, 1863-01-27

From the New York Ts1bune.]
REPORTED ACTION or posTMAsTEH CooK OF
CHICAGO AGAINST HORACE GREELEY.
On tho 5th of January, the TIribunepublish.
cd an editorial article headed, *'Ikc Cook"
which embodied grave charges Of fraud and
corruption against Mr.. Isaac Cook, late Post
master at Chicago, in connection with the de-
the Postmaster was confounded.
The mistake vas discovered early, and an
Immediate apology, retraction and explana
ton made conspicuous in the Tribune.
This seems not to have satisfied Mr. Isaac
Cook, and NC understand that his counsel,
James 7; Brady, esq.,, will commence to-day,
ted States Circuit Court, and that charges for
libel will be preferred Immediately before tue
Grand Jury, against the Hon. Horace Greeley
and other members Of the Tribune Association.
The friends Of Mr.. Cook claim that most
atrocious libel was uttered BY the Tribune, for
which the Association shou1d be emadc to pay
roundly, aud that in The local courts such
prominent individuals Of the Association as
shall be indicated, will certainly be convicted
Of the charge and sent to State Prison.
The new law says, in relation to libel, that
In two points.
Fright must be absolute truth.
Steond--It must hare been printed for justi-
fable ends.
And these points must be concurrent, SO
that, however true the statement, unless come
good is to be attained, Or however good the
end desired, unless the ayerment can be sub
etantiated, there is no excuse.
The Iribunc, admitted the falsity Of the
charge, and Mr.. Cook proposes to show that
great damage and no good was done by its
The case will, if. carried to issue, attract
great attention in political md professional
c1rn1rS fEn laEa ar fr1f1 fhf1 f1rf that
the rclntions existing between b1r. Greeley
md the District Attorney, a. Oakley Hall,
Esq, are not such as nre manifested by bo-
som friends or philanthropists generally.
From the n, 7. Tribune.l
We find the foregoing In the n. 7. TINES Of
yesterday and, though feeling the force OF the
proyerb that ':H you want to know what is
o n Sn5 e e9a must h nR dst qne es
taken. Mr. Cook has nercr written us line
expressing dissatisfaction with our treatment
Of him or desiring correction, and We have,
beside correcting fully, explicitly, the mistake
into which VIC we're led Of confounding him
spicuously and promptly the letter Of an ar
dent friend and adlnircr, gindicating him on
every point and setting in the brightest light
his character as patriot and statesman. What
more he would hare us do, We cannot fmag-
inc; and in fact, should he commence proceed.
above, he would clearly imply that our cor
| rection was 50 full and thorough TINT he could
not suggest m improvement.
Mr.. Cook We do not .personally know, but
| none Of the criticisms upon him which have
] reached ns imply that he Is devoid Of common
sense We do not believe, therefore, that he
has ever proposed to embark In my such
wholesale bringing OF, libcl suits as Indicated
above. Though It Inns long been cur convlc-
ton that far morc malice Is eyinccd through
Whereon they are founded, We arc surc 1t Is
suits so unnilstakably. We arc confident,
temptation, they arc not prompted By: Ar.
.tho friends Of Mr.. Cook''-wf,o have solfci.
ted the 1lse of bis name for their own pur-
poses, assuming the cost and taking tho risk
Of their proceedings. Nu arc confident TINT
any person who was acting in his own bchall
only expand the business to such gigantic pro
portions after he had succeeded In his initia
experiment..
II any one shall seriously propose to sent
this mnttcr before Grand Jury, VIC ask him
In common dcccncg to put in all the papers IL
tho case-that In which we expressly and con
=spicuously cxoncrated Mr: Cook as veil =
that two dnys older wherein We incu1patet
him. Only make tho most prc)uaicial 1rant
Jury on earth acquainted with all the Facts
and NC askno favor. And Il: the whole mat
ter Is left with Mr. james T. Brady, to b
dealt with by him according to his own con
sictions Of tustlcc and fhirncss,< all Will b
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