Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-21
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The Nesv York Times has been re-
garded more of national organ of the
Grant admins ration than either of
the Washington journals, but in an evil
moment it assumed to criticise Grant.
In its issue of Jan. IA it said with ref
erence to the Gushing fasco:
1--WE venture to hope that the Presi-
dent viii now contrive to put an end to
the scandals with which he has sur
rounded his nominations to this par
ticular post by sending in the name of
some one who is not a mere personal
friend or tool, but an able lawyer and
an honest man. We act the part of
true friends toward him when we adj
wise him to break through personal
preiudices, and set aside old grudges,
and consider only the interests OF the
great nation over which he happens to
be placed. His pretended friends, but
secret foes, Will urge him to make an
other false step. If he is not able to
discern their motives now, he Will ap-
preciate them properly when it is too
late-and then he may be. disposed to
admit that the rough counsel which he
received in New York might have saved
him from many sore notifications.
This is very bold, to lecture the
President as though he were only flew
degrees removed from idiocy, and it
has been treated as disrespectful, if not
positively disloyal. The Washington
Republican, often referredto as Grants
hand organ" says in its issue of Jan.
II:
GA Southern exchange does grave IN
Justice to the editor of the Neiv York
Times. 1t says it cannot be expected
that the English gentleman who pre-
sides over the columns of the Times
should be very well posted in the poll
ties of the past of this country The
English editor of the Times is so
well posted in the politics. OF the past
of this country that he wrote book a
few years ago entitled Eighty Years of
Republican Government in the United
States a Failure"
We have the sequel TO this affair in
the following dispatch to the CiRcin-
natl Commercial:
WASHINGTON, Jan. lS.-The glory
of the NelU York Times has departed as
IN organ of the Administration. Its
sun has set. The President has long
despised the paper. but out of delicate
scruples he has fOrborne saying any
thing indicative of his feelings. OF
late, however, he has not scrupled to
express his detestation for the publica-
ton in round terms, having eagerly
seized upon the opportunity for break
ing with it which was offered by the
course adopted in the Gushing nomina-
ton. Secretary Fish had his day some
weeks ago, and improved the occasion.
Jennings came over from New York to
fix matters. He felt that the Times. as
the National organ Of the party, ought
to have a monopoly of all the official
news from the capital, and as the Ma
tioaaI Republican, of this city, was ia
vored IN this respect to the detriment
of the Times, he was sore aggrieved.
Full Of his mission, he first called at
the State Department and interviewed
Fish. The Secretary was not inclined
to see the case exactly from the stand
point Of the Times, but, by way of en-
couraging the unnaturalizcd English
man, he gave him quite a lengthy ac-
count of the Spanish complications,
which were then threatening, with
many things which he impaired conf
dentially, making his injunctions of
secrecy strong and imperative. Not
withstanding all this, however, Mr..
Jennings forthwith telegraphed to his
paper, not only all that the Secretary
had given him without reserve, but a
great deal more, with hisown sagacious
! differences and deductions. When all
this was printed the Secretary found il
necessary TO correct the impression in
Mr.. Jennings mind that the Times was
the organ of the Administration. At
least Mr. Fish was quite sure that the
| Tines was no organ Of the State De-
partmcnt, and 50 stated in emphatic
terms; and now the Administration is
on the chase for a National organ
| Speculations on the subject agree that
neither the San, the World, nor the
| Tribune viii fill the bill, and the only
one remaining is the Herald, which
John Russell Young has Just returned
| home to manage. The Herald as an
Administration organ would present a
| SINGULAR aDpearance.