, 1869-07-05
TIE RATIONAL Ii nIELL1GENCER


From The Sse 0rieuns 7ifnes.
There Is IN incident Ia the history Of The int<t
o.t 1sh ,n NJ 1sss 9sss ayo, a fsnt
dnCtion lo any nOtce Of the .saltottaf {ti3ene<7.
During the II OF lslst the In<i3rtee7. then con-
Mr. Madison and Of inc war, IN lie ope5s.ous t 81
tne us1tAh squadron IN the Chesapeake Ba:, u
great n1an{ outEaes and Atrocities we're couml ted
| bE ANAL parties who landed frotn the neet
and marched into the country. The I,.A lixnttr.
noticing there yandaC and barharc actA z1Hays
ascri.xd them TO AdMtfM CpcEburL, WON It
painted In sue b dark coluts tha. ever afterHafd
| that there must have been sounc exasgcfat1o1 In
this description of Cockburn for hta reputation in
and generous otDcer. Lis conduct to Napoleon.
when come 5ears Afterwards stationed At St
Helena. eontrasted 5eIJ strongly and iaTotahl!
tth that OF other British cf1cc1s In thet1 treat
read the violent Abuse Of te IneAi9e,.r7, aad felt
%9:s rss etsg t9 % 6e 1se
on'ce OF the {sttgrcr IS the object Of hls special
Vengeance and led In person body Of eailors and
Of the otnce-in his zeal even carving The Cases
nser.
Cs, aua see 10 II that the rascal1y Yankee can1ot
| print any more lies about me-"
There Is one other Incident IN the history Of the
Enttllioeneer, which occurred In our time, and
which re hare beard related hy III. 5eaton With
greet hE1nor and vii bear repetition illustrative
Of characteristics Of two notable gentlemen who
When III. Tyler :quarrelIed With the Wnis party
| and Nj. Webster, Against the deuand and desire
Of the party. remained II the Cabinet rs Secretary
Ir. W Gsies, s. being bel ~ warm ana dtFoied frend Of
Mr. Webster, refused to join In the denunc!aiion
and persecution Of the great Massachusette States
UAn and orator. Not word could be admitted
that dlss.nsulshed eeatlemaa L. the T.:
perisb-o,d Joe Ga,es would never allow !
against his old friend Now. II was the custom OF
| journ Of some weeks at the Virginia white Sui
! phur springA On the occasion Of one OF these
TJier, VI. Gaica LETT ordess With tnc gentle
men In charge Of the editorial Of the Insit9rncer
to avoid any political discussion, elaborate eil-
sasson. oEaS on} q t5s %
duced b} Ar. II lel's course The principal editor
lett in charge by Mr. Gales hA.inR left Or being
takcn sick. the manager fouli It Necessary 70 call
| In the service Of some competent Rnbatitute. lie
| accordingly selected for this position Mr., Edward
Wlllllam Johnston. brother Of General Johnston,
| but bitter and satlrtcal wrtera fer the press in
the United statca.
sr. Johnston IS the same gen1lemaa who, some
nuet effective writer AMI nssailaut OF all political
| adsersartes, Mt. Johnston wss the most ire
proacnabe Of political editors and tte inost IN;
management we're qualities aud 0rta which he Ut
| terIy detpxed. The man wh0 rnn against hls
views Ald ideas On any subject could never es-
cape his TfEulent and Incomprohls1aE hostility
and riturerattou-
Placed In charge OF the lattNiprneer. NJ. johu-
ston nKd hardly entered upon his duties when the
speech Of nj. Webster, IN Boston. IN defence OF
bis CO ntuct In remaining Ia Ar. T.Iet4 Cabinet,
the yer. one IN which his ncfce polemlc spirit de-
lighted. He eagerly seized the occasion totndise
one Of hts most savage And tlash!ng heavy edl-
1or!ala- 1t occupied some eight or ten columns
Of the InGi2enor, and WAS b. fat the most bitter,
t1tupeTaivt Apt sc4thnX article which eyer aIs-
peartd In that journal Certainly. DanlBl Webster
never, nrlnR his long life, WAS subjected to sach
an assault and review. And this from his oldest
aud fastest {rlcod-or the style OF the article was
close Imitation Of that Of Mr. Gaea heavy etiIto-
rtalA. We tn8y Imagine the feelings Of Nj. Web
Hter In reading ths article, in the full belief that
it emauated ftou hts old friend, but We cau
hardly smagtnc tbs honor, d1tmAy aud DIS
Eust with which Mr. Gales, Withdrawing fo5 4
moment frnrn the delightful society, and the many
pieasures Of which the White sulphur Springs
were then 30 senowned, to cast SAuce over his
beloved paper Just arrived In the MAil, WIS con-
frunted bT this a1ful phlllptc against m old
friend The popular resort vas, the next daF,
Eurats, and MI. Galcg was burning with ali the
speed OF steam to the narlounl metropolis His
safe arrival there terminated the b.1eS editorial
career Of Nj. Edward william Johnston, and a
mnxt delicate and didlcuit task was imposed on
The venerable editor To "rt2nt the old snip. aud
make things square and eyen with his old friend
Webster. T1enccfuITArut NO editorial *HS efet
permitted 70 appear In she Irtfu1 'encsr without
lie careful sevt-!ou and frriusdtur OF Joe GAes-