The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-04
.DECLiNE AND FALL OF TIE"
GREELY .EMPIRE."

The N Y. Day Book gives chapter on
extract.
"Ou. readers are alreaiy aware of the reduc-
ton in size which the proprietors OF the Tribune
have found it necessary 10 make, in order u
bring their expenses newhere in The neigh
borhood ofihe receipts. The necessity for tins
step is sald tu be owing TO the advance in The
value of paper, the increase in the price of labor
and the depression in business generally
There are, however, facts connected with this
matter winch liz much deeper than these os,en
sible reasons, which are mereiy put forth To
blind the eyes of the commanity.
When Mr. Greedy was prosperous anc every
body took the Tribune, he was fore most in pay.
ing every demand that the tyrannical Printers
Union saw Fl. 10 put forth He had pulled Ia
babnring men, trnded with vthemence f"r
tneir rights, and it W, uld not become him t.
check the first efforts they made to better their
condition, especially as the opportunity sor
breaking down or seriously Gripping smaller
papers could probably be accomplished at the
same time Hence he favored an advance ct
; rates. The times were fnurishing abolition
stock was the best in The mar ket, and MIR. Gree
ly the most luckey specuator in it.. The rates
of composition went up the Tribune went up !;
any of its coemporarles, the public cried
"Great is Diana of Ephesus."
Soon a chan &c came over the spirit of his
Joyous dream 1t is discovered thai The willy
| philosopher had counted his chickens before
they were hatched and that the mighty estab
tshment wh'ch was sending out its sh. cts by
the thousands was not paying expenses. Vsrl
Gus expedirrts were adopted. The theaties-
| with its professions OF piety would not allow
| it TO insert short time bsiore--were coaxed or
bulli into advertising. Not content wlih this,
it undertook The putting oil horse racing, and by
dlnt of establishing the character of sporting
paper, enriched its cou ms with these advrr
,is rnen,s! All, however, would not do The
| wedge had been driven 10 its utmost limit and
wi,hstand,ng still greater dew tim To
abolionl>m III, yet everything that should pns,
sby contribute TO keep it from a decline was
resortad u in vain.
I The last act that person can do to save
himself when about sinking under b expenses
IS to retrench, aud this the Tribune accordingly
has done. 1t has r-drced the size OF its sheet.
u,sc arged some ofits hands, and, we hear, cut
down the remainder Thus we have the first
act IN the decline of this notorious addition
sheet, which has cntemned order, desp,sed
! the sactedness Of law, systemetlcaIly nisrep.
resented and abu.edi its own cou rry Its his
tory Is instructive. Let ns look at it,
After enunerating maLy Of the incident,
connected with the incnnsI> tent career of Hor
ace the Day Book proceeds.
y" Such briefly has been the career OF Horac,
Greefy. BY a strange ard almost inc plicable
fan"maiy, he has been allowed the character o
Honesty in the midst of his hypocrisy An
abuser ofour churches, yet he has been sup
; ported by their ministers A preacher of mo
raiity, and practser Of profanity. With al
the cunning duplicity of Jesuit, he has con
irived To obtain a character for boidness ant
courage Suppos. to be steadfast and uniform
in his course, yet his career closely anayz zes
shows the most unpr'nciped tergive rsatpns
Il He has been true to but one purpose, that o
advancing his own interests under the guarb o
4 philanthropy with this as his pole star, he ha
I through all his vicssitudes been ,h., same in
comprehensive, strange, eryrat;c, visionary
unscrupulous, i,religious Haraco Greedy