The national Republican., 1866-11-12
THE REPUBLICANS NEWS Al
WAYS RELIABLE.


A New York Times correspondent, who
assumes to know all the Government secrets
and obtains them as he undoubtedly wishes
the proprietors of the Times to believe, for
appearance originally and exclusively" in
that paper, is getting unusually forgetful
about his own declarations and unnecessa-
rilv sensitive about some of our editorials.
Within two weeks half dozen leading
papers in the country contained, on the same
day, n sensation announcement that Mr.. |
STANTON had asked to be relieved as Secre-
tary of War, and requested to be sent as
Minister to Spain, in place Of JONI p. HALE,
and that Lieut.. Gen SHERMAN was to be |
jumped over the head Of his superior officer,
Gen. GRANT, and put into the War Office.
We authoritatively denied the statement.
The Times correspondent few into passion;
fathered the sensation dispatch for all the
papers; pitched into the REPUBLICAN, as an
unreliable journal, having no authority to
deny the statement, &C., &c. Time has veri-
fed the REPUBLICAN, and taught the corre-
spondent valuable lesson. Mr.. HALE re-
mains in Spain, Mr.. STANTON in the War
Office, and Lieut.. Gen. SHERMAN is on his
way to Mexico.
Finding himself mistaken, and discovering
accidentally where Gen. SHERMAN was des-
tined, and being unable to keep Govern
ment secret" the correspondent of the Times
precipitates upon the market another sensa-
ton Mexican-bond-specula Dispatch not
exclusively in the Times" but he sends it
to Philadelphia, Boston, and Cincinnati
paper, as well as to the Times.
While portion Of the dispatch was true,
much Of it was "mere fancy work" That
portion of it announcing that Gen. SHERMAN
was going to Mexico with Mr. CAMPBELL was
true; but the portion which declared that
the Liberal Government Of Mexico had asked
for protectorate, and that our Government
had agreed to grant the request, and that we
were to receive in return large portions of
Northern Mexico &C., &c, &C., was, as we
were authorized to declare, and did declare,
"mere fancy work"
The Government was embarrassed by the
premature announcement made by the cor
respondent, and, by request, without intend
ing to impugn the motives of the correspond
ent, but to serve the Government we printed
the following in the REPUBLICAN in our issue
Of October 25, ultimo
at is astonishing how diplomatic some
Washington correspondents are getting
about our foreign affairs. They not only
appear to develop all that they know and
hope to be true, but much that ought not to
be made public ut were true, and much
that is without the slightest foundation in
truth. 1t is only necessary to say, on this
matter, that it is not the practice Of the q ov-
ernment to present its foreign policy to the
public through the newspapers before it is
fully developed; and especially would it be
unwise to announce treaties, whether EN-.
bracing in their text protectorates or acqui.
sition Of territory before such treaties are
agreed upon by the principal parties con-
cerned"
We assert that the above paragraph is re-
spectful, as it was intended to be. 1t &C.
complished the object for which it was
written. The italics will show that we did
not labor to prove that the Times and other
dispatches were, as the correspondent now
alleges, without foundation in fact" He
recollects "a part of two stories" He mis-
takes our denial about Gen. SHERMAN going
into the War Office for what we said about
the Mexican expedition" treaty" pro
tectorate," &c. If he cannot discriminate
between his sensation paragraphs with which
he feeds the lghtnings daily, he should keer
an index clerk, and not misrepresent us, moi
get cross at us for telling him the truth and
occasionally setting him right.
And we respectfully request the CORE
spondent of the Times not to telegraph tc
that paper any more that the REPuBLIcAs
assumes to be the organ Of the Adminstra
ton" We assume nothing of the kind The
REPUBLICAH is now, as it has always been
"INDEPENDENT IN EvERYTHING-NEuTRAL II
NOTHING" We have been independent
enough to express our honest sentiments
from time to time, in support of the policy
of the Administration. For exercising thai
independence the Thirty-Ninth Congress, a
its last session. sneaked rider upon the
postal appropriation bill taking away what
little Government advertising we had. That
blow neither crushed the REPUBLICAN nor
deferred us from continuing in the expression
Of our honest opinion in favor of the restora-
ton policy Of the Administration and against
the unconstitutional and wicked course OF
Congress in refusing loyal representation to
ten States of the Union We have sacrificed
more to enable us to do this than the Times
correspondent has earned during the last two
years.
Having the full permission of The PREsI
DENT on Thursday last to announce the de-
parlure of Gen. SHERMAN and Mr. CAMPBELL.
we published the article which appeared Oh
the following morning 1t being Oh the eve
of their sailing there could be no possibl,
harm come of it. We are glad the CORE
spondcnt of the Times telegraped it 10 tha
paper 1t was authoritative news from re
liable source.
RISTORI.
The success of Madame Ristori during he
Boston engagement has been astonishing