New-York tribune., 1875-05-12
CURRENT DISCUSSiON.
COMIC JOURNALISM.


Under the above title TIE NEw-Y0rK
TGlDoaG proceeds, ia of tln,e c,iaIn ag articles
VI ic sometimes appear ID ils columns, in acl. 70
lir;iiUs" in ts country. II thinks. IN .Gb-ahcr ilt
M. bcrc % ptIed The m.ce Of ih"rght and mo
shews Ot intent" We inclined 10 thiuk that ~ is-
c>,ins the subject TIE TiibuAh maSes an inrXcu'.'e
Synonymous. Punch, for instance. n. goat head ed
tyne OF s class s comic, but Heaven he the inan it
cai!- it tnnny IL certainly has iuh ana W.T. o,th 1
high ord In IT, but the great body and ToundNoh ~
IL contents il OF dnlnrss that makes parliamentary
real element in Punch. and far mere neueeabs
vi, ~ nor t,ln bnt stiir II is astonishing how crra;
the pleasure in hearing rulers abused even where
hs comnry Personal writing j. 80 universal among
our papers that it would bo ridiculous to mention IN.
stances pub.c which is almost snrci;ed with such
al food by the quantity forced upon II, ss 10 iun
at all in picking bii here and there ron mas oi YER
tjacc Ii is his cruel aggrandIement Of il primo .le
M ui of by the illustrated newspapers ad day
Journals that saps the Vitality of the Am'iiean cone
paper and hurried many rash ventures 10 bcg-@tV
and ruin The end of the whole mater Is tha th purify
nopnly i driven from te field here by the un.y-ttnd
freedom of the general pr,,s and we cordially e"n.a
10 attempt ore II Aris,oplancs Terence Rnblsis
and DR.. swim. Tom Hood and Douglas Jerold should
rise yOnl the dead an I lc take tao oiut man1.e't
with iTor,rth and Crukshan, aud Iooch and Dore TO
draw tortt.'
From The Springfield IIi Sl,e E'D!St,T:
On the 9th inst. a banquet was given eX-
seator Carl sehrh who was GA he ,he eve oI n,is o
ban Iu, distinguished citzen AZ Nr srhlirb eas
moan, oily hi, the effects of the affair wold be well
enough It's true anlng Is anot her new p"itcll parry
parit. con os'd 81 men who are too good to Jon the
ranks of the millions, the people who do the Eoins an
bear the bar,l.ns al govern mrn but party OF sea oi
great education and learning. with angelic theories a,
government. vino decidedly right thai every $40
dadgTtos With them Is wrong; In shori men euo
aIe good. pure. and earnec-ht only t. run gov
cinmcnt with angels rs voters and Charles Itales
Adams, r. of Massachusetts tlcr standing caundde
for President. Such gentlemen Eyts, wells, ADAMS
x id urz etc. Ice Of too much service 10 ~
Stale to be engaged IN such foolish ana unprac'cAOs
performances. aud Il Is pity, when good ana tIn' uos
badly needed in the mluaecml nj oi The ahiN o
the nation, that AT the beginning OF every fiesdth l1
campaign they Will destroy their own useiu'n'ss' -! NJ
auglraIing an enterprise without iolowts, by 9igsh
zins party whose numbers never cAceei thc chaII
members by sticking sign over their door that us
is tie hcadiuarGrs of the Too GC9d pattS where i'1'
THE MECkLENBUEG Centennial
Frois The HtlminTfon ~. tl Sis' . -,
The great newspaper has spoken. Unlike
few OF i,s contemporaries who have ignOrtny u"uOn
the authenticity of our Declaration of ini'p"hdhc.s
outs pokeu ,ieciar,tion lcpcndcnce similar IN Psr
port tnat signed more than year aiicrwar " 70.
taking this position, which Is In accordance with tue oo
intent opnicn of liberal aud intelligent men ~ ~ az @
i,sicd historian VINO many years ago hcd important
position s editorial stan The ais0n Is 'o hlenS"
! II. iiiltrcth
| THE pEaloCRATs AND THE EDEPENDESf
VOTER.
Prom The hooe k,g'sfer. - =,
ocrar press s less furious than Mas Tor siIHs.'
t.ckc; nj the next Presidential ccciDn" our coem~
ragy 10 whom much for lis able assaults w
the Radical Administration In its rabl STATE Is h % ,
sympathy with lbe policy OF the DemOeEaii. parry -.
sti slightly preudiced IN its party tradltO Wv
do ihins II Is quite can id IN saving ulhi tir p'.
cratic press has ever been furious on tie saiy In
! Sslagit tlchrt IN the next Presidential o'c,t"h. ~.
decd, ~ do not that any part! need hc ttar,
very crazy thai proposes to run IL own ul',e' Nm.
on is ticket ii Allon, ficD, or Thurman oi :.
deks or men Of that stamp are not On" ldch ~. W
clUssn as the standard beaois oi h'o sIrry
| party, whore they ID DO i"dHd oa ~, ~.
even THE TRiBUNE would not advise the chohs "' "a
hien, Ar oGSlv meal--l'o...'lse 81 h' "a
tAe Douo,Iao party wOuld aos and ons"t no" 20 vns
! for him. lie bcOn.s the other slio-tAN h,aN y, 80
side os adulteratou by she Gran. outrage pu.I ,ss
| II MIR Blaine had modified his Platform Oh2 . . on,
weeks LATER we nave doubt ho would nave rIt 49,,
every yestigr of the old war hate, and moiccd n'l
aftor the spil oI the Concord and Lexington ehsna
Times have changed. ami the country yoaiiS ioi -,
Fraternity aud concord tIc rising powers oi tio
aud the pulse vi tho country bcas Ll,h lVi t'si a.
Union aud u restored onsutulloh. As toI tht ~ "a
pendent voter. ho has no pret nsions 10 the to -.
| viii only vote for tie party of rvstorat"n on !ho W.
diIion that he 10 allowed W nominate i,s ,Aiitu'o~