The Evening critic., 1882-08-25
A PIRATE PAPER.
THE VILE AND vENAL "riMEs,"

n JournnIistic Pirntc-A scathiug
Hut Just Characterization of the
yiIesf. Most vennI. Most Malignant,
Most Corrupt and Sfuptdcst Paper
That Ever Disgraced the civilized
worId-Its chief Proprietor and
Editor an Ex-PeddIcr of the Nilesf |
OF Obscene Literature. |
Tho New York Times though admitted to DO |
one OF tho foremost journals In tho country,
seems to be under the control OF as unscrupu-
lous and narrow.minded n set OF newspaper
bigots ms ever welded pen.
Tho system OF Journalism formulated iu tho
editorial sanctum OF the Times, and givon to
tho world under tho guisc OF an honest, Impair
tial expression OF public thought and opinion,
is an outrageous libel upon tho whole newspa-
per fraternity, or least, upon TINT portion OF
III which believes that tho columns OF tho
press should not be prostituted TO calumny
and SANDER.
what Real Journalism Means.
II the journalism OF to-day means anything,
II means an unfettered impartial, outspoken
criticism and judgment OF whatever men or
measures may come within tho proper scope
OF Its discussion. 1t means searching invesl-
cation into whatever is wrong, fearless con-
domination when discovered, opposition to
public and private immortality, Just discrlm-
ination, absence OF malice; in short, 1t can
have no mission or meaning other than pro-
disposition to accord equal and exact Justice
In every direction.
The Vile and yenaI "Times.'
Tried by this standard the Tunes, mighty In
Its metropolitan pretentiousness as model
reform newspaper, sinks into Its proper place
as a mendacious publisher of calumny, a
peddler OF SANDER,
"Irhose edge Is sharper than The sWord whose
tOnOue
0utrenoms all The icotn,s Of Nil."
The hostility OF the Times to ex-senator
Conkling has long been matter OF common
upon the slightest provocation, often indeed
without cause or reason, save that which may
be attributed TO the virulence and vindictiye.
ness of bitter personal hostility.
Its Malignant Attack ON COnl<ling.
The last charge brought against Mr.. Conk.
ling by the Times is that he, "acting as tho
paid attorney of Jay Gould, requested the sig
nature OF the Governor to n bill relieving the
Pacific Mail steamship Company from $780,
900 TO 100000 of back taxes; that he put
that request not on tho basis of any merit pos
sessed by the measure In question, but repre-
scented It as IN act of personal favor to himself,
in whose profitable results he engaged to SEQ
that the Governor would, In a political sense,
participate" 1t did not mako q particle OF
difference that the President OF the company
referred to had stated over his signature, be-
fore the publication OF the Times charge, shat
Mr.. Gould was out OF town, and was mover con-
suited upon the matter, md that Mr.. Conkllng
mover had any connection whatever with It,"
This emphatic and overwhelming refutatlon
from the only authentic source whence com.
plcte denial was possible, did not have q
feathers weight with the editorial liar OF the
"iyhose gaH coins ISLANDERS IKE mint"
and whose only anxiety seems to BIO to mako
the charge stick In the public mind until after
the New York Republican State Convention
has assembled.
The high minded author OF the Times Sian
der entirely neglected to give place In his col.
tn hn axrpp vi n nragIlpnt
of the Pacific Mall Company, which completely
exonerated MIR. Conkling; his conception Of
honest journalism was
Not Broad Enough to Admit the Pub
LEGATION OF the Truth,
when that truth would prove the attack upon
Conklng TO be founded In malice, and born OF
| desire to give much needed "600St' TO the
waning cause OF Cornell by aiming blow q.
the personal integrity OF his principal OPP
ponent.
In everything that goes to make up an honest,
sterling manhood. Roscoe Conkiing is the peer
OF any man In the Republic. No man ever sat
in the councils OF tho nation who was better on
titled TO the appcllation OF an incorruptible
| statesman. The poverty of his purse attests
| the incorruptibility OF his life, and the most
| bitter Of his honorable opponents will bear
ready witness to the fact that In his personal
honor he has ever been
"AS chdste as uHsUaned snOw."
Such journalism as the Times exhibits,
| ought to be condemned by every paperin the
| country that has n particle OF regard for the
| VI lLc picSos ~ 10
| Outrageous, RascnlIy and Damnnbie,
| that an apparently respectable journal like
| the Times. can deliberately set TO work to
| vilify and break down the regulations of
| prominent men In public and business life, by
| the publication OF false statements and exag.
geratcd facts, ostensibly for the public good,
| but really for the purpose OF gratifying private
malice, or advancing some particular scheme
In which the editorial scribe or newspaper
proprietor has his own personal ends to sub
| serve.
| II ia n ~ ohuea ~ tho ,,o,var of tho nraaa and
| one that has already reached gigantic proper
lions; 1t is tho nightmare which drives every
good man out of public life, and tho spectral
beacon that deters those who are out from
When great journal like the Times
Descends Into the Gutter
Of personal abuse, for the purpose OF advanc.
ought to be quick and emphatic notice to the
| people OF the State that the cause 10 lost and
the candidate on his road to political burial
| handed attack upon Mr.. Conkling VIII GER
tainly relegate him to the rear, where he prop
erly belongs.
| Obscene George Jones.
Tho proprietor OF the Times seems possessed
OF the Idea that a newspaper must be a sort OF
| sluiceway, through which to filter tho venom
and spite Of those who happen to control rs
| columns; at any rate he seems to DO conduct
ing his paper upon that principle.
His attacks upon jay Gould last spring were
OF the very yilest character, and a disgrace q
L
Mr.. Gould expressed their sense OF shame
| over the manner In which no and his elevated
railroad matters wero handled by the Times
The ''Times' ~ Pirate Paper.
We have very little personal acquaintance
with Mr.. Conkling, and none whatever with
Mr.. Gould. The former is certainly the ables
statesman In the party that has ruled the
| country for a quarter OF q century, and Is en-
titled TO some degree OF courtesy and fairness
by reason both OF his brains and his integrity
The latter is unquestionably the ablest nnan
cier Of the Republic, II not OF the world. HI
has successfully established and built up SOM
OF tho most colossal enterprises OF modern
times. His projects and labors are simpl!
stupendous and he has probably done more TO
the upbuilding Of American industry durlnI
tho past decade, than any other citizen OF tn
republic. 1t Is quite possible that both Mr.
Conkllng and Mr.. Gould have some right
which even a journalistic pirate like the pro
prietor of tho Times is bound TO respect, an
we hope the day is not far distant when put
lie opinion will compel the observance of sue
rights. reform In journalism is neede
vastly more than reform In tho ciyil.servict
and the sooner the proprietor OF the n.
Times understands this necessity, the better
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