The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-03
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT ?
Great Roar About Mr.. Fox's Birthplace.
g.. From the Sunday Citizen.l

Great Roar About Mr.. Fox's Birthplace.
g.. From the Sunday Citizen.l
Fools may doubt and envious rivals may sheer NJ
the wonderful feats performed by representatives
Of the NEW YORK HERALD at home and abroad but
the fools doubt only because to fools such feats are
impossible and incomprehensible. and the rivals
who sneer outwardly allowing their little hearts
to be eaten by jealousy The HERALD Is rich,
thanks to the patronage OF discriminating public
but II Its riches freely for the benefit OF the
public that made 1t what 1t is. The gain has been
mutual, and it is difficult to say on which sde--of
the HERALD or the public-the balance lies.
The HERALD too, Is q lucky paper-lucky in pro-
ducIng three results. each OF which is the product
Of the other two 1t is lucky in having the money
to back up that spirit Of enterprise which in these
days Ii only Of grief TO the conductor OF q
newspaper, and 1t is lucky In finding the men
whose daring and ceverness in the discharge OF
the duties assigned them are worthy OF the enter
prise that engages their services; but 1t is still
more lucky in possessing guiding spirit to whose
foresight, prudence, clear knowledge OF human ma
tnre and vast comprehension OF the worlds AFFAIRS
places ana the works cut out Tor them TO accom-
plish.
In the matter OF detailing the proper men to
their respective duties the success OF the HERALD
Is mainly due to the fact that ability and illness
are the only qualifications sought for, and their
possessor Is the winning man Is a candidate Tor
any position on that journal, be he who he may.
On the star OF the HERALD il large share or the
American element, supplemented by the brains OF
every country on the globe. Irshism. OF course IS
represented here, az 1t is in every intellectual field
In the world where fair play opens the gates to all
and prejudice bars the way against none; and we
which we have watched with some anxiety.
namely-that wherever the HERALD has sent an
lrishman, particularly when dangers and difficulty
attended the mssion-wherever II was, there went
man, and brave and q clever man.
pvp cd
by newspaper correspondent, aud one Of the
most creditable TO humanity, was the lonely visit
lava beds, by Mr.. Edward Fox, OF the HERALD, the
particulars OF which must be fresh In the minds OF
visit which Mr.. Fox furnished to his employer. He
Is fine, TALL spendidly built young fellow, but his
handsome face IL as mild and his manners are as
unassuming as those OF a Sister OF Charity. In
deed. nobody thought that so much talent, bravery
and endurance were ''in hm"-nobody, that Is, but
the clear-headed man who appointed him to the
task; for he looks as harmless and innocent as
sheep, which Is the result perhaps OF his possess
ing In an eminent degree those sheeply attributes
which, though OF least Importance In the quadru-
ped, are most valuable In a man. "the head and
pluck
have the unaloyed credit of Edward F0x's great
journalistic achievement and still more unwilling
name Of poor little ireland, the London Times
hastens to console the world with the information
that Mr.. Fox Is an Englishman. This laundering
English lie' the subject OF 1t hastens Indignantly
to brand as such. Disclaiming for himself the
mendOus honor Of being an Englishman, he wishes
US to give to Ireland the honor OF his birth and
breeding, which we hereby gladly do He was once
an officer OF the English Life Guards, but that Is all
the English about him. Is 1t not enough
that those English have stolen all our
orators, statesmen, poets and soldiers, who
have pleaded, thought, wrought and fought in
their serviceP Can they not be content with the
gories that Irish genius and vaor have, often un.
willingly, won Tor them, without hching the good
name which the flower OF our people here are most
heartily willing to win for our adopted country?
This case of Mr. Fox and the HERALD may appear
q rrining one to say so much about; but 1t IL not
trintng and even II II were IL is useful as indicat
OF John Bull to steal everything he can lay his
clumsy hands on, particularly everything that be-
longs to Ireland or America. II the article should
belong BOTH then that brutes thievish instincts
become prOpOrtionately sharpened; and If the
American people become as thoroughly convinced
Of this as we are 1t will be all the better for them.