Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-30
THE CHRONICLE, INTELLIGENCER
AND NEW York TRIBUNE.

THE CHRONICLE, INTELLIGENCER,
AND NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
The Chronicle Of this morning contains col
umn and half leader entitled "sTEApY Or.
POSITION or TIRE NATIONAL INTELLIGEHCER 3
TO The NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION" wherein
It asserts that, "ncxt to the armed enemies of
the Republic, the constituted authorities have
been moro previously embarrassed by those
who have INDUCED In the most sonorous pro-
fUssions Of patrlotlsm;" that the h,tcHigencrr
:" has become the oracle Of an iusidlous and
dangerous school," that "its conservative
columns are made to convey to an uusus.
IcctlDg public every argument that can
weaken the President and his constitutional
advisors, and every objection best calcu.
lated to SOW the seeds Of discussion in Con.
gress itself, among the rank and fle of
the army, and among the people at LARGE"
that 'patient readlng'' Of the Intelliqcnecr has
''inspired the settled conviction that 1t is gov.
ernod by no such elevated purpose as would
lead patriotic citizens" 10 ''assume that our
high public servants have no higher interest
than that involved In an honest discharge of
their constitutional obligation In this most fear
ful crisis" and "to all every public or repre-
sentative man with tho purcst and strongest
motives, and to Danish every idea from his
mind that does not look directly TO the salvation
of the Republic itself" that the Ia,elyige,,ccr
doCs not give to the constituted authorities
tho value of that steady, hearty and uncha-
longing support which thoy undoubtedly de-
servei" that the "nvdlty with which the com.
plants OF cOnsOrious Republican Journals arc
transferred TO their columns, the industry DO
slowed In order that mlsconstruction of Ger.
tain acts Of Congress may be safely lodged in
the minds and memories of our countrymon,
and the over zeal with which unavoidable acct
douts and mistakes are exaggerated and re.
Peated, have been painfully apparent in the
National bqtcHgcHccr," that two recent cases
illustrate.
The Chronicle then goes en- to comment, at
considerable length, upon the course the Eairi-
h0sDcer has pursued on the subject Of the
changes in the command of the Army of the
Potomac, from the removal Of Mcclellan to
the present time, Characterizing il as bald
craftsmanship" and inquiries whether, upon such
? basis, the ETtsWigcHcsr "can maintain IFS no
Stton as q digni6ed and impartial, much less
loyal newspaper" The Chronicle concludes
with some severe comments upon the unfair
manner In which tho b,tcligenccr has treated
the Government in the Ftz John Porter case.
and concludes as follows:
And pet whiis tie editors Of that p1Dcr Irrrs
trying 10 create Tie impression that he 1dIHiHis-
trdtiOH is adverse 10 he publication Of all the tcsti.
D'ong IN he cdsC Of GC,lcrdl Fit, JOhu Porter,
and Hdt only one side Of Il has been published
|hdt ioiH The reader say Thcn he is told that on,
ne 18Th Of January instant, thirteen Of ne broad
columns Of he IHteiligcRocr rcrC Surre,tdered 10
me publication Of full, able aud elaborate report
81 ne defence IN nc case, prepared under The cue
Of MAJOR Gcitcrdl Fla John Porter himself and
by ms distinguished eoulsel-d report rAich tcds
not merely defence Of General Fit John
Porter, but nhieh dbounded IN reflections
upon Other distinguished gentlemen ir,poy-
red iR that examination This elaborated
abatement Of the cashlered general is now be-
ing circulated broadcast over the country, the
Government having had no previous opportu-
nifty TO review IL. The opposition Journals
make 1t the burden of offensive criticism of tho
President, and opposition municipalities of
pOmpous laudatlon of General Porter. And. !
as If to crown tho sequel of this sad exhibition.
On tho part of the National hltsligeHerr, even
as that journal is censurfng the Administration
for being opposed to the publication of only
one side OF the case, II has not yet had the
manllncss to lay before its readers the very
complete official proceedings of the court mar
tlal Itself, made public since the appearance of
the eEpdrtc statement SO formally paraded In It's
own columns"
APrQpos. The National HlteHigeneer Of this
morning contains a column leader, entitled
THE PRESIDENTS FRIENDS" in which 1t de-
clares that the present popular dissatlsfaction''
(about Thdt the b'tsIli9eneer does not mention)
is not "mainly con6ued to journals In political
opposition to the Administration, :" but that
. our amiable President" does not receive the
confidence" and support" Of what he has
himself called the "Greeley faction;' that ''the
President, to-day, is mere indebted to the con-
sdernteness Of candid and patriotic opponents
than to the gratitude Of political friends" who
assume To prescribe and coerce his line of con
duct that they who, a few days ago, cried
God bless Abraham Lincoln, are now ready to
turn and rend him."
The hteRigsnesr then proceeds to quote such
editorial comments as suits It's own PURPOSE.
from the New York Tribune, views them as
'disparaging allegations" from which 'the
President may well pray to be saved" 1t dc.
clares that 1t has Sought to strengthen the
hands of the Executive rather by forbearing
somewhat of objurgStion, even where we
have seemed TO discover Just grounds of ami |
mddyersiOni and have never suffered dissent
from Mr.. Lincoln's policy to degenerate into
i'll disguised and contemptuous disparagement
Of his capacity !" and concludes by quoting
from " that influential and able organ" Of the
Vallandighams, Van Burens, and Woods-the
New York World-an editorial article highly
insulting to the President, and characteristic
cally dangerous to the Government This is,
probably, what the hte!ligsuecr calls "strength-
ening the hands Of the Executlye!"
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