New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-03
TEE sAarE PURPOSE.

We reratlishoa the ether day the violent
/ TRADE with which Tie London Tines under
/ took the work of writing down President
L;nc9la', message vita the British pablo.
" Tho style Of the American President" says
this sincere aud conscientious commentator
" has fallen with the forum. Of the Republic
at il really wonderful hoqr any one placed il
" tie position Of Mr. Lincoln could have taken
" the trouble 10 produce - ssrenge medley,
" and SO igcomposte rhapso1y.'
These gentle phrases. let our readers note,
were uttered by The Times on The llth OF De
cember, 1854. TurDiBg back t0r half cen.
fury to the fles Of the same iolrnal for De-
cenber, 1871, vs. find il dlscoug5iog in a -imi-
lar strain respecting he Wossa .. Of President
Madison. "Tre cannot help" it ssys, before
- we conclude, bestowiug word ~ swo upon
" tho sae ard composition Of this document.
L" 1t il baIbarCp9 beyond all concer ron. Such
"jargon wos r9reT before put togp.her, IL
" stead Of laosu1yv, in any official Passr what
q" ever, except perhaps, III those 60 the Wa
" bash ard Shawanese savages." OF Tie
Jtmcss criticism in ISL, William Cobtett
said that the bI.ei passage We haze quoted
contained no less han three grammatica! errors
aud one instance sc shs most gross and stupid
tIa,oiopy. And TO reader who eXaruncs the
lsqu,stion OF to same Journal n 1861
will DO convinced taa5 IT. sty,c has 10: mendeG
with is fortune. Alter the lapse Q. half g
century, it still delight in similar BAD Ian
guage, and manifests TIE same malignant spite
and ruflianly passiDo. In 1911, Ih' Times
ieered 1T Mr. MGtson because his Nessase
was not decisiye," End dad not pronounce pos
lively upon tie claims Of the then bolieereR'
powers. And to-day It aings The SAW taunt
At Mr. Lincoln becaIse he was prudent ero1gh
not to compromise himself with Te'pec,'tO Ma
son aud Slidell.
While thus assaiEpg Mr. Lincoln. Iss Times
olainly discloses the inner cause Of Tie aston
isbing sympathy which has lately bsen man
Tested By the governing classes OF Eng.and for
the slaye.brcetDg aud slayc-traaing resou1ol-
ists Of the South. "Pors0ns Ars actually
found to wish for restriction Of the sui
" fraee; some haze even been heard 20 pro
"uounce the horrible name of monarchy
IF Dir. Lincoia's description Of The South is
L" indeed true" continues Tie Tirses, "ho las
" given his antagonists better tile 80 Eu-
" ropean sympathy than thoy have hitherto
possessed Here is the truth at last. iod.
Davis aud his compeers find iayor IN the eyes
of those for whom The Tines speake, not
merely because they are attempting to found
Government on negro Slavery, but because, a
Mr.. Lincoln has expressed it, "thcy fight
sgan INST the rights Of tho people" or as j.
was stated in the last State Convention oi
Louisiana, because they mean 70 "dg the
- grave of Republican, liberty" fO7 ts' raa-
son tho revolving olisaEchs and savcholdng
copsp;r.tors Of the South are fonlied All
cheerel in their atToci0us enterprise. Tho
same purpose prevails among them nov which
Goblet described il 1871. NON, as then, It
il their hearty desire to encourage " . rogolU-
" lion that woa!d put all end to tho only Re
public that remains to Prove that Govern
eminent founded on political equity can eX-
"ist in D season of trial and difficulty or is
&" calculsted to insure eiihe- security or Lappi-
" ness 10 the people"
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