Class. Book. I ^it w%$tU0n ^ JSfO. L I AT the earnest solicitation of my republican friends, and the in* tlucements naturally presented to every individual, who esteems the in- terests of the republican party as his ow;i, I have presumed to throw together a few casual hints with reference te the ensuing election. la tioing so, I hope my motives and intentions will be properly appreciated by the electors, when I honestly assure them, that I am neither an occu- pant of, nor candidate for any office, within either their gift, or the gift of the government. With this assurance on my part, I trust it will be readily seen that I have no interests to subserve, beyond what I feel in common with my fellow-citizens, whose attachments are not the mere capricions sentiments of a season j but the result of long matured and well digested reflections, connecting the interests of the state with the pure principles of republicanism, as expounded and practised by the immortal Jefferson. •f The task I have now undertaken, it is altogether probable, would have been left to some more able pen, and perhaps a later season, were it not for the opportunity which leisure, occasioned by the prevailing epidemic, has afforded me. Governed, therefore, by the purest motives and the most disinterested attachment to the interests of the republican family, without further apology, I proceed to lay before my readers some of those evils which are most sensibly felt by the great body of re- publican electors. In the first place, I am induced to consider the press, as it is now sys- tematised and managed, one of the fundamental sources of all the evils which we are now compelled to endure. Without a radical change in its organization, it is the one, of all others, best calculated to perpetuate the rotten and corrupt system of intrigue and dictation, which has latterly characterised the course of sectional cabals throughout every county in the state, where political villany could gain an entrauce ; w here an aris- tocracy of speculators and office-holders could raise a suificeDt Uad t*> 2 tbtrtblish a press to minister to their ambition, or the concentration of influence to sustain them in the seats to which they had been elevated as a reward lor their phancy, and not unfrequently a base bartering of their honour and independence. A press, to be supported, patronised and sustained by repubhcans, shouki be the friend and advocate of republican principles, upon an ex- tended scale ; and not the tool of an artful and corrupt junto, or a vain, supercilious editor. It should be the channel through vvhiclj republicans should commune, and by which republican principles should be dissemi- nated ; and not the organ by which their rights are sought to be prostra- ted, and repubhcans themselves circumvented. It should pursue a consist- ent course, and not the vacillating one which the caprice of its editor, or the interests of a cabal should dictate. It should be the advocate of re- publicans and republican purity, and not array itself against old republi- cans and republican consistency, to aggrandize a horde of needy and apostate federalists, the natural.enemies of republicanism and repul)lican measures. It should commune with, and become identified with the pure and uncoutaminated republicans throughout the state, and nut the instrument in corrupt hands to prostrate long tried republicans and every vestige of political as well as moral integrit}'. It should speak the senti- ments of the party, and not the egotistical nonsense of a coxcomb, whoso labours are tending to his own advancement, at the expense of the party to which he affects to belong, and in relation to whom he arrogantly as- sumes to be the head and the oracle. It should be conducted by a re- publican whose interests are the interests of his brethren, and whose life has been one unvaried scene of republican consistency. Une whose po- litical and mora! character have been honourably sustained ; and not the " picked-up" adventurer, vacillating politician, needy apostate, or dis- carded knave. It should neither be held in subserviency to the whims and capricesof an obstinate and illiterate pedagogue, a corrupt, vulgar, and worthless individual, or a profligate cabal, whose interests are per- petually at variance with the interests of the people, and who seek to rear their base and disproportioned fabric upon the ruins of a chaste edi- fice, whose proportions were measured by able architects, and whose su- perstructure was raised by republican hands. Let us take the rules we have here laid down for the government of the presses of the people : and how many are there in the state, that will bear the test ? How many are there, notwithstanding their boasted republican- ism, and the plausible pretexts under which they were established, that can conscientiously assert, " This is a republican press — a press of the people — devoted to the interests of the great body at large ; and not the servile tool of a junto or the bartered supporter of individual advance- ment ?'' We find the state overrun with presses, beyond what the pro- -yif^n" prietois could reasonably expect (o see supported by the extent of their subscription or advertising patronage ; and yet they exist. How then is it done? A short description of the manner in which they are sometimes establisiicd, will afford an ample clue to the mystery, and open the eyes no doubt of many, as to the character of some of our republican and consistent papers. An individual connected with the ruling dynasty, and forming a link in that chain which united hij^Ii minded coodies with disinterested office holders, becomes perhaps offended with the conduct of some honest editor, and consequently sets to work to establish a press more congenial to his wishes ; which he easily accomplishes by the fol- lowing means. He selects a printer to whom he loans four or five hun- dred dollars for the purchase of his materials, and upon which, for great- er security, he takes a mortgage. He then applies to his friends the Judges, Justices, Sheriff, Clerk, Surrogate, &c. for their advertising pa- tronage, which constitutes pretty nearly the whole extent of advertise- raenls in some of the counties. This, added to the additional subscri- bers necessarily obtained by reason of its oJ?(7o/ character, and which are also withdrawn from the previously established paper, the poor proprie- tor goes on from bad to worse, until he is eventually compelled to relin- quish his establishment into the hands perhaps of the worthy sheriff, for the benefit of his creditors. The paper succeeding him in the county, is under the immediate controul of its master spirit, who, by virtue of his mortgage, may at any moment sweep the whole concern from under its nominal proprietor, and transfer it to another; and thus holds a perpetu- al check upon its disinterested and republican editor. Should lie be fortunate enough, however, to reali/.e a sufficient sum to liquidate the ori- ginal debt, and presume to act independently of his master's control, away goes the advertising and subsnription patronage of Judge, Justices, Sheriff, &:c. and the same game is played off with him, which resulted in the complete bankruptcy of his predecessor. This is a true delineation of the manner and the means by which a number of the peojjle's presses have been established, and are now sustained ; the lingering monuments of their editor's base servility, and an evidence of the extent to which some of these independent republicans will succumb, for their daily bread ; cajoling and deceiving the public, and under false pretences practising their frauds, which, under any other circumstances, would convict them of downright swindling. But although it be a crime to ob- tain by fals*" pretences an article of the value of six cents, a speculation upon the elective franchise, a gross deception upon the liberties of the people, and an insult offored to their understandrng, is neither a crime in our statute book, or the consciences of the prevailing aristocracy. Nothing is more easy than the establishment of presses under such circumstances, which live but for a while, in the smiles of their political god-father, a channel through which he indulges himself in rancorous spleen and malignant railery, " staving in the reputation'' of his political adversary, and enviously snarling at every competitor ; hunting down and decrying talent that will not act in subserviency to his supreme will — cutting and slashing around him, and giving vent to the exuberance of his gall, in column after column, of envenomed trash — plaistering him- self wit'i a mason's trowel, and strutting, the puffed up, pompous boba- dil, of his own dung-bill. Thus it pursues its periodical round, until, ia the course of events, like most illegitimates, it is cast off, a pauper and a burthen, upon a misused and insulted public, disowned by its parent and renounced by the world. In this city we are fortunately blessed, (if a superabundance of presses can be esteemed a blessing,) wilh six daily papers and one thrice a week, devoted to the politics of the times ; and yet I would ask, what earthly service do they render ? Three of these papers are federal, and the balance are denominated republican ; still we find republicans assailed in republican papers and defended in federal. We find republicans ap- pealing to the good sense of the public, against the attacks of a republi- can editor ; and an idea may be formed of the republicanism of the other papers, when we advert to the fact, that the Evening Post was the chan- nel through which avowed republicans thought proper to address themselves. The National Advocate, the American, the Statesman, and the Republican Sentinel, profess to be republican papers, and yet I would not give a rush for the real services that either of them are at this day capable of rendering the party. It is not my intention, at the present uiumeut, to enter into an exami- nation of the claims which these several papers have to the character of being republican ; that would extend these sheets be3'ond the limits I have already prescribed ; but, with the permission of my reader, I shall endeavour, in the present number, to analyze the National Advocate, with a view to discover, if we can, the materials of which it is composed. It might be deemed unfair to draw any deductions from the manner in which it was originally established, and I therefore waive the consider- ation of its primitive views ; taking it from the period at which its pre- sent editor was appointed to the command of its columns ; which may be dated from the publication of his journal, in which he insinuates that Mr. Madison was actuated by a spirit of religious bigotry and intolerance, in recalling him from Tunis. Injustice to Mr. Noah, I would observe, that he has repeatedly denied that there existed in his journal "even by implicatian," a " disrespectful word against Mr. Madison j" but in jus- tice to truth and the fact, I am compelled to observe, that notwithstand- ing his denial, there docs exist many disrespectful words against Mr. Madison, as well as Mr. Monroe j the first for ordering his recall, and the second for obeying that order ; the perfidy of which, to use his ouo language, " he had no time to curse.^' A reference however to the work itself will prove conclusively, that so far from being the friend of Mr. INladison, he was openly and decidedly his enemy, as well as the enemy of Mr. Monroe ; as will also be satisfactorily shown by a reference to the coh.'mns of the Advocate. By recurring to the Advocate, of the 24th of July last, we find Mr. Monroe charged with exciting discord in the re- publican party of this state, by scattering fire brands, and, to use his own kinguage, " making use of artifice to promote a disunion and discord in their ranks j" and, about the same period, referring to his recal and his " persecutiou," on account of his religion, observing that he (Mr. Madi- sonj "fataUy discovered that I was a descendant of Abraham, Moses, David, Joshua, Maccabees, and such characters ;"' concluding his obser- vations by this remark, " let me not dwell on this revolting subject." — Here then is an individual at direct variance with two republican presi- dents, appointed to the controul of a republican paper. We find him, shortly after the commenceiuent of his editorial career, endeavoring to urge for himself a nomination as a delegate to the state legislature, under the pretext, that as a member of the assembly, his edi- torial labours would be attended with greater success, by reason of the weight of character which would thus be given him ; and that in this double capacity of representative and editor, he could render the party to which he professed to belong a greater service dian barely as an editor. His nomination however was successfully opposed ; and the blow thereby given to his ambitious projects of self-aggrandizement, has never been either forgotten or forgiven. The character of Mr. Noah, which, up ta that period, was considered as rather mild and inoflensive, was proven to be malicious, vulgar and rancorous. An implacable temper has loitered in his breast from that hour ; and nothing short of a total annihilation of the individual who opposed his nomination, will satisfy his thrist for re- venge. In fact, he has not hesitated openly to express his determination of driving him from society ; and as an earnest of his Awmane intentions, has been incessant in his efforts to accomplish his fiend-like threat. — Here then is an individual controiing a republican press ; and as an evi- dence of its genuine republicanism, attacking Mr Madison, Mr. Monroe, and the independent delegates of a republican raeeting,for the honest exer- cise of the trust confided to them, by refusing to bedeck this aspiring de- scendant of " Abraham, Moses, David, Joshua, Maccabees, and sach characters," with legislative honours. We next find him accused of a base attempt to desert th« party who had fed and sustained him, and of an effort to procure for himself the si- tuation of co-editor with Mr. Elliott, in the Washington City Gazette. — Which accnsation has never been disproved, although Doctor Secor. Sylvanus Miller, and Bnptiste Irvine, have been said to be cognizant of the fact, and who, if they were not so, could be readily prevailed upon, on behalf of " injured innocence," to exculpate hinj from the charge. We then find him advocalinji the abominable, anti-republican project of a combination uf the stales of New-York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, against the Union ; as iufnmous a suggestion as was ever offered to 'the consideration of a free people ; calculated to create a schism in the repub- lic, and sectional jealousies, which, if tolerated, might vventuate in ran- corous Vivil wars — sapping the foundation of our happy union — arraying slates against states, and introducing a spirit of discord dangerous to our liberties. An individual who feels the most slender attachment to our republican form of government, or a decent respect for the sages and he- roes of the revolution, must look down with indignation upon the wretch who would dare to suggest, much less advocate, a project so pregnant with mischief. To satisfy every individual of the estimation in which such an infamous proposition should be held by every American, I take the liberty of quoting the following from tlie " Farewell Address*' of that man wlio was " First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen :" "The UNITY of governmcut which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad ; of your Safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that from differ- ent causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, and ma- ny artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and ac- tively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it j ac- customing yourselves to think and speak of it as the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion, that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of any attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest ; or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts'"' Take the foregoing extract, and by its standard, measure the extent of the mischief likely to result from the bold and abominable suggestion to which I have alluded, and which, had it not been met with a becoming spirit by the people, might have resulted in something as disastrous as That predictod by ihc immortal Washington. Discovering llie sentiments of tlie people, the editor attempted adroitly to explain the project to be a proposition having merely a reference to a political understanding upon the subject of the candidate to be supported as the successor of Mr. JMonroe. Is this, however, to take his own explanation,; calculated to produce no bad effect? Is it not establishing a precedent to be followed on some future occasion ; Is not the suggestion injurious to the success of the very candidate whose interests he would thus attempt to advance ? JNlay it not come within the idea suggested of being '• covertly and insi- diously directed" to destroy that unity of government which constitutes us one people ; and may it not be one of the *• artifices employed to weaken in our minds the conviction of this truth" " This is the ))oint in our political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most actively and most constantly directed." May not this, then, be one of those insidious artifices to weaken that conviction ? If it is, then '''estimating the value of our national union, and cherishing for it a cordial habitual and immovable attachment ; accustoming ourselves to think and speak of it as the palladium of our political safe- ty and prosperity;" '• watching it with jealous anxiety," and ''discoun- tenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ;" " we must " iiidignanthj frown upon it" as the " dawning of an attempt" "to alienate one portion of our country from the rest ;" or at least, to '• enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts." Yet this suggestion emenated from a republican press, nurtured, cher- ished ami supported by a republican committee, and the esteemed " or- gan of the republican party." The same press that attacked Mr. Mon- roe, and edited by the same individual who libelled Mr. Madison, and assailed an independent republican for conscientiously refusing to acqui- esce in his nomination as a delegate to our State Legislature. We find him endeavouring to prepare the way for the reception of Ambrose Spencer into the republican ranks, and connecting him with Martin Van Buren as both "distinguished republicans;" advocatiug the appointment of Van Beuren as a senator from this State, in prefer- ence to Mr. Sanford. A distinguished personage he is indeed ; for, the part he took when first entering life, denotes sufilciently the character of the man, and marks him " distinguished'" beyond the envy even of his political associates. Van Buren was the advocate of De Witt Clinton for the Presidency in opposition to Mr. Madison, and the individual who moved in Legislative caucus, that the nomination of De Witt Clinton to the oflice of Governor of the State should be unanimous. Pie was also the advocate of Noah for the situation he now holds ; and although Mr. iVoah pretends that his recommendation by Van Beuren to that office, was an unexpecied and gratuitous offer on his part, yet tlie reverse was the fact ; for a long time before the office became vacated it was claimed by Mr. Noah, as a remuneration for his labours, as can be well explained by Mr. Targee, and known to Mr. ^'au Buren as well as Walter Bowne. So much then, for the unexpected profters of support by Van Buren, and so much for the editor of a republican press, who has as- sailed Mr. Madison, the president of the Union, and the honest and con- sistent friend of the republican party ; and I may add, so much for the editor who also assailed the individual members of a republican com- mittee, delegated by the party to select suitable delegates to the Legisla- ture — supporting Van Buren and Spencer as " distinguished republi- cans." The advocate of a man steeped in political depravity, and the advocate of a confederacy of the Stales of New- York, Pennsylvania and XJhio, against the Union. We next find him promoting the election of Mr. Golden as a member of Congress in preference to Mr. Sharpe, a long tried and consistent repub- lican who was always found in the republican ranks, incorrupted and in- corruptible ; a gentleman who had served his constituents with fidelity, and discharged his duties conscientiously but opposing the appointment of this hoasted " descendant of Abraham, IMoses, David, Joshua, Mac- cabees, and such characters," he was guilty of a Gentielism and heresy, that killed the ire of the redoubtable Major, and made him resolve that a federalist, Clintonian, coody, or indeed any thing else, should sooner be elected than a republican, who dared to oppose his will, or check the strides of his ambition. This was pffectcd through the means of a Republican press, which, like a viper, had been nourished in the- bo- som of the republican family ; and availing itself of the power acquired through republican support, sought to crush and prostrate the agents who by their tacit approbation has suflered to thrive ; and who ,by their stern republicanism, might be induced at some future day to dissolve the fa- bric, and represent it in all its deformity. It had been permitted to live and have its being with republicans, and yet, in the republican camp, pursued republicans with unrelenting rigour ; assailing two republican presidents— supporting Spencer and Van Beuren as distinguished repub- licans—declaiming against the delegates of the people for refusing to ac- quiesce in his nomination as a member of the Assembly, and subsequent- ly against an honest and highly respectable^ member of our State legisla- ture, for refusing to support what he calledj'his " claims" upon the office of sheriff. We find him creating odious distinctions between republican and re- publican, holding some eight or ten individuals forward as the monopo- lists of all the republicanism in the state, to the exclusion of men equally as honest, equally as consistent, equally as pure, and equally as disinter- ested in their motives. We find him sowing the seeds of discord wherever he has gone, or wherever lie has gained admittance. We f;nd liirn in the capacity of Sachem of one of the twenty-four tribes, holding liiniself out as the head of the Tammany Society, and arrogantly assu- ming the title of organ of the Republican party of the State. We find him zealously espousing the cause of our political enemies and an- nihilating and destroying the influence of our political friends. — We find him associated and identified with federalists and Clintonians, from whose ranks it is that he draws his support, and without whose co-ope- ration he would not at this day be the sheriff of the city of New-York. We find as his sureties, Mr. Reed and Air. Smith : the first of whom is indemnified by Mr. Eckford, and the latter, a federalist, indemnified by some of the high minded coodies ; fhe condition of which security has not as yet been complied with. For more particulars however, in rela- tion to this complicated intricate business, curiosity can be gratified by a reference to the gentlemen before named, Mr. Ingraham, (the auctioneer with a large family, about whom, Noah, with so much feeling, has drawn the sympathy of the public, and in whose behalf Mr. Barker took such an interest before the council) who is the sheriff's auctioneer, and as a quid pro quo (as he says) acted as the broker in procuring one of the sureties. Mr. Reed the surety, indemnified by Mr. Eckford, and procu- red by Mr. Ingraham.— Mr. Anthon the friend of Mr. Flanagan, and Mr. Flanagan who was to have been appointed one of the deputies, and who was the friend of Mr. Smith, the co-surety with Mr. Reed — -Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Hatfield, &c. &:c. the sub-indemnities of Mr. Smith. Messrs. Pierson and Edwards can, if they choose, throw a little light upon the subject, but being out of the present commonwealth of sheriff's securities, it would answer as good a purpose to pursue the inquiry witli the gentlemen before named. I had like to have forgotten, that per- chance Mr. Riker can also say something upon the subject. Here, then, is the representative of a respectable and responsible office, to which he had " claims," trotting about the city and making use of a broker to ne- gotiate for his surety, and rewarding that broker for his services by the sales of the office. A worthy and discreet oiBcer, who, although he may be perfectly honest, could not procure two responsible individuals in ihe whole city to become his sureties without an application to sub indemni- ies, split up into lots and distributed amongst his coody coadjutors, in proportion to their several abilities or iocliuations. With respect to the leiial or practical knowledge he possesses, enabling him to discharge the duiies of his office; all will admit him to be manifestly deficient. By reason of the variety of occupations he pursues, and the consequent lack of time to procure itj he will probably leave his office as little acquainted B 10 with its duties as the day he entered. Under these circumstances, cou- nected with the fact of his being the editor of a pubhc paper, (duties as inconsistent, as judge and counsel,) I do not hesitate to say that he does not merit and will not receive the support or countenance of the republi- can electors at the ensuing election. To pursue the subject however with respect to tlie Advocate. We find him assailing a majority of the city delegation, and availing himself of every trifling incident, whetlier true or false, to produce a prejudice against them in the mind of the public ; representing them as every thing but legislators, and pointedly holding up Messrs. Romaine and Ulshoef- fer to the disapprobation, scoff and contempt of their constituents. He seems to have entered into a personal contest with these gentlemen, and as an important instrument towards the gratification of his selfish views, has used the columns of tlie Advocate, a paper avowedly republican, and if so, necessarily the property of the party, and not to be prostituted to the personal and vindictive spleen of a forward, self-willed, editor. Thf^ie is also something in the subject matter of censure against these gentlemen that merits a reply, and carries a conviction to my mind that Mr. Noah was determined to get rid of them in some way or other, and was not very precise as to the manner of doing so, provided he got rid of them. It will be reraenabered that a clamour was raised against them in the Advocate for their opposition to the Tradesman's Bank; in the passage of which, Mr. Noah appeared to be deeply interested, and in fact strenuously urged, upon the principle no doubt, that it was an " up- town" measure, and therefore likely to be popular ; but after this attempt to pruduce an excitement against them, (as if laughing at the credulity of the people who could be led to believe that his advocating the passage of the bank arose from any thing else but interest,) he in a vaunting Strain declared, that he cared nothing for the Tradesman's Bank, or its intended location — he wanted a Bank, and intended to have one char- tered — he would have it in Broadway if he chose, and call it the " Broad- way Bank." This 1 am credibly informed was his language, and de- notes satisfactorily that he was ready to avail himself of any circumstance to seize the public feeling, and turn it to an account against those gentle- men, who, Kot withstanding they may have erred in this particular, I am persuaded, cannot be consistently charged with duplicity and hypocrisy. The true secret of his opposition, I suspect, consists in their refusal to ac- quiesce in his appointment as sherilf. Here lies the rub ! For, his ad- vocating that Bank — his patriotism, his principle and his republicanism, can be summed up in two words, " self-interest." It is his ruling passion — thwart him in his views, and you are every thing that is base and dis- honourable ; though wink at his s^mbitious 9chemes~-assist bim in bis 11 projects — pamper his appetite for distinction — give him a cession of Grand Isle — tickle his vanity, or make him slicritl'; and you are his Idol — " a second Daniel" — in fact, any thing you please — whip me such patriots and sncli republicans as these. Give me an honest, plain, up and down man who looks for no office, or if he does, who is capable of discharging its duties with reputation to himself and credit to those who appoint liim; and none of your idle adventurers, who live upon us and exhaust our substance — men of yesterday, roving about and creating confusion and jealousy wherever they vegetate.— Politicians for the lack of honest enjployment — onice-scckers from necessity — speculators from compulsion, and political knaves from [principle. I want to see men ap- pointed to offices who are meritorious and deserving of them ; men who are honest and capable beyond any question ; men who will grace (not disgrace) the office, and who, in the discharge of their duties, will be go- verned by a reference to the public good — a respect for the laws and the good order of society — faithful in their attendance upon their offices, and discreet in the exercise of them. Such men will procure from all sects in a christian and moral communidy, a veneration for the institutions un- der our happ3' form of government, and a sincere I'cspect for the memorv of the sages and heroes, under whose benign auspices those institutions were happily formed. I wish to see offices and distinctions the reward of merit, and not the reward of that political juggling, which has forced upon the people, horde after horde of bankrupts, unprincipled renegadoes and needy adventurers. To return ouce more to the Advocate. We find it in opjwsition to jMr. Madison and Mr. Monroe, who recalled its worthy editor from Tunis. We find it railing against a member of a nominating committee for refu- sing to support its editor as a member of the state legislature. We find it opposed to Mr. Sanford. We find it advocating Van Buren and Spencer as "distinguished rcj3M6Acn?is.'' We find it opposed to Mr. Romaine, when (" Ingratitude ! thou marble hearted fiend") Mr. Ro- luaine has contributed towards the support of that identical paper, in which he has been assailed ; and now has the enviable satisfaction of wrapping up his returned (protested) endorsement, in the papers assailing him. We find it opposed to Mr. Ulshoefler ; when, but a short time be- fore, its editor represented Mr. Ulshoeffer as one of the most prominent men in the state, and openly declared that in a few years he would, be- yond doubt, be the governor of the state. Yet Mr. Ulshcrfier opposed his clai7nsto the appointment of sherifl', and that opposition was a trans- gression never to be forgiven; which no talents could excuse and no pa- triotism could wipe away. We find it also opposed to, and assailing Mr. Townsend ; as fair and consistent a republican as can be found in the 12 state of New- York. Now let us know why and wherefore ? He is uot connected with the local politics of our city; neither has he presumed to intermeddle in our concerns; what sin, then, has he been guilty of, which would warrant the unceremonious attack of the editor of the Advocate ? Why, Mr. Townsend was formerly a member of the council of appoint- ment ? Well, and what then ? Why, he consulted the New- York dele- gation as to the propriety of certain appointments in the city of New- York, considering them better enabled to decide as to the qualification of individuals and the wishes of the people, than he could possibly be ; in fact, did that very thing, which Mr. Bowne was, in the same paper, on a former occasion, directed to do; and for the not doing which, he was openly censured. Well, and what then? What then! Why this is all; and is not this enough, when you take into consideration that Mr. Noah, theedito*' of the Advocate, was an applicant for the office of she- riff, and that by consulting the city delegation, who were opposed to him, some other individual would be appointed. But was this all ? Yes, this was all ! For you perceive that Mr. Noah, in advising Mr. Bowne, has no idea of establishing any rule so rigid that conld not be dispensed with when it interfered with his interests. Here, then, is the disinterested editor of a re/juWica// paper, an applicant for an office, and denouncing the representatives of the people for the honest exercise of the trust confi- ded to them, and for the conscientious discharge of which trust, they were accountable to no other tribunal. But, holding the columns of a public press, every man must submit to the will of its editor, or take the consequences. He must not only submit, but submit quietly; for where is his redress ? He lias no press at his command that will speak his sentiments, or fairly represent the merits of his case to the public. He must go cap in hand, and solicit the favour from his political adversaries of replying to the attacks of his ^oWucdX friends. Is it to be tolerated in the republican family, that one man shall hold the key to the public ear, and that man, the occupant of a responsible office, which might, by pos- sibility, in corrupt hands, be made subservient to individual purposes. — Is it to be expected, that an individual, for example, (without referring to ]Mr. NoahJ who, as an editor, perverts his paper to personal objects, will be less inclined to pervert his office also to the same purposes ? It is uot ! and I therefore reiterate, that the editor of a paper and occupant of an office should be as distinct as the nature of their avocations are differ- ent. There, is a species oJ' arrogance about the man that is only equalled by his vanity and s'ipercilious presumption, and which, with reference to the manner in which his press has b-jen latterly conducted, has become equally intolerable to friends and foes. It is a subject of general remark. 13 that nothing short of suprpm