The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-02-24
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
(fTyons On. osOss Corres21oaGeaSt)
New York, Feb. 18th, 1876.

occurrence VI EetHGf ltijS I1ietnS lil!tu
the memory of this saint is actually fall
ing into neglect, or that your corTespon-
dent having crossed the poas osjeOfttua
of callow sentiment is getting callo1s
and unmindful OF the ceremonies still
observed among the youthful ranks from
which old Time has expelled him, is too
delicate question for present discus
sion. l viii venture, however, to assert
that a festival to Cup;dity would receive
good deal more attention in New York
at least, than this enc TO Cupid.
The only event THAT at all served to
mark the day here, WAS its celebration
by The ''shrieking sisterhood's" society,
S,roisis. This evidence ofthe Society's
continued existence was genuine sur
prise to your correspondent, as it doubt
| less will be to many OF your readers
but the fact remains that 1t still lives,
presumably as ready as ever to fly to its
arms against the ''tyrant man" when
ever the latter ungaiIantlY neglects to
| offer his own for them to fly to. SOrosls
was born February L, 1855, 20 that the
meeting aforementioned was the cele-
bration of it's twentieth birthday. And
| now that IL las attained q nlarriageable
age, why can't some self-sacrificing Nor
mon marry the whole concern and trans
plant it to the blooming shores Of the
Great Salt Lake, Such an act of benev-
I, IT II
never repay or forget.
Aboutth last trouble which one would
expect TO arise in a country which has
had nearly two decades Of paper currency
is redundancy of specie, but Just that
seems now to loom up before Us. The
Nevada mines, under the impulse of
new discoveries and improved processes
are turning cut such quantities Of silver
as threaten to greatly reduce the value
OF the metal. Ia consequence OF this,
our, mjne-owning senators, doubtless
alarmed lest their scan!y earnings should
be thereby cut down to a million or two
a day. now propose TO change our stand
silver dollar to the level OF the green
back. The NJ Y Tribune takes up this
subject, and after denouncing the pro-
iect Indicated, gives al able opinion re-
garding the irue method of absorbing
the surplus bullion, partly by letting it
replace our present fractional currency,
and partly by substituting it for MGR
chandise in adjusting our trade balances
with Asia, which latter plan il shows TO
be entirely feasible.
The opinion thus expressed is worthy
of careful consideration, coming as i
does from the foremost journal on this
continent-a journal which founded and
raised to permanent prominence by one
of the pures5 and greatest Of Americans,
has since his death, risen to higher
position than It ever before occupied
For it is not to be gainsaid that despite
Mr.. Greeley's greatness as a philanthro-
pist and philosopher, the former manage
ment Of The Tribune from a journalistic
point of view was not equal to the pre-
sent one. TIE Tribune Of to-day is the
finest specimen Of that one great result
of the Liberal Movement, independent
Journalism. In politics as in all the
great questions OF the day, it occupies
the true position Of great metropolitan
newspaper neither standing aloof from
the contest, nor held in the leash by
either side, but after graspirg and defin-
ing the merits of a case with unusual
clearness, dealing it's blows in behalf Of
justice and public policy, III whichever
ranks they may Ice found. It's news is
usually complete, and above all, reliable.
It's foreign correspondence is the best
we have, while it's musical, dramatic, and
art critiques are by common consent,
standard
The Tri6aHe's tone and policy are we'll
uigh unique in this country. They
evinoe q dignity, a moderation, a consis-
tency, and straig htforwardness which
are in strong contrast to the insincere,
harum -scarum style of journalism which
obtains too generally at this day.
In nothing are these qualities more
clearly illustrated than in the policy Of
the paper toward its detractors.
[ presume that 10 frst-class journal
was ever subjected to more persistent,
systematic, outrageous, and irritating
attacks. than is TIE Tribune from Ger
| to;n IF re, clY E,,,,-, ~,ro-:os NJ MI =.
too black for them to throw, Nc charge
too silly OF too improbable for them TO
reiterate al sa0usean2, Had The Fri
bune Justified the expectation of It's
enemies By noticing these attacks, il
would have entered upon an endless task
with the difficulty of constantly meeti1
| charges so utterly silly that refusing
/ them would be IL itself ridiculous. But
into Ills trap the editor of The Tribusse
declined to fall, ard Row, after months
OF frantic endeavcr 20 provoke some de-
! Walton from il4e cutting silence maintain
ed by the paper, It's opponents now lad
| themselves IL q pitiabiy awkward cogtli-
ton To continue the oae-sided fight i'll
| tie expectation of being recognized as
belliaereDts looks horale5s. and to aban-
don a field, where they are having their
own way unmoistei, would expose them
to even greater ridicule. Il is an m
pleasant, hut deserved dilemma, the end
of which is not yet but no termination
of it can affect the advantage which 7He
Tribune has gained through the wisdom
OF Chief, who with neither the gray
| hairs nor the cold blood Of age 10 teach
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