The New York herald., 1872-08-11
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY AUGUST n ls72-rR1pLE SHEET,

utterly unworthy hands, That, Of course, Ii
have been mere error Of Judgment. But MI.
Stanley carries US to point much beyond this.
ne ne charges dr. Hnsae Ma with nSS only wa
delaying their transmission from Zanzibar More
over, we read in the DAILY Telegraph that "Dr.
Mr. Stanley reports, to have ever repOsed full con-
fdencc in DR.. Livingstone or to have had relations
ment, and it becomes all the more serious rom
what ows:-"rhis apparent lack OF enterprise
and sympathy on the part Of DIR. Kirk" writes the
ject OF conversation between Dr. Livingstone and
Mr.. Stanley. The latter ascrbed 1t to apathy; but
f aow snssDne can sh pe sas asked Stanley Sns
stone answered, You do not know the
circumstances Of this expedition OF which have
charge, AT my request 1t was offered by DR..
gSir RI Murchison TO DIR. Kirk. He refused it,"
This passage propounds an almost incredible ex-
up at every point in the consideration OF this sub
Ject. 1t suggests baseness OF motive and spirit
w which will not be readily accepted by the public;
Judgment until DR.. Kinks defence Is before u.s. 1t
Is quite possible that Mr. Stanley may have mis-
understood DIR. Livingstone, or that the
Teae01upn's correspondent may have misre.
ported Mr.. Stanley. DR.. Kirk is himself q
acauanted with 80 the 'eny tryansactions Of the Geo
graphical Society," class OF men better deserve the
aRpelaton OF the genus irritable than the people
who owe what reputation they may possess to what
they have done in the field Of exploration. In the
present case, however, there are circumstances
conduct. To say nothing Of the injustice Of con-
dennng man unheard, there Ia, first of ALL DIR.
Kinks high and honorable reputation to be taken
into account; and, In the next place, Livingstone
was an object OF such intense interest that, even If
We could conceive the Consul at Zanzibar capable
OF all that is implied in the statements in
the Telegraph, he must have been conscious
that no tdche on his part would be per
mitted TO escape scrutny-that in fact, detection
and punishment would be inevitable. That DR..
Kirk has failed TO do what might have been done
anu wnat others nave actually done admits OF no
deliberately designing to thwart Dr. Livingstone in
his enterprise. From first to last indeed we have
Dungled sadly in all that we have done for the
Society, as told by Mr.. New, one Of its
as may be found in the whole history Of
British expeditions. Mr.. Stanley relieved 1t Of
the duty OF ascertaining whether Livingstone was
dead or alive, but Lieutenant Dawson and his party
might at least have gone on with or forwarded sup
Plies to Uiji But no; even that duty had to be
HERALD Our magnifcently equipped expedition
d!d SIMPLY nothing; and 1T was reserved for Mr.
caravan with stores for Dr. Livingstone. "Bciore
we left Zanzibar, - says Mr.. New, "a caravan num-
pering nifty seven men was packed, signed sealed.
addressed and despatched, like so many packets Of
useful commodities, to the service and succOur
OF DR.. Livingstone.n What says England to all
this
From the Leeds Mercury, July 29.l
The success OF Mr. Stanley In his search for DR..
Livingstone Is one OF the most brilliant chapters in
the history OF newspaper enterprise. The exped-
tion was an unprecedented one, and when it was
first reported in this country there were few who
did not laugh at it as a Yankee notion, conceived
and started for the glorifcaton of the NEW YORK
HERALD and to crafty the vanity Of Mr.. james
Gordon Bennett. The result has shown not only
how little there was to laugh at, but how much
there was to admire in such a project. Mr..
Bennett, with the unstinted lberality which
has characterized his management of the HERALD
whenever anything great was to be attempted,
gave Mr.. Stanley Unlimited power to draw upon
him for funds, and he was fortunate in finding in
Mr.. Stanley special correspondent worthy Of his
confidence. Though often bafled, Mr.. Stanley was
never beaten; and while English money was being
wasted in fruitless expeditions he was pushing his
way into the interior OF Africa, and he never
rested, from sickness, until he met DR.. Living
stone at Ujiji He brought new life to the great
explorer at time when he was worn out, and but
for Mr.. Stanleys arrival it Is probable that DR..
Livingstone would have sunk under the WEAKNESS
which disappointment and worry had brought upon
him; From the day Mr.. Stanley met net. Mn, him
man, iun of confidence and Of hope. The story
which Mr.. Stanley brought back with him has al
ready been told in part, and we know that no
praise can exceed that which is due to him for the
zeal, the ability and the Judgment with M which ne
while the English expedition, sent out under Lieu
tenant Dawson, was fastening to wretched
collapse, he organized a caravan, unassisted by
the English Consul, and despatched it to the inte-
rior. Compared with the dispatches Mr.. Stanley
has sent home and the statements he has made, the
letter which the Rev. Mr.. New has addressed to
the Times, and which we quote in another column,
records one OF the most Illuminating incidents in
series Of failures that make one blush for the
English name. 1t s sad to think that the discovery
OF Dr., Livingstone by an American should have
brought to light so much cause for censule on Eng
lish ncapacity. AS to Mr. Stanley himself, we have
no doubt as to the reception he will meet with in
this country. He has been as generous as he has
been brave, and neither the one nor the other will
be forgotten IN England. As Journalists, indebted
in common with our contemporaries to the cour-
tesy OF Mr.. Bennett and DR.. Hosmer, the English
correspondent Of the HERALD, we cannot but feel
proud that what has been so nobly done has been
done by q press man, and that a newspaper pro-
prietor has not snrunk from sharing with his euro
mean cnutcmnnraries the fruits OF his own enter