Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-28
LETTER FROM NEW YoRR.
NV IoRk. Feb -. 1876.
Sp<rioI CsrrrSp.ssisEcr

has had nearly two decades Of paper
currency Is . redundancy Of specie. but
just that seems nov to loom up before
Us. The Nevada mines. under the i'm
pulse Of new discoveries and improved
PrOoesses are turning out such quaint
ties Of silver as threaten to greatly ne
dnee the value Of the metal In eOnse-
Qnence Of this. cur uine-oEning sena-
tors. doubtless alarmed lest their scan
~ earnings should be thereby cut down
to million or two day. now propose
to change cur standard from gold to sill
Yer. and debaSe the silver dollar to the
level Of the greenh1ek- Ike New York
TrI5'Sas takes ap tins sabiect. and af-
ter denOuneiRg the prO5ees indicated.
gives an able opinion regarding the true
method ef absorbing the surplus bullion.
partly BY letting it replace our present
fractional currency. and partly BY sub
stituting it for merchandise in adjusting
our trade balances with Asia. which lat
ter plan i, shows to Be entirely feasible.
The opinion thus expressed is worthy
Of careful consideration. coming As 1t
does from the foremost Journal on this
eOntinent-a journal which founded and
raised to permanent prominence BY one
Of the Purest and greatest Americans.
has since his death. risea to ; higher
position than 1t ever before occupied.
For 1t Is not to be gainsaid that despite
Mr.. Greeleys greatness Is ! philAnthrO-
pist and philosopher. the former man
sgement Of the TribssHs from : Journal
istic point Of view was not equal to the
present one The 7ri5sRs Of to-day is
the finest specimen Of that one great re-
suit Of the Liberal Movement, independ-
ent journalism In politics as in all
the great questions of the day, it Oecu-
pies the true position Of great metro
politan newspaper; neither standing
alOOf from the contest, nor held in the
leash BY either side. but after grasping
and defining the merits Of case with
unusual eleArness. dealing Its blows in
behalf Of justice and public policy. in
whichever ranks they may be found. Its
news Is usually complete. and above all.
reliable. It's foreign eorrespOndence is
the best We have. while Its musical, dra-
matte, and art cri.iques are BY common
consent. standard
The Tri6luss's tone and policy are
xell-nigh unique in this country. They
eyince adignity. and straightfOrwardness
which are in strong contrast to the in
sincere, haruu-searum style Of journal
ism which obtains too generally at this
day.
In nothing are these qualities more
clearly illustrated than in the policy of
the paper towards It's detraetors-
| presume that 10 6rst-elass journal
vas ever subjected to more persistent
systematic. outrageous. and irritating
attacks. than is the Tribune from GER
tain Of Its contemporaries No mud Is
too black for them to throw. no charges
too silly or too improbable for them to
reiterzte al Ra1Lsaaza. Had the IJi6s1Re
justified the expectation Of its enemies
by noticing these attacks. it would have
/ entered upon an endless task with the
difficulty Of constantly meeting charges
50 utterly silly that refuting them would
be IN itself ridiculous But INTO this
trap the editor Of the Tri6s1zs declined
to fall. and now. after mouths Of frantic
endeayOr to provoke some deviation from
the cutting silence maintained BY the
paper, Its opponents find themselves
in = pIsiably awkward condition. To
continue the Oue-sided fight in the ex.
pectatiOn of being recognized as bellig-
erents looks hopeless. and TO abandon a
field. where they are having their owl
way unmOlested. would expose them Il
even greater ridieule. Il Is an uupleas.
ant, but deserved dilemma, the end Of
which Is not yet: but no termination Of
1t can affect the advantage which the
TritaHls has gained through the wisdom
Of Chief who with neither the gray
hairs nor the cold blOod Of age to teach
hin fOrbearanee. has read lesson II
hrnness, temperance. and controversial
tactics to the whole profession.
The substantial proof Of this Is found
In the growing circulation Of the paper
which continues TO increase in the teetI
Of SANDER The weekly edition espee
tally. Is making itself more and nor
strongly felt among the thinking elias
throughout the States. with a CORES
Pondingly greater influence upon publ
opinion Happily this influence is
safe one Like everything else fnit
the Tribune may err. but at worst. II
= errors are not on the side Of dishonest
and corruption, while the great mas
: its teaching Is Of 3 character to Be Eel
coined in every American home,
Mr.. BeeeheF's Advisory Council Ia
begun It's session with large 2ttendznc,
: IL proceedings are daily reported. b.
D have 10 great interest 70 the public. =
l It does not deal With Mr.. Beeeher's guil
E OF innocence, which Is the only thing j
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