, 1861-09-04


The New York Journal Of Commerce of Sat-
nrday last contains the va1edictory Of Mr..
Gerard Unlock, the principal editor and pro.
prietor. MI. Hallock bewaiis the degeneracy
Of tie times as follows:
have received anonymous letters by the
Gczen, Threatening perEonal viul5nce aEl the
destruction OF my cfice. Volunteer commit
tees lave waited upon tuUb6rs OF cur sub
scribe. 5, urging ana sometimes Significantly
dd273.zg thtm to stop takiEg the Journal Of
Commerce. Anonymous letters and circulars
have been served upon advertisers, warning
the m if they continue to advertise il the Jour
nal q Commerce, their OWL business will suffer
In consequence. The ultra. .war press, whose
name is iegion, has been set upon us, or has
Get lteelf Vpen CE, and continued the onset
fer weeks sad months, with a terocity that
knew 10 boDnGe. The U. s. Grand jury has
IreEeItfd us, or halEpresented us, jna5 at the
cicee Of their session, asking no Instructions
from the Judg- ,aHd expressly stating that taey
'ctaired none, prefe1ripg to lay the matter o7er
TO The n It term Of the court. Lastly, on the
strepgth Of that presentmens, the Post Master
GeIsral Eas refused to our paper the common
,fgEt If transmission in the msi1s. Had the
Gland Jury waited for Instructions, the Judge,
Whatever l1igb be his prelndtces, would have
bser compelled to tell thsm that We had vlo-
lated no laW, and therefore that they Rad II 9TH
ing to DC in the csse. But BY leaving the mat
ter il ably ance for two months, there won1d
be time for the poison to work in the comnu-
Ii'y, without tie possibility Of oEr admiuIs-
ttraIg an e1fs ctua1 rt medy; and also Q chance
ter the Post Master General TO apply tbs
sc1eWs TO 81 old enemy Of Aboftionism, and
oppression been emitted, all the others would
have filled of their object. For, in spite OF
them al, enr circulation in the aggregate has
Eeen steadily increasing, and Nc have more
Subscribers to day in tie non-seceded States
Than we bsd cn the LIST of January last in the
whole Union. But{I cannot contend with the
Government, and have Ao disposition to do so.
l be1ie5e the exclusion Of the Journal qf Com
taefce from the mels is sanctioned By no law,
but that it is in violation Of law, and Of the
Constitution. But as neither the law nor The
Ccnstltution Was available aga1neF the edlos OF
the Government, or one branch Of it, con-
clu1ed to save Dy partners {solne Of whom
could not sfe1d to lose 80 Iarge al amount Of
prtptrty,) hy disposipg OF my interest in the
establishment, and retiring from its direction
tEus atouiDg Tor the slus Of The ultra-war pa
Fe1s, whose testimony in regard to the jour
nal Of Commerce the Post Master General
doubtless received as true. Had 1t not been
have preferred to leave the dead body of The
Journal Of Commerce unburied, as an il1ustra.
ton cf the measures Of liberty now enjoyed
by the press in this free county. However
my desire is to aliay excitement rather thar
promote It; especially as perceive by numer
Gus letters just received from various places
at the Ncrth, that the afan is creating quit.
sufficient excitement, and fear TOO much
without any aid from me. would advise tn
persons alluded to, and au others. to be pa
tient and submissive. The times are out 0
joint, and men had better bear encroachment
upon their liberties temporarily, than attemp
to maintain their rights By any disorderly pre-