Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-29
Mr. Horace Greely.


ual 10 defeat the nomination of Mr. Sew
ard at Chicago. seemed to have surprised
a portion of the Republican party, who
bad not previously been fully acquainted
with the leading traits in his Character
We believe that those who know him
we'll need not be told that he scruples n,
no means to accomplish an end that lie
IS an unsafe ttiend, and an unforgiving
relentles enemy.
1t seems that Mr.. Seward did not 20 in
to a fit Of Mysteries some years ago, when
Greeley received "a reward of meri" in
this city, in the shape Of a sound thrash
ing for his venemous personality. 8fr.
Seward was Of the opinion that if an edir
tor dipped his pen in gall, he ought to
have back bone enough to "face the mu-
sic'--soi he allowed tho affair to pass
without sympathizing with this victim of
his own ungovernablo passions. This
was Mr.. Stewards first offence. The next
personal grievance on the part of Mr.
| Horace Greeley, was the decision of Mr.
Seward against him, as umpire Orre!eree,
in the libel case of Graham VS.. Greeley. in
which Mr.. Greeley was very Justly COM
! PEELED to make most humble apology
for the wrong he had done. This was
grievance number two. The third and
last but by no means the least, was the
fact that Mr.. Seward did not appoint
Greeley to an Office when he was Governor
of New York, nor use his influence in his
favor afterwards; but on the contrary.
preferred a rival editor, Mr.. Raymond.
upon whom to bestow marks of his conf,
dence and respect. This was the cap of
the climax. From that day to this,
Greeley has been laboring day and night
to undermine Mr.. Seward, and to destroy
his political prospects. He has succeeded
and by such means as no honorable man
can fail to reprobate and condemn.
We look upon Mr.. Greeley as intrinsic
ally bqd man. The bitter disappoint-
ment in the great pet scheme of his hfe.
the Fourierite millennium, seems to have
turned every generous emotion of his
soul into malignity and gall. II has had
similar influence upon others attached to
the Tribune office, as is demonstrated in
every edition of that unscrupulous sheet.
Thousand take that pestilential journal
under the false impression that it is a sem.
i-religious and reformatory paper; the Sc.
nior editor processes to be q sort of nom
descript Uniyersalist, and sends the Trib,
une to ministers of that denomination at
half the usual subscription price. BY
tins means in conjunction with the Chris
nan Ambassador, he has succeeded in abol-
itionizing large majority of the clergy,
men OF that persuasion in the State of
New York, who take whole sermons from
the columns of his paper. The two jour
nails mentioned have succeeded in de5>
troying the cause OF Temperance, by
their advocacy Of the odious Maine Law, |
and inIuring, beyond all human .calcula- |
tion, the cause Of religion, by their fnnati.
cism with regard to southern slavery
Churches have been broken up, religious |
societies divided, families estranged, and |
all for the qualification of a love Of mis-.
chict for its oSn sake. No earthly good |
has resulted from these insane efforts, but
Only evil and that continually.
The New York Tribune has for years
been conspicuous as ProRagator of ms,
chevious fallacies and a malignant assail !
ant OF private character. 1t advocated |
5piritualism in a cowardly round about !
way, until public opinion decided against
1t, when the editor took the back track. !
Free.love abOmina:ion found an echo in |
ITS columns until torrent of popular in |
dignatlon was raised, when he unsaid all |
he had ever uttered in relation to it, and
'neaked into a corner to dodge The res,
possibility. Tho cnly subject upon which |
he has been consistent is his unrelen.ing |
hatred OF the people Of the South. He is |
4 man of some talent but tconstitutionally |
prone to errors ofjudgement; an egotist |
without an equal, narrow-minded bigot |
Ted, arrogant, intolerant, and unscruou. |
ously vmdictlye, to the last degree; ut.
.erly wanting in conscientiousness, refine
nent aud true nobleness of soul in prin,
,iple he is an Ishmaelito, and in manners
nc is a clown. This accounts for his utter
want of sympathy with true greatness,
md his instructive antipathy to a true
gentleman. Hence his studied misrepre-
'entations and injustice, his ferocious in.
'ectiyes, coarse yituperation, and unscru-
'ulous calumnies. 1t is only because he
S not universally known, that he isnot u
liyersally. .execrated. Democratic ErDoSt,
n.