New-York tribune., 1870-04-28
InuRNALLSTIC COURTESY.

A man is on trial Tor his lie In our CHy'
and no considerate person will say anything
calculated to prejudice his case. He is entitled
to a fair impartial hearing and a righteous
verdict, utterly unaffected by newspaper COM
ment or popular passion. And even the con-
duct of his COUNSEL in so far as it manly
affects their client, is to be judged lenlently'
with very considerable allowance for the
exigencies of their position.
But the victim of the homicide in question
was connected with THE TRIBUNE, and had
repeatedly been its valued correspondent
Though he had written little for our columns
since he was captured by the Rebels at Nicks-
burg seven years ago, he was still ldentlhed
with our journal and might have been recalled
into its service at some future day but for his
taking off.
With regard to this trial, we have never had
but one wish-That the whole truth should be
developed. Whatever that truth may be, we
ask that it be now set forth. Our knowledge
of the deceased makes us slow to believe that
he ever acted tho base part which has been
attributed to him but, when all the facts shall
have been elected, our judgment will be con-
formed to their dictates. For the present. we
rest in strong conviction that the whole truth
has not yet been made known.
The public is fully aware that this case has
been made the foundation of systematic, con-
certed attack on THE TRIBUNE-that the strong
interest taken in it by many is mainly impelled
by their hope that it may be welded to our
injury. We speak of facts of the widest
notoriety-facts which are part of the pub
lie annals of the day. Some of the attacks
upon us take the form of innuendO and sly
suggestion; others are gross and scandalous ::
but we do not care to give importance to our
distant traducers when, just opposite our door,
journal is found reckless and shameless
enough to assert that
'THE YEw.YoRK TRIBUNE decided tendency toward free
loysn says TIE indianapolis nntL OF has The TRB'
daily organ the freelove phoopby"-lS Y Times
Now this extract is either the truth or
LEON the part of The Ner- York Times, q
willful, wicked malicious lie. What says The
Erening Postf Does it know any facts which
authorize The Times to make such charge
If not, does it know any way of dealing with
such calumnies more satisfactory than to call
them what they areq We cannot circumstan-
tally refute charges so vague and unsupported.
To leave them unnOticed is to induce many
to take their truth as virtually admitted.
TIE TRIBUNE Is very often Impelled to con-
trovert the views set forth by one or another
of its contemporaries. We are not aware that
any of them has had reason to complain either
of the spirit or the terms in which this duty
has been performed. None of them can truly
say that we have chosen to degrade such con-
troversy from discussion of principles into an
exchange of personalities. No journalist can
truthfully say that we have dragged him be-
fore the public, unless i'll palpable self-defense.
No decent journal can truly allege that we have
leveled against it such charge as The Times
with other such) has hurled against us. And,
while we hope ever TO meet argument with
argument, fact with fact, courtesy with cOur-
tesy, we propose hereafter, as heretofore, so to
deal with slanderers and traducers as to ex-
pose them to the lOathing they merit.