New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-18
A.-em-a1ork Daily 9ribnirs
JOHN mitchell on HIS OWN FORTUNES
IN AMERICA.

read every morning name " Ia f'Hes, ne fftosS,
Tle Nat.onal DsmoerGt and The SEa, all coniaeei
with more or less ability and decencyone two OF thea
with distinguished talent Bat there is also anhsppys
powerful section Of the Mes whose 'e praes aas
for the moment these fellows magnify and glonfy till
seems 10 occupy the whole Geld Of vision whoever b
unfortunate enough TO be the hero Of the hour they nas
and puff up till he il big enough to hide the and thea
how the rogues delight TO rip up not the mn himself bat
their own balloon like image of the msn 20 let their osa
pufuc breath out of it. breath destined to blos sons
a,ber bubblel aud then TO dance with barbsroas JOY.
rot upon the real maD but upon the eoss, ruins Of "a h
own balloon which indeed are their own property
One newspaper there is in New York, sni one are
,ols of very large circulation bat whose name We had
rather as matter Of tastel not write down, print or poo
noupce Il has correspondents real OF imaginary, every
where from pole 81 pole; AMI every correspondents OF tnsn
in nsrxvsm Of excitement a, the date OF esey real Or
imaginary letter There is an eternal ess nnlanced ia
The colsmns of this unnameable newspaper AMI 90 aft
and earliest news of everything are always startling al
WAYS needing continuation but seldom getting 4. Ihs
journal forever DuGest in the uoant chorus OF aias
lion to strsnger-loudest too IN the iau cry OF hoanis
that open upon his track TO ran Inn down sad reas
him And what is of all Il has not only great CIR
culaton in New loTk but many cOpyss among the m le
paltry ard ungramma,ea Of the coaniry papers oae
thing however is consolatory 10 know II u MOI anet
can: II is owned by SSotchman, AMI written Ithougo IN
bad English by Engishmen
To the intense disgust OF tho editor OF TAe CHs:fA this
abect newspaper and its whole sect school OF negs2t
pers felt Websters dictionary too poor 70 express all ts
wisdom goodness aud talent OF him the SAID editor is
was compared, nay preferred to the ioe.t genius aud
hero of this age He and his comrades the tao trans.
porod Irish Rebels Of as were gori6ed Il they hll
been Argonau;s, the Ausiralasan woca golden ieece
And above even these Argonau he, the sams editor.
MAS by such high authorities exaltcdhe was the no.
blest Roman of them all
TWAS too tulsome; and we sometimes sterny asked
ourselves what base act we could have committed town
the applause of this uaneess newspaper and it, unsran
NAUTICAL but noisy sect We had rot money enough 10
pay them for keeping up even that had been desira-
bic We had no intention OF swearing by any of their
tickets" or mounting any Of their platforms. 10 am
bic or ugge there We knew therefore, that they would
soon find us out. and treat us a,ccrdingly.
Then there the various rel gous pfpors and the
cold water papers and the vegetable papers thore arc
the Socialists Spritualsts Aboliionisis, Womsnss and
thew all hailed the advent Of the poor fugitive royolu
ZIONIST for how did they know but that he would throw
all the influence they creating for him into the great
cause Of Socialism of Spritualism, of Aboonsm. or OF
Womanism the might be 80 the jubilation was
pretty general The lrh were congratulated ON having
got leader, ard eergymen gave thanks tor the pres
erN alton of the just.
The editor was not too much elated He reioccd with
trembling lie was told by prudent friends how ii
would ali end he should begin 10 show that no
had an opinion and would call his soul his Therefore
lie yartoOk moderately OF the feast OF taery AMI even
wherever be could do so without ungracous rudoness
avoided and declined oyations The amount of the ac
count running up against him became oppressive and
alarming and early inthe business no began open tho
arcoHrd lie presumed 10 express some resentment az
Mr Marcy for calling the European naonalites sell
tious pTopogmdsis in dsparaging sopse = ths ena
bcd his creditors 20 take large slice OF his fame In eNecu
ton and they repaid themselves in part with violent
abuse Then nc commenced The Citizen with the fullest
determination both to have an opinion and to express It
upon every question of public concernment aud he
laughed at WOmansm, and sneered at Cold wserism.
Veeotarianism especially at Abolitionism no mido
an, mics enough There "yiew holo the game
was in sebt-he hounds soon came the scent in ia
cry and such erocious howl never dmayed the heart
of an Actaon AT last he believes he may fairly ske
balance between himself and American public opinion,
with some hope that the balance will be found In his
favor.
columns of the innumerabo sheets that are bloei with Il
iterate letter press in New York aud other towns, has
presented with sort of bouquet or splcginm, clipped
IRON the columns Of various Journalistic Aud a. ourronf
turned them with knife aud fork mot that they we're
uncean to handle but he did II for the moral efoct
found as much would. We felt assured, square
count The immortal hero of two months ago reads
that he is impostor Hartford RepVbeaHlth no i,
"suicide" (hep York Trt5EneJ and "hideous bag
(Independent) The Vermont Tribune heads article
John Mitchell the iiyPoerite and half hopes he va,
Sunday Mercury regrets that Mr. Beecher should have
wasted so much trouble in replying to The CRiFens con
ceted and arocous defense OF Slavery ne freemIas
Journal because we express sympathy with European se
publican says Mr.. Mitchell is inviting his friends 10
morning draugbt which, on tasting they find to be only
the lager bier Of the last nights debauch" On the 9th
er hand pepper called The Irish Erdaget informs ito
readers that thu notorious John Mitchell appears hGye
been at the head Of an incendiay gang that were
religion being in fact judge of that subject For thet
same reason The PhJargh Gasete declares that Mr.t
Mitchell "endeavors to deude his readers butt Ihef
Bosom Pilot and other Catholic newspapers are eqaalyE
course, for the very opposite reason
me Bosion Lberaor has made perfect exposure Of
as the most summary method Of crushing the life out Oh
such moral reptile The Warrington Herad Of Fred
dom declares that as well might humanity AK the rate
snake for drop Of honey fro its hollow TOOTH %.
Il ask him Mr.. Mitchell for liberty. But, asa snblims'
piece Of writing we prefer the following from The Buffalo
HcekIy Express Like atowering structure liz at midt
night by the torch Of the incendary whose massive pill
lars are licked by angry flames a. by the tongues Of
penis and whose roof become. dancing oor Tor thet
tends Of Fire, The Cnsen stood among its fellows &c
Most Of these newspapers and many others like them hay
been cent to The t,iisen office with request to "er
change" with them Diffdence eompels us TO decline; va
could not give them equivalent drfsck ~
But II in the newspapers alone that the Editor o
The Citizen finds materials TO put the credit side OF hs
account; though the things have quoted are real
redt TO u.s. Of large amount Still his debt was great and
he has snxousy sought Of paying IT, lie has gone
20 Tabernacle Lecture purposey TO hear himself hrsed
was Kissed to bis hearts content and made an entry OF
IN the spot his credit More than twenty soceues
country had invited him 10 lecture among others
he Forest City Lyceun, in Cleveland Ohio for his puff
srs Of the prosperous days had got him Kind OF reP1
alton for eloquence bat now the Forest City Lyceun by
ubjshed resolutions wthdraws its invitation TO the So
called patriot deares that cannot think Of bring
no before such an audience that Of Cleveland any in
diyidual who does not pcssess brain. 20 know, &c
To crown and finish all these reractons the cierSymeu
Who Inadvertently offered up thanks for the editors safe
,rriyal have already presume esten their words
lot they had better do so without delay
Thus we have got rid Of fictitious celebrity and
ye feel the lighter and the better for It, We stand
non our own feet and IL Is whoesomer than to be blown
70 TO the stars by the pufs Of fools. The many real
ends of ourselves and OF whom We have met
win In America are our friends still and !. bat right
saw that in our glowing ancipetions Of the true free
lom we expected TO End in this great Republic, care
lot disappointed 1t is land where the atmosphere .
ruly free and ceer-where the preender sure 10 hnd
as level and the true man his recognition IL the editor
4 Tie Citizen first lifted far higher than bis ds
eris he is now. perhaps, depressed somewhat lower
plscipg him in equii5rio This Is not country fsad
the very meanest OF our assaians upon