The national Republican., 1860-11-26
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE ON "oRA
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Of Mr.. Lincoln's Administration. We ate
happy to have it in our power to quiet the sp-
prehensions Of the Tribune on this point, by
giving positive assurance that the National
Republican will not be, or assume to be, the
"organ" of Mr.. Lincoln's Administration, or
Of any politician or set of politicians whatever.
We carry our opposition to q Presidential
"organ" even further than the Tribune doeo,
and object to any such institution, whether
located in Washington or in New York. The
Tribune, however, does not object to the Ad.
ministration's speaking through an organ, pro-
vided its own Washington correspondents are
made the pipes to that instrument In fact, it
would rather like such an arrangement as is
evident from the following sentence, which we
quote from the article above referred to u
"If any Administration wishes to be better
understood on any point by the American peo
pie, zoe have always correspondents at Wash
ington, who will be very glad to place its facts
or its views before the public" ...., ..l 4
A plague upon all organs" we say but es.
racially such organs as the Washington cor.
respondents Of the New rors r-ese. II Sny-
thing in the world could justify an Admins
tration in establishing an "orgsn" at Wash.
ington, it would be to counteract the misrepre-
sentations of these very correspondents, who
daily assume ito place its facts and its views
before the public" although as ignorant of its
policy as they are regardless of the truth of
their statements. al ...
The Tribune further remarks: a
"Organs are generally established, not to
benefit the Administrations whereon they fast
en-, like barnacles-we mean leeches--but TO
enable their publishers to live and grow fat at
the public cost. They are eternally nosing
about the White House, the Departments, and
the Capitol, in search of fat jobs. They re-
semble a very young spoiled child, which is
alternately sucking and squalling."
As the Washington correspondents Of the
New York press are notoriously SO very modest
and circumspect in regard to "nosing about
the White House, the Departments, and the
Capitol, in search of fat jobs" and keep them.
selves so immaculate from all complications
with lobby schemes, would it not be sminently
wise in the incoming Administration to adopt
the entire corps, as the pipes Of grand "or.
gan," through which to communicate It's views
and its policy to the public2 Such com.
pound instrument would, unquestionably, be
able to perform the Administration music with
"all the variations" -.
Since the above was put in type, we have
seen in the Nep York Herald notice Of our
enterprise, in q similar vein to the 7ribts'es
notice, only still more ill.n.iured. The Herald,
instead of insinuating that we are to assume
the position of Presidential organ" fatty
assests that we "have made all the necessary
arrangements for an organ at Washington, to
grind out the official muIic Of Mr.. Lincoln's
administration" 4 ',s. ...rl. II
The Herald thinks that "the associated
newspaper press renders special Washington
organ a special absurditl." This looks very
much like an endorsement of our ironical sug-
gestion, that the incoming Administration shall
employ the entire corps Of Washington cores.
pondents of the New York press, to "grind out
its official music."
4. ,...ss. the !Er'b-ae and the
W .s> :. ,".S' e.3seceive through
qt5. ,sAss. Information that he is
+, ~ "a organ at Wsshington-for Ger.
lly no one connected with our enterprise has
had any correspondence with him, directly or
indirectly, on the subject By the way, when
he learns that he has an organ here, we
hope he will lose no time in sending us q pro-
gramme of his Cabinet. We don't think the
country has much confidence that he will adopt
any of the numerous Cabinets SO kindly made
up for him by his would.be New York "organs,"
and if we are to be forced into the position
which they SO much covet, we are certainly
entitled to an authentic programme.
The Tribune and Herald are 10th aware, or
ought to be- that an -o' OF last session OF Con.
ores. .l.i.eIy cuts off the Executive patronage
by means of which Presidential organs in
Washington have hitherto been sustained.
Every dollars worth of printing, both Execu-
tive and Congressional, will be executed by the
Printing Bureau established by that act.
As to the Government advertising, we shall
get our share of it. if we attain circulation
large enough to enable us to command it, un.
der the lap, without laying ourselves under the
slightest obligation to the Administration, or
anybody else but our subscribers. Represent
ing, as we shall, the most numerous party in
Washington, we have no fears on this point.
THE BANK SUSPENSIONS.
Never before was suspension of the banks
so favorably received by the community, as
the present one. So far as the banks in this