New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-25

From o' 0'1 ''''''' IoNDOS, Dec z, 1861
Such chorus of contcmptuous criticism as MI
rbso,s rossac 90 eyokes from the English press has
not been elected 10y public document Tor many
d,v. The Gable brought us half column summary
making dispatch twenty times longer th'n n"u %
fore been transmitted from America to tho LONDON
Journala There is a singular unanimty oil oplnio"
m respect TO this document. once Ar Johnson We
h,i led by the Tory press as the legitimate
Of Mr jefferson Davis. Now there Is no' Oi,C IT,
,o moor AZ 10 do him reverence. The penny loiF OF
,gan The Standard remarks with sn1 tnal lile f
,,oe seems TO be ~ only new edition. WIN 81 m
additions and eXcisiOns OF the one o. l" y tLon the
.lScoy9,b thinks il "much less interesting Inn INC
0g,,,cf-n ent of Mr. Charles Dckenss hIst IeauIhhE
at Rosfonv The Times discusses more gIaNttI3 nv nv
TrepOsterous menace OF ire lIosob H.; ~ fe lad
Constitutional proceedings 10 remove NM i od a.
:, rreat onportimity but appears as deiant anu ~
tenacious of his pTecOnceNed opinions az 80 90 odn
Yonresentatiye of long line OF European hlf99 ~
tS ND ali fbe traditions of servility coud snow
less APTITUDE for learning" HIS language Is ma
partisan rather than OF -dlgninttu ancesn6s him
In his threat to resist Congress he uahsCenuS 'i'"
sci M in poe 10 exaggerate the imprudence OF such
aeoration i'm the face OF the United states IL WoGiu
provoke if anything could the Nei! OS! S had never
threatened and OF sober sentiments Wo iau ve
reatot OF DESTROYING the independence OF te tAeCuE
Government, might upon seelhE NV ~ a. ,rident 10
lie PRESIDENTIAL power can generate, deem u luue'
abolish il altogether" ,,. a., e., tbo an
nOnncment that the President is Pre@It1 IoT' mar
sist change Of the Constitution, should ~ assume "
SeCa 1TtrDpate than they could ever have hoped"
me Saturday RCTieC considers that
sTbe Presidents recommendation that the Reconsruc-
ton acts shall be repealed Is simply eAl.lN 90 e do
= The onlv interest which attaches 70 the message s u
rived from the indications W' M bos out proye that
though he had apparently prohted by the checks Non
le formerly received. the recent successes OF te Demo
cratic partv have encouraged him to fresh acts OF h-
prudence ,-,a4o-1,.
hostile TO the Republican party-all OF theh oHtc
The enlogiss and more lately the apOlogstS, oil nj
Johnson You what they are now " u ~ W
aid of The Times however that II seems to pe turn
ing corner and has recently printed Two articles on
Americans affairs of tone very unllke us WohSb
bitterness The Liberal journals, need ScaLGey Su,
condemn the President unspallngy Iho NeHS
long long since Iepented OF It's carry ms
take in uphOlding him against the hepupHS145u
party in the beginning OF 1850. ENeh iEt
Snsc}ofor which fortnight ago thought nobody but
Mr. johnson understood the SITUATION, nov ,t I'm ~
that this message will give the n9lSn i s'Ghe ~
Lis reputation as statesman ara Hhelis nm -
Smart RourbOn and HapSbuTg. all IN single sen
renee Ii believes that for the hrst time lmpeach-
One of the first things which strikes NewYorker
ON arriving in London Il the facility and chealness
with which he can get himself carried ttom p ce e ~
crowded stages stTeetcars. OF 70 empty MS purse
in paying for a carriage, he hnds III LONDON lna' n9
may dispense with both. CABS are SO cheap anu
,6nndoDf that he NAV drive all day, If he Ike Tor
no more money than he viii be asked 10 pay IN
Eew-YoTk for carriage from the bOwIlhs GIeeh 70
MadisOn-squaTe. he VIII, indeed, amer Hllle eN-
perence find cause to moderate his early transports
discovering that many OF the cabs are dirty, SLOW
yicketv and driven by individuals whose idea OF
distance and of arithmetic widely apart from ms
own. He will be more or less frequently dlSgusted
md cheated. yet he will think, on the WhOle thaI
london If immeasurably better off in street convey
0nces than New-York. As he has gone home before
this he will wonder why there has been such a 10"
The truth is, the present cab system has carried
the supply and demand theory as far as II VIII 90
without breaking. The public chuekled over It's SIX
pence a mile, not much caring whether the cab.
owners made or lost money. Cabby reyenged hlmSelt
in due course by Offering the public the cheapest
horse and cab that would hold together lie is an
Overtaxed and underpaid individual One GaD-OWner
sets down bis receipts for the year from dozen caD
at only few pounds more than ms expenses.
dozen Others write 10 the papers that they are no
better of. and believe the owners, on the average
ravs the owner from lbs 10 2is day for cab and
two horses What he takes beyond that Is MS OWL
but he pockets not much more than Pouho MeeA'
and gets that out OF the generosity OF ms passengers
who give him more than the legal fare. often
enough owner and driver are the same, but The
driver of smart cab and fast horse legally can
charge no more than for the wretehedest turn
strict police supervision, and If there are two people
in London who do not dote each other 1t Is Police
man and Cabby. Duties are heavy, work heavy,
Sir Richard Maynes hand is heaviest OF all, and II Is
only the pay that is light Finally came the new
law requiring lamps IL was an ADDITION Oh seven OF
eight pounds year to the tax on an Oyertaxed class
aud they rebeed Tuesday night saw, Tor the second
Sime within late years, cab-srike. The cabs went
home at four and the rest Of London got home as IT
best could Even at the railway stations there were
no conveyances In the evening took place two
Great meetings at which the cabmen showed both
pluck and shrewdness evincing the latter quality 10y
getting an actual Lord to be their champion against
Sir Richard. ia England everything Is arranged by
compromise Lord Elcho coaxed Cabby to abandon
bis strike, then cOaXed the Home Once TO promise
suspension of the law, and above all, that not Fir
Richard Mayne, the Chief of Police, but the Home
Secretary, should see to It's enforcement. Cabby was
Bven better pleased TO be rid Of Sir Richard than of
the lamp tax and there will be next session re-
vision OF the $40 sections which at present comprise
The regulations IN force IN respect TO cabs IN the CITY
The book of Mr. Jennings some time correspondent
from America TO the ThundereT has been week or
two published. have not read tand the date at which
shall do seems 10 distant FOrthe book is of
value unless honestly and intelligenty written If
honestly written, II must be in tho vein Mr..
jennings published letters But those letters were
nither dishonest or amazingly ignorant; that j.,
they were either written under instructions from
The Times Office, they the spontaneous eflu-
klons of man whose preludces and hsstiitcs made
him Enthusiastically reporter The AheRGum, not
too favorable judge OF America, says the book IS
One-sided and ungenerOus,' and makes home ap-
plicati0n of Mr.. jennings criticisms in way which,
Tor an English journal, is remarkable.
when" says The Ahen0t he speaks OF the bribery
that occasionally iumphs over the restrictions OF secret
voting America, IL does not occur 10 him 10 glance at
The wholesale corruption which attends the open voting
~ our elective system Moreover he omts 10 notice
the protection which the balotbOX unqueStiOnaby A.
fOrds certain class Of honest voters OF the lobbying
and lOgrOing Of members OF Congress the book tells
much but 1t Is silent about the private arrangements Dy
which bills affecting the pockets OF English politicians
are nursed through Parliament by the members who
have pecuniary interest Ia ther success II inc c0iIupt
practices OF the Washington lobbyists TO be taken as
demonstrations of the dishonesty Of democratic assem-
e the no less IepTehensb nsages OF our mehDets OF
Parliament during OF railway speculation immedi
6tey preceding the railway mania, may just as fairy be
pointed 10 as usatons OF the lnVsraDie cOTrupness OF
legislative assemblies drawn from select body Of voters
~ IS tme iGr US English 10 ay aside hypocrisy when We
days not very far distant when the Prime Minister
cheaper 10 buy their representatives And IN oar own
generation wholesale bribery has been administered to