Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-15
OUR SPECIAL NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YoRk. February =. 1875.

NEW DIRK, February ., 1910
Dear Mr. Editor: The note of prepara-
tim for tile Presidential battle is already heard
in Printing House Square. Slate after slate
is written up, solved and dissolved, rewritte n,
oiphered out aud then held over for future
consideration, by the guil<nuncs aud would. be
Warwicks Of that celebrated locality.
Among all the great morning papers in
New York there is not one that is Democratic
Odd, is'ntit? The Ford affects Democracy,
but it has a convenient way of often forgetting
its principles in a pinch. Its editor is
crochcty little fellow good deal oppressed
by the weight of his own selfasserted wisdom,
and staggering under a had of latin, treuch
and greek proverbs which he intctj"cts at
random into every third or fourth Iiuc OF bis
editorials. lie will 20 n mile ont Of his way
TO hud four syllable latin or greek word aud
neglect plain anglo saxon word Of four let
tiers which lies right before him and would
express the idea better. lie called Theodore
TiltOn ''RukrOphCgOws LhycEyuard," aud
informed the public that a certain person
wrote anonymously by saying that he invaded
the literary world usder 1.-The Bimhus of
anonymity" The foreign holders Of Amer
lean bonds notably the RCthchilds and their
Amorican agent, Mr.. Belmont, are Marbles
idols. lie sips champagne GU. of the best
cut glass at the Manhattan Club. looks down
on Democrats with dainty coptempt. and
among the rank and file of the rarty in this
city is more thoroughly dislikcd than anv man
connected with the press of the Metropolis
lie was originally Bohemisn reporter for
Republican newspaper, the Ereming Posi-, and
| through his friends in Wall street is said to
have made money lie is literary pretender,
whose lump oil vanity is enormously developed
So far as he has any political principles at all
q don't think he understands the suljoct) he
may be described as a nationalist, with second
hand ideas about 1--WE the people of the
United States" which he has borrowed from
George Ticknor Curtis. Whenever no gets
off on the Consttution lie becomes so NIFTY
that even his bsEgarly patches of bad latin
aud worse greek are preferable in oomp arisop
The English editor of the New York Times
has sent many parthian shaft into Marbles
preposterous articles, and has tried without
success to laugh him out of his big meaning
less words. just Us had proceeded this far.
the World for Saturday and Sunday, 9Th and
9th of February, came to hand In each Of
them find striking illustrations of Marbles
incurable weakness for outaudish words,
which are too good not to give you. In the
first editorial in the Worl3 OF Saturday occurs
this sentence in regard TO Bowen's letter on
Beecher: "It is ouly fair to Bowen to say
that the gentleman who called him the most
prismatic liar on the continent should now
admit that his present statement, true or false.
is at least monochromatie" In the Uor1d OF
Sunday there is an elaborate editorial on the
editor of the Tribune Here il one sentence
from it: "Not that he '(J.y Gould)' would
care rap what sort of meatEl fapdoodle,
dunderfunk, slobgollion and other plausibIs
and damnable mush he fod tie public withal
through tho columns of his paper" Flap
doodle as plausible mush is a new decoetion
which nobody on earth bu. Marble has the
receipt for. by the second ''hs" in the
sentence is doubtless meant Whtelaw Reid,
though it is taking a somewhat violent liberty
with English grammar to so coustrue it. If
confirmed idiot talked this way the Doctor.
would be looking after him with a straight,
jacket
had intcndcd giving you some aecoun. of
the other daily papers in New York. but have
no time to do it to-day. When have moro
leisure l will return to the subject.
Meantime tho most important item of news
can send you is the rumor that the true
Democrat, of the North will no, be much
longer without good daily paper in this city
Its advent is nrdontly hoped for.
Yours, &c.