National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-02
MR. JENNINGS, on LONDON.


NOW THH UNHATURALLxBD EDITOR
RUNS TEE NEW FORK TIMES.
RICH AND RAoY pEvrLorMESrs-HrxRY
Q. RAYMoNDss BhFTER TO JENNINGS IN
isrEHow tsBoBTAILu JENNINGS TREATS
ms KDrFoRs-A NOBLE BRrroH IN NEW
fORK-Hls MANAGING xDrT0R ADVISES
JENNINGS 10 BECOME NATURALIzED As
An OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ABOUT
'scoMAON cADs.u stli
L j. Jennings, tho unnatursiised editor Of the
New York rnsa Is having lively time AL
afound. The Jersey Oily Herald OF the 2'th Of
fsst month skstchss his character and disposss Of
his claims and pretensions a. follows
To begin, let rs say that great men have their
whlua Caesar and Chariemange had their
whims 30 had voltairs. Andso has Louis Jen-
kins Jennings, the "editor-in-ehief" OF the New
York Tsmss. Jenkins is Briton. Bless himi
he's Q Briton, and he's great. All Englishmen
are grsat-if not great in intellect, they are
great In girth. But jerks ID great 10 intellect
He 10 endowed with prodigious mind. Great
ness was not thrust upon him. He was born
great He began Hfo BY graduation. He enlisted
in the Bobtails The Bobtsils are proud army
Of London reporters, whose @giory lies in mutton
pies" The Bobtails live In Q measure BY their
Wits jerks had his wits. He had read the work 6
OF fllustrious Englishmen, abusing and ridicullng
Americana Why shouldn't Bobtail try his hand
and become fliustrous, too' Of course. He
crossed the big pond and got his data He re-
crossed the big pond and wrote his book. Twas
hard on Americans. ouse Bobtails own words:
SIT cut to the bene, and made 'em squirm." But
Americans took no notice OF Bobtail's wonderful
satire, and the better class Of Londoners were
Indignant, and pronounced Bobtail,s effort 80
blackguard affair." written by an obscure scrlb-
bier, who evidently was in search Of . temporary
notoriety."
This soured for time the stomach OF Bobtail.
The London press was rude enough to say that
the "obscure scribSier" was 1scurrilous black
guard" But .-scurriious blackguard" who
can't md employment on the London press d
good enough for aedItor-in-chief'' Of on American
newspaper. OF course he Is. Bobtail was hard
pushed. But Bobtail was born with wonderful
courage. He wrote to the late Henry J. Raymond
for o position on the Times. Mr.. Raymond re
piled, briefly and significantly, as follows:
NEW YORK TINES, May l6, 1857.
SIR: The Times has now as many Englishmen
on 1t as II can stand.
Respectfully, HENRY ]. RAYMOND,
To Mr.. Louis J. Jennfzgs.
That was short, and. though not what can be
called sweet, It had the merit Of point Who
should find fault be nicely critical IT, at the jo-
vial board, when the wine flows freely and the
distinguished Bobtail grows slightly hilarious, he
should take pride to himself In exhibiting the
above letter, with the lofty uttersnce: "LoOk at
that, ye cads! There's my predecessors auto
graph. See what he says, and think how he was
mistaken He didn't know my talents! Ha! ha!
70 cads can cut to the bone! / can make 'em
sQuirmr"-which are famous expressions OF Bob
tails. All great men have famous expressions.
When Mr. Raymond died Bobtail saw his oppor.
tunity. He lost no time in hurrylng from London
TO New York, and, after bamboozllng Mr.. Jones
by little extravagant talk, the noble Bobtail
took minor position In the editorial room The
paper was then running under the editorial charge
Of the clerks proofreaders, and printers. Things
were In mixed condition. Bobtall again saw his
opportunity. If Jones would make him the ''head
Of the heap" as chief editor Bobtaii would agree
to make things "howl." He would "out to the
bone" He would snake 'em squirm." Of
course Jones wanted things to "howi," and
s'sQuirm," and '.cut to the bone," and he boosted
up BobtaIl to the principal tripod. Then all the
clerks and all the prooEreaders and all the
printers In the Times office, they smiled; It was SC
much like Jones-just to make green nuuky o.
an Englishman editor-in- fof President Grants
principal organ In New York, It vas almost toe
funny to be laughed at. Booted and spurred Sc
to speak as editor In chief Of the Times, Bobtai
was quite beside himself 1t was no longer Bob
tall. He donned at once the long Haisted, long
skirted Dundreary coat, and affected royal air
He sought the best mushroom society, and wa:
admitted. The mushrooms sdmire things With Q
"foreIgn air;p therefore was Bobtail admired. II
Is to be supposed that when the thing with 0
aforeign air. sneezed or 'yaWd," all the mush.
rooms sneeIed or''yawd." ofcourse. When Bobtail
criticised or ridiculed American manners, 1t was
the plain duty of the mushrooms to manifest o
most eager disposition to concur, which, however
forcIbly It indicated the "staf" some men were
made OF, cleared the mushrooms Of all suspicion
that they were "vulgar creatures" Just as the
braggart says to the syoophant: " Your entire
race are ignorant Doors" The sycophant replies:
"rm in accord with you, sir. Please don't strike
me. You see I'm Intelligent enough to agree with
you and to recognize your great superiority"
should Bobtal complain Of corns on the e-jolnts
or an ache In the Len rib then 1t Is for the mush-
rooms to affect the same annoyance, as indicating
o close sympathy between the blood royal Thus
was the noble Bobtsii ''duck of q fellow" in the
capacious and brilliant drawing rooms Of "mIne
host" the retired eel-venders.
The gigantic Bobtail now was truly great. He
must have horses-spirited fellows. After an
airing In Central Park, John Thomas knows his
duty, which is to tear at . laundering pace to
Printing House square. The noble Bobtail
deigns occasionally to throw side glance from
his chariot at the cads" and plebsians" along
Fifth avenue. If he sees he isn't attracting at
tention, he impatiently asks, do they foam, do
they foam! Make the horses foam, John, and
show the cads how we do 1t in Lunun." When
the poor horses reach Printing House square they
are as gray as mist with steamlng smoke; and
Bsrgh is not near. There is Q momentary asits-
ton, and men hurrying by stop to inquire what
great man has arrived in such haste in front
Of the Custom House organ. Oonjectures are rife.
Some say It is Richardson with news for Jones
relative to Wall street or the Custom Ho use
while others believe, from the appearance Of the
ioaming steeds, that tits Gen. Grant himself They
soon pass on, however, with disappointed smile
on their faces, as some bootblsck volunteers the
Information, with o twinkle In the corner Of his
eye: 'sOh, tits nothing but that little English
fool Of JONES'" The dapper Bobtsn rattles up
stairs, like fiery genius, dashes into the musty
ssnctum, pulls off his .'lavenders," chucks them
In the face Of the ofice-boy, calls him "cad. /"
and then the noble Bobtsil begins to stamp,
swear and bully. He always stamps and swears
when he arrives, Just TO wake up the drones and
make them aware Of his presence. Itwss nothing
bnt weakness Of soul and q timid spirit which
prompted I'VE members Of the Timss stan, headed
By George F. Williams, the managing editor, to
hand Mr.. Jones the following notice last Sep
TENDER:
"Sm: We hereby tender our resignations, be-
ing no longer able to endure, with our sense Of
the brutality, blackguardlsm and
rufhsnly conduct Of your principal editor, Mr..
jennings man wholly unqualified for the POSI-
tion he pretends to fill, either Is gentleman or
by any knowledge whatever Of American poll
tIcs."
Now, we take Il those gentlemen were much too
sensitive. All great men have their vhims, as We
think we have remarked some sentences back.
Then why shouldn't Bobtail have his whims, and
fume and swearf The uttersncs OF 9 big oath
shows great strength OF character. or course.
Didn't the Trojans swearf or course they did.
Didn't the soldiers swear terribly In Fiandersf
Sure enough they did. Swearing Is strong gin.
Didn't the great Phil. Sheridan strike his spurs
with "terrible osthf" or course he did and
isn't he renowned for It in songf or course be is
But II there were no such presidents, hasn't no.
BILE Briton (bless noble Briton y right to swear
and do Just as he s'blawsted" Jleases in this
.blswsted" country OF course he has. THERE'S
always hardy vice in genius, which saves It from
sameness and fstness. Byron swore. 50 did Blue
skin. Both were geniuses in their way.
Because, fOrsooth, the distinguished and illus.
trious Bobtail had that "blswsted" little town Of
Newport, in the State Of Connecticut, the other
day, he shouldn't be blamed much for that, for It
must be remembered that Rhode Island ID . very
small State, and person hardly knows how soon
he's over the line. II the noble Briton had Thad.
Stevens as the Wilberforce Of the United States
Senate, the venerable Thsd should certainly have
been there, instead OF that bad old man, Cameron.
It "a novel as well ns instructive to pass an hour