The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-04

THIS state OF affairs has been produced by the
clergy, by Carlist agitation, by foreign in
trigue, and by political and personal
ambition at home. We know, however,
as a fact that most renowned Spanish
soldier Is IN arms at the head of soldiers
Of the line for the purpose of operating
against section OF the people, his country
men; and it is equally certain, from all the ex-
periences of history, that when an army acts
against its citizen brethren there are likely to
be some memories of bitter grief behind and
the anticipation of national troubles to come.
A warrior race Of such character as the Span
iards expires only when convulsed to degree
which is alarming as well as dangerous to
those who are near to the scene OF its final
agony.
The lido OF Public Sentiment and tho
Success or the Herald Livingstone
Expedition.
The confirmation of the welcome news We
published on Thursday of the safety Of Dr.
Livingstone and his rescue by the commander
OF the HERALD expedition has drawn forth
number of manly and cowardly recognitions-
recognitions anyhow-of HERALD enterprise
We have said that our chief glory in this
would be the good achieved to civilization,
and, as guarantee of this good, we welcome
the flattering encomiums upon an unparalleled
journalistic feat which come to us from
sources interested as we are in the spread of
progress everywhere. AS triumph which
will rebound to the eternal credit of American
dash and sacrifice in the broad cause of
humanity we are especially proud to present it
to the nation. Let it be placed among
the peaceful glories of the great re-
public, and for our share we demand
only the legitimate credit which it will bring
to the HERALD as the representative journal of
America To the applause of the scientific
world, which will be the first to utilize the
fruits of the distinguished travellers toll, we
give leading place. That the first expression
of scientific esteem of our enterprise comes to
us from an American society, without the pre-
fix of royal is indeed gratifying, and we
accordingly record the subjoined letter with
every feeling Of pleasure =
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,
COOPER INSTITUTE, New YORK, May 2, 1872.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
DEAR SIR have read in this mornings HERALD
the gratifying intelligence that Mr.. Stanley the
chief of the HERALD Expedition, has succeeded in
finding DR.. Livingstone and that the distinguished
traveller Is now with Mr.. Stanley at Zanzibar
n Deg eave Of and TO save as
dent OF the American Geographical Society, that an
early occasion win be taken to express by resou-
ton the Society's appreciation of an effort 80 hon
orable to you ana so credltaDle To our common
country.
CHARLES p. DAILY.
The day in which the above lines greet the
eyes of the millions who will read them is one
TO be remembered as showing that the cosmo-
politan character of true civilization has be-
come an accomplished fact That the leading
journals of the metropolis of America endorse
fully and frankly the measure of our effort will
be seen on reference to another part OF the
HERALD. The article which appeared in the
Tribune of yesterday is highly creditable to its
journalistic taste and appreciation of what
constitutes the field Of progressive journalism.
When it stated that 'the press Of America and
Europe will offer its cordial congratulations to
the New York HERALD upon this most bril-
liant achicvement-the merited reward of its
energy and enterprise, it was fully aware
that to be candid in recognition of the triumph
of a literary fellow laborer would not detract
one iota from its own merit in the eyes of
the reading public On the contrary, an I'M
chained people, untrammelled by Old World
prejudice, and admiring only that which is
Just and manly, will think all the better Of it.
For timely instance of the truth of our
opinion we refer to an article in the EUening
Express of yesterday, which, while marking its
sense of recognition of what the HERALD has
done for mankind in this particular, says that
the compliments of the Tribune on our work
were handsome and just. With this triplet
of valuable encomiums in view we can
afford to turn with complacent contempt to the
meanness with which the English Cheap Jack
journal published in New York deals with the
question. On the very day that we published
our special despatch from London announcing
the safety of Livingstone this Cheap Jack
treated its few readers to an editorial diatribe
against the HERALD and it's enterprise, ridi-
culing vulgarly the idea that the HERALD had
any expedition in Africa at all. Never was
Falstaffian mendacity more directly set
down" with "a simple tale" The issue OF
the following day, however, showed that
it had not mended its manners, but was
resolved to brazen out its miserable subter-
fuge. In its news columns the telegram
was published confrmatory of our first de-
spatch from Bombay mentioning the fact that
Livingstone was safe with the American, STAN
ley;" but in the course Of long editorial upon
the telegram the Cockney editor dishonesty
ignored altogether that its intelligence was de-
rive1 from the anterprise of the HERALD This