New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-29
THE TIMES IN PANIC.

There are certain natures which get on well
enough under neglect or misfortune, but can
not endure the sunshine Of good luck. The
Nes- York Times Is clearly one Of these. In
ito worst days 1t never committed the fol-
lies We OBSERVE In 1t every day, now
that It's energy and good fortune In this
Tsmmany fight have attracted the pub
Lie attention. We have been greatly pleased
with it's cordial and persistent opposition
TO Tammany during the last few months, and
have not been sparing of commentator. But
it now appears that we have given 1t entirely
too much PRAISE that its not very strong head
is turned BY it's temporary success. Its issue
of Yesterday contained the most prepOsterous
and crazy boast ever made by an American
newspaper. A Tammany paper proposed on
Wednesday that tho workmen of the Parks
should mob the houses and the Offices OF the
editors of Tho Times. The suggestion was equally
silly and atrocious, and was characterized in
proper terms in TIE TRIBUNE and other papers.
But It was received by Tho Times In q style
which was simply astounding That paper
copies the offending article, then goes into
violent Mysteries, and calls upon the same
crowd of workmen to mob Tweed, Hail. and
Sweeny. In language just as senseless and
Just % savage it invokes the power OF
mob violence against the only persons In
whose favor it could ever be employed. Ii
Tho Times ever has any lucid inter
walls, it should know that there Is
no hope for good government In
this city except by rigid adherence
to law. Through the courts and the
ballot-box alone is our deliverance to come.
The decent people Of New York understand this
plainly enough. They know that mob violence
cannot be relied upon to do the work OF good
government and reform. But this Is
lesson which Tho Times apparently has
vet to learn. Il imagines it has become abso-
lutte In this city for good or i'll. 1t says {:
a." One appeal from vs., such as SWeenys JAIL
"birds wers instructed to put tor,0ard yesterday,
scoaM bring tho Bling do,Vn in less tia" t'oenty-
"four hours-but Heaven forbid that there
"should be any necessity for making that
appeal 1t might be well to have
THO Times try it once just to see
how ridiculous such boast as this
really is. Let it publish an article pre-
cisely of the tenor of the one 1t objects to,
asking in palmer terms than yesterday for
the heads of the Ring Hierarchy. 1t may
imagine that Mr.. Isaac Bailey and Mr..
Charles Spencer, and that impulsive patriot,
the Hon. Tom Murphy, will start of instantly
on the war-path in search of the
sealps which Mast has made 30 familiar.
But we can assure 1t that even these hot
headed and self-devoted men will not risk
their chances Of future usefulness even to
carry out the wishes Of Tho Times.
The gentlemen with coneave faces who
are in the habit Of doing that kind
of work are not enthusiastically on
the side Of the Committee of Seventy.
Tho Times would accomplish by its In
element TO riot just as rauch as The Star did,
and NO more. 1t would awaken . universal
expression of disgust and surprise at the folly
and wickedness of which men are capable
under the combined influence of fright and