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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3471, 9 February 1880, Page 2

The Editor of the Advertiser offers this morning a lame apology for his omission of any mention of the arrival "of Sir G. Grey in his issue of Saturday, and throws all the blame upon his unfortunate staff. Well, an apology of any sort is something new from the Editor of the Advertiser, who has more than the usual allowance of that Daulishness aud obstinacy peculiar to feeble minded men, For the credit of the community we felt compelled to notice the omission, which we did with regret, refraining from insinuating any motive on tho Editor's part, and simply again recording the facts of the reception. We do now accuse our contemporary o^ deliberately, and with malice aforethought, excluding any mention of tho cordial reception given Sir George Grey, and only now that Mr Whitaker has left the Thames, and after the unmistakeable expression of the loyalty of this community to our member, has it dawned upon our vacillating, trimming, aud shuffling morning journal that it is necessary to refer to the arrival of a distinguished man. Tho meau contemptible way the editor tries to shift the blame upon his staff is only another inst&uce of the craven, poor-spirited character of the man. He further shows his characteristics by accusing ourselves, with others who may have noticed the omission, of base motives, a desire to make capital, &c; not being able with his warped and miserable mind to give credit to us ia discharging a duty wo owed to the community and Sir George Grey, to further notice the efforts of the Liberal Association aud the citizens who journeyed to the wharf to do honor to whom honor was dije. Repeatedly have we had to correct our contemporary, but always have we executed the unpleasant task in a good catured spirit rather than in one of reproach gind auger. Consideration, however, is thrown away, and the necessity for speaking in plain, forcible language is apparent when the editor of the Advertiser, who, influenced by parsons who fo gam their ends flatte? and pander to his weakness and vanity, allows his paper to be prostituted. If left to himself we bsliete oi±r friend in his harmless floundering way would not do knowiugly much injury, and where his *owu feelings were not touched, would be inclined to chronicle events without

omitting a few of the facts or coloring the circumstances, iho cxi usouit'erod about two reporters bnnnj instructed to chronicle the arrival of a stoamor, is so foolish and so absurd that wo wonder for the sake of his intelligent slaff thai the editor could pen such a statement. We would give our friend a little advice which if taken in the spirit in which it is given will be of inestimable value to him, and that :—Exercise the good qualities you possess, and your weaknesses put aside; be uninfluenced by flatterers and sycophants, and remember the noble work you are engaged in calls for a spirit above the low miserable one that would, to oblige a few mercenary friends, or to gain your ends for a day, lead you to do any injury to a just cause or a worthy man. Accept this motto for your journal and act up to it —"Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, thy God's, and truth's.''