New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-02
turns against her the system which caused her
great development.


q turkcy-gobblor and q singed cat The Hon.
Thomas A. Corcoran recently rose to personal eX-
pIonation in the Ohio House of Representatives, ana
proceeded to explain the personal character Oh
follow named Murat Halstead," not unknown to
fame "a the editor of The Cincinnati Commercial. we
shall not undertake to reproduce the bigh-toned III
yectivo of the honorable gentleman, because we arc
given TO understand that The Commercial Is the
barricade Of an infamous coward" from bchind
which Mr.. Halstead "spews his filth on every IT,
spectacle passer-by in O manner as cowardiy a.
fendish and infamous and we shouid
not like to have any Of it spewed upon
us. But we want to inquire whether the
Ohio Legislature believes the day well spent
in which it has learned that the fellow VINO
has reused the Corcoranan ire has vicious heart
and "villainOus BRAIN" that no "shrlnks from no
employment however infamous; :" that he IL " mon
stor of depravity,r "reeking" miscreant' o les
tering" wretch a modern Cato dead to every sense
of shame callous TO every feeling OF manhood ana
that his "indscrimnate abuse and shameless men
dacity" attack everybody from 1.-The aged father of
the President to tho Hon. Thomas A. Corcoran'
Mr. Halstead never seemed to us like monster. lie
Is q very pleasant gentleman and makes very good
newspaper and il he creeks" and testers" and
"runs a-muckn and reviles old Mr.. Grant and be-
HAYES as beast" he must do it all in the privacy
of his own back Office and we don't suppose 1t to be
any of the Legislatures business. Notwithstanding
Mr. CorcOran, however, we must lake the liberty OF
believing that Mr. Halstead does nothing OF the
kind; and though we can hardly regret the stretch
of parliamentary law which permitted the burning
peroration Of the Corcoran philippe, in the words
following, to wit:
oils touch Is pollution his abuse ia eulogy his praise
nfamy; his is mentioned by honest men eX
cept with adherence and cOntempt here denouncc
him as an infamous scoundrel, coward. and lar"
-ye must say that on general principles one might
20 so far as to call this breach OF parliamentary
privilege Asa personal explanation, we regret to
say that Mr. Corcorans speech is not great success
Mr. Goodwin Smith, in a refreshing spasm Of Re-
publicanism, has been sending hot shot into that
citadel of British conservatism, the House OF LORDS.
He calls its exclusively hereditary character histor
ically an accident and usurpation, and describes
con dmo,e tho way in which the original element, it
self not very noble, has received accessions from
exceedingly questionable From the time OF
Elizabeth peerages have been acquired mainly in
the baser ways-by sale by infamous court faVOrlt-
ISM or as reward for infamous servces through the
eighteenth century they were regular part Oh tue
bribery fund of all the corrupt leaders OF farlia-
mentary factions. On bOrOugh-mongers were De-
slowed the highest titles Of the peerage, while the
lowest was tossed to Nelson. The impetuous Pro-
lessor declares that the Of its nobil-
ity is no more lost in antiquity than that of Shore
ditch, and wants to know If any soul IN
this century is superstitlous enough to be-
lieye that Pttite borough-monger can
have transmitted to his descendants qualities
which entitle them to rule England forever. He
criticises remorsely the selfish degrading, and OBJ
suctve policy of the oligarchy, and asserts that the
for fror heip n So q wisdom,
where measures undergo maturer consideration than
in the less conservative Assembly-a fast nobleman
of twenty-One being supposed graver parsonage
than the popular representative of sixty-it never
gives any real consideration whatever to any popular
measure. Every one Of them is condemned before
its arrival there and the discussion is mere waver
ing of the balance between hate and fear Of course
q national government unswayed by class interest is
what the Professor urges the remedy for evils
which he describes with all Liberals vehemence.
The war between St. Louis and Chicago has been
resumed; indeed, we are not sure that there has
been any truce. The Chicagoese Just now do Bit
terly complain of circular which has been. it is
charged, distributed in great numbers throughout
the Northwest. 1t is portentously headed Small
pox in Chicago" and states that the disease has
become epidemic there, over eighty persons having
died in one week" "1he business of the city
is at q stand owing to this, the late cold
weather, the terrible condition of the burnt
district and the financial condition of the
merchants and it is very doubtful if any Spring
trade can be done.r SO runs the document, which,
of course all its readers that the business
men of ST. LOuis never in better condition TO
invite trade, having plenty Of capital large stocks,
elegant stores gentlemanly tradesmen "-every-
thing, in short, calculated to render the purchase
Of Spring stock not so much q matter OF business
az n heavenly delight The reader can easily fancy
what tho Chicago newspapers say to this unparal-
leled piece of impotence.
The Presidents organ yesterday contained the
following severe but merited structures upon Sena-
tor Conkling:
Frederick A. Conkling is q former member Of Con-
gress, and brother Of Roscoe Conklng gentleman OF
wealth, who understands how practically to control
primary without reference the wishes
well az most Ward politicians but who IL utterly
without influence in the political world as he Is greedy
been nooronsly based upon principles very different
those which lie at the base of Civil Service Reform
This is perfectly true but who ever expected to
SEQ it In The Timesi We congratulate Col. L. A.
Conkling that even tho utmost malice of his ene-
mics can find no other objection to him than the
fact that he is the brother of the gentleman so accu
rately described above But how can any candid
person blame him for that
1t is pleasant to read Of plucky old woman in
England, though her name is not given. Being up
ward of seventy years Of age, she had gone into
Kensngton WorkhOuse; but appearing before the
Board Of Guardians she declared herself still able to
work as a cook, provided she had not to run up and
down stairs. Some inquiry being made, good
place was obtained for this energetic dame at a
salary of 60 per annum The Pail Mall Gazette with
true British solcmnity says: This announcement
was received by the Guardians with much satisfac-
ton. the conduct of the old lady of Kensington
seeming truly maQnanimOusD Trno an oosneI