The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-14
The n ~ York A.Dald.

Whoever nret applied TO the New York
Herald the name Of the Satanic pres" gave
. comprehensive description Of that journal
and Ito editor, which every line OF ito hi'sory
and every day OF its life demonstraie TO be
true. In that characteristic OF the Devh
which consists III falsehood, Tho Father OF
Lies might hiaself be envious OF the success
Of this, The most emiuent Of bis progeny
Bsppe,,s account Of the great naval battle IN
the Ro.ds, in which he claims victory, IL but
one OF thoee mons,rors faisehoods which daily
ppripg from the most invsters'e and unoiush-
inv liar on the face of the earta. Falsehooo
Il. however, one of the least noxious and leas'
ouious of his hideous characteristics. dis
Who'll. life has been 90 unutterably base and
20 fexriully miscbievous to society, that
"ths Satanic" u the only phrase which can
s,vs any adequate conception Of his character.
/. 10 true that Greeley, CT the Tribune appears
to Be more cruel and inhuman IN his ideas
Of the manner in which the war should
be carried on, but this is simply because he IL
\ fanatic and a fool If Bennett ia more con-
servstive in his theory, it is simply the prompt
inss of q more intelligent sslfinterest. he
well knows that the entertaining and sboh-
tionizinR crusade Of Greeley would reeoii
with terrific force upon Northern msnufac-
turers and commerce, involving them new
tsbly and hopelessIy in common rum With
the sou.h. But for This, he wCu.d be more
bloody and diaboiicsl than Greeley, without
the extenustion Of his fanaticism and mad
ness. The Almighty Dollar IS 10 This, az
all ether subjects, the mainspiiog of his as
ton. The Herald MAS originally established
to make money, no, alone by legitimate news
psper enterprise, but by every art and scheme,
NO matter how corrup. and corruptlng, which
Dnld build up the personal fortunes OF rs pro
prietor 1t laid itself odt DELFT era.ey to
psudsr to the fouless Passions and mot
Infamous vices of human mature, that It
mign, coin gold OCT OF The depravity OF the
world. Il gave systematically and habiiuai'y
pic. urea of crime, real ana imaginary, which
were 20 p,tsented ss to sagender all manner
Of similar crime In the Imagination and COL.
duct Of maSkind. l. established column reg
ul.rly in iae advertisements under the head
Personal - for tao convenience of those " ho
were tempted to crime by it's Infamous teach.
inxs Il kabi:ually assailed religion, because
TIE restraints of religion presented the Chief
barrier against the universe! decentralization
which it sought to siscs for its personal emolu
msnt lite proprietor has himself been charged
upon the floor of Congress with the incredible
crime of conniving at the dishonot OF his own
family. And yet RIGHTEOUSNESS has been ONLY
one of the infamous engines which the Herald
has employed to make money. 1: has levied
black mail upon The mercantile community, Ell
deavoripg to destroy the financial credit OF eve.
~ honest trader who would no: pay literally TO
keep it's foul claws off his character and bust
ness 1t has held men and women Of other
vacations in tho same grip Of mortal terror,
terrifying them With the rod of a blasted name,
unlrss they would not lay preparatory sacri-
ice of gold upon the altar Of this Moloch. The
man who owns it has grown gray in crime, and
now that he is tottering on the very verge of
that world whereof Eternal Justice be not a
madhans dream-he will receive q punish
meut commensurate with the evil and misery
he has brought upon society, he is more ruth
less than ever in lis career of wickednesr,
and frantic TO ind rome new abyss Of degra-
ds,ion deeper and f,uler than any to which
ho bou doscopdoH