The sun., 1873-10-24
Audncious journalism.

las f'l''fi NU~s lIlflfI llt lIlNllOuS I'FlHNi
law Of Pennsylvania, are the most corrupt
ever held ia this country with the excep-
ton, perhaps. of those conducted under
the auspices of GRANr's bayonets in Louisi-
ana. Its public prosecutor, who is also the
manpulator of its ballot boxes, Ia u fell
low whose palms black with bribes, soil
the fingers Of the robbers and pickpockets
with whom he shakes n parting hand on
the compounding of felony, and whose
| low brow aud brazen cheek lend, by sharp
contrast, the lustre of innocence to the
countenanCes of the burglars and sneak
thieves against whom he makes sham war
In court. SO eaten up are the rich re
sources of this great but haplcss city by
villniny OF one kind or another, and so
sorry is a. outlook for any kind OF reform
in the future, that thousands Of property
holders are seeking to sell their houses and
| get AWAY before the demands of the tax
Rathercr shall have made them utterly un-
marketable surely, If there ever was u
place in the world where the pen of n fear
less aud honest journalist was needed To
rouse the people from their apathy, and to
| dcnounce roguery in such burning words
| that its favored habtation would grow too
]
In this state OF things IL gives us real
pleasure to invite attention to the eminent
services of the PuLiic Ledger in behalf of
the purses ana rights OF the honest people
who constitute n large majority of its sub
scribors. Its publisher, Mr.. GEORGE w
/ CHHDs, Is particularly conservative man.
lie Is mi-led by no fancies, is the advocate
of no theories, is warped in his judgment
by no prcjudices, and embarrassed In his
consideration of public questions by no
convictions. At election times Mr.. Guilds
stands on the platform Of the late JosEPn
Bowers, Sr. vulsarly known as Old JoE
! BowFRsl. who on being asked what his
politics were, replied that he "hadn't
/ damned polite" II Mr.. CuiLDs has "a
| polite" nobody has yet been able to find
/ out what tits. lie ia, therefore, n gentleman
/ peculiarly nttcd to stund between the pco-
/ pie ana kuavcs OF all political pcrsuasious
who seek TO do them wrong. And 10 is
/ pleasant to note the fidelity, art, and cool
ness with which he performs this high duty.
Nj Cn,-Ccs dors rot nermit his news
, paper 10 indulge iii that vindictivc and
| per-oua stylo OF treating public men
/ which is far too common now, nor to pur-
sue. in discussing public questions, that
/ straightforwArduess Of manner which is
calculated TO eXasperate rather than to
convince the leaders Of n prosperous ring
or the managers OF rotten banking house.
ON the contrary, aware that when the
blood Is hot and the pulse bents high cool
thinking is out of the question, he seeks,
in times of public peril, in hours when the
pressure OF calamity and corruption H.
likely to put mad thoughts into the minds
OF his renders and TO drive them TO cx-
trcrne and imprudcnt measures against
those who have wronGcd them, to calm
their agitated bosoms by the discussion Of
topics altogether apart from those which
lie nearest 10 their hearts. In this way he
gives them time for sober second thinking,
and has unquestionnbly been the means
Of avcrtiug many rash demonstrations at
the polls aud elsewhere, which the Hon.
WILLIAM II. KEMHLE. the Hon. WILLIAM
b. MASS, the Hon. WILLIAM MCMULLES,
the Hon. WILLIAM NJ BUNN, and other
honorable men in great numbers, would
have had occasion to regret.
when some outrage especially fragrant
involving robbery OF the Treasury or the
compoundmr OLA big felony, engages the
public attention, tho Ledger, instead OF
seeking 10 aagrivatc the general discOn-
tent, comes To the front with n soothing
article ou "Grcasng with Baconin Scarlet
F,v.r." The taxpayer who is "a parent
and tho multitude OF taxpayers are such
finds i plea. amt -olace in thinking that
even il hrls likely TO 90 naked some day
his littlo boy cm mt uny rae be choaply
cured OF one OF ths most dangerous mala
dies of infancy. When M,SN has swcp
fresh elect. ly the help of his horde
cf rcp.it'ls lac And- himself robuked IL
this sterling journal the next morning
with q whitening article on "Thc Ravagc
of the Tobacco Worm" MCMULLE; an'
DUNS are auuihiated by burning essay
% on "The Use OF Ammonia in Chron
Iloa,Cs, ana on The supposed Invention
of the NeloCpcde 10y the Chnrse;" KEN
BLE, after hi greatest feat of Addition, Di
~ vision and Surn e.. Is startled ana aiaIme,
by the admouitions of an essay on TN
- Virtue of Early Risiug;" and bitterl
o does AIIIsoN rue the hour in which h
/, stripped n Quaker gentleman OF his ha
'- and rendered the mplimcnts of the Cour
II 10 an armed ruhian for carrying pisto
- Wncn, win lIeluuAlg HlgeIS, ne nolN
next days Lodqer before him and read
i that magnificent invectiye upon 9TH
' Cruelty OF Plugging Lobsters' Claws"
Il There is no crisis to which this andacior
II journal Is not equal When JAY Cook
Pc Il Co. failed and ruin presented itse
Is on every side, when other pens WEI
ID paralyzed and other minds bewildere,
y the faithful CHILDs was on hand with
timely article on "The Value of Health,
n How strongly didh enforce oD the bei
e. CARED depostors who had believed in II
20 Christian Banker the importance OF Il
~ flesh brush and walk before breaklas
ne How teuderly did he soothe the washc
~ woman on whom her savings bank Ia
~ suspended " with counsel TO be sparI
"a in diet, and not to enter an open calrinl
y when over hoatcdl With what timely s
err ni0cance did his advice against too muC
OF wine at dinner and attendance at Il
opera more than twice week reach Il
ny heart OF the widow in tho garrct, with
lv | flock Of small Children ns her ton