The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-14
THE cH0UlS IN THE GARRET.


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Resurrection of Ancient Theories--The Herald
Arroigned Before the acknowledgements
Reiorms-The World TO be Ruled on Rigid
Classic Scale-Shalspeare, the Herald and
the Common Law To he Abolished, &c.
Away up towards the roof OF the five story building
No. sIS Broadway there is meeting room, gloomy de-
spite lie altitude, il-furnished, It's walls hung around
with ghastly pictures Of bsdisseced subjects and pro-
fusely though appropriately plasered over with phreno
logical pictures Of idiots and smpetons OF every degree
sign the side Of the dark doorway gives notice that
professor Of biology well Of tho occult sciences,
occupies the gloomy place during certain hours daily.
poster the walls also informs the visitor that
fessor Of prognosc astronomy and phrenology"
there holds forth from behind this veil Of mystery and
conures dollars from the pockets Of the credulous poor
On Sundays, morning, afternoon and evening, this
is occupied for public meetings, called by and
held under the auspices Of association OF
long. barred antiquarian ghous whose greatest de-
light dsnter old theories absurd doctrines Of real
istc faith and foies Of all kinda whether
spiritual relating to the hesb and having assembled
audience 10 apply these old doctrines 70 the affairs Of
the present day. under hs pe,ence Of reform
Almost utterly destitute Of the plain sense that
rules minda and thoroughly infatuated with the
srudton which the advocatOp Of their retrogressive
reform arguments INSPIRE they have paused
the most visionary reformera Inndelty TO religious
axioms and supcrlavc stupidity 10 the consideration OF
worldly matters have marked their later deliberations
But yesterday the climax Of folly reached in the
bold condemnation Of religion, the and the freedom
Of the press, 40 they exist.
The subject for the morning discussion, which took
place IT halfpas ten O'Clock, and ut which the public
weretnvited to attend and to take part, was
THE INFLUENCE HERALD
II well understood from the rawlings OF the vision
aries, who intensely wroh At the fact that the
press and especially the HERALD, had condemned their
rregious professions and heahensh rites, that the
gument was TO be conducted one-sded SCALE and
the journal in question TO he slashed and dissected
sSsSon came from the audience and declared
the side Of the newspaper The manner in which he
conducted the defence and unveiled the faaces Of his
bigoted opponents both credtabe to himself and
dreadfuly annoying TO The clique Of philosophers who
hsd the argument al cut and dried before ii had been
publicly begun The specialized presiding officer,
Of Jack of rsdes, part lawyer editor, Bohemian and
lecturer. was the first TO open fire on the HERALD
INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
he said undoubtedly very great II was greater
probably than that Of any other paper aud therefore
WAS most be feared for the influence which II might
speakers opinion, Che HKRAiD had been dealing in
hlth. Nothing had been too nasty for i TO
pct oopnccop with this supposed pecuar,v OF shs
paper, the fact that il had shrunk from report
Ing in i,s columns the details OF the meetings held
meetings were held in . garrett but finding no other
TRADE. The HERALD was only CONDUCTED that II might
make money ia proprietor and this th6 sbeklef Ii
fault and one BE- the more condemned from he fact
that ne HSEAIp not only aimed to bu, actually did
make I money; ., =, 80
Testing any desperation 10 take the negative side OF the
question ssniismsa In the audience and began
- TEE OFFENCE or TIE HERALD.
He had, he said ct the outset no interest in the
HtkAip any further than that Of constant reader OF
ssars: PsDSss opinion = often s.grsssse x.s NOT
wne ofsu confoanded with religion In such judgments ~
Vel = IN The arguments growing ont Of them. \
rightly conducted merely medium for the transmis
SION TO the people Of facts and ideas they existed BE
been written ana pubished for the pusposs Of forcing
immortality on The public mind Il could not be shown.
BE challenged those on the Affirmative TO show him such
an article had been charged that the journal in quee-
Non had sometimes changed IL ideas; bus had not the
very psrson who condemned such change ossa in the
Of advocating the opposiies OF bis earlier convctions
The nssAiD writer's we're, like all men, failibe, and
be shown hat any article hsd yss bssn written for thai
paper In which facts deliberately flashed for any
purpose immoral or otherwise. The H.aAiD may have
Of bis life has not found The necssy forced On him OF
rstrscng his sspei II the HERALD did 90 back occasion
sas In the wrong, and bravery ana boio.
ness IN publicly reiaeny IL steps before the syes Of the
people FOLLOWED ". pD,,o opinion and I'D not make H.
vas claimed oy'the speaken on the Affirmative side
that The nsaID slvays aimed .. success and aid MOD
o. course aimed 81 success What man entered into
any enterprise bus with the intention hope Of making
succeasful The man who would conduct nsWspapsr
or any other undertaking on the other principle would
be nothing more than an IDIOT n reference 20 the
alleged bodnese Of the HERALD In GraepinR and con.
demnlng delicate Subjects the speaker stated that
every ono has speefl theory for the successful COM
batting OF evil II was the HKRALp's method 20 show
up evil influences In ridiculous light and this he con-
sdered very effective and ingenious way or dIsposnr
Of them without jar or difncuity
The party with the spectacles followed with more
abuse Of the journal In question. In last Mondays
issue Of the paper the gentlemen vho met weekly in
this had been ssmatixed second rate minda II
he believed that he was intellectually beneath the public
the HHRALp hsd stated he was would he attempt to
teach thss public - he did, No. Of course he
would not He claimed for himself that his standard
was above the hvsrage Of intellectually manfssed by
most speakers and therefore, he conscientously
snued 70 teach the public. After making some very
WIG assertions and dealing In numerous violent and
warranted personalities no concludedSby acknowiedg
ng mat the HksAIp showed genius In its management
out regretted TO be forced 70 acknowledge that was
success while the propristors Of papers conducted
w VIC numsntaripn and visionary scale were starving
rpa HERALD Al A rnAcHRR
Inc same party who had spoken In reply n rs took
49, ssnu sgan this point and In the course Of his
.nsw argued that the course Of the journal had been
~ .eaon not only Americans but the whole world AZ
NJ nwouio Dc remembered, that this paper opposed
M w on zoe ground that was vice: but when the
sun Wa nred against sumter "a came out staupch
and fpe IN support Of the Union The HRnAlp had IA
poreo io 70 EDUCATE the public mind mn In : certain
point vim itstD, and had Sons yrsst ssrvtcs
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