The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-03

ATcmpest in . Glass OF La ger Beer.
During the thirty years that we have spent
in establishing great, powerful and indie
pendent journal we have been assailed by
various combinations of more or less strength.
OF all these combinations the weakest and the
most contemplate is that composed of some
silly managers of this city and led by those
two humbugs, the Oily Cannon Of the Opera
and the Joyce Heth in breeches of the Museum.
That On association of men, formed TO keep
down The wages of poor musicians and actors
and thus procure cheap artists and cheap art,
should presume to attempt to dictate to
journal like the HERALD, in regard either to its
advertisements, its criticisms or its editorials, is
most prapostcroua. Still more Dreposterous is
the idea that such an association can compel us
TO submit 10 the demands of the managers by
the withdrawal OF q portion Of our amusement
advertisements. We leave out every day, for
want of space, advertisements more than equal
to those controlled by this foolish association;
and on The very day that we declined to publish
the bunccmhc Of the Museums Joyce Hcth in
breccbes we also refused the two thousand
dollar advertisement of better quack doctor,
because We wanted the columns which the
advertisement would occupy to print the news
for our readers
Twenty-,igbt years ago, when the HERALD
was in its infancy, the brokers OF Wall street
combined against us on the ground that we
veniured to print brief summary of the
tt,a;v aIx
ments; they went about denouncing us; all the
old fogy journals aided them and attacked MS;
but what were the rcsultss Why, we fought the
matter out; we broke down the brokers; the
old fogy journals were obliged to print finan-
ciai reviews in the very columns that had
died out one after the other, and left US master
of The situation. Are these few silly managers
TO be compared 10 the financicrs of Wall street?
But, in a short time after This battle, we had
another with the bench, the bar and the
pulpit, because we decided upon publishing
the religious anniversary reports and court re-
ports. The learned judges hurled the WOOL
sack at us for our presumption; the eloquent
counsel strained their voices and cracked the
ceilings in their oratorical denunciations Of us,
and clergymen put on their gowns, thumped
their Bibles and declared that we had no
moral right to tell the public what was
going on in the courts Of law or the religious
drawn and the people warned not TO pur-
chase the only paper that printed the news.
But what were the resultss Why, the public
laughed at the learned Judges, the eloquent
counsel and the reverend exherters, and we
kept on printing the law reports ana increasing
our subscription list Now law reports are
recognized feature Of every newspaper, while
the judges and lawyers Of that day have
dropped Into obscurity or The grave, and the
divines have gone 10 heaven, we hope, or-as
Henry Ward Beechcr says there is no hrll-io
the next place to tina. obsolete institution. Are
these few silly theatrical managers to be COM
pared 10 q combination that embraced the
bench, the bar and the pulpit!
Some time after this law campaign we
offended The wings by supporting the demo-
cratic party, in an independent manner, be-
cause we thought it was right. A tremendous
storm ensued. The wings determined TO de-
stroy the HERALD, and combinations were
formed TO deprive us Of all our advertisements
Such an effect did these combinations have that
the shipping merchants deserted us, with the
exception of Mr.. John J. Boyd and one other,
who remained faithful to their own business
interests But so soon as one advertiser left
dozen others rushed in to take his place, and
for every subscriber who was persuaded to
withdraw his name we gained hundred others
by the agitation. The results were that we
prospercd greatly, and CO.. OF Of the contest
more powerful, more popular and more indie
pendent than ever Can we compare these few
silly managers to the great wing partys Or,
for that matter, can we compare them with the
great democratic party Of poor Pierce's day,
with which we had similar struggled II was
said that the HERALD elected poor Pierce; and,
if this We're true, We are very sSfry for Il ana
hope TO be forgiven; for he certainly turned
ont very badly. After bis election, when VIC
discovered how things were going, we criti-
ciscd HIM very severely, and demanded, in the
name Of the people, that his policy should be
changed. Our course aroused terrible amount
ofindignaton among the democrats. They, like
the wings, resolved to put us down. They
started other papers here and made The most
desperate efforts TO draw of our advertise
ments More than this, JET. Davis, who was
then Secretary Of War, wrote very bitter
letter against us, and denounced us all over
the country. Well the HERALD never finched;
the opposition papers soon expired, and an
other campaign had been won by the people for
our side. Now poor Pierce is hiding among
The hills Of New Hampshire, and JeT Davis
occupies dungeon in Fortress Monroe, living
upon government rations, partly II our ex-
pense, since we pay heavy taxes.
We have asked whether the few silly mana.