The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03

what little there was OF cash, and he had
political papers he had no organ. But he origi
mated ID America the money report. He reported
everything infinitely. When he was burned oui
anu robbed ne began again In another cellar. Here
was Carlylean hero, aud, some say, pretty mis-
chievous one. Even Pray who wrote book full Of
Bennett and the HERALD, hints"bcdiy ssys-that 10,
awhile the HERALD was not In good taste. Ourhle Of
the HERALD is expurgsted-though We don't like
IKE statues with gauge aprons on Perhaps II IL
were not right to read the HERALD then It wonld
os - 70 sfy e sa the edition.
na% q putting naughty words into
sss You have been looking ''' for III them. "
But Bennett like Shakespeare and Charles Ileade,
wss not talking 70 the people who were so nice a.
that ne pleased the crowd. Those who had only a
cent-tke undercrust Of society-were delighted to
= n de 6ksssiet's pun 20 on volsaire, and
6srr e @ which s;s makes nSs al the
ninth chapter Of Genesis read, though, when he
spoke OF 1t, we all looked Trout But the HERALD
In those old files anything but Sentiment and
sense. the Mct is, Bennett was sarcastic rather
man ,nt humorous, and, strange to say, he did
loe mean 70 oe sarcastic and he did mean
20 joke. he was sometimes witty and
frequently poeticali that is, he had q GER
Sometimes he showed the brusque Observation-Disclosures
0f Scott; frequently the groresaue fancy or Rvron
@So t % me
the Pope was said By Hudson to have been In In
satire was ever unieeling ale never could un-
derstand why people took OFFENCE at It," In
deed those who objected to anything In the paper
usually returned to IT.. Personally he was an ex-
tremely shy and modest man; publicly he said,
I'VE have never been in minority, and we never
shall be.n He has Kept his word. He concentrated
his abilities always giving the best report or the
what interests sssryeoay was H his motto p'D''
we have little materials; nor have we much
to say. It has grown into circulation of eighty or
twice that humber wy believe that a. Il has
would read nothing but the HERALD. It's
gained for 'A asss c sns Ssnss raves %s
knew very pious man who said that he
e ss he s IN i ~ ns
read, although he always did read them. Every
thing was infinitely described, with detail OF tribes
ciety, which loves tribes. Jenkins is valuable ad-
clifton to paper that serves people who love to
60 sIat to operas camp meetings and dog fights. De
wealthy by selling tobacco and railway bonds
whose tastes are mercantile who buys for his wife
latest laugh Of the Market or for his daughter an
edition Of Adam Smith, because 1t ia said
to be solid, and therefore cannot do her
any harm-the man whom the street recognizes
as man of honor and the avenue as one
" s never abuses his wife, win be found
constitute the value OF good
morning paper. Most people open the tribune at
Inc me, editorial q. page but the HERALD at the news
To this sort OF people Bennett for many years dis
played journal which gave great deal OF minute,
errors. His very sentiments were audacious, His
manner was kind and courteous, his humor was
Always unrufned and though, In the discipline OIL
wp NJ tl.n~
more responsible and more dangerous to violate
han II 1t had been called an absolute tyranny yet
ensely that they would have been glad to make any
sacrifice for him. Montezuma Is gentle and
brave. Bennett protested to love nothing
nons w asaV'S certain no for 0e sC%e
men as hell, and nothing gave him SO much pleas
ire as an innocent child unless Il was bastnadon
atire and happenings and deviltries grew the
most newsy newspaper OF Its time, very much as an
volume OF Walpoles letters which he had read il
washington and the effect of which he had
Ssaf A ya sss.sspSaSenss besides -
brought his ready made. ne chronicled the weak.
indifference Of manner that surprised men who
were used to the tedious nothngs OF the party
w haus Me ne ne
journalist can hope to succeed-he was great In
little things He would take o. his pat, with 81
pe9 still alive who remember his getting struck on
he head with cane, and hearing him say, Us they
s hat w tRs w as not Ss0d the nom rss MS time whit liz
81. 3 n 8 d sssn 'essa my T. S4ss' g'siR'
'ious zeal that they firmly believed the white hair
4 the elderly man to be deusive wig worn for the
My purpose Of hiding the length Of his norma !
no ns don
aughing at and gloating over their neighbors whom
he editor had mercilessly dissected, than they
ound themselves dragged, without the covering OF
single fgeaf, before this high critic OF the weak
lesses and follies OF men. He was predestined
everywhere, with the swift fatality Of the bird OF
he Orient which IL tabled to kindle connagration
rom forest to Forest by carrying the names on his
u o French comedy In which all the characters
peak as II they were perpetually struggling their
IL y ss na as a as %
Ter as graceful as Hume's. When he chose to be-
tow warm and generous compliment he had all
pCeH had a. Eesn senss Of hnmor and
vas quick to see the ridiculous d side Of any
question or person s There was as. nothing
II o man who sat beside him during quarter OF q
century, who opened All his private letters and
& wss Whoa he
brewer separated from his practical service Of the
paper, retained so great affection for
against ,i him. I' he a refused the splendidly
ambitious chair Of the editor OF the Times. We
nave said that Bennett was great In little things
We mean more. He had the faculty Of seeing the
cloud no bigger than mans hand, that tomorrow
nay cover the whole heavens though sometimes
when he had the patience to. picture only the
Cloud men called him mad, and when the
storm deluged them they. charged him with
causing IL. Satanic influences were sup
posed to control the ONCE OF the HERALD; there
were men enthusiastic in piety as to think they
might do the world good by assassinating Its edi
tor in broad daylight; he was caricatured even by
the Times with hoofs and horns; and, speaking of
the Wo,ld, Wines' Spirit and the HER
AID, young Bohemians used to pass about
We are now journalisticalIy ruled by "the world
the flesh and the devil" Yet he got what he
wanted. There came day when the politicians
despaired II this man whom they had derided and
mistrusted would not give them his support He
determined to have power. but no man set 50 little
value on what 1t would bring. When men charged
him with wishing to see the American nag trailed
In the mud he advocated the policy OF Lincoln,
and when the grateful President offered him the
mission to France, he refused it. He had but one
Idea--the HERALD. Europeans who see our bad
ness no less than our goodness have always been
able to understand what that paper has said. This
Is great faculty In an editor, to write
for the man who has neither enthusi.
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