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The Radical Parry aItd the
49, Press.

H1he Radical Parry a',d the
- - ..,., Press. .5L .
The effort now making by the office.
holders and the personal adhefcnts Of
Pre- sident Grant TO establish truly
loyal organ in New York, afford a
striking evidence Of how completely
the Radical party has lost it's bold on
the newspaper press Of this country.
Time was, not very long ago, when
new Republican Journal in New York
would have been altogether supertlu-
ous There was the Tribune, the
great organ Of the party the Times,
earnest and consistent In Its Republi.
canism tho Evening Post, which, in
the Mr.. Bryant's days, welded p wide
influence the Sun, always BRILLIANT
and vigorous, and half dozen others,
all devoted to the victorious party;
And now there is not one OF them that
will uphold what is called Republican
ism to-day, and it has been absolutely
necessary for the GRANTEES to start, u
journal of their own. Whether the
party leaders have gone too fast, or
the newspapers have turned back, we
need not stop to discuss the fact is
evident that these great journals which
were wont to be leaders of opihion in
the Republican party, are no longer
acting with it. The Times, to Be sure,
still keeps up in show Of loyalty, and
just now 1t is making a great fuse about
ku-klux, apparently to regain tie CON
fdence of the politicians, but the
Times is liable to occasional Iparox-
ysms of honesty, and is not to! he inn
plicity relied upon. The Tribu ne has
fallen away completely; it is one of
the most earnest opponents of Grant
| ism, and no longer even calls Itself
| Republican. The Post, though still
clinging to the name denopnces scvery
! thing that is now characteristics to the
party, The Sun, in all but its tnamp
is ffercely Democratic. If there be
tanY Republican papers left in New
York, they are without charactes and
reputation and we cannot name them
even Harper's Weekly, so saSagely
"loyal" through the war, is opposing
| all Of Grants petty measures the Ma
| ton started TO fight Democracy, now
occupies substantially Democratic
grouhd. 1t is no wonder the despair
Ing GRANTEES must get qp- -tlqIR IRcpub
II TIC. {
And il must be observed That thi:
Idefection of the Radical press isby nc
means confined to New York. What
Is TRUE of the papers of that city ss trNj
of the leading papers thronylioiit the
entire north. Ii we were asked tC
Iname the representative Republican
tiournaIs Of he country. we, }hoult
IceftainTv incI1ude besides thfc W,
thaye mentionel. the Boston Ahverti
ser ami lie Snr;ngfield RennhlicAp Oh,
4 Cincinnati tommerciai. tbe Cbioag
fTrihnne and 81 Ionis Deriocrat
Whose services To the RepubIica1 part
lin its Growth and lis maturity Are be
yond eomnutation. The first aha las
named sfiIi call themselves Rennblicar
but are hostile 10 Tie Administrative
land 10 The whole present noliey, of In
party the others have thrown Oft Il,
Iparty alleriance altogether. Nol
certainly these ncwspaners do in som
o ldegrce fepresent The current OF knbli
ntopfhionl
r we know that il max be sail th.
y tsome of the naners ~ have bame
o tsubnorted' Nr Greelev and tLoif intll
-lcnce did not count for much But "
NAV ds we'll Confess tLat tl,a 1nya
: tof Is7o was n nernlinr c6mniicatll on
= and iLat n codd many nnnnic's ldigc
Il ftion wos ;mna;red hy hhoilcd brow.