New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-26
OFFICE OF rHs LHD9ga.
No. ID Park Row. February %. lO52.


Hon. H0RaE GREELEY: You have my tha. 10
oy very high pment which you pay The Led,~.
In Tn TsusE OF this morning yoar notes Of the es;s
Of the Emperor OF the French the Hon. Edward Everett
To have such praise accorded by critic experiences
a, Yourself always CRAFTY ing. But, /, seems you sks
exception to the writings Of of contributor ~
ussuished divine You object to the Rev Mir Abbott csee
tie institution. Of France free under the first Nspoe a.
can only reply that the free" 10 necessarily coml1
tive As applied all Institutions The very Tins ~
ou in plies that something Of the natural freedom OF the
person has been surrendered and rue and sah ~
in, t,u,cd In place OF the individual right OF protection
defense The Institutions OF Francs uniuestioraby srss
a. compared with those Of Ausrs with which Mr. Abbot
was contrasting them fou they no, free bet ss-s
.hs press utterly gagged and shackled that the ~
important eyents-.och the Battle of Tassarems as4
unpublished aud generally unknown in France for are
AFTER their occurrence
Now Nj Greeley with disposition to eIa. The il IN
Ion. o. france at he period referred to dispssss our
own Administration. put to you squseiy Were ss
,ourc Of iu formation to the peops in France any ore
utterly ssggod updsr tire Emperor Napoleon than hey
have of late been in this country. under that d'snsu ass
exalted to high place mainly through your ensos-
William III Seward Was not he telegraph closed "a
rue accounts Of the battle Of Balls But whore rs" or
.r,l tho an, Baker and his compstro. and pre- ioe'N
them 10 bs Murdered by the enemy The battle OF :"
Ruff. think offset, the battle o, IrGhsN' S"ea "
Did MOI this same utterly gagged Telegraph ons 70 =
the other day, forged speech, manufactured oy Us
po,icr controllers aad put into the mouth Of "
oiicsr on whose ability TO qnell this unsody 'e'o""
bo. country now roles for Is sslva'ionand "a" ~
done merely f5r the purpose OF l,udtas at the eipe"
truth a particular genersln the army "s'ne'e "'
"uumi,igated despotism" to quote yoas own phrase ~
thl.l
ofeour.e do not wish to bs understood ~ Mana
,, ,h. oy.nneut or Institutions of France under HsPs
- Az. u,s,t or At any other period a. democfsis'
80 c.u or free 90 ours are. when administered acc'es
Hair time .pi,it At the same tine that II -
49,. ,or,,ibutor. tho Rev Dr. Abbott, happened % %
won, IN the use OF tho word tree" /, Is hardly eou'Ser
Cor an. Raw Dr. Greeley to throw stones At him AsHs
thanking YOU FOR your general compliment to The i'1-
rem.lu YOURS. ROBERT BONNER
GIf Mr.. Abbott had only "happened u "
wrong in the use Of the word free, W
assure our respected cotemporary that w
should never have noticed tho circums'aneO'
IL is his habit of being wrong with REGARD "
the Bonapartes-his systematic CLOSING "0'
and laudaton of gigantic crimes against ia'''
ty and Humanty-that impels our indigas'.
protest. Aud it is not the exceptional ac's 7"
tyranny and injustice on the part of the o''
Napoleon that moves pur wrath, but MS o'e.'
throw of republic by the bayonet ana S"Os''.
tuition therefor of an Asiatic despo'lsm--~a.'
DIR. Charming forciby terms he putting ."
i. foot on the necks Of thirty millions OF pc''
,.ple." 1t is q scandal to Christianity NAIVE