New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-24
YayrTY FAIR THE NEwILLUSTRArRD
COMO WEEKLY tftt


We have had comic papers, Psaches, Ckariearis,
in nj, country IN, they bave ,,o, enjoyed ether social,
roli,,cal artssie. or spiytfs,f consideration The
Ckartro,i in Paris was jacle OF diurnl WI. the
artistic illus,ra,ions rivaling he literary contributions
Fer twenty years fre m the tine Of Louis PhilpPes
coming 10 the outgoug of the Repubhc under that
credible, grateful and Dobe-niudec man, Louis Napo-
leen, the ClArirayi was issued evory tweny.foar
horrs Each and every day, with the ,P'rt Of
unrest, withost pause, or doubt, or dinieu'sy,
tpopred forth ia Niacars.iike foods Of trenehAnt
omedy ON the devoted heads Of the grss,
he powerful, the selfish, aud the vneaeraose.
IL is "most hard to be witty or humorous 70 ordes'
SoeDnty, srgumebt logic, are always possaos " s'e
pen or topgue-giyen, tho intellectual aoin'y' Du'
wit-ah here's the rub--to be intellectually nsH'g"
order, and have the thunder follow the hgnuhns'
This constitutes The supreme meri. OF the CA9r'ea,s.
or parallel exccllence with that Pubteason "a Inc
London PaNek now in It's twenty-odd'h volume, eat
il has whole week Tor the lsaghns productions OF
its contributors No better contrast Of the two er-
ept classes of mindsof tho opposltions Of nasionsi
drift and temper can be found than oy placing ihese
two cachinatory explosions of Paris and London AIDE
by eide. The wood,cuts, equally with The euts WIN
out the wood, show dssid.nees Of the minds norm
and soSth OF the Channel.
ni,to the credit of the CAarirari 50 long was
able 10 epgrave aud to write, that its art and It's hfer
ure were as rue on the side Of the weak against the
sropgcf the oppressed against the oppressor Except
the single Nspoleonc periDd OF echpse In IAe Faach
the sane may be said Of il. Bot what's renarkable
OF CDR American eancaurrg, is that it has, as rule
been on the ride of the strong the enslaved, the
voeelers the heavsufcrsaken have been the especial
objects of its wit attempts at wit. Equally true s
this Of the buriesques the stage, wherever
that element becomes question. Nosorousiy
the OILY standard burlesques-negro misstrsisy-
are those who pick out ground down people Tor their
shafts. The msanness aud cowardice OF oar PE@cA-
like papers mag have been one and the great reason
for their failures pecunsry-or for the fact THAI those
which have existed have sort of influence, and are
never quoted--whie The London PaHch reaches Par
EnusDt. and has moral force not easily estimates
such is H. magnitude. II our socid equali'ythe ab
.ence, in the Northern States, of hereditary rank
and the consequent non-existence of any very high
head to shoot Mt, snoh as sovereign, noble, or church.
political or miltlutsdms OF successful Pa~ca, We
think the weekly paper-he first number just oas,
and rejoicing in the title Of Pahy Fair-wii realize
that proposition. The first number is before us IL Is
an elegantly printed quartz, on superior paper. The
wood enzravings are admirable, and would do credit
10 Paris or London. There is one which u exquiseiy
humorous The contributions Of this first plunge mast
not be Judged definitely. wit must feel his way.
But from what is before us, we think II such work
can succeed here, Vanty Far will and ought 70 do So
1t has good corps of writers, who-s contributions
promise to be set hill, and shine accordingly But
LET their hits be on the side OF the right the weak and
ire neIpess, ana be aooye umiu smoooietns or mer-
camille religions.