National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-06

late friend. p>lzoq. pal AID supporter Of =
|-Werl6 TweSd, was to s.cceed MI, @Bous-
well = 9ecretafy of IL Trsasuiy The
New Yoh ''rinsf Esten was 10 have been
trantfsrred to Warrington and listened
upon fhe United Gtztes Treasury. ~
:. No doubt the World was sadly disap-
pointed Il the exposition OF the New York
ring frauds and the reelection Of Grant.
Its visions of golden harvests from the
vaults of the Treasury were not only dis
PEELED, but it became necessary to hasten in
it, efforts TO cover its ewn tracks when II
found that II eouh no longer screen Tweed.
1t was when it was known that Tweed was
past salvation and the fair fame of the ma
tional Democratic party was to be saved
from contamination by contact with his
name, that the five, respectable names Of
honest men from Washington were used to
purchase his stock 1zsa s..i osA ai..< 81,
But the paper only lived very short
period after its transfer because it did not
have the sympathies or the patronage Of
the business community of Washington.
The i've gentlemen named by the World
as its owners were all reputed men Of
wealth, and could easily have sustained the
paper by very slight personal sacrifice had
the principles and sentiments of the journal
been in sympathy with those of the business
men and Congressman Of its own party
even upon the question of District improve
ments. Fit recovered its speech after forty
days silence. it only spoke then to pro-
claim its own "untimely decease."
The resuscitation and reiteration by the
World of the stale SANDER upon the press
of this city, in regard to the publication of
Mr.. Corcoran's late apology to his fellow
citizens Of Washington, for having put forth
his hand to paralyze their business interests,
is scarcely worthy of notice. 1t has been
SO often contradictcd. and rcfuted also by
the publication of it in full in the columns
of this paper, at the earliest possible mo
ment after its publicity, that no respectable
journal would have again given it circula-
ton. The simple truth is that Mr.. Corcoran
Is liberal, in his own way, when he chooses
to be so. But any and all projects under
taken in this District, independent of his
advice and sanction, are pretty sure to meet
his vindictive opposition. He has been SO
long accustomed to dictate to and be soil
cited by the citizens for his assent and ap-
proval and assistance in every undertaking,
that the very idea of their attempting to do
anything without his advice and suggestion
appears to him in the light of fiat rebellion.
Had he remained here and cast his lot with
us during the war, instead of deserving us
for the company of Slidell and Mason
in Europe, we might have con-
tinued to feel our dependence upon
him to q greater extent than is now
apparent. When he returned and attempted
to reassume imperial power he found our
present Governor daring to differ from him
in opinion in regard to the management of
Oak Hill cemetery. The old fogies were
frightened to death, and feared that the re-
mains of their deceased relatives wonld be
discarded from the "Corcorean" earth.
But the majority of the stockholders ad-
hered to Shepherd and he carried the day.
And so it has been ever since. Progress
has been decreed by the people, and Mr..
Corcoran, if he were wise and would retain
the respect of his fellow citizens, would
quietly acquiesce In the decree instead of
himself beneath its car in vain
endeavors to obstruct its passage. Can he
not take warning by the fate of his friend
Where now is the proud and
arrogant Casserly, Skunk from the pres
ence Of his Senatorial peers with the brand
Of dishonor as plainly affixed to his brow,
by confession, as though he had remained
and been found guilty upon the evidence
he did not dare to confront He was one
of the Worlds five pillars Of Democracy
who purchased Tweed's stock, and under
whose management "'the Patriots conduct
was unexceptionable and its position Is an
honest organ of true Democracy unchal.
lengcd." ' -
1t is time that Mr.. Corcoran should learn
that those who fawn upon and fatter him
desire to use him and his purse, while those
who dare to hold and respectfully assert,
opinions of their own are their superiors in
every respect.