The New York herald., 1862-12-01

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The force Of impudence cond not further
60. n the editor o. the Indiana paper has
been arrested, ss it is stated Western general
has ordered him to be, what is the just desert
of the man who, possessing the confidence
of part Of the administration abuses the
trust rsposed in him, and, in his "eagsrness to
publish original matter" does what is ten times
worse than the act Of the man he strongly cou-
demnss The sdroit pickpocket who, having just
stolen purse, directs the attention of his VIC
Tim away from himself by shouting "stop thief!'
at the top Of his voice. presents but . faint
image Of this radicsl journal raising hue aud
cry about an obscure country editor publishing
"contraband news" . ",.sx
The Assassination OF Tom BYRNzs-A POLL
TrcAL FRAoAs For the first time in several
months there has occurred in this city
scene Of violence and death arising out Of a
purely political cause, preliminary to the NUM-
cipal election. We refer to the case Of Thomas
Byrnes, Superntendent Of Lands and Places,
who WAS shot on Friday night There is aAgood
deal IN this case which gives rise TO suggestive
thoughts. not, perhaps, SO much from theiinci-
dent itself az from the class Of crimes with
which it is more or less allied. 81
1t is = remarkable fact that many of the class
of fighting politicians, whose chief argument ia
brute force; and whose highest influence is'
based upon violence, mseet with Sudden and vio-
lent deaths. This man Hpcn whose case we are
commenting was not. wa believe, amenable to
the charge of rough and auarrelsome nature
On the contrary, he had tn reputation, perhaps,
of being in measure inoaensive; but we
speak Of the class. and net Of the individual.
We have had many examples OF the TACT to-
which we alude. Bill Pool O. for instance, died
at the hands OF comrade in drunken, STRIFE
| Pat Matthews another of tie same stamp,
though less notorious, met hls ';sath in the same
way. Paadeen and Cosgrove are other ex-
amples Yankee Sullivan Ashed his own blood,
"nd brought about the fin, vi issue Of a career
ring which the blood OF otiers was freely
sued We might multiply examples ii neces-
sasy1 40 ssg fs1 10. .,aa
1t seems strange that all The men OF this class,
who, in almoss every instance, are endowed with
immense physical powers, an who have been
trained from their youth to pi otect themselves
by practical knowledge Of W hat in ordinary
parlance is termed '.the noble art Of self-de-
fence" should invariably carr. deadly wea--
pons for their protection again st each other.
Probably there is not = body of men in the
world moro fitted by nature, for elf-protection
than the fighting politicians Of New York.
Whensone of our most eminent surgeons was
making postmortem examination of the body
of Poole, ne remarked that . mo re perfectly
moulded form in = man was ra rely if ever
SEEN The muscular Development , were su-
perb. And this is true os nearly . II the class
OF mea-to which Poole belonged. Get we SEQ
these very men, with the forms of an An
tnous,.. the sinews Of Milo, and the
skill ofaan athlete, using aEtifeiaA and cow"rdly
means OF defence, such sthe knife nd pisto,.
Like these heroes of ancient days, men of giant
stature and unrivalled prcwsss. swift TO use the
falchion. and the lance against an adversary,
skilful too in all the arts es war; who disdained
the auxliaries of muscle snd'skill which mature
and art provided, and encased themselves in
steel and ison arinor, so the Sighting men Of this
time, isappears do not treIySo mach upon their
muscle aod their pugilistiorskill as upon the use
Of concealed weapons, which, evon in the hands
of the weak and comparatively dssenceless, arc
esteemed sIjnstfable..
TIE ERECTION FOR CoMrEeoIIBH--According
to an appeal signed by between Eve and six
<y~o.ao.A of Onr wealth; "a VIM vovs tha Citv