The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13

to do. We should not have referred to this
matter again-although we knew that an
attempt was being made to use our course,
taking only dsjointed paragraphs and SEN
tences, for the grinding Of somebody's axe,
they all the time well knowing that their
in theory, false in pretence and false IN
fact-but for the substantial endorsement
of our position by so good republican
paper as the New York Times. We don't
publish ii nOw because We think we need
ii, We know from our constantly incIc'a-
ing circulation, that our course Is well un-
derstood and is appreciated and endorsed.
We do not, for a moment, believe that
the persons to whom the garblcd extracts
are presented, and whom they are expected
TO influence, will be deceived thereby They
are altogether too sensible men to he gull"d
in any such way. 1t is, however, always u
pleasure to have ones course endorsed, but
il is still more 80 20 see the rapid decadcnce
of slavish party organs, edited, o. con-
trolled or, perhaps, managed would be
the better worldly men who have no ideas
of their own men who, before expressing
an opinion, are compelled to wait and see
what this. that or the other newspaper says
about it, or what the Platts, Buffers, Sim
mons, Harlans and Pomeroys may have to
say In our judgment, and we believe we
express the opinion of every intelligent
man, that class of newspapers work great
CT injury TO the party. than they can, by
any possibility. do it good.
But we have written more than we in
tended at the outset. Now for the Time
article. 1t may, if it does no other good,
pound modicum of sense into the brains,
If SO be they have any, Of the slavish
billiards Of whom we have been speaking.
In its leading editorial, Wednesday, the
Times says Z" The republican party rs
still strong in the estimation Of the people.
although mistakes in various quarters have
been made within the past six months.
No party goes on forever without mistakes.
Yet these mistakes have nowhere been So
promptly pointed out as by republican men
and journals, and we have endeavOred TO
do our parts of the duty. rs Congressman
Platt and others freely and very kindly ac-
knowledge. The errors of the leaders of
the party can he set right iRSide the party
there is no necessity to ask such II mon
grcl body as the democratic republicans ="
to undertake the task. No doubt the work
of objecting to any detail of the leadership
is an ungracious cne-thc Platts of the day
would lead any party to ruin by silencing
the warnings of friends, and Ivy compelling
newspapers to exist solely ,or the purpose
of registering their dccrces They are
oolish enough TO believe that all the world
is as blind as themselves that II they only
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detect them. They resent anything ap-
preaching to criticism. As for o newspa-
per, its sole function is to publish what
Platt and his kind order one day, ,nd what
Butler and his kind may order another"
1t adds and we heartily adopt the senti-
ment, because it so truly expresses our own
course, &" tAs has never been a portion of
" our mission, and never will he. In years
q" gone by, we have always expressed our
opinions on public affairs in a perfectly
uniettered way ptaissag chat arc Jellec(d
" 10 be S0Od, c0Hde1HRing lotat are 1elieced 10
"Je Jai. Sometimes we have offended
"party leaders. sometimes we have pleased
them-but tce hare aeCer thought oaT
~ &uty TO support a measure simply Jecda'e
''pdrsy leG9sTS scahted ii to be supported. u
1t might have added that no honest man
would consent to take a different course
yet we and they know that it makes vast
difference whether men support the repub-
lican party, as they and we do, from prin-
ciple, or, like others We Mot of, in expec-
tetion of being paid therefor by some petty
Office