The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-25
Tharrihane HlVa sstt

TO know upon whose sHauiueis I'D ' iha'" 'nA
would fall. Strictly speaking, the late ho-
RACE GaEELEY's mantle could descend upon
no living man. Yet there are men iieinS
who would steer the Tribune in a most skill
ful manrer. It Is one thing to buida vessel
of the very bcs. model and set her Upon the
sea ii is another to navigate her. HORACE
GREELEY was the architcc: who established
and successfully guided the Tribune until it
his reached the highest point of success
next to that achieved by the Herald dn
business senscl--kuown in the history OF
newspapers in this country. The position
of chief Of such paper would tlatter any
mans vanity. It is preferable i'll our opinion
TO the Office of President Of the United states,
and there are 4 thousand fitted for President
| to one that would suit to govern The Tribune
| establishment. .......
We have read the kilograms about who
| was to control the Tribune, showing the i'm
portance of the position. Dir. CoLFAx for
DAYS was the man, aud Mr. ORION, the te!e-
graph man, was reported as having bought
the control Of the paper in shares Of STOCK
with the view Of placing Mr.. CoIFAx at the
head of it. Next, Mr.. CURTIS was to he the
man: and then again the star OF CoLFAx was
in the ascendant. Then CoLFAx's light was
soid 70 be obscurcd in the cloud Of the
Crcdt-lIobil;er corruptions. Finally. the
Tribune itself puts al eXiinguishcr upon
all the lights which had been for some
DAYS moving about the concern as sate-
liies bv announcing that The gentlemen
whom Mr.. GREELEY had associated with him
self and disciplined in tue business OF the
daily preparation and publication OF the
mpcr had determined themselves to take it
under their own direction and to publish it
without the introduction Of any ne" man
from among the outside aSprants. ORToN's
controlling shares were bought back from
him at IN advance, and the veXed question
of who will control the Tribune is ended.
We think it wisely ended. Mr.. NHIrELAw
REID will doubtless be the chief of the edito-
rial direction, and the paper will pursue the
path cllallicd out by lis founder under these
who were educated by him.
Speaking with reference to national i'll
tercsts, this is the best termination oil the
question. The Tribune is Il power in the
nation. Had it subsidized into IN affect Ad-
m!nistration paper, under the shallow Mr..
CoLFAx, the people aud the Kcpubi!c would
have lost the advantage Of lis Just Judgment
Al. 90 In u tl.,;i nd =
t!euunciaton Of the uncQuH! aud partial ma
ture of the treatment Dy Government Of
the southern and the northern States. The
northern press las been unaccOunably silent
with regard to those Federal acts which
wropgcd The South and sustained carpet.
bagyers and thieves in their robbcrics and
expressions Of the native southern people ;
aud the Tribune has assisted TO inform the
northern people Of the aboninable nature
of those acts, and to warn them that they,
too, may in time suffer from the mtSrulc
which has brought misery and anarchy upon
the South.
We may well feel satisfaction that so indie
pendent ana fair Il paper as The Tribune has
shown itself to he is TO be maintaincd i'll its
spirit Of independence and justice. Itsgreat
influence justiGcs this feeling. We extract
from the IiIdune's pronuIciamento ct Mon
day the following paragraph, which is the
kernel Of the article:
"In taking up tic unfinished task which
fell from his Mr.. Grerlcy'sl bands few
weeks ago we happily have he men whom
he brought around him, the facilities which
he accumulated, and means 50 ample that
when, Il few days since, over half q million
of dollars was paid for the bare control OF
the paper, we, knowing the worth OF What
Mr.. Greeley had built up, bid higher and
bought it back. Making allowance for the
fact That the Tribune is practically without
improved real estate, this indicates by far the
highest price ever paid for a newspaper on
this continents price greater, we may say
without offence, than any other journal on
the continent, with the exception of the
Herald. could be expected to command. Tut
hencetorth there is 10 price whatever with
which any stranger can buy it; il is beyond
reach. So fortified, we purpose continu-
ing our old LATHE against injustice
and ignorance under tie same Repub-
ICrh ltliilCl Nbilh llplttC NlItpN up
held 50 soutiy and so long, and on the saGe
policy of candid independence which It was
one Of his latest acts 10 rciilirm over bis own
signature in these columns. Naturally We
shall prefer to support, rs far rs possible, ali
Administration which processes the party
name. Such an Administration will receive
from us frank and cordial approval Of
every action performed in accordance with
its and our principles. But the Yr26atne is
nobody's official advocate. 1t has no excuses
to offer for the Louisiana crime; it Gcnounccs
the CIcdit-NlObiiicr SCANDAL. and ahliors the
degradation of the Civil Service. When Re-
publican leaders are guilty Of oppression,
fraud, bribery, Of any other speci s Of wrong
or FOLLY, We shall not spare then because they
are Republicans. No party symwthies are
strong enough to overcome our indapen.
dence or muZZie our honest utterance."