Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-06
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We omitted to state, that another sublsct
has engaged he astsndon OF the gSrat mea we
eubiect il no other than woether the Naf,oroi
Inteiiosneev shalt receive less than cost OF com.
position for pubaishing-for zoe fitch year.
perhaps-the proceedings OF the City Cou uciis.
In this counectiOn.we ca1uot bat express sur !
prise that one of tue newspaper pro fpssion-R
the editor Of the STAR. under Mr.. Wallach-
should utter eiily fabric6Gons about the cirru-
Iat,on OF the Inteltgence-. As this journal cir.
cuiates mainly among the Intelligent his
knowledge OF it's subscribers was, Of course,
limited" j.
Smart, but rash. The wheezy old stage gen.
tieman who cachinnates unduly at hts own
Jokes usually makes his exit at the "prompt
side In an apoplecuc coughing at. Our thou
sand-year-oid neighbor should take war ing.
The statement complained OF BY tn. Iat.ili-
gencer was made in reply to viruIent assaults
upon the STAR, and lis Editor, BY the parti-
Fans OF the Intelligencer, one of whom asserted
that That paper was moro read by the tax
payers than any other paper. The reply was
10 the effect that the InteHigencer Giro ulated
mainly in the central wards; that its circula-
ton " as not as universal amongst the tax pay
ers OF tie city as was that OF some other papers;
that in the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Wards
its circulation was quite limitsd; that the
cheaper papers had q universal circulation,
not only In the central wards, but IN the out
side wards; and that il the design of the publ
cation was to give information to the people,
it should be made In the papers havin this
general circulation. This statement in regard
to relative circulation Is believed by us
to be true, but if we are mistaken
in the assertion, the Inteltgeneer is the last
paper 10 complain. That paper has been In
the habit Of keeping up standing editorial,
depreciatory OF its lower priced contemporaries,
oil q n ~
no care for a newspaper above the penny
stamp, with its trifing conten:s.' The Intel.
hgencer holds forth now in the same arrogant,
high and mighty style. Its readers are not
OF the common clay; they are select and
''intellIgent:" they want something to chew
upon beside the triflipg contents of the penny
paper, and they take the InteHioencer
Doubtless they are intelligent, for the most
OF them take also the cheaper papers, but
the Intefi9encer is mistaken in sun.
posing that newspaper readers who do
not take that paper are necessarily wanting
in brains. The papers of the "penny stamp
sneered at by our pretentisus neighbor, ha va
shown thousand times more enterp prise than
the Inteliigencer, and have gained their gener.
al circulation from the fact that they furnish
more news, more promptly, and in more read
able shape, than does that paper. 1t is want
of time rather than want of intelligence that
causes the mass OF the people to eschew the
InteHigencer and take the papers OF tae penny
stamp. 1t req uires leisure and certain de-
gree of practice to translate the occult editor
iaIs OF that towering paper. How, for in.
stance. can people who 60 to their business at
or a. N. find time to master such editorials
as the following clipped from the IntelIi.
gencer:
"lt would seem that nearly the whole of
Connecticut agrees with the President, the dis
affected being the comparatively small revo.
lutionary element Here 10 q striking, though
unhappiiy not novel, example OF the triumph
OF prejudice over principle. Thus it stands:
Among the people there is division On prin-
ciple and d division on party organization,
These do not coincide, but cross each other.
Why is this? A part Of the affirmative of a
doctrine coalesces with the negative OF the
doctrine In preference to ITS own counterpart.
Meantime the est of the affirmative is equally
hostile to com mon organization What, then,
becomes of the principle! The negative prin-
ciple is substantially intact, and in either re-
suit OF an election Is the only one represented
in the result. Let the friends OF the President
unite wherever they are and oppose his en-.
emies. There is no other sincere way to show
what are their opinions OF his restoration
policy"
This is the sort OF mental pabulum you get
for ten dellars year. The unintellgents who
take the cheap papers miss it altogether. Iii,
very fine, doubtless, but what sort of informa-
ton does it give about the Connecticut cleo
ton to the business man in hurry to get to
his work! The papers Of the penny stamp
would nave stated it differently, bat rather
more to the purpose, we take it. Probably the
Intelhgencer meant to say that Connecticut
politics were rather mixed, and if the Presi.
dents friends did not look sharp they would
get worsted. The irreverent, uninte lligent
reader would perhaps blurt out if that's what
W
it would not suit the InteHigencer to write
in the style of ordinary mortals. HAS not
the air been noisome for months" asks the
Intelligencer in its finest, high.priced Ian
guage, " Has not the air been noisome for
months with the poisonous, but obscure odor
OF Internal machination!" Poisonous on
scure, internal machination is an article you
don't get AT ne cheap newspaper shops. The
unintelllgent reader, however, with only
plain "horse sense" at command might be puz-
Zled to know how il the air is noisome, the
odor can be obscure. No-account readers are
similarly in strait to guess by what pbysi-
illogical process the "pitiless bosom of
Mr.. Stevens can be reached by the
sirocco Of shame and remorse,'' or WHY
q sirocco should be an equivalent "for
the blood and tears Of countless fellow.
beings" But these conundrums ara
S"ey Va eoAusion Ny penny Ie6O6re compared
with the metaphysical Vaccinations put ont
by the Intelligencer in regard to change in
the Cabinet, and especially as to the point
whether Mr.. McCulloch. may, can, must,
might, could, would, or should be made to
leaveft. Imagine business community sent
10 their daily vocations, obfuscated, dazsd, be.
muddled, dumb -foundered by such stickers in
the way OF editorials! For this reason we
think it perhaps fortunate thing that the In
fetttgencer caters for the select few. It's occult
editorials are inst the thing for gentlemen of
elegant leisure who have retired from bust.
ness or follow rural pursuits, the fine old gen.
uemen who write essays for that paper upon
the resolutions Of '9e, over the signatures of
"Historicus," "Rusticus," "vIrginius," &C.,
&c.
IHE WEEKLY STAR il now on orr counter
for sale, and in wrappers. ready for the mails,
containing the Correspondence between Gen
eral Grant and General Sickles in reference To
the removal OF the latter sfacer; Acting Attor.
ney General Binckley's opinion on the same
subject; the Presidents "Constitution" ProcIa-
nation; very interesting Story entitled Uncle