New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-08
4 TRENULOUS BULLY

The y. \. IlmeS mas seen III, Tor some
months past, to wage a bitter personal wal
upon the Editor of this journal. 1t has spoken
and acted as though his destruction were es-
sential to the success of those of whom it is
the MOUTH piece. We object to this sort of
warfare that it tends to distract attention from
themes of real Importance. The public has a
proper deteStatiOn of the assaults Of one jour
naist upon another: it feels that their spar
ring implies an estimate of their own import
ance which it does not share. And yet, it
is too apt to conclude that one who makes
no response TO grave accusations eS-
pecially if daily reiterated virtually admits
their truth 1t finds fault with him if he de-
tends his reputation it judges him harshly ii
he does not. So, as a rule, we let personal
assaults pass UNDECIDED, only repelling them III
a few instances when convinced that silence
would be unjustly construed 10 our prejudice.
But we ask the public 10 note well the fact
that, whatever may be known to the prejudice
of other journalists has not been learned from
these columns for we insist that editors may
always find themes more pertinent and profit
able than each others faults and falings.
Yet, when we are moved to repel one of The
IImeS'S assaults we invariably find our assailant
forthwith moving TO the rear on a quick trOt.
Let US recall one or two recent instances:
The Times on the 4th made back handed
assertion that the Editor of THE TRIBUNE
went "to Arkansas to shake hands with jeff
Davis" As this was neither the first second
nor third time that it had made this assertion,
we took pains TO correct it. Nj Greeley was
never in Arkansas, and never went anywhere
to "shake hands with jeff. Davis Having
received a pressing invitation to lecture at
Memphis. Tenn, while Oh his Southern trip
last Summer, he consented TO do 50, and Wis
tied Memphis on his hOmeward way for that
sole purpose. While there, great many citi-
zens called upon him at his hotel One OF
the last of these was Jefferson Davis,
whose courtesy was acknowledged and re-
Quilted precisely as that OF 9TH
ers had been. 1t is shame that a
matter so purely personal and trivial should
be made a theme of public controversy; but,
if there be those who ,cM lie TO your preju-
dice, you will sometimes be constrained to
state and even reterate the truth.
Does The Times correct its falsehOOd? By
no means. In full view of our statement Of
the facts, which it does not notice, it again
charges us with seeking out jeff Davis to
Exchange compliments with him. The public
knows this to be false; but those who read
only The Times are not permitted to share this
knowledge.
We might proceed to expose more fully its
gross Misrepresentation of Mr.. Greelcy's re-
mark at Vicksburg respecting the military
genius and achievements of Lee and Stone
wall jackson; but, as we dealt fully with
that perversion in replying to N address of
welcome back to New-YOrll only 4 few days
after its first utterance, we need not again
expose il.
One more example of the TmeSs parthian
warfare may be given, since his elucdates a
theme of wide interest
We recently alluded TO the fact that Gen.
Grant had appointed quite number of his
relatives to Office. The subject is one to which
we have given little prominence, not having
even printed (as The Times has done) what
pnrpOrts to be IA list of those relatives. We
do not even recollect ut this moment the pre-
else number of those appointments admitted
by The Times, but it was somewhere from
twelve 10 fifteen. We certainly regard such
appointments as mistakes, and as presenting
an obstacle to Gen. Grants reelection. They
are mistakes, because they were emphaticaly
condemned and avoided by our greatest Presi-
dents of whatever party, and because they
imply misconception of the Presidential
office, which is not an estate but high
public trust If Gen. Grant had earned or
inherited great fortune, it would have been
commendable IL him had he invited
his relatives 20 share il not 80 the distrlbu-
ton among them OF twelve OF fifteen lucrative
Offices This is more than all We have said on
the subject till uOy yet Tic Times, when re