The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-01
A rris or Northern Editors.

"A hrAO o. NOFeHeT" S"'s
Il il not difficult upon the whole to decide
,rh;ch IF the Yankee editors deserves the pre-.
.mincuce in evil in this war. Horace Greeley
and The other entthrost abolition organs have
heen thrown in the shade by the national and
conservative writer's 10 that their claims DO
M. even deserve 10 be considered The Tier
"a the TsrsfS. audshe Louisville .Ioara1l, are
the foremost competitors IN The race iof 'he
deepest and foulest abyss M the history OF
,cu;paIisp, The Herald aud the Times have
each their peculiar clsin1a, but we are disposed
70 award the Ialm in intamy To the Louisville
.Ie,rnoi We viii give sene reasons for that
conclusion.
RAYMOND, OF the Tones. Is an intensely New
England man. graduate of New England
college, and like most of his tribe, snperciiiouS
and con,emptuous Of all other sections to the
last degree. He believes there is no cIv'i'za'
ton, refinement, knowledge, or freedom out
side of that rarrcw circle which Is impregna
ted bv the aroma of goldfish and onions, and Is
more ;n;olerant towards the institutions and
religion of other people than any other spot
on the face of the globe. Such man could
scarcely be expected TO make a newspaper, IN
q war like this, the exponent of humane poh-
cy. liberal sentiments, or chivalrlc ideas
Moreover, Raymond has got into his head, not
capable in its best estate of holding many
ideas, the amazing conception that he Is
military genius, delusion which led him to
Solferino, whence he intended 10 write thnn-
dering military letters TO the Tunes, hut was
cured of his folly for the time by the sight OF
an actual battle, which set him 10 running al
such rate that il is doubtful whether. but fol
the ridicule of the world. he would have
stopped by this time. In the beginning ct the
nresent war. be dahble3 again IN the
ART military, continuing himself for time TO
military criticism, i'll which he showed how
the war ought 10 be carried on. III order 10
make it successful. He pointed ont that two
we'll equipped al mics, consisting each OF -o.ooo
men. one marching from Washington and the
other from Fortress Monroe might easily re-
duce Richmond He patronized Scott consId
erably. gave other Generals an occasional
nod or hint, and. III short. contributed
good deal 10 the information Of the volunteers
and the amusement IF the regular officers, who
have All idea that newspaper editors know "a
much abou, the managing Of an army as OH
GERS do abou. editing a newspaper. Severthe-
less. although RAYMOND Is yIndIctlye As IA
snake, and has made himself very disgusting
By his pretensions to military knowledge, he
has had the caudor on several occasions to al
NIT the defeats of his countrymsn, ahd we
award him credit accordingly
As TO Bennett, of the Herald, we know not
VIA, 10 make Of him The war made him no
worse than he ever was, only, like the Day 0!
Judgment. il has stripped oil his dlsguses as
II has a good many others, He was great
friend of the South, but never, that we have
heard of. from any motive but the interests OF
the North Ii could not be expected that such
a man as Bennett should ever be governed by
any but luercenary considerations. These had
been the only principles ever recognized in the
management OF his paper trom Its foundation
Black balling private character, ridiculing re-
hgiou, defamiug virtue, pandering 10 the gross
est Righteousness, it had grown rich, TO rank
luxuI rance. upon the SORROWS and the vices OF
mankind We are not surprised that he has
led the Northern mob IN wLoopins aDd howl
ing for Southern blood. There was the blood
Of a multitude Of souls, deinoralized by his
influence. an hie guilty head before this war
began, aud tue blood of the battle field canliot
add deeper crimson to his crimes. And yet,
infamous a. tie man individually is, ii may be
doubted whether the influence Of his paper
has euualled that Of some others of the North
sru press. The conversion Of the creature
was too sudden, his professions toe uproafious
bis lies too sha-nelass, 20 command the entire
ecu6denee Of his new friends He predicts
now that Mcclellan will have Richmond in
ton DAYS. and says that by next December the
whole Southern country viii he occupied by
the Federal troops, and the Union triumph
au,lv reconstructed Ii il not wonderful that
she Herald his no believers, least of all those
who are its own editors and conductors.
II may he said, however. both OF Raymond
and Bennett, AZ il cannot be said OF George D.
Prentice, of the Louisville J0urHGi, that they
are true to the section in which they live and
from which they derive their patronage. If
Bennett, the Sootchman, We're to advocate the
cause of England, in the event Of an English
invasion of the United States, he might then
present a parallel to the moral and polti-
cal terpitude Of George d. Prentice, a native
of New England, who edits the louisville
Journal An adopted son of Kentucky, owing
TO her all that he has of property and of poit-
ical influence, the first dictates of a loyal and
generous heart would have been 10 give every
energy of his soul to the support Of her cause
and character, i'll a contest in which both were
involved. The men of Northern birth i'll the
South are generally among he most patriotic
and faithful of our people, and it is natural
that they rhonld be 50, because they have vol
unfairly made the South their home, and where
q mans permanent home is there his heart is,
if he has one. But Prentice has turned his
fangs like viper against the bosom which
warmed him into life. He has exered all his
talents, which are not incolsiderable, to bring
Kentucky into a position of oppositiol to her
own flesh and blood, to her ancient character
and traditions as generous and gallant peo-
pie, and even to her material interests. which
are all allied with the South. He has sought
TO bring the State to his notions. instead of
yielding himself to her principles, and has done
more than any other man in Kentucky. except
John j. Crittenden, not only to ALLEVIATE her
from the Southern cause, but to array her III
arms against her Southern brethren Although
she Is at last shaking off the incubus which his
oounseis have imposed, she might long ago, but
Tor them, have been free and independent. and
apowerfal coadjutor in the Southern cause
corrupt morally and politically to the very
core, there is no Northern editor who ENJOYS