New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-19

The ~ Y T,mcs. apparently unable to defend the
official misconduct and incompe,ency OF Mr.. ID. b.
St. John, the candidate for resppontment as Bsak
Superintendent resorts, as means of supporting him
to very gross abuse of this Journal because sees 81
10 resist his continuance ia a public Office be has
proved himself unfit to occupy. We sutjola an ard
Gle from that journal of Saturday asst seensto require
literal citation. Il may be remem )ered that The
N. Y Times habually boasts of its great decscy q
language, lis modest and deferents style Of asserting
its opinions, and its adherence OF personalities.
Whether rage or fear of losing needful advertising
patronage has led into ebullitions like the follow
ing, we cannot decide:
"TaE TRIBusE 10 sndssvong to vindlcse the empts
Gus opinion expressed OF Governor Csrt immediately su
the election when supposed be was defeated BY exPsh
the Of the present Superintendent Of the Sank
Department. IL invept' and prints the 4sehSod that es
TsIsuSE itse has Ii evioenily still hs, III.
Governor enough to be Influenced BY such pa'y s'd
We have exposed already the real character Of the
sde against the Bank supsnte adent |; osnstes wias
,sns al Wall Il shsrpsrs some OF whose swndns shsms
Mr. ST. John has been able to defeat hsy have acceeaedn
retaining The Herald and TaiBuNs TO abuse him ostensb 90
the mound that otbers among their devices tor robons the
public eyssed his vigilance h ought TO be oadss-
stood however, that THE TnBoss IN ths Snre uponte e
supernte only (ufang threat which u Editor n.ds
about year he would i've long enough to ss MI
ST John having shown preferences to T Tsn over
THE ThsUsE. in hs disposition Of the BANK sdvsrssmna
ersely made aud put record;
TRIsUsE only sndsavsrBs 20 Gerry into effect Va
accurate than ouI'. It IL destined 70 defeat
Az for Mr. 81. Johns alleged sneers at Gov. Clark
previous to the elecuon we alluded 10 them IN ninisr
.sgsiory manner only, though we were positively =
formed Of the fact nom uost respectable sources.
Had We time or space to waste in personal coulso-
versy ON 30 unimportan. point, We could furnish
ample proof on the subject; but we have more in
-. -
ort nor do we conceive that the repute Of this jour.
nal needs any further defense than simple word,
when all that is brought against it ID the accusation
unusually malignant perhaps, OF Mr.. Henry j. Ray
mond.
With regerd to the second charge Of The ~ y
Times, that opposition to the reappointment Of
this incompetent officer is impelled by his having
chosen to employ The ". Y. Times to publish the
Bank Advertisements, that have threatened him on
that account, It Is q falsehood and nobody knows
this better than Messrs. st. John and Raymond We
had difference with the Bank Superintendent but Il
was of quite another character. We did ask Mr.. *.
John, when the duty deyolved on him of selecting
some journal in this City TO publish the Weekly State
ments Of the condition Of Banks TO require what
journal he nigh choose to favor with this patron
age to furnish every other morning paper seasoniby
with the tabular condensation Of that statement such
as we all now publish weekly and in order deprive
him Of any pretext for refusing this act Of justice To
the public, we told him that ICE would, if selected,
agree to do as insisted that any journal he might
seec. ought and should be required 10 do. He seemed
to receive our suggestion svoraby but did nothing;
and we soon after heard through influential friends b
he had reported that had solicited Of him his JOB Of
adrertisingi We forthwith appeared before this Dig
ntsry and corrected his mis-statement, assuring him
that neither expected solicited his job, but We
didwant the condensed statement to print for nothing
as early as any rival paid for printing it-th,t we
demanded this, not for own paper exclusively but
for all the unsubsdzed Press Of this City and asked
him no; to put off with fair words and 20 ID Wishes
but to require his fsvorite journal whichever 1t might
be- to furnish this information 20 the entire Press, and
thus to the entire Public. He sbufled and prey1i-
Gated as became hin&-ssd he was ruling we should
have the statement, &C., but did nothing. leaving 10
to the insolence of his organs Editor and to get tho
Bank Statement as best we could. SO much he had
perhaps legal right to do; though it was not whist
the public interest required what We had right 70
expect Of him; but when he reiterates the calumny
that we solicited his job and alien ated by bis
fusing IT, be states fslsehood for which we have re-
peatedly stripped him Of all excuse.
We trust the public will remember thst ii is not
by Us that these personalities have been dragged int
notice but by journ, which has often claimed credit
for meek and exemplary department, and for discuss
ing all questions their public merits alone.