New-York tribune., 1872-06-10

in 1898. He married a dgnghter of Gov james
Bowdoin of Massachusetts,; bis daughter married
Gov. Thomas 1indall Winthrop OF Massachusetts 4:
and his niece, Mary Dowse, wa the wife OF Com.
Samuel Nicholson, Of the United States Navy. the
first commander of the old frgate Constitution II
was doubtless to Sir John Temple that the cup DO
longed.
If any innocent still seeks reason why THz
TRIBUNE chefishes too profound contempt for tho
perpetual malignant inventions Of The Neg- York
Times against Mr. Greeley, anu thinks it not worth
while to notice in hundred Of them, let him
study last Saturdays performance in that journal
with reference to Gen. Cochrane diligent perusal
| of THE TRBUNEs files has brought 10 the
| knowledge of The Times article severely
censurng Gen. COchrane for alleged detection
to the Democracy in 1865. This it reproduces the
deliberate judgment Of Mr.. Greeley at that day.
if not as an evidence that Gen. COchrane or is
unworthy of trust. Now, what words are there 70
describe the knavery Of the man who deliberately
| does this with the full knowledge staring him in
the face that THE TRIBUNE Of the very next day
contained in equal prominence an editorial deCara
ton that the censures had been based upon misin-
| formation and were undeservedf The 1imes's quo
tations were from THE TRIBUNE Of Oct. p, 1885, tho
case is completed by the following extract from the
editorial columns IF THE TRIBUNE of Oct. 26 1856:
"Gen John Cochrane, in a note which print 20 day.
denies The Worlds that he is In favor Of tho
COpperhead ticket Though not active in the canvass,
he is for the Union cause, and for Impartial Suffrage.
Such being the case very gladly withdraw anything
have said that might seem 10 reflect upon bm ana We
rejoice in the faith that he Is all right"
| Are we, can we be wrong in declaring that the
person or the newspaper capable of the deliberate.
shameless deception involved in quoting the
of the 18th, and making no reference TO the retrac-
tOn of the 26th, deserves notice at the hands Of
honorable men or reputable Journalist
In journalism, as IN every other art the many
fail, the one succeeds" Writing for the Pross-as
numerous literary aspirants would be wise TO Iemem-
ber-is pursuit quite distinct from Trade. man
may be a trader whose heart is not in his vocation
Arithmetic and shrowdness have nothing 10 do with
the emotions. They are of the head, and not the
heart But no man can write well whose heart does
not reinforce his head The article that is written
with view to the money which the writer expects
to get for it is usually filter for the wastepaper
basket than for publication. 1t may possibly. rise
to the dignity of padding" 1t will never rise TO
the dignity of potential thought or persuasive feel
ing. There are it is true, certain exceptional ma
lures in which the Money Motive all that is
enthusiastic. A certain Hebrew once sat TO AllstOn
for his portraits and, when his countenance was OBJ
served to wear beatifc expression and the artist
asked him what be was thinking about he replied
81 was thinking what lot Of money you will get
for that picture when it is finished" This wild,
natural sort of JOY heap Of dollars however,
is not the spring of ideas and persons moved by no
higher impulse toward writing than a desire for
pecuniary gain may take it for granted, in advance,
that'they will fail writers and that their
gies had better be expended in some other direction
Boston, always ntoerant Of street noises, has had
the usual fate of growing cities and finds that she
must pay the penalty of that metropolitan magni-
tude of which she is so proud. Upon other points
she long ago became tolerant, giving up her ordi-
nances against street-smoking and hand-Organs.
Now her newsbOys howl about as vociferously
our own. One of the citizens complains in q news
paper of :" cheap fellows selling lemonade, cigars.
popcorn and peanuts at the circus and " boolas O.
the opera" at the theater Painful too to this cor
respondent is the neyer-ending, always beginning
nuisance of tearing down and rebuilding shops and
houses already good enough. But all this is only
| the commencement Of the deliberations TO which
Boston piust submit when she shall arrive at that
pitch Of greatness for which her soul yearns She
cannot be as big as New-York without the troubles
! which beset New York. and TO be rid of which we
might well spare two or three hundred thousand Of
our population. Clean streets sweetly virtuous
municipal government, well-behayed population.
and all manner of nice public arrangements have
heretofore been the good fortune of Boston; but
now that she has grown great, she must submit 10
her share of the inconvenences of greatness.
Mr. Carter of Texas with his mean and cringing
statement-at the Philadelphia Convention-that he
and his Southern friends wanted :" strong Presi-
| dent who would make them behave Themselves" is
not inaptly suggestive of jack the wretched, in
| Swift's Tale Of a Tub" concerning whom we read
that: " He would stand in the turning of a street.
and calling to those who passed by, would cry TO
one, Worthy Sir, do me the honor of good slap in
the chops To another, Honest friend pray favor
me with handsome kick Madam shall
entreat a small box on the ear from your ladyships
fair handsP Noble captain, lend reasonable
thwack for the love of Cod with that cane of yours,
| over these poor shoulders And when he had. by
such earnest solicitations, made shift to procure
bastng sufficient to swell up his fancy and his sides,
he would return home extremely cOmforted, and full
of terrible accounts of what he had Undergone for the
| public good"
Most men change as they grow older nor is ID
strange that Mr. Garrison after life devoted TO the
sharpest reforms, should become tmidly conserya-
| tive. But it does sound little odd 20 hear the
great Boston Abolitionist, for whom during his
whole life no party has been good enough, caution
ing Mr.. Sumner against putting himself "in
marked opposition to the sentiment of Massa-
chusetts :" as if that were not precisely the position
which Mr.. Garrison has himself occupied almost up
10 Yesterday "YOu cannot" says Dir. Garrison.
separate Gen. Grant from the party which put him
in the Presidential chair" and therefore, 90 save
the party Gen. Grant is to be considered free from
all personal criticism. IL did not use to be Mr.. Will