New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-18

Tie Arst thirg that we stall say Of Ais express
sion Of opinion viii not be compi nsrtarg. To b
sure, il has more life, point, and perhaps We msy
cay substsntsl truth, than are usuAy found in the
columns OF The Wukiy Journal, in which tao luou-
brstiOIs are wont to be mildly aqueous and hmor-
ously lactes, with just the least possible supply Of
call whenever any ole, no matter with how little
intention may tread upon the aged tees Of the 70
vered proprietors. But We think that in boiling
from tie milky way, tbese sages have had the mis-
fortune to propel tbemselves in quite too extreme
an OPP osite direction Ia short, We cal the above
paragraph q "brutal personality whi'h ought
very much 10 aid the per,ecuted Mr. Buchanan In
bis prestht contes! with the dslOya and refractory
members Of bis own party The President Is the
embodiment Of "modern Democracy" the Presl-
dent has elevated tie proboscis pulling da'tard to
his preseut place; and now to tell hin that be has
in bis cd age been false to the friendship Of bis
juvenile years; that Re has adopted the principles
Of the Generals enemies; that be has cast despite
upon tie Hickoran memory, and has warmed the
hard that pulled the nose is brutal Mr..
Buchanan is Oh ancient parsonage, and biz age
should have protected him. He has his feelings
ard emotions and "reminiscences; and thus TO have
stricken at the terderest parts Of his nature 'oa'
BRUTAL" and What we had no right to expect
from those who were go hunt at the publication in
this paper of the indictment Of Mayor Wood for
felony. If we were "brutal," what shall be said
OF the "brutality of these pioneers of civiliza'
ton
Moreover, if we are disappointed, wis! must be
the anguish Of Mr.. Buchanan to find himself de-
serted at this critical moment when Walker has
b5lted, and Douglas, tie main stay of the Admins
traticn ship has become lax; and deserted tOo, BY
q paper which, upon his entrance into Office, Law
hhed upon him no ED Of its wooden cuts aud still
more wooden editorials which presented him to
ITS bevy Of readers as Ga leetle ahead of Wash
nstcn" and to the larger number Of sight seers who
gaze at its pictures in tho shop windows, eIhib-
tied him in rev coat and noble attitude, with
bis hand upon his walstcoat, the very incarnation
Of respecsAbifty, sas.sty and pac6catiOn To
say that Mr.. Buchanan must feel hurt by this sud
den desertion of friend devoted to pictures and
civilization, would be to state the case with culps-
bic mdness. UDquestionaby, he is torn, lacsrated,
rasped, rent and wretched. He may well exslaim,
"Et tn Brute !" which, beirg interpreted, .ig-
nifes, More brutslities"
Thus far had we written when glimpse Of
light burst upon us. We began to surmise that we
might do q hind thing (Which it is always oUr wish
and wont to do) BY offering to Mr.. Buchanan So
luton of this mystery which will absolve the Civil
izers from all suspicion of disrespect for the august
perscnsee at the head of the Government, although
il may necessarily bring home to them the minor
ohepse Of what, with our usual suavity, we can
appropriation" The truth is. when caterer
undertakes TO treat the town 10 fried and stewed
ard boiled and roasted, and baked and broiled and
drilled and toasted and has cook stove Of his
OVID, nor for that matter, anything to cook, even
if he were possessed of tho proper and necessary
utensils, he is compelled, for the honor OF the
hou,e, especially if it has been Of long standing, to
rush cut, like Caleb Baderstone, aud to seize and
carry off whatever he can lay hand to. 1t is no
wonder that the conductors of journal entirely
bert by night and by day upon their own civiliza-
ton I'll .uld be forced to take to what in the dia
ect of their peculiar profession, il called "prg-
gins." That they have carried on the business en-
SPECIFICALLY cannot be denied, their principal weapon
being, however, not the sung -shof, but that more
human implement tho scissors; their fluid not the
much. abu.ed chloroform, but the mild dutiOns Of
hsme manufacture with which they allay the more
potent Installations of their contemporaries. The
world has been all before them where to choose,
and they have not been backward in svailiDg them
.elves of the privilege. The ILLUSTRATED London
Ne,rs has furnished them with views OF the priuc-
pal events in India, which, if they were only lit
tie better rtcngraved, would look just as well as if
they came from "our own artist" Perhaps, how
ever, upon second thought, they lock Just as well
az Il ey are. Then Mr. Punch has been every week
gsrroted aud compelled to surrender what really
fun he might have in his pocket. All the British
magazines have been waylaid by the Civilizers with
the cry of "Stspd and deliver" The American
newspapers have been in the Same way plundeIed.
1t easy to see that thus fine and well filed bag
Of game msy be brought home. But it is well
Known that while gracious Providence sends in
our pIovsnder somebody else who shall be name
le,s insists upon finding the cooks. Hence it hap
pens that sometimes things when spread upon the
banquet board do not "mix up WE'LL" and a guest
may have under his very nose dish which he
constitutonaly sbhors, while others may find the
Gates spread befose them not especially toothsome
Thu Punch pictures which may put all Belgra7ia
in a siggle, and be understood and critically ap.
proved in the cider-cellars of the City Of London,
may be and often are utterly unintellsible to the
people of New-York. In the name Of the 20 600
purchasers of the Ciyilizers' newspaper for that
MA heliexa In ahOnt the fnnreA Wa demand more