The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-04

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and greatly needed improvements in our postal
! system
] Zhe Tribune In Its Last Struggles-Grce-
ley I'm the Gift Lottery Business.
| 1t seems that the present war, which the abo-
litionists did so much to cause, has, with a sort
Of retributive justice, visited its sorest Affections
| upon the abolitionists themselves. That aboi-
ton organ, the Tribune, is the greatest and the
! representative sufferer. Our read ers will re-
member that, as the pressure of poverty grew
more and more severe Greeley cat down the
size OF his Tribune; cut down the salaries of his
| employees; cut down the quality Of his white
| paper, and tried hard to cut down the wages OF
his printers, but was prevented by the HERALD.
! He would have cut down his dividends
| also, but for the fact that the Tribune pays
no dividends to its stockholders, and has
long been the most fancy stock in the
| market. Everything else has failed, how
ever, and now, gathering the remnant of his
! ragged associates about him, Greeley has de-
ternlined to try the gift enterprise lottery BUSH
| ness. The spectacle of Greeley, out at the
knees and elbows, and with an empty and aching
stomach, is touching. We pity him, and our
pity takes most practical shape, for we print
his prospectus for his new business in our adj
| veriising columns this morning, and we do it
| at half price.
We trust that all Of our numerous readers
| will peruse this advertisement--at half price.
! We are so sorry for poor, ragged Greeley that
we depart, for this time only, from our usual
rates, and are only saddened by the thought
chat the pitiable object of our charity is so un-
I worthy; for he clings to his Niger still, like a
broken down drunkard to his bottle. And yet
| what should we do without him? Now that
crazy Wise is monopolzed by the rebel press,
and the Chevalier Webb has editorially de-
ceased, how should we point our moral or
| adorn our tale without poor Greeley? The en-
tertainment and instruction which his example
and our comments thereupon have afforded our
readers must not be lost. But to think that it
should come TO this Greeley in the gift en-
terprisc lottery business! Poor, lost soul We
can take no blame for his ruin upon ourselves
We have warned, advised and entreated him to
| either seek some business for which he is better
fitted than conducting newspaper, or else to
| try to be a sensible and a decent man. We
wrestled with him, and threw every impede
ment in his road TO ruin, but in vain. He would
have his own bad way, and it has led
him into that vile lottery business, which he
used so much TO loathc and rebuke. Now he
is obliged having lost all his own subscribers,
t. appeal to the HERALD's readers through this
lottery advertisement at half price. Look at
Greeley's ragged coat, his tattered trowsers,
his wcll-worn hat, his unmatched boots, his
cadaverous countenance, his emaciated form.
and see the fate Of an abolition editor. We
have printed his lottery advertisement at half
price; but our charity goes farther We viii
give our old clothes, hats and boots to Greeley,
he will call for Them We used to give these
articles to the niggers be loved SO wells but
how much more appropriately can they De
given to this Niger worshipper in distress.
Also-we sigh to write is7-ear slops, crumbs
a aaa bones ate at his service, If he is really
hungry. All, our abolition Lazarus shall find
us no niggardly Dives
But the advertisement-at half price. How
piteously it reads, and what a sal attempt there
is in it to conceal his poverty under genteel
air. He ''never offered premiums before" No;
he only begged from political door TO political
door, from anti-slaveiy society to anti-slayery
society and either received some small aims or
was roughly turned away. lie has even been
pairing ofverbal thanks to his friends" Yes, he
was always ungraSeful, poor fellow and was
tonder Of curses than ofthanks. Like Mr.. Tufycy-
drop. he concealed his obligations BY his assumed
patronage aad we are afraid that he viii not
thank us for Our adyertisenent-at half
price--eveu now. But he Will thank us
some day or other. The almighty Niger,
which he worships, may reward him in the next
word-it certainly has not in this--and then.
perhaps, lie will be grateful to us and his other
friends. But, he continues, Gin view Of the
| hardness OF the tlmes'-alas how hard they are
= hin.-."and in view of the fact that we are en-
abied to buy white paper somewhat cheaper
Clan we have hitherto d0ne''-these reasons are
somewhat contradictory, but then consider his
condiG on-ne intends "to make some small ac-
| Nnowicl alignment. DOT so much a. Il recOmpeussi-
lie scorns the sordid tbousht-"but as a testi