New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-14
. RIFLE TO WORK BOTH WAYS

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A RULE TO WORK BOTH WAYS.
As there are spots upon the sun, so the
brightness of Massachusetts, united and I'M
selfish devotion has its blemshes. Even there
men are to be found, who, resisting tho almost
universal impulse to blot away the recollec'
tions of the petty past, still cling to the old,
spiteful, political jealousies and proclaim aloud
the party doctrines which formerly divided the
State. OF this feeble, though dcmonstratiVe,
minority, The Boston Courier is the natural
organ. IL could not be any other. Where all
the rest have cheerfully thrown aside preJu-
dices for the common good, it stands alone to
exercise its peculiar faculty of petulant opposl-
ton TO liberal public sentiment and generous
progress. Since The Courier once hated the
Republicans, it must always continue to hate
them. More than this. it must continue TO
tell its world 60, whatever betde. As 1t once
loved Slavery, 80 it will ever love that " do
" nestle institution;" and its world shall never
be suffered to forget it. Prosecute your
"war," The Courier in effect says, "but
4" keep the Republican finger out OF the Ma
80 tional pie. Let not that juicy plum OF
Slavery be impsriled." And, distributing q
Il little from its oft-tapped reservoir of cold
water, and We might say foul water, it seeks
to quench again, as it sometimes has aided in
quenching, the new fire which is just springing
from the old embers. 1t tells US to let the
slaves alone; that they want to be let alone;
that they love their la,hes, respect their brands
and revel in their roastngs. They are utterly
comfortable, and so, in Gods name, why dis
turb theml Observe what it says OF the
slaves:
There no question that being by dsdcion, in
native ,hrswdnss motives OF obvious interest," e well as
those taecon would kcep the vast majority Of them faith
l tho domestic institution Of which they constitute ,aeh
important element Indeed there can De no 90 ~ an le
ehisf dread Of southern negro IA an Abotionii lie Is
AFRAID lie wiz steal him"
We wish to put this view before The Con-
risr in another iorm-a practical form, which,
perhaps, it can more readily appreciate than
those vague philanthropic illustrations which it
20 oftily contemns. Let US suppose the case
of a refined, polished, and highly respectable
newspapers newspaper, for example, some
thing like The Courer-laboring under the
pressure Of unsympathetic circumstances. The
chains, we viii say, of debt gall and PROSTATE
| il. while il trembles beneath the kissing thongs
of attachment or execution. No public cOnsid-
Grafton nor more tangible protection shelters
lie naked back from the agony which threatens.
It has no plaster of rich paper to mitigate its
bruises, no golden oil to soothe the anguish OF
the roas!ings which legal judgment may be pre-
parng for it. Shame, torture, aud death are
lowering around it. But suddenly comes relief.
A hourishing patron appears, unclaSpS the iet-
tiers, stays the injurious proceedings invites the
unhappy and suffering sheet to be free. Free
Oh, no Far from it. Being by no means
" deficient in native shrewdness, motives OF
Z" obvious interest" viii cause the newspaper
in question 10 reject the offering. Its normal
experience being that Of attachments, execu'
tons. and distress, it viii still hold to it, hay
ing acquired, in the long run, an affection for
that way of life which nothing can shake.
q" The chief dread" Of this newspaper would be
the man who should advance to relieve it,
woes. 1t would be " afraid" he had some SIN
lister motive. People in distress are so apt t.
search for sinister motives. The individual
whose house is burning viii not escape down
the ladder, lest the fireman who eXhOrts hin
should entertain some malevolent design in do
ing SO. So the entirely imaginary newspaper
spoken of would still go on in its own way
still suffer and be weak, writhe, gasp, and die
scorning all aid and comfort
If The Courier will show US wherein Tho
cases are not parallel, or if it will mention al
instance of any newspaper, within its knowl
edge, acting as we have indicated, we vii
listen with more confidence hereafter to it
expOstions.