished it full The idea of this pure
Albany bird imputing fraud" to Mr.. Wise, and
regretting that he is not filled with "remorse and
shame" for his sin, is the coolest piece of impu-
dence we ever saw in print. One of the foul
harpies in that notorious nest of political vilany
talking in this style can only be pictured to the
reader by imagining that he sees the devil with
cowl, or surplice on, rebuking as violation
VI SuesotAUy VIC CAulUAbAOu VI Luc bIhLuc OF
Venus, or as violation of the Sabbath the en-
joyment Of innocent recreation in the cornfields
on Sunday.
The mean trickery Of Confidence Cassidy e.
Co. is entirely worthy Of the Albany Regency,
whose history for the last thirty years would
unfold such an amount of treachery, in
trigue and general rascality as would astonish
the whole country if laid bare by the trenchant
pen of Governor Wise. What mass of corrup-
ton would be exhibited to view by its keen edge
He knows the early history Of the Regency
as well as any man living, and he has friends
enough in this State to post him up as to its
later Vaccinations and dark deeds. We venture
to say that letter of Mr.. Wise, depicting this
faction in its true colors, from the beginning to
the present time, would be the most interesting