National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-24
AN ANGRY ENGLLSHMAN.

AN ANGRY ENGLLSHlAAN.
During the hast two or three months we
have been defending the New York Time
and its editor against the attacks of some o.
our contemporaries in various parts of tho
country, and particularly against the rs
saults of two or three of those sharp ant
able Washington correspondents, who
seize upon the many ridiculous blunders
in ourpolitics, history and geography which
that journal so frequently makes to admin,
lister to it, from time II time. a severe casti
cation. We have pointed out to these gen.
tlemen that the fact that Mr.. Jennings, the
editor of the Times, is an unnatualized
they should assail him SO cruelty, and that,
even granting that he did write book to
prove that republican government in the
United States is failure, he should be
treated lenien,ly in consideration of the ad.
ditional fact that he has since rcpcnted,
that his sentiments in this respect have un-
dergone wonderful change since Mr..
Jones, in his generosity and bcncvolcnce
towards Englishmcn as nation, was in
duced to put this particular one at the head
of his paper, to advance him money to buy
some stock in it, and to purchase for
him all uptown residence. Mr. Jennings
is grateful man. anil as we have again
and again pointed olt to the correspond
ents, he has for the good and sufficient rca-
SONS alluded to entirely changed his politi-
cal opinions, and is now as devoted to dem
ocratic institutions as he way few years
ago to monarchical ideas, when, as corrc-
spondent Of the Times, of London, he wrote
the book to which We have referred. We
like Mr.. Jennings, and hare no sympathy
with those who attack him. II is.true that
he has not yet seen fit to forswrar his allie
giancc to the Queen Of Enghsd, and that
if war were 70 occur between the United
States and Great Britain he would be com
PEELED to leave the country. and the Times
would be temporarily without an editor,
but as SO grave calamity Is not likely to
occur for some years, Mr.. Jennings will, in
all probability, be with us anil OF us until a
better offer is made to him upon the other
side of the Atlantic. Spiteful people, in
view of all these circumstances in his career,
have called him an editorial soldier of for
tune, Dugald Dalgetty in journalism, sell
ing his pen to the highest bidder, defending
the republic or the monarchy as it suited
his purposc-all of which is exceedingly
wrong and repreiiensiblc.
Mr. Jennings has our entire sympathy in
these attacks which are made upon him,
and We sincerely hope we shall soon have
heard the last Of them. Blu. he makes q
great and grave mistake in getting angry
when he is abused. He should learn to
keep his temper and not get excited. Above
all means, he should not use his native bill
lingsgate, because it does not read well in
metropolitan newspaper, and its use in
the columns of the Times is entirely con-
trary to the traditions of that journal when
it was an American newspaper, under the
direction OF the late Mr.. Raymond, In an
other column We reprint the article which
has caused Mr.. Jennings to lose his temper
and to abuse with the usual buster of q
Britishcr two very worthy and excellent
journalists, Mr.. Mcdill and Mr.. Vance, the
correspondents Of the Chicago Tri5uns-and
the Cincinnati Commercial These gentle
men are Intelligent Americans, who under
stand American politics. VINO were loyal
to the Union when Mr.. Jennings was
writing coppcrllcad letters to the London
Times, and following in the path which
Bull Run" Russell had marked out for
him. Russell sustained the cause of the
Confedcracy until the public Indignation
became so great that he was compelled to
leave the country. Mr.. Jennings barely
escaped the same fate. We remind him of
this in the sinccrest kindness, to show him
how foolish and absurd he is in his present
course. We do not know what truth there
is in the statement ofthc correspondent of
the Chicago TibGae that he Times is in
disgrace with the Administration; but we
do know that THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
has steadily beaten II in news. particularly
while the Virsinius question was pending.
JENNINGS did come to Washington, and did
telegraph some foolish stuff to his paper, as
its files will show, and which the Secretary
of State could not certainly have author
lied. Bat why shoald he become angry
at the publication the fact if it be fact !:
Docs lie not know that every Republican
leader is dissatisfied with the paper? Does
he need TO be told that the Republicans of
New York are disguised with its blundcr-
ing, vacillaling, stupid management! Only
few weeks ago, when Mr.. Williams nomi.
ration was before the Senate, it showed
what perfect wcathcr-cock II is. For five
days it opposed and supported linn by turns.
And so with every other question ofparty
or political significance before the country.
It t,,ses great credit to itself for the fight it
made against Tanmany Hall in New York.
when, in fact, no credit whatever is due to
its editor for whatever Of victory and good
there came Of the Struggle. The honor
and glory of that contest belong to the Re-
publican leaders of New York State and
city, who. had 30 little confidence in the
courage or tho ability Of the Times that the
indisputablc proof Of the guilt Of tho Tnln