The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-10 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN PRESS.

The T-ibune, in an amusing article on " A
Kil,gly Crown," recommends to the T. C. 1. 0.

Mr. Andrew Johnson, as Emperor, pointing out
what regal qualifications he had, and wherein he
resembled Alexander the Great, Julius Cm3ar,
George 111., Napoleon 1., and other monarchs. But

n case he should die before the time came for

making Andrew Rex, the Tribune puts in a word
for old friend Train. George and Francis are

both well-known royal names.

We take it for

granted that our George Francis has joined the

,6 T. C. I. 0." already, because we never knew

any man to have such a tremendous genius as he
has for joining anything which might come along.
Lie has powers of assimilation little short of miracu•

lons. He is the most cosmopolitan of all living crea-
tures. His Protean mind, nom• absorbed in the plant-
ing of horse-railroads, and anon engaged in the
estabEshment of an Irish Republic, must be "strong,"

or it would long ago have succumbed to that inces-
sant demand upon all its faculties, which, being
nobly
.responded to, has made. the name George
Francis illustrious in every quarter of the globe.
Many other Yankees, hearing of the chance, have
probably gone into training for the Throne, but
they must train pretty stiffly if they expect to rival
the great Train himself. Our favourite candidate,
however, if we were in the speculation, would be the
Hon. Gideon Welles of Connecticut ; partly be-
cause Gideon is a good military name, and partly.

because Mr. Welles would be equally great upon the
sea and upon the land, and sure to win our reve-
rence as a mariner while he seduced our affection
as a monarch. " God save Gideon" would sound

beautifully, and so we say—God save him !
The IvetvYorkWorld has an article on "Politicians
and the Press." Of politicians it asserts that those
only can be successful who ally themselves with a
party, abide by its fortunes, and indorse its policy,
whether or not it commends itself to them. " There
was once in England a class of men known as ' trim-
mers,' who held themselves free to advocate such
measures as they might approve of, irrespective of

the party in which they might originate. Some
such remain, among whom may be mentioned Lord
Stanley and Robert Lowe. But with the enlarge-
ment of the elective franchise party lines are drawn
more tightly than once they were." Andrew John-

son, William H. Seward, Thurlow Weed, Senators
Dixon and Doolittle, John S. Carlile of Virginia,
even Charles Francis Adams, are cited as instances
of Republicans who fell owing to their independence
of party. Of Democrats the names of John Van
Buren, James T. Brady, and Reverdy Johnson are
given. Turring to the press, the World says :
"Journalism alone offers an opportunity for the exercise
of an honest independence linked with an intelligent sup-
port of party. It is a curious fact, while mere politicians
have lost caste with their party associates by declining to
accord with them in some points, the influence of journals
has increased in proportion as they have shown themselves
independent of the mere dictates of party. Mr. Greeley
was soundly berated by his party confreres for becoming

a bondsman of Mr. Jefferson Davis, while the same men

at the same time secretly admired as well as diligently
read the Tribune. As a politician. Mr. Greeley has been
singularly unsuccessful ; but the Tribune, in which an the
peculiar wag irks of its editor have found expression, is
conceded to be the most inflnential organ in the country
of the Republican pirty. On the other hand, the journals
which heo : the beck of party with unquestioning doci-
15i y ex..rt but: little influence. The independence which
ruins the politician makes the journal —provided, of zourso,
that the latter display ability, as well as indopond ,nce. If
there be any men or set of men that indulge in the dream
of forming a third party in the hope that it willld the
balance of power, and thus he a controlling element in our
politics, the sooner they shake off the delusion the - better
for their political prospects. And if any man looks for
success by running a blind party organ, ho is doomed to
disappointment. The solo hope of restraining, in the
future, the excess to which political parties may tend,
lies iu an independent press. Henceforth it is to be, even.
in greater degree than it is to-day, the censor of ,A.inenea.n
politics. Each party will have its advocates in journalism,
but their influence will be in exact proportion to their in-
dependence. And is not the converse true, that tho suc-
cessful journals of the future are to bo those which will
maintain an intelligeut independence, though they at times
may run counter to some of the views of the party whose
fortunes they espouse and whose principles they support ?"
The same paper sketches the life and career of Gen.
Sickles, who, having left the Democratic party to
join the Republican, meets with but little mercy at
its hands. His early history is dwelt on at length,
though the TV orld is more brief about his brilliant
military record, and it. adds a story hitherto unknown
showing the reason for the reconciliation between
him and his wife after the Key affair. The follow-
ing heads, in large type, explain one of its articles :
—"Massachusetts moribund, the old Puritan stock
rapidly dying out, a new race sipplantitig it, the
farming lands passing into the hands of the
foreigners, a new Erin in America." The New
York Sun thus records a dream of the future :
" Among the many accomplished women who spoke
at the woman suffrage meetings in this city last
week were two bright girls from the West, Miss
Cozzens of St. Louis and Miss Peckham of Mil-
waukee, niece of the Hon. Rufus Peckham of
Albany, one of the justices of our Supreme Court.
They are studying law with the intention of being
admitted to the bar; and we understand that the
leading lawyers of those cities, with a generosity
that does them honour, are extending to them
every aid in their power. No doubt when
they are admitted they will repair to New York
to :engage in their profession ; and it would
be a singular fact if, some ten or twelve years hence,
when they become well grounded in the practice,
they should take part, one on each side, in the trial
of the great libel suit of Mr. John Russell Young,
with the lion. Susan B. Anthony peering wisely
over her gold spectacles as presiding judge—and a
better judge, too, we dare say, than some of those
now on the bench "
According to the telegrams of yesterday the Newyork
Times says that if English politicians and news-
papers discussed the rclationsbetween England and
the United States in the temper of Mr. Forster's
speech there would be less ill-feeling between the
people and fewer difficulties menacing the peace
of the two countries. The Times concludes that,
although Mr. Forster is not a Cabinet Minister, he is
an influential Parliamentary leader, and a member
of the dominant party. The ground he takes is
probably the same as that which will be taken by
the 'Government when Mr. Motley presents the
question. -The New York Tribune says that Mr.
Laird's letter proves that the current of public
opinion in England is strongly against him. But the
quarrel is between England and America, and notd
with Mr. Laird. With respect to the Alabama
Rappahannock, England relied too much on specialtio
1
pleading, and never considered the question in
light of great predominating principles of public
law. It is announced that the debt of the United
States has been reduced $20,C00,090 since the in-
auguration of General Grant's Presidency.

The Emperor of the French has presented Gene-
ral Dix on his departure with two magnificent vases of
Sovres porcelain.
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