Year: 1865

Correspondence of the Baltimore Daily Commercial.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 1865.
The Difficulty Of Writing for Pt.per IN Adrance Of


its First Independent Journalism as. Neutruli-
iy-Ne'c York Polities-Plottoras and Candidates.
The Far Of the American Institutc-A Badiy Nan
aged Openin0-Gcaerai Hooker as q Mo,ce,-A Dis
puted VIII Case an High Life, dc.


To correspond for journal which no mortal eye
has seen and which has taken shape and tone onl,
in the brains of its publisher and editor is easy
task, and yet about to undertake it, hit miss.
have seen it stated in a Baltimore Journal which


supposed to be posted, that the new paper is to be
neutral in politics." | trust this is not true in the
in which too many things called newspapers
to understand and act upon it, to the making OF
themselves the most stale, fiat and improbable OF
nOndescripts imaginable. If an editors taste, or his
publishers requirements, neccssitatcs an avoidance
of party politics. let his journal at least prove tsel
independent of the politicians. To quote the motto OF
the late Mike Walsh in his memorable Subterran can
let it show that it is independent in everything
neutral in nothing So only may journalism hope
to be felt and respected in age like the present
But think of the idea of writing a letter for the
press from this great central cauldron of politics in
the EXTREMIST sense of the word without saying any
| thing at all the topic! That would be only
equalled by the reticency of correspondent writing
| from Rome, under the very shadow of the Papa
Palace with the "thunders of the Vatican" rever-
beratng in his ears, without as much as men
tionng the of the Pope or his council or from
retired, classic and artistic work of the same
| renowned city, without making some alluson to
works of art artists. And so | must have a word
| if no more.


We just entering upon the fall campaign of our
State politics. And decided muddc it promises
give to the view of the outsider To change the fig
ure, it is calculated to remind of the locality
the Potomac, which the rafsmen used to call Point
noPoint."


| The Democrats pow-wowed first at Albany. 1t
famous, among other things, for the description of it
by early geographer (Pinkcrton think it was)


a town with the gable ends of the houses turned
| the street" And the managers of their Conven-
ton would seem to have relished the idea SO well
as to have initiated it by putting the gable ends OF
what might well be mistaken for Republican resou-
tions foremost in their political arrangements in
stead of the square fronts that they used to show
us, while they have put forward several Republicans
candidates in about corresponding attitude-the
explanation of all of which seems to be that they in
tended thereby to take the wind out of the sails y
of their opponents, or to "out flank them as their
purpose is varousy illustrated by figures of speech
drawn from honeser and more useful spheres of ac-
| tivity. Had the Republicans, who met this week at
| Syracuse, which is their pow-wowing headquarters
shown equal tact they would have done what prom
inen members of their Convention, of the radical
wing, the classification goes, advised and accepted
most of their platform too-in fact, every plank in
it, except containing the usual self uudation
partzans and at least four of their candidates. and
| would have thanked them for saving them so much
| trouble.


| But the managers were wanting in the necessary
courage and dash for this. Instead they have hunt
| ed up fresh candidates, and put forth platform
which admirably illustrates the classic saying of
pruterea nthil-for discreditable concatena-
/ e. fyin hoo
eye for long while, muddled party platforms are
generally designed to be! They met in the City OF
Salt" but it was of little value that they did So for
| salt won't save them any more than the Democrats
from the contempt of the sensible men who, in many
cases. will go to the polls voting their tickets
spectivey with their eyes Shut for nearly everybody
has such habit of voting in this city, that they
bound to vote the regular ticket of their party
though they have to hold their noses as well as
close their eyes in doing so!


The American Institute is holding its customary
| Fair at the same place where the Sanitary Commits
sion held theirs-most unfortunately in view of the
great and damaging contrast which the visitor t
both will not fail to realize in spite of his desire
think the best of the present exhibition. But this il
only one of the misfortunes of the management o
the Institutes Fair. They have President who's,
only qaaifcation for the Office his


Br1gadler IN the ota.e militia, for which he aIway


seemed to be lacking in tho necessary energy yo,





will readily imagine the effect of such a presidin,


officer at the opening of such enterprise acting
| the most humdrum way possibe-introducing tn


orator of the occasion with half dozen words mum


bed by the leaden lips of statue resembling huma
| form, and walking stitiy from the stand, when tn


speaker concluded, with not even SO much as tn


words, "the Fair of the American Institute is no.
OPEN" -a.... -
How much depends on the spirit which presidin
officer nfuses into such occasion. dull chairma
is like dull military commander who takes the
i, courage out of his which nature may have pr
| in them. Then again, this fair unfortunate


the selection, at the suggestion of its military Pres


dent as orator at its inauguration, of another mil


tary man General Sckles), who with all his abilit


and attractiveness in the sphere of politics. where
has had lifelong training as speaker, shove
himself utterly out of his place by talking all tt


while Of the war and its arts, with little Of direct


appropriate reference To the ast3 Of peace But Il