New-York tribune., 1874-12-02

turn It's back upon him and seek to make make him
ereS p Sa he w s sesS sS OF Pong for
a third term and because he will not come out over
by his party To be sure not in all the
United States can be produced who VIII say ne ever
heard the President say intimate that he desired
other term but certain newspapers nave iterated and
reiterated the baseess charge for partisan purposes III
a lot of Ounces believe it, and the President disa
buse them of the lie or be thrown overheard" That
Is the dlslntercstod advice of the papers That nave
fostered the msapprchcnsion, bur tnink If the Re
publican party il far that IL can be buragged
into 50 cowardy an attitude toward Us chosen chle
is past saving II the President should bow TO the man
date of the Arabs Of the press the party would not be
whit better off than it now ia
GRANTISM AND REPUBLICANIsM sYNONOM0Us.
- Prom The Ufod Obstrrer -
The Washington correspondent OF IHE
NEWlORK TRIBUNE has been iecling the pulses OF the
ton IN anticipation OF the forthcoming session OF Con
gress. He hnds general disposition in tine beaten
power Those who have chanled the praises OF Grant
CIor fST years past Ti picture nn9 now in ] his iree
him as he deserves to be denounced. Bat
h rSsdSS' % Gns bis w"rG sady Thanks &
acquisition TO man whose vocabulary Is SO limited
The word is "SOrchead" He will explain that every
man who crcises him belongs to that class. That
the epthet hurled at Charles Sumner and Horace
effective when used against me founders of the Repuo
can party why should 1t not suffice to crush the small
creatures VINO banded II so freely in the last Presdenal
campaignf II we believed that the Republican party
were strong enough TO free itself from Gransm we
should rejoice. II might then become a party with
purposes as patriotic those which animate tne Democ
| racy IL would cease to he mere combination OF
ofice-holders upheld by voters VINO acted with it
through the force of habit and Old association. 1t
would be party with future, and would divide with
the Democracy the control Of the country But Grant
ism and Repubicanism have become synonymous terms.
The One Man power is supreme in the organization:
Wben Gfantlsm Is crushed there VIII be nothing left OF
R'publlcansm. new party will OF course grow up,
ana III due time will achieve It's share OF successes. But
Tor the present. and for two to cOe the contest
must he between the freedOm-Ovng cit zens side
ana One Man and his retaners the other side. 1t
VIII VIII be very interesting, however to watch the strns
gles OF Sndbad In his attempt 10 disoige from his
shoulders the Old Man of the sea.
THE LIBERTY OF TIE PRESS IN NEW-YORK
From The Phi1delptd Inquirer.
A judge of a court in the City of New \ Ork
decides soicmny, after having had time enough tor
rejection that the editor of newspaper who refuses to
upon which editorial article written may tie I'M
prlsoned for contempt OF court IN maintaining his own
rights and the rights Of the profession This shows how
we do these things part United states at
least The libel, II there Is any Is III the article pub
article was founGed. A court can have no right
to 90 behind the crime which Is the subject oi
inquiry. particularly under law which holds the
greater the truth the greater the libel aud tha WINE
the truth may be spoken and conveyed from person TO
person without the least pOssply Of prosecution fOr
SANDER the same truth may not he published In strong
contrast to the extraordinary decision winch Is claimed
to he American law ARE the circumstances connected
with the NOn Arnin ease III Germany ana Austria.
Since the quarrel b.twe Il Bismarck ana Won Arnh has
commenced, winch seems to be contest Tor e posses
sion OF certain public documents held Dv the former
Minister from Germany to France. strenuous chlrs has
been made 10 obtain Information "a 20 how certain reve-
aons concerning the character Of the correspondence
got into print
The editors OF certain newspapers have been sum
mOnei ana interrogaed upon the subject But they
took the ground that they bound To discover
matters which came to them professional coniicuce
And, although we consider rnduy u be country IN
which there does not exist mCh freedom as we arc
blessed with in the Unlted states, the plea oi the puO
hsLer and editor WAS sustained. There i law III
GtfMlhy when protects prOicss.On1l communications
Ladc cOndnciors Of the press. And the publishers
trnhlhcd Various other editors a. well aS newspaper
cores NondentS, nave been examined IN reference 10
this matter, ana Bismarck TINS far has inade
very little out OF the operation. In Austria,
Prussia has demanded that the editors Oi "a
news aper published in Vienna should be re
quIreJ To give evidence to the source from which
tncy received information about the Won Arnlm dis
patcLt- And the Government Of Austria refuses even
uthc h tnc Austrian law allows sirrh examinations
wherc object l. supposed To he for the pdOc penent
Bu the Austrans wisely decide That the pubc dement,
mentioned in the statute the Ocnent OF AustrEi
and not the benefit foreign nation. II we contrast
the proceedings ia Prussia ana Austria "lth the JudS
Uf the court IN NCWIJrk IN Mr. ShaHks' case. We
dOubt at least whether the brry Oi tine press Is
deu>On III one Stale OF TINS UnOn while II Is an
actual privilege in two European states which arc not
considered the most liberal upon the Continent.