Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-09-22
"Dey fites and dey ftes,
And dey chswed dsr bodits down,
And dsr tails walked up
And took anudder round"

Dey ME. anu 1cF utcs,
And dey chswed dsr bodits down,
And dsr tails walked up
And took anudder round"
We are sorry to be obliged to say that IL
G. seems TO be getting much the worst OF 1t;
for whatever be his faults and ms ioilies, we
feel a sympathy with his rather helpless hiDgs
and elumsey struggles. Besides. OF the two,
he is a great deal the hoDester and iaIrer !;
and great as is his responsibility for mischief
done to his country, let it never be forgotten
that be has never sought To enrich himself
by currupting officials, bribing legislators, or
taking share in the profits OF doubtful
grants or contracts. Not only does no such
blot as that strain the reputation OF Horace
Greeley. but in all times and under all cir
cumstances ne has stood forth a. the unspar-
ing enemy Of such wickedness. We regret.
therefore. % zee him worsted by such an
antagonist as Mr. Weed, even though be
provoked the conflict himself.
It II, lerhaus, not surprising that Mr.
Greeley should not be entirely pleased with
the testimony which he had asked for from
Mr.. {. 4. Dana respecting his alleged at
tempt TO he cnosed Senator from New York
IN the winter of ls60-6l, and he accordingly
replies in the following language.
MIR. Dana's opinion that | would have
been a much more important parsonage.
and that nv views wOul1 have exerted more
influence. had /. throughout the last four
years been in Office, is natural, perhaps, in
one who has Just descended from that lofty
! eminence. and whose locks still radiate its
/ celestial splendOrs.
Thi- last phrase is very Handsomely turn
ed. and we praise 1t accordingly as bit oil
| rhetoric, hut we fancy 1t is tinsed with
! little personal acerbity, or, as Mr.. Greeley
would say, has an GHinlis. Mr.. Greeley :
famous letter to Governor Seward Is too fresh
in the minds of all to allow us TO give him
credit for any lofty philosophical indifference
TO the houors and the authority OF oihce.
i, will be remembered that the great
burden of his complaint againnt Mr.. Seward
was that he had not been appointed Post
master or Collector; that when he wac
nomins ted and elected to Congress it was
only for one session ; and that h was never
made Governor of New York. The truth i:
that Mr. OrccieY has desire, which Is al
natural az it is respectable, that bis merits
and services should be recognized by hI'
fellow citizens, and that his labOriOus careci
should be crowned by those distinctions
which are awarded to eminent public mer
everywhere We have never known per
son of distinction with a keener appetite iol
the applause Of men and thu substantial
marks of that applause than Mr.. Greeley
He longs in his heart TO be Representa-
tive, Governor, Senator, President. Bu
| he will never stOop, and never has stoop
ed. TO solicit any man OF men 4
aid him in gaming any of tboe
8 places Much as he has desiderated ofhcc, b
has never directly tried to get it, and ba
generally exhibited unwillingness when tn
subject has been proposed to him. Probab
he has felt that talents and labors like hi
entitled him to be taken by the people an
borne into official power without ever apply
ing for it. Certainly that was what he re
. ouired Of Governor Seward; his whole al
raignment of that gentlemen was that Will
e he had been too proud to say that be wante
Office. Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Weed had bee
e too upappreciative or too unfriendly to give
to him without the asking. But We subm
d that his failure, and the bitterness Of i
scarcely justified him in his sneer at the yer
subordInate and modest place which, at cor
r siderable sacrifice, Mr.. Dana held during tf
war. and which he left for other pursuits Il
u moment that the return of peace release
him from the obligations of public duty
a A correspondent in New York urges us
correct Mr.. Weed statement that Col. Mort
was kept in prison by Mr.. Dana, when q q
v after was Assistant Secretary OF War II
question is of small Importance, but we W
II reply to our corr,spondent's request NJ
z Dana had nothing whatever to do with kee
'e ing Col North in prison, either directly
indirectly. His business was to obey ordei
II never to give them. In all that affair
merely did what he was directed todc, = l,
!. order for the release of Col. North was final
y issued by him in complance with high
n authority. But he will saw that. II the ms
= ter, mad been left to his control. North YOU
he have been kept longer in prison, and wou
have mad new trial. His guilt wae clear
ID at least seemed to be 50, and accordingly 9
case should have been sent back for n'
examination, to the end that ITS merits mig
I'd he thoroughly settled, and that, If Euii'
North might receive the punishment he TIC
I" ly deserved. 49,. 4, $50 -."Sgz. 40 -a.