, 1870-12-11

new l0uInallst. and journalistic sys-
sI m ~ sa1a IL epi sna doNo g Ksn
tncky fer ihia Individual, and fetched up
Fralk Biair,-cct TO he the Freneau OF The
fefiod, net the witty and fertile sgsra.sor,
.u: 3he organizer OF the newspaper stem
aIt VIC p1nbatl; owe to Frank Dlair the little
that is left Of the disposition on the part Of
rA1ty organization TO COW editors ard read noHs~
pape1s oui OF the par :. Blair vas one Of the
pOIst F1ttApB ever engaged in the iuteteet Of
power aeainst political literature.
During much Of Jackron'a administration,
publ -htd The Telegraph for Calhoun, agaiDst
cid Frank Ealre Globe and Gales. jnlelii7tnocr.
On or ntGut This time, leulteu IL. Wbitnoy,
who vrote financial articles for the Globe, w1s
.hrcAtfred with dcatf, in committce-1oom by
Dsili Peytos and Henry A. Wise. The7 put
offensive quehtioLs to lin, aud Viii nor re-
tot:ed in kind These honorable members
carried loaded Insto1A and confessed to their
hutcbery And couardice At the bar OF the
Eeuse. Investigating committees have littls
ward John Iyle, : Register OF The Land Office
DoWx To 1oLK's TINE
Tho Graves aud Cilley }u, |. in 1888, arose
from Cillcy charging correspondent James
Watfon Webb si;h r. cEisiog hribc ct s., 900
froc. the Hank Of tho United atts. Graves
took Webb'H message aad Ciitay declined to
1ecogn Webb a. gouilemau. or IS to get
iato difficulties with pn,'ic journsli-ts." Tnia
urel. III reality, was = bloodttiroty Wing con-
spiEacy. III which Webb Al d Wise were equally
| and disg1acefnlly prominent.
seaton; Of the InteA.1c7sce1. was Hstrisonta
hoet md Washington city's Mayor, when the
hard cider party 1r7umpced.
Henry Clay WIS tl,in.ukiuned public man.
| Old Blair runctured bis vanity decply, and
Clay rcrenged h,mself by taking = printing
and Blair common libel1sr," -aid Clay, 1t the
same time insnltiog sen.tor hrg. Of Alab.ma-
Who a1:eg gfd Of Blair that F." for Kindness Of
h.srt. humanity, and exemplary depos'msnt,
| Mr Hair could prontly compare with the
Senator from Kentucky"
TSltr's organ MAS the Nadtsonian, edited
by Thomas Allen and John h Jonos-poos
shoa.s. Jones sull lives. He edited a pa,er
1t l'hila!elphia, called the Monitor. in 1851.
aud psid your correspondent Cath the fisrt
dolla1e be ever received for writing. This ls
the best evidence thst he WIS poor editor
In the HoIisonion Office John Went worth aud
Sterbeu A. Douglas helra and aprlaudsd
TSler's reeignstion in favor Of Polk, both Of
them here 10 Represent Illinois for the frat
time.
On the 18th Of June, 1874. Morso set up tho
telegraph between Washington and Baltimore.
The Sun was problbty the 1fst paper in tho
country to receive despAtches from the cApi-
tai.
Polk bought cut old Blair, and brought
Father Rtcliie from Richmond to e,it his new
1aper, tie Union. The venerable Blair forth
with retired from bis long autocrzcg Of lu1u.
tious pcnpiorership; lie had been the most
depenoe,,t independent man who ever reduced
public sentiment to = printing job. THIS old
"Galsanized CORPSE" as ClA5 called him, hld
largely ruled tho party which ruled the Uui cd
StA'es for three administrations. He used &c
prepare IN article in the Globe off1ca and eenl
An editorial policy; these papers would alte,
it and put li~h it !; then old Blair xonld cnpl
back into lis Own paper theso modified srti:les
! 1unkirg wl'nlc broad shoes, and call them
?" Voice ct the eDeuocsaficprehs y This teranai
cal aud gifted OLD fraud u-td to be the politica
Pore CT the Party, to read peorle out OF it
Some OF his successors try to carr the keys
| Lut there is no party DoW-a-tiaFs stroHs
enough TO afford to lose = newspaper ssH
old Blair this day riding into town on horse.
back, Will, his Wife-a ttoItieh old darne will
hunchce OF luxufihnt white hair There wert
fome great elements about those keatuck,
~ frauds"
: powS TO THE nEnrLL1oS.
. It WIS in February, 1858, that the Hon
William SaWycE. of WISCONSIN, took up th'
down " critter," ho ate eaus.ges bstind th'
; Speakers cn.ir and uirtl his hau1a on hi
! ba1d bead "TIen," said tho article, s'h
icks his teeth with j.ek- knife, and gnea o.
, tho floor to abuse the Nhigs HI the British
. party"
! tooletc, Who had the British gold in ttos
day2")
Wm. E. Robinson, '+ Richelieu" correspondent
Of the eame paper, euaoT.ed it. Sawyer
d upon himself tho everlasting nsme o
+ -!SauRage~ Sawyer, Will. +" R:chelieu,~ OK
= PEELED, betook himeelt to the gallery. an
!, thence worked down to be 1 member Of Con
L EreRs+
! Ycrl M7dla, got An advance cory OF Polk
+ Mexican treaty, "confidanti41 document
)" to the Senate. Nugent rofused at The bar 0
:. The Senate to tell Who gave it to him, and b
q Gsmaliel Bailey, with the National Era. i
n which be published Uncle Toms Cabin,
o wan mobtei by = ho sling pro-slavety society
very high-toned. in Apnl. lS4S. The occasio
). was some crazy Abolitionists running O
= = seventy eeyen neg1oes in Tersal. Pete
70 James Clepnanc, clerk in tho Era Office, dros
u u tie offending mariners safe'y out OF town
e high. four years aftt tward.
u In 1850 the Southern Press was started |
L Wsthir Eton, TO drive the Northern papers OF
9 OF the South. It wls dead failure.
y In Fillmosea administration some OF I'll
r. correspondents used to get into tho recepsio
- room next door to the Cabinet ro,m. an
): overbeat the discussions. Daniel Webst.
= Uncovered il. and had a door interpossd:
~ In picrce's time, Fo1uey and the EniG
= newspaper began to make noise. Giadlng
:, Of Ohio. wanted the whole set e1pelles
." Frank Pierce was 90 sensitive about newsp
y per correspondents, that he had printers d
~ ~ bis message III tho White 11ouee. G,ddini
=. VI used these prophetic words about Fo1ues
s sue that time:
ID "The editor has read mo ont Of II
pale Of human society, hu, the day "
! come vheu no indisiaual will have that pos
y, OF authority"
u y Tie day has como and been forgotten.