New-York tribune., 1873-03-22

up altogether. And here, without
ing to measure which party i @'
TO blame for all this, LET "Oss
candOr say that the genial
of one Philadelphia pacfcator /, f,, Ppea
being in accord with the fierce incnoa.'" ~"
of some of his neighbOrs. Almost coipc;Ss',a
with these words Of kindness, two ota.s"y
Philadelphia public opinion, one morning s.s VI
one evening, have been fairly frothine At Al
mouth, and indnlging in all manner % Us
aldry, solemn and silly, at the miaIoin,,,
New-Yor IL does not in the least dis,.'a
our equanimity, but it seems to NJ that phi
delphia had better call of all her dog, At on
Again, even The Press seems TO thipk a..
the criticisms which, from time TO hme az
Independent press makes up upon the exorbi,,n,
malfeasance Of the Pennsylvania railway No.
nOpoly is an Ofense TO PHILADELPHIA. and :.
such, TO be resented. Just tine reverse. 40 g..
as we are concerned, IL the truth. II i, in ~.
true interest of Philadelphia that we have do
nounced the outside action Of her own corno.
ration, and the time will come when she w;l,
think so. New-YOrk, long ago. tried-And
the Editor of The Press largely co0pcrated
to warn Philadelphia against a corpora.
ton which was pigmy alongside Of TN.
but then as now, the admOniton wa.
unheeded. The Pennsylvania Railroad. A
great local enterprise, with its direct and
legitimate extensions, never had an unkind
word from us. 1t was in every sense credit.
able to the community which created it, "a il
credulously thought, for the promotion of il,
own interests. No fair-minded New-YOrker
carped at it. New-York capital was frcely
loaned to it. But when, utterly ignoring tbs
specific objects of its creation, it attempted
to grasp power and assert monopoly eyery.
where, we resisted it, and, as recent
events prove, resisted it successfully.
For this Philadelphia ought to thank us, not
to find fault with us. On all other subjects
and especially the great economical question
of Protection we simply ask our Phila-
delphia friends to remember how consistent
and true we have been. Their interests never
had steadier friend or railway monopoly
more resOlutc adversary, than he who lies
buried at Greenwood. BE all this as it may,
we respond to the appeal" in a generous and
sympathizmg spirit.
We must not pass by unnOticed The practical
part of the appeal to good feeling. LIS aim.
which is frankly avOwed, is to solicit the CO.
operation and sympathy of NewYork for the
Great Centennial of 1915. This, too, we shall
endeavor to meet in the spirit in which it ia
made. Our neighbOrs must not expect US 10
be quite as enthusiastic and active as they.
But. holding to the faith that there ought
be a celebration and that Philadelphia Is the
proper place for it, we have not hesitated to
to say so, and beg leave to remind
our neighbors that when, mouths ago, the plan
seemed to be matured on its present basis.
THE TRIBUNE gave it earnest words OF ap-
proyal and encouragement. They were Ofmor
value then than they are now. We have
never changed our mind for an instant 1t ia
from our sincere desire to see it substantial
success that we are compelled to withhold ou
entire approval of some features OF its plan
1t is to be regretted-and this its managers VIII
find out if they ever want to borrow money
that a Federal charter was ever obtained
1t is of very doubtful validity. The Chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee has recent
" said so. The motive for it was a very nat
ural one-to give it a national air-but, in
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at once to be rectifed, as it can be by State
charter accepting or ratifying the Federal
one, and this the Legislature now in session
would at once grant. A still greater mistake
would it have been to have pressed upon Con-
gress demand for pecuniary aid. This Phil
adelphia and Pennsylvania have shown they
do not need. They have contributed gen.
erously, and the success of the Celcbra'
ton is assured. To that success We
frankly say, New-YOrk should, and, we are
confident, will contradiction we agree cor.
daily in the suggestion so pointedly and
gracefully put by our Philadelphia cotem-
porary that for such commemorative rite
to fail for want of our cooperation would be
huge historical scandal; for it to succeed
without our help would be scandal on us. We
trust sincerely that Philadelphia will be salts
fled with our response. 1t is given in all
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