The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-02

81. 3. P.v
| The Washington correspondent of the Tribune
Is at once the most hippant and upscrupulous wri'
ter of his caste in the Union. He possesses a won
derful versatility of genius, and most peculiar
adaptation to the business which he IL expected TO
| perform. Whenever Greeley s disposed TO propa-
gate monstrous fiction --one which he wishes his
readers to believe. but which he s ashamed him
self TO fnthcr--ho tips Mr. 81 s. r." the wink
and forth il comes, embellished with gorgeous die
ton, announced with all the "pomp and circum-
| stance" of n new born truth. There is about him
u lack Of hestancy, an off hand assumption, q
| freedom from all doubt a confidence of afirma.
| ton as il the thing asserted sober verify.
| established by evidence, and settled by demon,
| straton.
He is patient, too n acapegoat for the Tribune,
bearing the sins of his employer. and carrying the
| burden OF his peccadlloes Whenever n luokicss
wight attempts to pin Greeley to the wall TO
pose bis errors by an array Of facts, no vanishes
like shadow away. and in his place stands -.
s. p, upon whose shoulders must rest all the OBJ.
locuy. and upon whose back therefore must fall
all the stripes. When exposed in his Qualifications,
the Tribune, with tho rcst. abuses him for leading
1t into error, and with apparent indignation throws
| upon him all the responsibility. All this he bears
with becoming philosophy, charges it to profit and
| of new fictiOns.
To an establishment like that of the Tribune,
! such a correspondent must be of immense value
Where 80 many theories are to be advocated. so
many systems of philosophy upheld, many
forms to be carried forward, il must be great
| help to "tho master Of the house" TO have such
| N genius to "attend the door" kind of Asmo-
dius, who can look through partition walls and
sec round corner; one who posse sscs sublm.
| ity in inventions, while he il troubled with
| scrupcs; who can "lia with u circumstance"
who can manufacture n fact which will be put to
maintain theory and furnish proof of n thing
that never had an existence. Should the Adolf
! toniss who flourish under tho patronage Of tho
Tribune log in their ZEAL grow cold in the
| cause -. S. p" furnishes to order "most mel.
nncholy incidents" Of outrage perpetrated in some
far OIL district on the rights Of coored brother,
Arc the followers Of Fourier becoming tired Of
communism, and leaning towards a return to in
diyiduaty, he paints in rainbow colors the beati
tudc of some distant Arcadia, where socialism
revcs in continual delights, where tho skics are
| always cloudless and the air always balmy
Should there be falling of Of news from the
spirit land, should some medium refuse to commu
| cate. strnightway he supplies tho gap with mod
ern instances" of wondrous efficacy, where the
spirits of the living and the dead recprocated calls
and sang together in glorious harmony like the
morning stars.
But il is in political matters that his genius
rises to it's lolticst flights. Is candidate to be
moved from tho path of his masters ambition his
character TO be maligncd, his opinions fasiiiod,
his measures denounced and his actions belied
forth steps 81. s. p" and, without snt IA well
IA without shame. pours forth column after
column Of detracton, in which infinite
search will detect no particle of truth. Ia caDdi
date to be pushed forward, into whose followers
confidence of success must be infused, forth steps
-. s. p" again, and figures him into office by
tho turn OF pen, elects him by majority
wholming that our eycs drop with pity the
annhnton of his opponents. Jus, now he has
placed Mr. Fillmore under tho ban and taken G Gu
oral Scott into favor. The one, as a matter of
course, is lost past redemption. while the other is
skving through the heavens in a career OF glory
that bswildors by its dazzling brightness the
Of the bcboder The one il dangling over perdi-
ton by thread SO fine that n breath may sever It,
while the other rides forth like IA chorubim, con.
qucrng and to conquer.
-. $. p" is obtaining noioriety. too. that if
unchecked may eclipse even the famo of his
ployer. The boys beginning to swear by him.
and tyros in politics to lsp his quaint sayings and
initiate his hctons; the sober gaze with ostonish-
ment Mt his gyrntions, and the wise at the ofiucss
OF his flights. Whether all this bodies TO him his
employer good evil. too unpropbe,ic to
oretell. This much we venture to suggcst, that no
honest man will covet his gifts, seek To rob
him of his fame.