The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-14
[ooaaEspoNDENcz OF THE REpuBLio.l

The Editor of The Neto York Tfibune-His Psrper-
sion IF he Meaning Of a late Letter-A Slap al
the Scissors Editor gf that Jolunai- G0ognor's
Eiection-I'he Legislature and a Successor 10 Dif
Dickinson.
New YoRK, Nov 10, 1850
The editor Of the Tribune snubs me up because |
expressed my opinion that editor of popular
paper is in position to exercise wider influence
than he could legislator 1t is point that
hardly needs defending, for it is not presumable
that any one will seriously deny it. The duties OF
the editor and the legislator are distinct; but as
the legislator, in representative government like
ours, merely gives legal form to the puolic will,
while the editor often controls and forms it, the
post of the editor is superior to that of the egis-
lator. That is all said; but the editor OF the Tr-
buns appears to have been hit by something that
my remarks contained, although had no reference
to him, any other person, in writing them. He
says:
" Unfortunately, think for the public in
teress, the view OF The Republics correspondent is
quite prevalent, and men go TO Congress and the
Legislature not 10 work hard and despatch the
business OF the country, but to make long winded
speeches for bnncombc. and loaf generally the rest
of the time II is time that this notion Of intuenc
ing the popular mind and passing for great man
in the bar-rooms Of ones district dissp pa
ted, 30 that industry and honesty might take the
place OF aziness, gas, and corruption in the legis-
more violent msinterpretaton of very palpa-
BILE meaning it would be diff cult to make. The
context of my remarks shows plainly enough that
merely intended osay that editors ofpapers, being
quite as important aids in the management of pub
lie affairs Legislators and soldiers, entitled
to an equal share of public favors. However, the
Tribune is one of the Mrs Malaprop school Of rea-
soners, and closes its petulant remarks by the fol-
lowing sentence, which concece the whole question::
at strikes us quite proper that the journalist
who has done something toward the adoption OF a
principle or measure by public opinion should be
elected, to make that principle or measure a law
And for capacity to egislate well, it is boast
ing to say that the editorial profession is liberal
ly endowed with it as any
While my hand is in, may well observe, for
the benefit of the appropriative genius who pre-
sides over the scissor department of the Tribune,
that it is not coming quite up to the newspaper
standard of morality to cut out items from the
respondence of another paper and insert them in
your own original, as he has done to my letter
in the Republic
We still in the mist respects next Gov
ernor, and both parties still claiming the victory
The Journal Of Commerce is confident that Seymour
is elected, while the Tribune is confident that Hunt
has at least 900 majority. But the choice of Gov
ernor is now secondary consideration to the choice
of the successor of Mr.. Dickinson in the Senate as
it is quite impossible to determine the exact party
complexion of the next Legislature; although we
know it TO be, in the large sense, Wing, it is quite
impossible to say now, who will be chosen for this
important post.
Although citizens pay such enormous sums
nightly for musical entertainments, and it would
seem at the first glance though all
music mad, yet our lecture rooms we'll filled;
and there is falling off in the interest manifested
in the highest order Of popular instruction ny emf
nent lecturers. Among the most popular lecturers
now here Professor Mitchell, the astronomical
lecturer from Cincinnati; l.. P. Whipple, the
American Macaulay, he has sometimes been
called; and the Rev. John Lord, of New Hamp-
shire, who lectures generally on the romance Of
history Mr.. James is waiting quietly for Jenny
Lind to take flight South before he will venture
in his debut in New York. This evening DR.. Ry
Mercantile Library Association in the tabernacle,
on Jesuitism. The Doctor is himself jesuit, and
if all of his much derided order were like himself
there would be no need of lecturing in defence.
The Atlantic has just arrived in thirteen days
from Liverpool, but her news is not important.
There has been another lively move at the stock
board to-day, and Reading Railroad, which was
selling at 80 six months since, to-day sold at go,
a rise of p per cent. since yesterday. In other
stocks there no important change.
A gentleman named Stats who has been board
ing some four or five months at Tammany Hall,
committed suicide yesterday, at that hotel by
shooting himself with pistol lie was anatiye Of
this city, but his parents reside at the West.
s. X s.