The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-10
stable Of the corruptions which have accumu-
lated in 1t for SO many years.


1t is fact which ought to be pretty well
known by this time that one of our cardinal
principles is to give everybody fair play. and
to treat the topics of the day with entire free
dom from bias or prejudice Of any kind what
ever II is in this spirit that we have paid par
ticular attention to the American tour OF the
Prince of Wales. AT all the places which the
royal party have visited we have had one or
more reporters especially detailed to write
down exact accounts of what was said and
done by everybody concerned in the recep-
tions, official and otherwise, and to send them
without delay and by telegraph. And in no
one instance has the HERALD Of the day failed
to give the public full information as to what
the Prince did on the previous one. Our
special dispatches from Halifax, st. Johns aud
other places 10 the provinces cost great deal of
moHey; but we believe that if any thing is worth
doing at all it is worth doing well.
We have thus been able, thanks to the tele-
graph and our own reporters, to give de-
tailed history of the Princes tour. 1t has not
been dry record Of the main events of the
journey; but the absurd, amusing and ludicrous
side as well as the more serious view has been
taken That Is our system. We have right
to call it ours, for although it is now known as
the American system, the NEw York HERALD
was the first journal that ever tried the expert,
ment Of reporting passing events exactly as
they take place, and giving pen and ink photo
graphs Of all remarkable scenes and incidents.
The English call this sensation" journalism
We accept the definition. The British system
is quite different from ours although the cheap
London daily press is rapidly making innova
tions and copying from us. The London Times
and other high priced papers adhere to the old
plan; they are intensely heavy, terribly re.
spectacle, and permeated with sentiments
of the most profound Difference for the
three estates Of the realm. In their
articles reports and letters, they often pay
more attention to style than to facts.
and consider manner more important than
matter; they are awfully shocked at the free
and easy journalism Of the United States, and
bold up their hands in holy horror at our
heads" They cannot understand why we do
not treat distinguished persons with that awful
respect which is considered their due in Eng
land
All this is very English, and therefore to be
expected. We know that our system is the
best, because ii Is founded on this theory
the news first; other things may be considered
afterwards. We have given the news Of the
princely tour to the London Times and other
British journals o week or ten days before they
obtained it from any other source. The Times
sent over special correspondent, whose letters
have been systematically forestalled by the
arrival of the American accounts, sometimes
fortnight before them 1t was well that this
happened, as the letters Of the reporter re-
ferred to were not only singularly stupid. but
were full Of the most absurd blunders
as to matters Of fact, statistics, and &c.
neral information which Is at the hands
of every traveller. We End, in q letter
from New York, that convicts are sent to
Blackwells Island "for life, and almost invaria-
bly, pardoned out directly Afterwards that
battles between q Western tribe Of Indians
and the settlers Of New England" have been
fought on top Of the'P Palisades, and many other
items more novel than correct Nor was this
veracious chronicler any better informed as to
the history and geography Of the British Pro
vinces. As is very properly limited In one Of
bis letters, the English people know more Of
Mesopotamia than Nova Scotia, Of Timbuctoo
than Of New Brunswick, Of Nineveh than of
Canada. The London Zines correspondent was
careful not to enlighten HE readers, but could
not refrain from sneer at the United States, In
letter from New Brunswick, advising immigrants
to buy lands there rather than TO be deluded by
smart agents who deal In Mississippi swamps.
The 7Imes has so great and generally well
deserved a reputation for Its correspondence,
that everybody has been much disap-
pointed at the way in which 30 capital
Q subject "a the Princes visit has been
slaughtered. II Ia idle for the foreign reporters
70 attempt TO divert attention from their failure
by abusing the American journalists, and then
writing pathetic letters to the same papers ask
ing for the courtesies due to confrocs. Such
tricks only expose still more openly the disap
pointment and chsgrin which they are intended
to hide. We claim the reports Of the Prince Of
Wales tour as triumphs Of the American over
the British system Of journalism. And ii does
not speak well for the profession on the other
side Of the water, that, while every one attached
to the royal party has behaved In manner cal
culated to win the esteem and even affection
Of all with whom they have come in contact,
the only persons who have made any trouble,
or behaved discourteously In any way, have
been the representatives of the English and Ca
madam press. Let US hope that they will even.
tually be taught better manners.
THr PnNcE OF WALKS AND THE NEw Yonk
SuorKKErtRs.-The proprictors Of our fashion
able millinery establishments, Of the great
Broadway bszars, the jewellers, dressmakers,
tailors and fancy goods dealers, owe a very
large debt Of gratitude to the Prince Of Wales.