The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-11-03
MIR. MEDILL,


I found seated at his desk, porting over a
manuscript. He received me with a cour-
tesy which seemed from the heart in his
prs-occupation introducing me to Mr.. Gay
of his editorial staff. l had an opportu-
nifty OF observing, however. his rare busl-
ness management, Joined to an AIR OF
culture and refinement which was very
charming. He has a fine intellectual head,
with considerable forehead, in which
veneration, -benevolence and the percep-
tive faculties are largely developed. 1t IS
the kind of head which as often belongs to
the simple as wise, but in his case the
eyes betoken an unusual amount OF brain,
and there is great thoughtfulness about
the mouth. Correspondence Cincinnati
Commercial
"Mr. Medill" is one OF many notable
instances in which mean and every way
inferior men, are written into consequence
bp the Bohemians Of the daily press
Medlll went to Chicago at an opportune
moment, took an interest in the Tribune,
and was borne to fortune by the tide of
fanaticism which for fifteen years, in &C
celebrating volume, flooded the whole
North. A shrewd money-getter, he Is
nothing more. The Tribune has been
edited by other men. "Mr. Medill" is u
mean-looking man, with a hang-dog coun-
t~enance; and a "Reminiscences Of ours Will
prove that he is not at all slandered by his
general appearance.
In 1854 we were conducting the Logan
Gazette, a Wing paper, IN BelIetontalne.
From the time Of Wing defeat In 1852,
when Greeley declared the party "annihi-
lated" the Gazette had resisted the pur-
pose continuously developed, to abolition
lie the party and in this we had the
hearty accord Of the Wing party of the
county. At the time Of Medills visit, the
Know Nothings were organizing in the
county and to them we were opposed, as
we were to the Abolitionists. Medin sat
in our Office a whole afternoon, in the ex-
ercise of true Yankee impertinence, to
obte:a our opinions on matters generally
We had a eontemptuous opinion of the
fellow, for We soon .ascertained that his
whole stock of knowledge was cleaned
from the surface scum Of the daily papers;
but we treated him politely, and answered
him frankly, not dreaming that the inquis-
tive bore had any Interior purpose. But
he returned to Cleveland, where he was
printing 4 starveling daily, called the For
est City, and published an exaggerated,
lying, and most malevolent account of
what We had said to him in the implied
confidence of friendly conversation, and
urged the establishment of an opposition
paper, based on the liberal and enlight-
ened doctrines of Garrisonism and Bunt-
lineism VIZ: A~bolitionism and Know
Nothingism.
Now, ~pecuniary success, however great,
cannot change the inherent character Of a
man. Medill is a narrow-minded, ill
informed, vulgarian and sneak. He is the
type Of q large class who We're elevated Ia
position and consequence at q time when
intellectual and moral qualifications were
ignored and when villains and ignoramuses
commanded a premium in the political
market-Norh Vest.
We also well remember how active Mr.
Medill was in Stark county. He took
Stark. his old county, under his wing and
paidto it especial attention. After the
election in IS54-or rather in the spring
Of iS55-he visited Stark in order tc
thoroughly abolitienize the order. F. ]
Meyer, Tom Saxton and some Others said
damn the a~bolitionists, and they balkeC
Medills effort. They have all swallowed
the negro since that.
Mr.. Medill continued to exercise a faith.
erly care over the politics of Stark county
and in 1859 sent a younger brother t.
start the Republican, in order to run on
the Saxtons' Repository. the old fedora
Know Nothing, anti abolition organ. Tn,
Republican vas a sickly affair for seveIa
years changing hands several times til
Mr.. Hartzell bought it. His success anC
triumph We're complete at last when tn,
SaxtOns with the Repository were glad tc
merge in the radical organ.