The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-16


essential to success
GrccIey's One Subscriber In tho
Army.
We find that to err is human. We always
thought that poor, crazy Greeley was u teeto-
taller and . vegetarian, and attributed all his
| troubles to water on the brain II seems, how
ever, that, for some time past, poor Greeley has
changed his Diet and now INDUCES in surFeit
of vinegar and tenpenny nails. The effect Of
this regimen upon his temper has been to
render it indescribably bad He now miscon-
strues our compliments into insults, anu at the
| slightest ianced provocation he bursts into
| tempest of rage, swears like pirate, tears bis
white coat and his hair, heaps imprecations
| upon the devoted head of the pions Gay--llis
! chief assistant editor and executes an indian
] war dance while he hows out threats Of ven
| gance against tho HERALD. Only the applica-
| ton Of STRAIGHT waistcoat, and the promise that
! he shall write as many articles as he Likes Tor
| the Tribune, can subdue poor Greeley when he
| is seized with one Of these dreadful paroxysms.
| A few days ago the Tribune incidentally re-
| marked that it did not circulate in the Army OF
the Potomac Gladly Selling the opportunity
| to do poor Greeley favor, we Immediately
copied his statement. and underworld to ex-
| plain to bin way such a state Of things was ex-
| cee,,invty natural I'VE told him that our
! soldiers in the field were not at all
| likely to subscribe for newspaper
which devoted itself to doing them
all Tire harm it could. by attacking their gene
exposing the Union plans, by urging that ne
groes be armed and put into the field with white
ncu. and by causing such terrible losses in
Killed and wounded rs resulted from the Til
buaes in,risues at Manassas and before Rich
| mond. We reminded poor Greeley OF the blood
which cried against him from the ground. like
Ahol's, and we recalled to his recollection q
passage from one Of the letters of his own cor
respondent, Sam. Wi,kescn, which stated that
those vino had stood between the Army OF the
Potomac and the sacred right Of American sol
cers to rere' 20 rcihiorcements were " doomed
m,,.i." Iii conclusion. with tile frankncss OF old
friendship, we informed poor Greeley that al
most every soldiers letter expressed wish
tha, he ana the otter abolitionists should be
hung, and we kindly i.inted that the general
pubic was almost unanimously of the same
opinion. In return for this explanation, poor
Greeley abuses, vtunera.es and blackguards
Us. in Thursdays Tribune, in the most scan-
dalons style. and accuses us of stating untrutils
both in regard 20 thc Ir'btae's circulation and
Wiikeson's letter. We are almost resolved
never to attempt 10 instruct him again.
1t is true, however, thai il poor Greeley's
statement in regard to his circulation be cor
rect, we have fallen into a trivial, but uninten-
tional. mistake 1t shall be rcctied at once, in
accordance with our invariable custom. We
said that the Tribune had no subscribers in the
Army of the Potomac. Greeley says plumply
and distinctly that the Tribune has one subscri-
Der in that army, but that the command
ing officer will not let him get his paper
Enough said. We believe poor Greeley.
We might bubble about the matter, as Gov.
Andrew does about the order for drafting; but
we will not We prefer making the amenie
honorable although we should greatly like to
see the man. Why, that one subscriber to the
Tribune in the Army Of the Potomac is greater
curiosity than a double-headed calf, and can
only be compared to the benevolent gentleman
who rewarded rufian for trying to poison
him. We ars sure that zone subscriber" must
be contraband-perhaps another Of JEFF
Davis coachnicn- has learned to read from
.Irncle Toms Cabin and takes the Tribune as
sort of daily continuation Of the romance; for
even darkey knows too much to take the Iri-
b,.ne for news, since the HERALD, IS Mr.. Gay truly
SAYS, ais constantly ahead, and the Tribune is
obliged to copy from it." That one Of McClel-
hams soldiers would read the Tribune Is hardly
possible; but If it be. 50, his commanding
officer shows bis good sense in not allowing the
paper to reach him. We set il down, however,
as Fixed fact that tie Tyi5aae has one, ard only
ono. subscriber in the Army Of the Potomac,
aad That ibis one subscriber is prevented from
doing himself any Aaral with the paper BY the
lauiable care Of his commanding officer, who,
Of course, has charge Of the morals as well as
the persons oil his men. Having thus correct
ed ourselves in this particular, we have now to
ask the Tribune to return the favor in regard 10
Mr. Wilkcson's correspondence
What Mr. Wilkeson said was, that ''the Army
OF the Potomac registered vows Of vengeance"
against those who had committed "the crime OF
refusing to reinforce Mcclellan" by mixing up
the main question OF necessity with collateral
questions Of fitness, vigor and fidelity in com
mandersn Does the Tribune mean to deny
that IL was guilty Of this crime? Does poor
Greeley attempt TO assert that he has nossro-
psatedly discussed these questions Of McClel-
lan's .'lmess,r of McCielans "vgor," of Ne
Ciellan's fidelity" ond as repeatedly contend
ed that Mcclellan required no more men, but
should take Richmond with what army he had
OF make way for a better gencrals Why, these
facts are patent, unquestioned, notorious; and
therefore Sam. Wiikeson meant Greeley. as
well a. tho members Of the Jacobin club In
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