The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-28
BALTIMORE.
MONDAY, MAY 70, iooo

ron,cr GREELEY, after all, to whom
90 II ",1 is indebted for his rejection by
ho Republicans assembled IN convention at
Cl,io,ro 1t is true that the philosopher OF
mr. Tr;June is rather disposed to deny the soft
i,,neacbment, but the honor of the achievement
,,ndeniably belongs of right to him. In his pub
Ished narrative of the proceedings at Chicago, he
pIaced altogether too humble an estimate upon
the value of his services in bringing about the
nomination of Mr.. LINCOLN. Others however, who
were eyewitness to his exertons, and who no
tced how unweariedly, day after day, he toed
to sap the foundations of Mr.. SEWARD S popularity
with the delegations that were most favorably in
clned to rally under the banner of the great leader
ofhe Republican Party, willing that he shall
60 coylv put aside the laurels-such as they are
which he is Justly entitled to wear. Among the
Iist Of his most ardent defenders, Mr.. RAYMOND,
of the New York Times, stands most conspicuous
That gentleman was present at Chicago as
looker-on during the whole time the Convention
was in session. lie saw much, he heard more
and he returned home fully impressed with the
conviction that his contemporary of The Tribune
was the man who -politcally-Nr.
SEWARD. Mr.. GREELEY, who undertakes his own
merits with that charming modesty which has
always formed so conspicuous a feature in his
character, has cndeavored TO transfer his share in
the transaction to 1.-The BIAIRs, " but more espe-
cially to the venerable ex.organist of The Globe
whom he CURLY styles cold BLAIR of Silver
"Spring" The philosopher would have his
readers believe that his presence in Chicago was
like the nomination Of LINCoLN--altogether the
result of an accident. At one time he had, he
saws "rcsoved TO avoid this Convention for
"obvious reasons" What those reasons were he
refrans from stating; hut Mr.. RAYMOND tells us
that they date back from 1854; and from another
source we learn that in the autumn of that year,
Mr. GREELEY was ambitious of obtaining the
nomination for Governor of New York, and
that Mr.. SEWARD neither aided nor advised
nhis elevation to office" II is directly
charged by The Times that stung by this indiffer-
once TO his claims to Gubernatorial honors, Mr.
GREELEY ''privately hut distinctly repudated all
snrther political friendship for Governor SEWARD,
s.ond menaced him with his hostility whenever it
ocould be made most effective" For six years
he nursed patiently his wrath, and when at length
the opportunity occurred for striking the blow he
had so long medtated we find him at Chicago
not as member of the delegation from New York
but as the vicarious representative of the remote
State of Oregon. He was opposed, he said, to the
nomination of Mr.. SEWARD, because he regarded it
as a'unsafe and unadvisable' The success of the
Republican Party, he thought, should be para
mount to all personal considerations. However
painful ii might be to him, he was ready 10 sacri-
flee his own predictions to the good of the
cause 1t was questionable whether Mr. SEWARD
was quite as popular with The great majority of
the Republicans as his over-ardent supporters i'm
agned him to be- 1t was doubtful, indeed, whether
he could carry his own State Mr.. BATES was the
safer man; he was not less honest than Mr..
SEwARD-not less able; was as warm an advocate
of Republican principles and was open to fewer OBJ
jections. In short, Mr. BATES was the man for the
occasion, and Mr.. SEWARD was not Hints and in
uendoes like these, falling from the lips of one
who was supposed to speak "more in sorrow than
Gin anger" and whose position entitled his opin-
ions to respect, could scarcely fail to create pro-
found impression upon the delegates to whom
they were addressed. For several days prior to
upon the ground, infusing his doubts and fears
wherever he could find listener, and work.
ing, we are told, as never man worked
before, to undermine every project that wa:
formed by the friends of Mr.. SEWARD Il
secure his nomination His exertions wer
crowned with success; but there never We
was achieved a signal triumph that was wholly
unaccompanied with alloy. If Mr. SEWARD wa
defeated by the opposition of those "whose dislike
''tor the man was in advance of their love fol
their principles, - Mr.. BATES was also left in re
trement and by an Accidentally the internal ant
external pressure eXerted by outsiders and thei
allies-Mr. LINCOLN, a comparatively obscure man
was selected to become the standard-bearer of tn
Republican Party. Mr.. GREELEY has consummate
his long-chershed plans but he shrinks from hay
ing thrust upon him the reward which is so EN-
nently due to his deserts. He is beginning to hay
dim consciousness that he has won Il persona
victory, but that in accomplishing it he has bro
ken up his party. He has destroyed its powers q
cohesion. He has forfeited all further claim +
its confidence, and fearful now of the reco of tn
blow which he has struck, he is anxious to shit
upon the New York Herald and 'the BLAIRs," tn
responsibility of an act which, the more he contem
plates it, the more reason will he have to fear les
it should eventually result in hosting the eng
neer 'with his own petard.''