New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-21

ashamed to publish such document, SINCE IT. has
done worse and printed inaccurate reports OF private
conversations relating to private letters. NO douDt
Mr. Johnson has other private letters from other
eminent Englishmen. His correspondents may per
haps relish his attack on Mr. Sumner; but on retec-
ton they may find cause for dread IN the fact
that he and The Nation have gone into partnership IN
the business Of supplying the public with conhdeh-
tial communications. 1910,
that Mr. Sumner wrote to Mr.. Bright that Mr.. john
son abundanty competent to settle the Alapana
question, and would, in Mr.. Summers opinion, settle
it." On the 29d Sept. the same journal happens
innocent creature to have Mr.. Brlghts accoun,t,
of that letter in his note lprivateJ to MI Johnson
Mr. Bright says Mr. sumner speaks or lh s afly
faction with which his appointment was regaIdeal
by men of all parties IN the States but OF
his being abundantly cOmpetent 10 set
tie the Alabama question:, and likely ", N
Mr.. Summers opinion to settle lt-not a word
Had Mr.. Sumner written that the charge Oh the "a,
ton might have had some force Having written NOT
that, but the mere commonplace recommendation
as stated by Mr. Bright, the charge OF me HdhOn De-
comes as baseless as 1t was mallclous' . Anu no"
comes that paper with the remark that, the accu.
racy of The Nations version IL, after all matter Oh
comparatively small consequence" doubt not the
public Of the same opinion ana the
or good faith, may be taken hencefOrth at lts own
estimate. - - 49, =, A.. Al,
editorship of The Daily Netrs is an event which
Americans have cause TO regret. Among those VINO
know how great were the services that journal did
through
editor. London journalism Is so impersonal that
only now and then name comes to the surface Ou1
of certain circles, not one LOndoner IN hnndreu
knew the name of the editor of The Times, tlli MT
Golden tore off his mask and compelled Mr.. Delane
to confess himself the hbeler OF MI. Brlght And
nOw dare say even Mr.. Delane is o good deal Tor
gotten. Mr. Walker has long been known 10 our ho
naliss as of the hardest working and one OF the
ablest men on the metropolitan press lie was SUD
editor of The Ne'rs under Mr. Weir, and at bis death
succeeded to the craftsmanship The paper had
undergone many vicssitudes, had sunk good deal
of money, and changed hands more imam once; III
lacked positiyeness, and though 1t was able had no
great force The great reputation 1t has since
achieved is due to the capacity and courage OF the
man who now leaves ii worn in health by the ex-
haustng toll and still exhausting responsibility
One story will illustrate his Fcharacter and endear
his name to Americans During the war, his I'M
hinching advocacy of the Northern cause brought
him more than once into collision with the owners OF
The Daily NerS. They demonstrated with him. lhey
urged him to reflect the extreme unpopularlty OF
the side he defended, and the peril if not positive
loss the paper incurred by its course He SAID he
knew il well. They urged him to abandon what
everybody regarded as losing eause-and hated as
such. II shall not abandon 1T, he replied. Il VIII
put my resignation in your hands whenever you like,
but while am its editor The Ne'cs will stand by the
North" And he neither resigned nor swerved from
his purpose. How many men III England ala more
for us How many did as much am not quite
sure that | have q right to tell this story, but for
once will break my rule and tell 1t IN spite OF the
doubt
II.
for leaving his post but there could scarcely be any
other. do not in the least know who will succeed
him. Nobody is yet pitched npon. Whoever 1t shall
be- he will have a hard task TO keep the paper up 10
the level where Mr. Walker has lifted and sustained
it, For the most part, The Ners Is as able as Inc
Times and is ably edited Give II the same cap-
tal and opportunity, and space and 1t wOnld beat
The Times in every important detail, except ITS lead
ers Those it could scarcely surpass IN ability.
though il does equal them. In honesty and sincerity
and consistency, there is no comparison between the
txVo- he
mense strength that lies IN belief 1t has no conxic-
tons; does not feel sure that anybody has. Inc
fidelity of Tho Daily Necs TO what II holds true has
been one of the most lstrikng facts in English
journalism, well one of the most credltable In
variety and freshness, IN the readiness OF us
sympathies with popular feeling and popular ne
cessities in quickness of apprehension, In wise
Judgment the superiority OF Ihe Ndcs TO
The Times has been scarcely less marked.
To point ont all the differences between the two
would be TO write essay on journalism. Since tho
war, the paper has been often misled on American
affairs by its New-York correspondence. III went
wrong on johnson, and1t has again and again al.
lowed its columns 10 be stained by coarse abuse OF
the Republican leaders; against all or nearly All OF
whom its correspondent has manifested an unreIent-
ing hatred by INSCRIPTIONS and persistent calnm-
MES But as he was the side of the North during
the war; perhaps il is not strange that his treachery
after the war went undiscovered by one VINO hau
learned to trust him. Mr.. Walker can scarcely be
blamed because in one instance he failed to detect an
impOstOT, though his suspicious might Wen nave
been reused when he found his correspondent GAZING
and representing Mr. Sumner as q man who had for
feited the confidence of his Republican associates:
He might have discovered the cheat II he had read
The Nation and had known it was edited by the same
person. -. >, ~,
Mr. Walker takes the editOrship Of The london
Gazette place which gives him not much to DO ana
some pay. As il is a Government appointment, bis
acceptance of it required his resignation OF the
edit0rship of journal which, though Liberal IS IN
dependent. The Gazette is simply an official record
published twice a week, of promotions and appoint,
ments with dispatches from officers IN the army ana
navy and so on. 1t u.s. in fact the gazette in which
aspiring heroes-in novels and elsewhere-lon to
see their names / am told Mr.. Walkers nomination
was wholly unsolicited by him. There was crowd
of competitors for the place. but it was
offered to Mr.. Walker by Mr.. Gladstone I'm IN
letter expressing his high sense .h OF oo Ine
they are both identified with, accompanied with
some opinions on the value Of newspapers, which
might surprise people who have not rid their minds
of the notion that the press is an inferior estate OF
the realm.
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