The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-15

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The Revelations Or Horace Grseisy-Che
True PHILOSOPHY Of Their Teachings.
We publish elsewhere to day Horace Gree
ley s letter to Mr.. Seward, which has been the
cause of so many contradictory statements by
the black republican journals, and the edito.
rial comments thereon, published BY Greeley In
yesterdays Tribune.
The latter Is important, as It shows to the
world the inner man, without disguise OF
regeneration. II is an honest sckuowiedg.
ment, on the part of Greeley, that from the
beginning Of bis editorial career In 1884 until
"Sat eve, Nov. IL, 1854" he was not at
heart q tariff man, or temperance man, or
a socialist, or Fourierite, or an abolitionist,
or philosopher, or Journalist. but only
poor, degraded, kicked, cuffed and neglected
Office seeker. After Seward and Weed hired
him, in 1887, to do their dirty work in that
campaign, his frst aspiration, when he return
ed from the field Of battle to his garret
and his crust. was for anything In
the way of official pickings which Governor
Seward was dispensing "worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year." After the campaign of
1910 his aim rose to be Postmaster of New
York, and in 1s4S he aspired to be Governor.
or at least Lieutenant Governor, Of the State
of New York. He got none of these, and his
anger led him to abandon Office seeking, and
to take, unwittiDgly, in 1855, the independent
course which has given him the power, In 1860,
to crush out Seward. There is q philosophy In
these movements which the parties themselves
seem to be incapable of perceiving, and it
therefore becomes our duty to couch the blind.
Greeley's great mistake was in believing that
he was junior partner In "the political firm
of Seward, Weed and Greeley" No such con-
Germ ever existed. When Seward and Weed,
in 1887, sent for him to come to the City
Hotel, and hired him at the rate of twenty
dollars q week to edit Campaign paper, it
was because they saw In him q fit instrument
for their work. He set his own price, and they
agreed to pay 1t. After that engagement
expired he continued to work for them with
out any arrangement, his Indictment being the
same that leads hundreds of others to slave in
the service of selfish politicians conceived
hopes of obtaining Office. He came to consi-
der himself part of the firm, but the real
partners never looked upon him a. such, and
shared mono Of the profits with him. At last he
determined to dissolve this imaginary partner
ship, which determination he carried out In the
letter now brought to light, formally announo-
ing said withdrawal to take effect on the
morning after the FIRST Tuesday in February"
1866.
The period which he thus selected unwlt
ungly, and purely from . motive Of personal
resentment, was singularly propitious for his
new enterprise Of an Independent journalist
The imbecile and waveripg policy of poor
Pierce and his Cabinet had led them to commit
the folly Of the Kansas Nebraska act, and to
reopen the political discussion Of the slavery
question. Greeley went into 1t with zeal, but
blindIy, and completely ignorant Of the
results at which he must necessarily arrive.
The old whig party had been crushed out by
the election Of poor Pierce, and all the ele-
ments for new political organization existed.
The folly and blindness Of the then existing sd-
ministration opened the path, aud Greeley pur-
sued It Mainly by the efforts Of the Tribune
the black republican organization was formed,
and that journal became power In the party
which neither politicians nor cabinets can
ignore. II was now In Grecley's power TO pay
old debts, and he has paid them by consign'ug
Seward to the shades Of private lie. The still
service bound journals Of the black republican
politicians-the Times, Courier and Enquirer,
Albany Erenipg Journal and others-are now
prosecuting the war against the Independent
Tribune, because they know full well that Il
that journal maintains q true independence IL
can crush out Lincoln and bis administration,
a. We crushed out that Of poor Pierce, should
ne be elected, and submit to the dictation Of o
set of selfish, intriguing and corrupt politicians.
In pursuing this Independent path since
1854, the Tribune has done what we have been
doing for the past twenty five years, and
in Its independence lies the secret Of Its pros.
perity and it power. This n must not sacri.
fee to any politician or to any political party.
In the natural order Of things politicians
and parties become utterly selfish and
corrupt, and forgetful Of The professions of love
for the public good which marked their early
days, and gave them strength In the hearts OF
the people. II was this state Of things, and
the honest Independence Of the NEw YoRx
HERALD, which enabled Ms to crush out the
old whig party In 1852, and the administration
Of poor Pierce In 1855; and II win enable us
to crush out the existing factions Of the old
democratic party, lifts political managers per-
sist In pursuing at Baltimore the Advancement
Of the selfish objects Of the politicians, instead
Of the true interests Of the whole country.
There is q philosophy In these facts which
may be studied with profit BY Journalistic aud
by politicians. The independent press Of the