National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-21
THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND sECRE-
TARY CHANDLER.

In the news columns of the New York
Times of yesterday we find very brief,
and, SO far as it goes, correct sketch of the
prominent points in the eYentful career of
Secretary Chandler, which concludes with
the criticism that "there is much of the
politician in his composition, backed up
"by very creditable abilities" No doubt
the sketch and this comment were written
by some one on the Times staff who knew
something about American politics, and
who was inclined to do Mr.. Chandler jus.
tice The fact that he was writing for that
journal, however, prevented him from re-
spending fully to that inclination. In the
editorial columns of the same issue, where
the true animus of the unnaturaliZed En-
glishman who edits it is displayed, we find
the following:
each Chandler has been appointed Secre-
tary of the Interior. We believe he has the
reputation of being a 'frst-rate story-teller,'
and an amusing man to sit up with o. nights.
If our readers ask US whether he has any bet
ter recommendations than these for his new
post, we must answer that we do not know.
We have already exhausted our stock of infor-
nation about the new Secretary"
This is certainly a confession. We have
repeatedly charged that Jennings does not
know anything about the affairs of this
country, but here we find that he dismisses,
with a single brief sentence, a man who
has been in American politics for nearly a
generation, and whose service in the Sen
ate of the United States extended over a
period of eighteen eventful years. What
\ better proof of our charge could be re-
quired than is furnished by the display Of
ignorance regarding such a man which is
to be found in this paragraph But the
charge is further proven by the declaration
of the news writer above referred to that
the Hon. Zacbariah Chandler is among
"the best known public men ofthe day, as
"he has been before the people in some
capacity for nearly quarter of century,
"mOst of the time in the United States
Senate" Of course there is no consist
ency in this way of treating such subject
saying in one column that Mr.. Chandler is
a man of consequence and creditable abil-
ity, and in another that he has no COM
mendable qualities for his new position
but what else could be expected of the
ITmes' While Mr.. Chandler sustained
the American Union with his purse and
his services on the hastings and in the
council chamber, Jennings was en-
gagged in warning against it through
the columns of the London Times. But
his especial grievance against the new Sec
Rotary resides in the fact that Mr.. Chandler
is the acknowledged representative of
very strong anti-British feeling. which was
aroused in this country during the war by
the course of the English Government as
regards the so-called Southern Confederacy.
1t was his habit to threaten a forcible set
Element of the Alabama difficulties, and to
his influence, no doub:, the country is in
debted, TO some extent, for the rejection of
the earlier propositions made by Great Brit
ain for settlement. 1t is not to be
wondered at, then, that Jennings, an IN
naturalized English interloper on American
soil, should begin at the very outset of Mr..
Chandler's new career to SANDER him. He
is ac;uated in this policy by the same mo-
tives which prompted him to rush to the
denunciation of:the Government when it
substituted two American banking institu-
tons in place of the English house of Bar
ings as our foreign financial agents. 1t is
to be wondered at, however, that the stock
holders of the Times, assuming, as they do,
to be Americans and Republicans, should
allow this alien to use their property for
srch anti American DurnOses