Year: 1870

Politicians have not forgotten lnc touChhS
perplexity of Daniel Webster when, finding
himself out of office and deserted by his party,
he inquired, "And where on earth am to g0F
The troubles of the great expounder 1--we
again, we are sorry to say, Ill the bosom Oh
our unfortunate friend The World, which, hay-
iag for some time been out of office In the
capacity of journal of news, now finds itself
distinctly repudiated and gone back upon by Its
own party as an organ of opinion The hui
initiating extracts which we reproduce in
another part of this sheet mot that it gives us
any pleasure to parade the mlsfortunes of an
American newspaper, but for the sake of the
moral which the case points,, almost induce
us to suspect, indeed that the principal
care of the gentleman who framed the
Rochester platform was to undo all that Ihe
World had been trying to accomplish In the
affairs of Germany and Cuba during the past
year and half, and to persuade mankind
that the Democracy were truly penitent for
their very curious and perverse behavior to-
ward the patriots of those two countries. Ihe
World has been almost the only paper in the
United States conspicuously hostile to the Gu
ban insurgents 1t has belitted all their sue
cesses DETAINED their character, declared that
Spain was right to keep them in subJecuon,
and that they were not fit to govern themselves
if they should achieve their freedom, re-
mOnstrated against every expression OF our
sympathy for them, urged our Government to
withhold all moral support, treat their priva-
teers as pirates, seize all supplies sent them
from our ports, and even, if we do not mis-
take, punish the shippers; it has denounced
the Cuban revolution as unworthy of our good
| wishes, praised Secretary Fish in the most ex-
travagant terms for not advising the Presi-
dent to recognize Cuban beligerency, and
recommended General Grant, if resolution
of recognition should pass Congress- not to
act upon it. This perhaps did no great harm,
so long as election day was far off; but the
feeling of the people is so strong against Ihe
| Worlds policy that the Democracy have taken
| fright and launched at their own organ the
following resolution of censure:


Resolved That sympahies and our hopes are with
Ireland Cuba and with all subject dependencies every
where which seek to be relieved from domination alien
to their soil and hostile to the interests of their people,
and that we condemn The action Of the Federal Gorern-
ment in piAholding from Cuba all moral support and
actively aiding its enemies.


Then there was the FrancO-Prussian war.
The World has been Jealous supporter of the
Imperial throne, beating even The London
Telegraph in adulation of Napoleon. 1t has
represented Germany as a truculent aggressor
1t has rebuked the Germans in America for
rejoicing over the victories of their brethren
in Europe. 1t has described France as the
pioneer of modern civilization, Germany as
the representative of savage military life and
brutal despotism. The violence of its preju-
dice and the bitterness of its hostility to Ger
many have not only enraged the Ger
mans but displeased native-born Ameri
cans; so again the Democracy take fright
and pass another resolution of censure, in
which they "rejoice at the downfall of the
Imperial dynasty of France" and congratu-
late the people of Germany upon the "heroic
bravery and brilliant achievements of arms"
by which they have "repelled the assaults of
their enemies" and secured their own unity
under one nationality. This is not so strong
as the Cuban resolution, but, considering that
it had to be drawn so that the Germans could
read it in one sense and the Irish in another,


it is tolerably explicit.


Two years ago The World ventured to have
an opinion on political subject without the
permission of Mr.. William NJ Tweed, and Mr.
| Tweed Immediately knocked it down. Now it
has taken similar liberty, and Mr.. Tweed not
only knocks it down but sits on it afterward
1t is very sad case, and proves that papers
| with opinions have no business in the Tammany
| party. We really do not see where The World
can go. 1t is too old to learn the profession of
journalism, and, besides, the business of procur-
ing news is already monopolized by THE
TRIBUNE. 1t cannot devote itself to the police
courts, for there it would be sure to fall foul of
the party. 1t can print lectures on Positivism,
| but that is poor way of making a living.
| Upon the whole we can think of nothing better
for 1t than to make fine long valedictory
address and then die decently.


correspondent wants to know why we