The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-23

anu tnoIChtteI was forever EeCklcb5ly uldkluB |
proposals for peace, and as reckeesly withdraw.
ing them making war m spite Of Mars, and
negotiating ia spite of Minerva"
From the day OF his Inauguration to the day
OF his death, Mr. Lincoln was not more ANNOYED,
embarrassed, and thwarted in h,s administra.
tioh by the intensest Copperheads than he was
by "Horace Greeley and his faction" In fact,
Mr.. Lincoln was elected against the wishes and
in spite of the opposition of Greeley. The latter
by some means got proxy in the Chicago Con-
yention and in that body illustrated that want of
practical sense which has marked MS entire life
For twenty years he had been an uncOmpro-
missing advocate for q square 6ght with the pro-
slavery party, and when that kind OF fght was
forced upon the Republicans IN 1861, be was
here in Chicago, voting not tor Lincoln, nor Tor
Chase, but for old Edward Bates, of Missouri,
one Of the fossils of the slave party He was
then the associate and the Colaborer OF that
other equally impracticable and unreliable
squad-the Blair family.
Let the country look back upon the fate which
would have beiallen 1t had the Chicago Conven-
tion followed Greeley's advice and placed in
power old Bates, flanked by the Blairs; and yet
that was the fate which Greeley demanded at
Chicago and because the Convention repudiated
his folly, he labored for five years TO vindiclte
it by seeking in an underband way to make LIN
coins administration failure. The Niagara
Falls peace negotiation was bad enough in
itself; but it was not so bad as Greeley's subse-
quent editorial deuouncing President BinColn's
letter ITO whom it may concern" and stating
that il could only have been the composition of
an ass, whereas 1t was the editorial which had
the better right to clam such authorship. This,
remember, was in the midst of Presidential
campaign, and II was no pleasant thing for Re-
publican voters to read that their nominee was
an ass.
With loud professions OF humility, Mr.. Gree
ley's ambition Is undying. 1t never sleeps; II ls
the all-movng inspiring force OF his personal
and political conduct. His famous letter dis
solving the partnership of Seward, Weed 81
Greeley disclosed the fact that he had been
persistent ot6Ce-seeker for twenty years, and
given office to every person but him. This ambi-
ton in Mr. Greeley IS by no means dishonorabie
TO him but taken in connection with b;s eternal
parade of humility, 1t creates IN the minds OF
plain men the unpleasant thought that personal
selfseeking rules his conduct as journalist,
and governs his treatment of public measures.
The State OF Illinois fer thirty years had
been in the hands and under the control of
the Democratic party, which was as essentially
pro-slavery as that which ruled Virginia. This
party had been for a long time under the lead
OF Douglas. In 1858 Douglas quarrelled with
Buchanan, and the opportunity was offered to
| elect Republican. When the Republicans of
Illinois nominated Mr.. Lincoln, MIR. Greeley
cast his influence for Douglas, who was making
his fight on the platform Of the Dre6 Scott deci-
| sion. And MIR. Greeley never forgave MIR. Lin
| coin for the wrong which he (GreeleyI did to
him Uincoln) at that time. During the last
| session of Congress Mr.. Greeey's Vacllation
| kept the Republicans OF New York in a constant
| shiver. During the entire sitting of the Recon
struchon Committee he had not a courageous
word to say; and it was only after they had
! made their report, and committed them selves
to a position, that he attempted to point out
their duty, and then 1t was in different road
from that which they had travelled
Nothing was so much needed at that time as a
masculine newspaper in New York city. Instead
| OF this the New York Tribune, under Mr.. Gree
ley's guidance, was industriously cooperating
with the Times to extinguish the Republican
party in that State. When Raymond went en-
tirely over to the Copperjohnson party, and Lis
subscribers began to leave him and go to the
Tribune as the next best thing, Mr.. Greeley
caught some sparks OF electricity from the
people, and labored assduously to repair the
mischief. That the party, under SUCH leadership,
was not totally routed IN the Jate, is a matter OF
| surprise to themselves; and the movement to
elect Greeley to the Senate, so tar as it has any
| popular support, proceeds from sheer gratitude
| that he did no worse.
Bennett supports Greeley on the ''You tickle
me and IN tickle you princple." Greeley was
| profoundly impressed with the fitness of Ben.
| nett's appointment as Minister to France some
time since, and it is quite natural that Bennett
should now be in favor of Greeley's election as
Senator. Greeley and Bennett, each in his
peculiar way, opposed Hoffman in the recent
election for Governor, and Hoffman received
$4,000 majority on Manhattan Island, where
their respective journals have their principal
circulation. Hohman's majority was not given
solely in the wards which embrace the Five
Points and CorleaT's Hook, where no ne VS.
papers are taken, but in the Ninth and Fifteenth
| Wards, which have heretofore been Republican.
What with the temperance issue, and the gene
raj uncertainty and weakness of the New York
Tribune during the year preceding the election
and its frequent coalitions with one or the
other factions of the Copperhead party in local
| elections, 1.-THE Republicans were not only
routed in every ward, but they were practically
eXJingulshed as political entity in the city oi
! New York.
The country at this time wants no inspired
harlequins in the national councils. Still less
does 1t want men with statesmanship so micro
scope that they can see nothing in public. bust
ness but the mileage and per diem of their fel.
low-membeIS. If Mr.. Greeley is not satisfied
with his position as Journalistic position
which ought to be equal, in point of influence,
tors-and if the Republicans ofeNew York want
to do something for him, let them make him
State Prison Inspector, or even Governor-any-
thing that will not make the party outside of
the State responsible for his follies.