National Republican., 1878-08-17
THE howl OF THE "POST."

hhV Vct "hlspSIcu III tUt lhi
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, yesterday morning,
and It's breath was NJ ietid as tho exhnla-
tions Of a sepulchre tliled with all manner
of uncleanness. For long months that leper
OF journalism has labored, through abuse,
blackguariism, and traduction, TO damage
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN and its edit
ors and conductors, and yet it has survived
its attacks and fiourished under its filthy
abuse, until it has attained foothold in
business success that is satisfactory to us
and. cannot be harmed by it, unless we should
permit its editorial backguards and licensed
dciamers TO write in its columns, instead OF
against IL.
We have no difficulty in discovering the
animus-sf its attack Of yesterday. II is not
on account Of THE REPUBLICAN having pub
lished the proceedings of the laboring men's
meeting, with or without gusto, as is as
sumed, for they appeared without editorial
comment They needed no editorial bolster
ing from US. They were the honest and frank
expression of the opinions and feelings of
the class of citizens represented upon that oc-
casion, and il they were unpalatable to our
ncighbor, that fact should not be used us q
pretext for throwing its filthy water in this
direction. We will not whisper in the ear
of our cotemporary the true cause Of its
frantic passion at this time, but we will put
il squarely in its dirty face. 1t came Ia
Washington. not to respect the rights, feel
ings, and interests of others, under the
principle OF live and let live, not 10 establish
journalism under the banner Of mutual re-
spect and manly competition in business
but it came with an enlisted corps of ire.
sponsible, heartless, unprincipled, and EN-.
bittered contributors, who have deprecated
upon the regulations Of worthy people, un.
til it begins to feel tho recoil Of these as.
saults upon its own interests, and finds Ia
prospects and hopes Of success rapidly wan
ing 1t has borne no respect for the public
good or for individual right in its licensed
assaults upon its neighbors-it has secured
several libel suits and earned many
more that it has as yet gar
nered TO its notoriety for wrong
doing; it has slandered its competitors il
business belittled their interests and mag
nifed its own by system of persistent
falsehood, until it has forfeited the friend
ship and respect Of those who had preferred
to regard it with respectful consideration
and now the fruits Of this sowing are being
reaped in rapid decline Of its fortune
and hence all this passion and abuse Oh ii
part IL it has alionated the respect and
favor Of the workers of the District, that |:
the legitimate fruit of its own conduct, fo
which nobody else is responsible. If it ha!
earned the contempt o( its fellow-men BY
its licensed assaults upon private reputa
ton and rude and unprincipled invasion
of tho rights aud interests Of others
il must settle that account with IL.
self If it has made mistake il
relying upon an unbridled license 70
success in journalism, the fault is its own
and If it finds the popular tide against it, /
should learn from that fact that this is MOI
the proper field for efforts in that line.
If the Post had entered the field Of jour
nalism with gentlemanly bearing, under til,
guidance of the golden rule-"Do untC
! " others as ye would that others should d.
; unto you" and had not put on the uni
T form and habits of the lshmaelite, it nigh
c have found its lines cast in more pleasan
= places than it now enjoys. However, it ha
e made its bed and should not complain if /
proves to be full OF thorns, for it has plante,
L them there by its own hand. 1t has fc
, some time shared a measure of public con
Q tempt, and ii may yet perhaps challong
= pity, but it never can recover forfeited re
spect