The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-13


national march, and never for day interrupts
the development of our resources or power or
progress.
Greeley, Raymond, Marbleu and Jew-
oft I'm an Independent Point or View.
The great effort Of the partisan papers in
this city is to say nothing. We will do them
the credit to acknowledge that they succeed in
their undertaking. Duller reading than the
editorial pages Of these journals cannot posi-
bly, be imagined A twice-told tale Is absorb
ingly interesting In comparison with their plat
itudes. It is for this reason, perhaps, that
Messrs. Greeley and Raymond have revived
their old squabble about the Niagara peace
negotiations. Mantilini Marbleu. Of the World,
who is sadly in need Of material to dll up
vacant columns, reprints all that Greeley says
and all that Raymond says about these nego-
tiations, and then INDUCES in q long article of
his own upon the same obsolete subject Never,
was drsarier reading foisted upon a suffering
public. Il is worse than the ssnssless prnttle Of
once popular writer who has had his day, has
lost his brains, and il trying TO exc out liveli
hood upon name and forgotten reputation.
Il IL worse than the bosh Of the drunken Bohe-
mians.
We observe that this old humbug Of dis
cussion about the Niagara negotiations is
always dragged out whenever, from one cause
or another, the partisan papers are afraid to
speak their minds about the vital topics of the
day. Mr.. Raymond, for instance, would like
very much to attack the RADICALS tooth and
nail, and smile them hip and thigh; but his
party leaders and Weed, his managing director,
deem It more prudent 10 keep quiet and create
no disturbance in the republican camp. There
fore Raymond stirs up Greeley with three or
four columns about Niagara; and they have a
harmless little tussle, with Q great deal of
wind, considerable dust and nobody hurt. Mr..
Greeley loves President johnson about as
dearly as Satan loves holy water,
and aches to apply to him q few elegant
epithets, and give him sound drubbing,
in print, for not granting immediate and uni
versal negro suffrage; but the radical leaders
and Chase, the head Of the sect, think that the
quarrel had better be postponed little while
longer, until the Congressional combinations
are fully arranged Greeley Is consequently
kept muzzled, and falls back upon the Niagara
.fasco, which amounts to nothing and pleases
his vanity at the same time. As for Mantilini
Marbleu, he never has any ideas of his own,
and his proprietors do not think it good policy
to abuse President Johnson just yet, and 30 he
is only too happy to scribble nonsense about
Niagara whenever anyb ody else suggests the
topic.
One OF the main differences between the in
dependent press and the partisan press is that
the former is always at liberty to express its
opinions unreservedly upon any subjects worth
treating, while the latter is compelled to be
especially silent at the very time that, accord
ing to the code Of good journalism, there ia the
most to say. The former can allow events to
suggest it's topics, but the latter is obliged to
pick and choose its way as gingerly as man
walking over floor covered with eggs, lest It
should offend some partisan or break up some
partisan scheme. The former cares only to
please the public but the latter must try to
please the politicians, the oficeholders and
the public ct the same time--an attempt which
is generally unsuccessful. The HERALD 10 the
representative of the former class Of journals,
and the Tribune, Times and World are exam
pies of the other class. From our standpoint
we are able to judge what public opinion Is,
and to influence and direct II. Independent Of
everybody and everything, we can set forth our
views with perfect frankness and impartislity,
and are not afraid of losing votes and Offices
for this or that party by telling the truth about
them all. The partisan journals never under
stand public opinion; they only know the
opinions Of the corrupt cliques Of party leaders.
They are bought up BY giving their editors
Offices, by SLOWING them 10 print the corpora
ton advertisements and In . dozen other dif
ferent ways, and are thus kept chained and
gagged upon every question of real interest to
the public, for fear that they will injure the
party which owns them by some chance word
or unfortunate phrase. Their III success, when
compared with tho HERALD, II therefore ex.
planned, since The people want paper as free
and as unbiased as is possible in this queer
world. With the above philosophy and its
moral we dismiss these partisan journals FOL
to-day; but let us say TO chem, In conclusion
that the only man who gained any credit in the
Niagara affair was Colorado Jewett He In
velgled Greeley into II, at the solicitation o
his employer, Sanders, and Greeley invciglet
good.natured President Lincoln. who did no