New-York tribune., 1876-02-26

the temperament. In practical craftsmanship,
the quality of mind that does things and does
not theorlze merely OF talk cloqucntly about
what should be done, Marshall Jewell OF his
own State is the greater man. Gen. Hawley Is
not "a statesman. OF his claim to be journal
lst we let him speak for himself
In the speech to which VIC have referred he
saws. 81 claim as an editor (and that IL my
chief pursuit in lfe) to be a gentleman also
The statement was applauded. We do not
know why. Other editors have addressed the
New-Fngland Society who have not deemed
necessary 10 say beforehand that they were
gentlemen. Some Of them were very well
known in the profession and out, and Wher-
ever known were recognized and esteemed as
gentlemen. Gen. Hawley being gentleman
as well as an editor was no phenomenon, ana
if he were he would have shown more pride III
his prorcs sion and more regard for the rcputa-
tons OF the many journalists who had pre-
cedcd him IN dat position, II he had been Il hI-
tie lcs+ os,entatiOus; he would have been moro
modest at any rate not to have based MS
claim on his own bare assertion. III see or
"ku0;y ANYTHING to be wrong IN the land" he
SAYS, IL will say So" And that is commend
able. We may be permitted to say too that
even that habit is not 40 rare as il was three
or four years ago. Ile goes on to add:
hold mvsolf to be independent Journalist. Bn''m
friends hope you will excuse the phrase am gong 10
follow IL iy therat the same tn9 do HeeE aNo"
that ON n partisan FOR never knew anything good
from Moses dt @n John Brown, that was not carrier
through by pariisanship. II you breye IN anything
say 20 work for it, fsht for it, There are always two
sGcs in the world. The good Sight Is always goihS on
TIE bad men always working; the devil ia always
busy And again the other side you nave your hi8h
idea of whatever beautiful and good and true IN the
world: and Cod j. always working also The man VINO
.tauds between thom-who says, " This is somewhat
good and that somewhat good stand between them
permit Say. il man foI Hh"in have VeIy htto
respect Some GicH say ti"rel- God; sorno men s3y
there 10 God ~ tho independents say that the
t,ih ;.s between them. cannot find il between them
Every inau has q God. II you believe IN your God ho
may De another God from mine; but II You are man.
want you to fslt foT bin, and may have to light
against YOU but do you rght for the God tlat you be-
Hryo in.
The extract i, fair sample of Gen. liaw-
lev's merits and his faults. II is the sort OF
thing that arouses the enthusiasm of crowd.
The crowd hears the assertion ia God Is on
ono side and the devil OH the otller, and lis
tens to the appeal 10 fight on one side or the
other. There being III fact no lighting to bo
done tho crowd applaulh. why shouldn't
jtq Then say. the orator, Good il always at
"work; tn devil ia always busy; and the in
dependent says, Il stand between them"
and of course tho crowd laughs at the absurd
position of the Independent. The crowd never
think, that cod il not necessarily OH one side
or the other: that he may not b. on Gen.
Hawlcy's side or that of his extreme oppo
nent, that possibly the absurd independent
B ba 'Iruf
somewhere between them There Was the cell
ebrated case which Cen. HaWlcy uscs rs an
illustrations that of Johu Brown. lone
side or the Other Of that-which was
God onf Between john Brown and the people
of the south. was there no middle course
great many lovers Of truth and justice IN this
country were 80 Iidiculously independent that
they did not thiul either side wa- entirely
rght in that business. and 50 did NOT tight for
either. The truth il. there has been great
deal ~ fighting. inst and last, nominally be
tween God aud the devil, IN which both sides
were largely oniccTcd by The devils emis-aricS,
if not commanded 10y the devil himself. And
ali the time there were certain quiet, ndcpcnd-
cnt 'mcu such ~ those for whom cen. iiaw-
lev has no respect, who were not fighting, bui
searching for the truth. Very likely some of
them excited the disgust of men like Gen.
Iawlcy by saying, his il somewhat good
and that is somewhat good. but neither per
fcctr The trouble Nith Gen. llawley is that
ho nssumcs altogether too much. Having had
nominal connection with thO PlcsS for several
wears there Was no special impropnctS III his
responding 10 the toast. but he should have
remembered that his position, which Is that Of
politician rather than Journalist, did not en-
tile him to lecture the proit s-.0n upon it.
duties, or to hold himself up as an exceptional
gentleman among editors. the ONLY editor
who dcnounccs wrong wherever found. His
connection with the active duties OF th, pro-
fes>ion has been confined to political writing,
and however ski,lful he may have been in
that he should know by this -imc that that is
but n small pari of journalism. The success
which has attended his paper, The Rdftow
CoioGRk can scarcely be said to bc due 10 any
special talent on the part of the editors, neither
of whom Las given it much attention for
gIeat many years, or any at al Tor the
past two, Gen. Uawlcy having been part
OF the time in Congress, and since occupied
with the duties of Chairman of the Centennial
Commission, while his partner, Mr.. Warner,
has been in Egypt preparing book of travels
for publication. There il, however, prevail
I'M, weakness for lecturing the Press on it,
duties and Gen. Ilawley ha7 n prevail
ing woahnes, fOr lccturing everybody. so bic
spcech on this occasion is not 20 mach 10 be
wondered at
We take il upOn ourselves To relieve Gen.
'Hawl.y's anxiety upon one point. He fears
there is some danger that our eloquent,
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