Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-06
ThurIow Weed on Greeley and the Trib-

edlt0r OF bne Albany GVe""y @VW""sj Honi
the editorship of that paper. The attacks Of
the ultra Republican or Abolition press upon
him, accusing him Of hostility to the Admins
tration, have drawn from Mr.. WEED the fol-
lowing letter to the editors Of the paper he 90
lately controlled. We publish the letter as 90
important document connected with the politics
of the day, and as exposing the position ol
GREELEY and the radicals, BY whom the Ad
ministration which Mr.. WEED defends 10, ac
cording to his own admission, In great meas
ure now, and likely soon to be wholly con
trolled. The letter appeared in the Albany
Euening Journal Of Jan. 81, and is as follows
To The Editor of the Journal;
| Il Ia not my intention to "keep before tht
people," and but for the material mlsrepresen'
tations of two or three journals, would not
trude, even to express what feel most grate
fully, the more than kindly, the generous con
structions Of the prees, irrespective of party
To the letters OF troops Of kind ffienos shall
endesvor to reply individually.
The Rochester Express and OsWego 1Fmss
says: ss /,
AYERS, on deep convictions. Az tnis time, wnen
he retires from O position where bis opposition
70 the Administration was damaging the cause
of the country, we cannot discuss that question,
but take it for granted that personal feeling
and motives in no degree dictated course
which gave so much pain to those who have 80
long regarded the veteran editor as safe coun'
selior and sagacious leader" :,
II ia etrange that any reader OF the journal,
IN the face Of facts, should hazard such slate
ment. MY point has been, distinctly, that our
danger arises from the blind and frantic course
of he New York Tribune and Independent, the
extreme views OF Messrs Sumner, Phillips, Ger.
rit smith, and their followers, by whom the
Administration 10 beleaguered, importuued, and
persecuted ~ A..
and M cans In my power sustained the Adminis-
trstIon, SO far from having "personal feelings
or motives" other than friendly, my relations
With the President and every member of bis
Cabinet are cordial. They are oil exerting
themselyes to the best of their ability, and with
integrity and fidelity, to re- establish the author
ity Of the Government.
I have referred frequently to the incendiary
PRINCIPLES of the New York Tribune, because
that journal, by its vast circulation, exerts
maligu influence throughout the whole North.
[ again admonish my countrymen to shake on
this incubus, to emancipate themselves from
their mental thraldom, before all is lost. Mr..
Greeley, the infatuated victim OF the widest
ambition, will soon, amid the "crash OF worlds
and the wreck of matter" be seized with re
morse that comes too late" speak not idiy'
This "Architect of Ruin" has much to answer
for.
First, while Slidell, Toombs, Mason, DAvis,
atc.. etc, were maturing their scheme for re-
bellion, and the Gull States, under their In
struc.ions, were seeding, Mr.. Greeley sp-
proved, justified, and invited them TO 90 forward
Tith their reasonable designs! Here is the
evidence from his own Tribune, and 10 bis own
language:
From the Tribune Of Nov. 9, 1901
"If the cotton States shall become satisfied
that they can do better out OF the Union than
in il, we insist on the letting them 90 In peace.
The right to secede may be revolutionary
one, but 1t exists nevertheless. .. We
must ever resist the right of any State to re-
main In the Union and nullify or defend the
laws thereof. To withdraw from the Union is
quite another matter; whenever considerable
section of our Union shall deliberately resolve
10 90 out we shall resist all coercive measures
designed to keep it in. We hope never to live
In republic whereof one section 10 pinned to
another by bayonets."
[From the Tribune, Nov. 20, 1890.
"If the cotton States unitedly and earnestly
wish to withdraw peacefully from the Union,
We think they should and would be allowed TO
do so. Any attempt to compel them by force
10 remain would be contrary to the principles
enunciated In the immortal Declaration of In.
dependence, contrary to the fundamental ideas
~ ,rbjo oh hnman lihertv Ia haaed ~
From the Tribune, Dec. II, 1861
"If IL (the Declaration of Independence
justified the secession from the Britlsh empire
of three millions of colonists In l776, we do
not see why IL would not justify the secession
of five million of Southrons from the Union In
1861"
From the Tribune Of Feb. 20, 1862
"Whenever it shall be clear that the great
body of the Southern people have become con.
cluslvely slienated from the Union, and anxious
to escape from it, we will do our best to for
ward their views"
Here then, In the outbreak of the rebellion,
is the Tribune "doing its best to forward their
views" Their "views" were forwarded with
fatal celebrity. We all see with what conse.
quences.
When the rebellion, thus encouraged, be.
came o reality, the Tribune with an insolence
peculiarly lts own, assumed q dictatorship over
| the government and the army. Our first ca.
lamity was occasioned by its insane cries OF
"oN TO RICHMOND" After the inglorious defeat
at Bull Run, Mr.. Greeley became spasmodical.
~ repentaLt, coniessing that he had done
wrong, and promising to mind his'own busi
nees. But this promise was soon forgotten,
and the Tribune became as arrogant as ever,
and ere long its inflated editor put forth On
edict In the name Of hundreds OF thousands,
addressed to the President of the United States,
demanding change of policy In bis admins.
tration of the government,
| Aud now we are called to witness, with
amusement. new phase Of character - q
startling change of switch!
The editor of the New York Times, in o
carefully prepared article, charged Mr.. Greeley
with iseeking, through M. Mercier, the French
minister, foreign intervention! And still
worse, the accusation goes 90 far as to implicate
Mr.. Greeley In correspondence with Mr.. VAL
laudigham!! We venture to sly that not ten
OF the Tribune's hundred thousand subscribers,
on any outside authority, would have believed
either of these statements. And yet both are
virtually admitted In the Tribune Of yesterday
"Bat here follows the exact truth with re-
gard to our views on the whole subject, which
M. Mercier, or Mr.. Vsllandigham, or any one
else can aave for the moderate price Of six
cents in Washington or three II he purchase in
New York:
al. We believe that the War for the Union
has now entered upon q phase which In all
probability must prove fnal-that we are on
r. AVA IS ,.no.unanta oarnhfpakinna D..