New-York tribune., 1870-12-06
TIE ANTI TIPROTECTTONLST ORACLE IN
THE NORTH- VEST

SIR. Mr. Horace White, the aut0crat OF The CHI
oago Tribune, who went out to find political party
and had TO console himself with twentydollar free
dinner at DelmonicO's, processes 10 nave Deen
amusedp at criticism upon him which has recent
ly appeared in your columns. l thlnK IL qH.o
likely Mr. Editor White is well-dehned'
though frigid and droary Mephlstophe-
les. The candidacy of morally oilen-
sive politician "amusedp him the other day. Ihe
company Of The Chicago Times IN the recent canvass
&" amused" him The defeat Of hs rotten scheme has
amused" him. The moral and political break down OF
The Tribune has "amused" him. Public contempt heaped
upon him the most pernicous political trckster in
the Northwest has "amused" him. he was doubtless
"amused" to find that his own allies branded him as
yOungster who had before he sent can easily
credit any confession OF being amused" which the gen
teman may think it useful TO make 1t Is his particular
dodge to be "amused when the color is out OF hs liver
and to laugh his frozen aughthe expression OF chilly
and sour contemp-when stress Of professional trouble
causes his knees 10 knock together. Whether his little
congealed fun does him any good need not ask; am
only concerned with the public aspects Of his personal
characteristics and know, and he knows Also that the
only shield against EXTREMIST public indignation which
he command is the insolence which finds expression
when he c0nesses that he has been "amused" by pub
lie criticism Of his professional conduct
II suits Mr. Whites suation-cOnvicted Of being the
sole occasion Of the complete disgrace under which The
CHIcHgO
public controversy" between his journal and TIE NEW
YORK. TRIBUNE, has been turned, the attempt made 10
turn It, into "a private and personal squabble" The
candOr and veraCity Of this complaint take leave TO
question. Mr. Editor White knows perfectly well that
the "welldefned controversy" which OvershadOws all
others far be is concerned, is that Of the political
respectaby of the Northwest against him, not, Of
course in his private personality but in his public
and professional personality. He would like to have
those who deest his conduct OF The Chicago Tribune
remain ignorant that is his alone IT, without yielding
10 ex Gov. BroFs and Joseph Mcdi who are nominauy
Tribune editors io Of important influence In the paper
ne could shield himself, or partly hide himself
behind those gentlemen, he would DO e4acuy
suited He adopts personal insolence as the
basis of public action and conducts great journal with
sole regard TO his own whims and mcms at once dsre
gardng protests OF senior editorial associates eer
of them morally entitled to much influence as himself
and outraging both moral and political decency ana teh
complains that criticism cOnfronts him with, "Ihouart
the man. There was no party behind Mr. Editor white
the other day when he joined The chicago Times in op
posing and doing his best to defeat Republican Con-
gresham elect stood alone that infamous occa-
sion, apart from all to whom political honor would nave
bound him. thorough traitor az ever crossed over TO
the enemy Nor did he, If the truth were known, nave
even The Tribune with him. Beside himself, the edtto
rial partners in the BrOss Medu, the for
mer owning quarter of the paper 50 shares aud the lat
ter nearly as large interest 45 shares, while the man
who defes both OF them owns but 50 shares Inc 6o3
shares which help BIZ. White to elect himself autocratic
editorial manager owned in the countingroom, ana
do not represent pretend 70 represent any knowledge
OF edtorship only financial interests which OF course
may be thought consistent with any amount Of political
turpude and moral msbehayiOr at least for time, un
t outraged public opinion can find mode OF expression
which the cOuntingrOom viii appreciate.
Mr. Editor White vrtuously announces that he cannot
he drawn into a personal squabbIe" 1 should think
sI.Fn ~ nnl
not be induced to soil his hands with dirty politics!
The Chicago Times would doubtless resent an invitation
TO cOnnve at the corrupt principles and practices Of the
Democracy II Of No use 0r the BourbOnin the Tribune
to fetch out Pae's washbOw and be knows IT. even II
he does profess to be amused" MI Editor Nhlte l.
himself budget OF yllaiIous pcrsomanJleS-a NrIIRt
squabbe-that and nothing else. The history OF his
& &oIy 10 @ IND RrsS @ f6e snarIs and snecrs of raw
insoence with which he meets these gentlemen when
they attempt TO claim even small portion OF thelr eol
torial rights 1t certainly would ue very smart IN
somebody to rotate. ExGOy. Bross Il man entirely
worthy OF respect, and entitled by editorial experience
To iair measure OF iHnuehCe Ia 4He II5Tto"ne, d
quarter interest in which he owns. MS years
his character and bis shares OF stock ought to
it. Human nature IS rarely called to exercise more ex-
empary patience than that which many and many
time has restrained tue bluff patriarch OF the paper
under aggravated prOycca0n 10 admiuister one OF the
treatment accorded Mr.. Med, considering the ground
OF that gentleman5 claims Is Sun worse. NO mon can
recognition as an able and honest promoter OF the puDc
good and or punne lIogfe.. t,n jos Jo.o Pn stfI' 40
ence upon public opinion and he has made this great
mark chiefly through his connection with The tribune.
He had been for years the most abOrOus ana effective
OF all its editors, and had reached the head Of his pro-
fession in the West when Horace White cOuuiycd TO
supplant him. Even now, although pushed aside and
trnpled Ou he is in public esteem, by the mere weight
OF his name and merits and the tradition OF his we'll
earned position, THE EDITOR and tower OF strength to
the incompetent youth who hides behind him. have no
particular personal acquaintance with Mr. Medill he has
never served my interests in any the very least par
tcuar took up my pen 20 do him justice the other day
without conference with him and without his knowledge
and now further speak simply because opportunities
for exact knowledge have made feel that the North
West dsgraced by the continued OF Horace
Whites Sudbbe with the senior editorial owners Of The
ChicagO tribune OF cousA therefore, he brings his
yerclOus protest 10 the wrong market when he replies
to the criticism have given voice to- that he can't be
anv sentiment such as his protest assumes he would
have sufficiently consulted the dictates OF justice and
courtesy have pat out OF the Ofcrcism TO say
that a. surely Chicago River befoued by moro than
"A hundred miles OF sewers flowing into it, so surely, aud
not less decidedly, is Mr. Editor Whites action the unfit
and unhappy outcome of unseemy sqabble as ever
decent appearances covered. NERITAs.