The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-06-20

Mr.. Greeley mas Woro oi au''Se " -6
pol,icians, which he eniorces, BY assuring them
that in future be shall act up to. on all OCCASIONS
"put not your trust in Princes" but demand
cash down, or the equivalent in solid paying Oh
fees. Cool and practical that, and ne calls II a
moral" he has 50 fallen in love with this idea'
that he Is betrayed into most unusual thing 'of
him-he Celebrates into platitudes, iannates IL
and eilds his discourse Herewith, until 1t cutters
again. In worshipping it, be becomes, Tor once,
devout, and praises his maker.
Mr.. Greeley after all gives Gov. Seward some
credit, "though he has differed from him some
times on some financial points"-perhaps, some
thing about tina, draft in the Madison case, or
few early speculations in Copper stocks-he
don't say what.
Mr.. Greeley is rot inclined to blame Gov. Sew
because Rus. booted him q couple OF times,
and saws that he didn't consider the matter
worth paragraph" As he passed it over in
regard to Rust, it Is certainly good taste not to
be blowing up anybody else about it 1t Is
small matter anyhow.
Mr. Greeley defends his motives at Chicago,
but as there can be no doubt about them since
the publication OF the letter, the question BE-
comes q mere matter of taste, not to be dispu-
ted about, and 90 the matter ends.
The fact tha. Mr. Greeley is se'-made
man, which he makes manifest few times IN
lis letter to Gov Seward, is credilable to bis
skill and ingenuity. He has beaten nature all
hollow, but lie. Us suggest TO him, if while he
had the job in hand, it would not have been as
well to have put little heart into the structure
it is not an expensive mat rial, and sometimes
answers well for change.
Mr., Greeley is what he il. "We must take
him as we find him." as the Irishman said of the
hedgehog-he certainly cannot be improved,
which is one standard of excellence.
He is, if a western expression can te pardon
ga whole team, with horse to let, and cros:
dog under the wagon" He used 20 be poor
and had to be his own cross dog, but he has
| got rich and owns several which when not chain
ed up, are quite formidable He gets up fret
rate paper, and we get it in exchange, and fec
q oud and grateful for it, and show our pride
and gratitude by sending our own in exchange
which without doubt he reads with as much ed
i6cation as we do his. There is almost always
good, sound, useful instructive reading matter
in the literary and miscellaneous columns OF hi;
paper to redeem his editorials, which is q mos
excellent feature. Still not unusually, We fine
even in those columns, an excellent moral-foI
instance in that referred TO, where he says, linen
even the best are frail and mursble"-a truth
shrewdly thrust home by his own attempt &c
nominate Edward Bates Of Missouri, and thu:
lead off as conservative. Force attends all hi:
illustrations body is ever in doubt what he
is at, only few weak, nervous persons arc
occasionally astonished-others never are.
The friends Of Gov. Seward must not suppose
that this letter is to be without its effect The
glorious army of sore-heads will shout with one
accord over it, throughout the States, and
whoever mistakes that corps for forlorn hope
or corporars guard, is no soldier.
Every cankered soul will be comforted by it,
and what is far ore important to ts author, the
newspaper which gives it publicity, will go where
it never went before.
One fear has been expressed about Greeley,
which has no. the slightest foundation. He i:
oppressed BY no craven reverence for consis
tency, and will never oppose the election Of
Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, merely
because he did SO to the Senate. Turn about
is fair play, and he will not go for Douglas
this time, any previous understanding to the
contrary, Notwithstanding.
As the man said of his overloaded gun wher
he recovered, somebody's down"-let Us calm
" await the effect of this letter to Mr.. Seward
and when the smoke clears away, see whether i
is he or the Governor.