The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-23
The Tribune I'm the Psaaory.

In response to our statement that HonSegaess
Greeley sought for and praised the appoint
neDt Cf the traitor Harvey az Minister to Por-
tugal, the Tribune says:-"This is not true
We never desired that he should be made q
foreign minister" and adds eneer at Secre-
tary Seward for retaining Harvey in the stu
alton. What tho Hon. Massa Greeley has lost
in gold by the present war he has evidently
gained in brass. He should have remembered
the old adage about the class of people who
need long memories, aud then consulted his
back files, before ventu1ing upon 60 explicit
a denial.
In the Tribune of March 20, Immediately
upon the appointment of NJ. Harvey, Massa
Greeley writes:-
to Portugal chs morning gazetsed, native OF South
Carolina and has oI been known as one OF the sbest
represent nterests Of leading newspapers In the
asge olties. We know not how long 1t Is Mr. Hxr
vey hrst began v DO distinguished IN this capacity, but
N7h American, Of PhiAdei became known for their
soiheLt Information and their delicious STYLE His
VII ve rs. fe entirely restored BY tie genial Climate
OF rorygI. M Harvey, during bis residence at Wash
retor tle paid special attention 70 diplomatic Affairs,
cocLy c hsd a,waJ bess represented abroad BY men
ct his intelligence and capacity aus appointment was
wtaoul his Knowledge solicitation, and
u e cd unanimously By KS senate.
That certainly settles the question whether
or net the 1riJune praised Harvey's appoint
nent. Terms more eulogistic could not have
been employed if it had been Massa Greeley
himself who had obtained ofica. Nor Is this
extract much Lees decisive in regard 20 whether
Massa Greeley sought for Ha,sey's appoint
meDt. Harvey, 1t appears, was sent off to Por-
tugal without his own knowledge or solicita.
ton" 1t must have been his friends, then,
who procured hin the Office; and foremost
among those friends the Hon Msssa Greeley
was proved to be numbered. The declaration
low tbst he did no. desire that Harvey should
be made foreign minister" only means that
he Office to which Harvey was to be appointed
was not expressly designated py his friends.
It is useless for the Tribune 10 de0y that it
was settled Harvey was 70 hare something,
AID that bis position as Tribune correspondent
vas the .fons {. origo OF his claims upon the
administration. Perhaps Portugal was selected
on account Of its genial elm ate'' and Har.
vey's impaired health" Perhaps he was
sent sbroad because of bis - intelligence and
capacity" and bis especial attention to diplo.
matte affaiss." At any rate he was sent, and
he Tribune which SO lavishly praised his up
pointmeDt, is now growing rabid upon the sub
iect Of his immediate recall
Yes, this "intelligent" Harvey, this expert
enced diplomat, this able and industrious
journalist" this model minister, who was to
add so much to the reputation of the coun-
uy," is now vehe,nently denounced as traitor.
and his recall daily demanded by the very
journal he has go long served
Not wisely, but too we'll.
His crime is, that he sent to Charleston the
same information which he cent to the Tribune
That he sold his Dews-Ncrth. South, East and
West-wherever he found market for it; that,
in other words, he was not exclusively tbs Tel
b,ae's spy. He preferred rather to receive
Judge Magrath's gold than to give Greeley the
monopoly of his discoveries The charsc-
teristic inconsistency of journal which
blsmes man to-day for doing only that for
which it praised him yesterday could not be
better displayed.
Really, however, these denuncisticns Of Har-
vey are only feints to conceal the real objects
Of attack, viz:-Secretary Seward and other
members of the Cabinet. The fire is
aimed, not at Harvey, whom the 7ri-
bune does not wish recalled, bu. at the
Secretary Of State, who will not recall him.
By these attacks, and by the perpetual grum.
bling and growing in which it INDUCES, the
Tribune shows how incompetent it L. to sup
port an administration. Its incapacity to COM
prehend anything which it does not originate
and the impracdcable nature of its theories
and principles, render it only fit to be the
organ of the opposition. When fault finding it
IS in its elements but when suggesting or sup
porting measure, approaching or sustaining
policy, or when aiding or defending an ad-
ministaton or an executive, it is feeble, imbe-
Gle and worse than useless. Why can it not
perceive its forte and its weakness, and cease
o attempt what it cannot achieve?
II the Tribune will come out openly, oppose
The present Cabinet and demand change, We
will heartily supportit Constitutionally and in
principle we are opposed to permanent cabinets,
and would have change of Secretaries every
six weeks, If We could. The exigsncies of tbs
present crisis seem to demand new Cabinet,
and if the Tribune would advocate the change,
openly and above board, as it does now CO.
verify and by insinuation, we repeat that we
would heartily endorse and assist it.
But this attacking Secretary Seward, by
backbiting and maligning poor Harvsy-who
is fellow of no earthly consequence, except
as battering ram for the 7ribune-is obvious
ly unfair, dishonest aud dishonorable. There
is no other journal in the country which would
be guilty Of such meanness towards subor-
dinate employe, who, by the 1ribume's own &C.
has served it faithfully and
for many long years. Let the
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