New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-05
Daguerreotype of Granny Greeley.
The New York Day Book turns the following arti-
Gle, which appeared in the Tribune against Senator

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Gle, which appeared in the Tribune against Senator
Douglas, to good account The picture is complete:
Public justice somewhat requires that man should
be held up to the honest appreciation of the con1u.
nifty. There is limit at which forbearance can no
longer be tolerated, and when the usual terms of
speaking of an opponent lose their significance, we
must be excused for using a vocabulary not highly
esteemed in good society. a man OF whom the devil
might obtain improving hints in his own line we can
not be dainty in speaking Of, il we would do Justice
to the subject. Greeley has BRAINS So has his sooty
majesty. So had Judas. So had that other Yankee
who tried to sell our American liberty before him.
But the case Of Greeley the brains are coarse and
unwashed. They are also in the wrong place. A
chronological system founded on his brains would be
only applicable to Yahoos Heis jackass mentally
combination Of the swineherd and the Caliban. One
may say heis capable. So he is. He can do certain
things very well. He can frame a foundation and
thereon as good superstructure Of liessas any
nlans witness the Weekly Tribune each week.
tA blaekguard his betters like fish selling hal
dal5s witness his letters from Washington. He can
run through the whole dapason Of political tasehood
with unrivalled skill from the delicate note of sug
gested prevarcation down to the double bass of IN
SIntigated lying. ~, rs"
He is an artist in that dominion Of human effort
fthe devil should ever open a Crystal Palace and
this branch Of manufacture. Yet let do him jus
Stlce. He does not lie where the truth would serve
lhim better. To this extent he is vrtuous In this
Ills connoisseur who knows where, to place his
IlctuTe Ii he calIl05 lYelIt u SO0u IEnC ne Will not
put it up In fact Greeley has jolly affection for
lie. He evidently thinks the lie an iltreated mem
Tier of society. Thus he harbors it, aims to elevate
I'll, makes it a boon companion, and takes it into
lids service on all occasions He sets a little lie
its legs and tendery and lovingly nurses it till it
grows rotund and swelling. puts it on its travels
and as it wanders the country he chuckles and
exults at its powers of locomotion. Seeing his skill
and loving the little daTngs of his BRAIN he creates
more. Thus it comes in this line, that in political
circles he enjoys almost monopoly of the business
Other peoples efforts in it are SO meagre compared
with his, that by consent be is accorded the
position of iar-in-cief He has reached the rank of
Lieutenant General by real service, Long ago he
commenced writing lies in the s'Log Cabjn,o He
there acquired great reputation. Indeed, he was
everywhere admired. TWAS in everybody s mouth
I I" How splendidly old white coat lies6 Having
fourished SO well in his chosen profession Greeley
seenls now ambitious to add to it that of a bully
But there is incompatibility in the professions, He
will fail here, as nobody will believe in his threats
He could not make anybody believe he had pluck.
A man like Col. Rust tanles him in a minute wit
ness the thrashing he got the other day. Yet he
does not entirely mistake his Inspiration He is below
bully, but he is up to the position of busterer
But he cannot be permitted to enjoy even this new
loxnry. He is more likely to be frightened himself
than to rghten others. Indeed in some of his late
letters there has been an onlinous tremor. Let him
then stick to his proper trade. His success here is
great, and his accomplishments undoubted His long
practice and his love for his art give him high and
unriValed skill. Unsurpassed only by the great
father of lies, he enjoys distinction which he can
reach in no other department of human industry
He is inlying what Dryden said Shadwe was in stu
pidity. He never deviates into truth.