Year: 1862

the Administration, and showing, as plain as Ian
guage could speak, that he was at heart "sym-
pathizer with the rebellion" and deserving to
have his dispatches rised for the public good.
This was done in proper form, and instead of go
ing on a Sunday excursion the whole thing hap
pened the day beforel That change of word
was so easy done, and so naturall Blessed is the
reign of humbug in these degenerate daysl


The editor of the Times, who is about as mean
minded Republican as you can find in days
travel, has some good suggestions about this
censorship of the press, which should not he
entirely overlooked. Since the commencement
of this Administration, the tyranny of the
State Department has been both vindictive and
undying. Scores of Democratic newspapers have
been excluded from the mails, dozen of them
suppressed, and in several instances, Democratic
editors in the free States have been arrested and
they would not consent to endorse the madness
and folly Of the Republican party. No charges
have been preferred against these editors, and
none ever will be, for the reason that the Admin
istraton dare not go before jury with their lame
and frivolous justification. Looking at these
facts, We think it full time that the Republican
editors had said word or two for the liberty of
the press When the shoe pinches their own toes,
we may expect that word-not before. The
Times says:


For the public to understand the vexatious des-
potism exercised by the War Department since
Mr.. Stanton became its chief, and the patience
with which the press has submitted to its caprice
chapter still unwritten, but the materials of
which are preserved, will have 10 be printed one
these days. The entire machinery of the code
invented for French journalism under the impe
rial regime, has been imported and applied to the
American press. Warnings are given in the
solemn phraseology of police officer. Superin-
tendents of police appear in the rooms of the edi-
tor 70 read him formal notice that any announce
ment of military character discovered in his pa
per will consign him at once to Fort Lafayette
and expose his establishment TO confscaton.
The most trivial reference to a patent proectile,
the sailing of gunboat departure of fire.
engine from the city mission military, naval or
civic-references too insignificant TO attract the
notice of the person exercising editorial super
vision-never fails to attract that of the inquisi
tive Secretary and to incur his censure and me-
mace. Correspondents sent with the several d.
VISIONS OF tne army are SUBJECTED 10 similar rule
of terror. They are caught, and, as if they were
traitors, compelled to take the oath of allegiance
and to sign parole obliging them to refrain from
sending in their letters anticipatons of move
ments or in describing past transactions; from
giving the names of officers, the regiments, di-
visions corps darmee engaged in any action,
or the comparative numbers on either side-re
strictions which, the reader will observe, render
correspondents utterly worthless.


*s Proof Of the merely gra'uitous and
mischievous nature of the censorship could not
become more perfect. 1t has become to press
and people an intolerable grievance, and unfor-
tunately there has been no such relization of the
hopes entertained upon the coming of Mr. Stan
ton to office, to warrant him in trifiing further
with public endurance. Disappointed in the War
Minister, the people will dispense with his ser
vices agent of secret police.