, 1866-07-13


| Temperance, have lost anything by his fight
ing one battle al time, and being himself
| true to Ills party: .-....-
III, A third great error IN me course Of
.he nc" 1ofk 'Hoane' ana ol horace alee"
~, - o ,ns1 e.ou' 7en W putting
VI 'AA' -. ..11- ~ , n,,ds ~, mn, ,rn,,,,.~
| Til. m7Hnre or salsshnas, na
vanity In Greeley renders Il 3nnossi.
ble for men Of ability to ro:onerate
with him, except mon the basis or his supe-
| rtor wisdom, " hitch n1,e,mcn cannot see. and
Of his disinte.estedness. which truthful man
cannot admit Grecler's yuu,ty. like TINT of
jeff Davis, can ou1y tolerate tic presence nj
Ills admirers. He can co-opernte with no
other class. Hence, the Republican politics
Of New York is g history Of personal :fends
which weaken and distract the party and re-
tard the success OF It's principles. Creelcy's
lend with Seward and Weed, and bis letter
dtsso1ving the firm Of Seward, Weed and
Greeley illustrates Greeley's great crime
against Repub}icanism in New York, where-
1y he has kept the Offices OF that State for
ten years either In the hands Of +" Democratsu
or OF class Of Republicans who dared not be
much better, On account Of the weakness Of
their party. Mr.. Greeley In that letter In.
formed Mr.. seward, that though Mr. Seward
had helped him pccupiarily he ought to have
helped him 1ar more; that though MI. Seward
had no power to procure for Greeley The New
York Post OlIice, and though Greeley had
not asked for the New York Post Office, aud
could not have accented It, If offered, aud
had no. intimatcd to Mr.. Seward TINT be
would like to have the opportunity 10 decline
It, yet TINT because It did not occur to Mr..
Seward to attempt 10 Get for Mr.. Greeley an
oG;cc oyer which Mr., Seward had no control.
in order that Mr.. Greeley might decline It.
he, Mr., Greeley. dissolved the firm ofseward'
Weed d Greeley, and notified them hence.
forth 10 get oui OF the way of his wrath.
What d alstptcrcstcd philanthronist! Ubat
a politfciant What wonder ,r snrh
leadership Inns ;nvolvad constant d;a,s.er
and dcfeate Cb,caro Inns Post Office ,vb1cb
has FREQUENTLY been offered TO rarlous editor,
of thIs papcr. and has once been f1,lr1 lv one
of them . hnt I, never occurred In ueto set en
foot death,ess fend IN The no,,tics of .he
State bccansc ,yc werc mt tender. mn ofy,co
ne could not rot and did mt want. Hencs
wa s,,nposr ve are :. .ratt]e-natcd.n
The whole course of The New York y5ibua.
durinr the war WINS weak rac,,lot;no and ia.
moraiizirc, It doubled on It's tracks like a
hare pursued by hounds, Il. defended
the richt of secession and pratcd abont where
VIC should run the bonndarv linz Int wern the
Contcderacy and The United Sta,es. and in.
sisted TINT tte North WAS entitled 10 The pm
Handle of West Virginia. It apolocized for
Bull Run and promised ucyer 10 do it AMIN.
1t was so frightened and oyercome bv the
war TINT It dared hardly snpe,t ,ts onin,op
md lis condemnation eonndea so murb 1f1.a
It's prafsc that few cou1d tel the d,t,s,anr.
Its negotiations for ncace nrorotcd I,nco,r
ipto severity. and he ,rho se,snu, rolnn,a.;,H
punished the most ru,lty. dr,1hcra.,1r- a;s-
armed Greeley by exposing him ro
publfcridIcule. Il encnura md the be. ~ : cf1 =.
and tic rebels at Gcttysburcthv aavoc,tfor
surrender If he should water ilis 5,orscs IL ~
susauehanuah. while ne In t,,e 1ancn,ce ~
Gen. Sherman taught at all times thsi the
rrle1s ,nnet :. d;a Nv s,,,,,n,t ,, >@N
Which of the two r;buues was
rattlepatedg Before the close of the
war VIC had begun to adyocatc m *.
tension OF tho suffrage to the volored race as
base OF reconstruction-eitheri in the firm
Of impartial suffrage, or Intelligent negro suC
fraEe, we cared not which. The New York
Tribune timIdly followed with m occasional
paragraph, in which impartial suffrage was.
not demanded as right, not defend.
cd rs e1pedlent, but offered rs a swan for
"uuiycrsal nmnesty.n The yery form ortbe
proposition went far TO kill Impartial, suffrare
BY chasing II as a favor to be riyen or with.
1n,a ,re+a,a - n.,;,x..1 -. Wv,
President :7o,,nso7, h.1.n ~. ,aaans,xs,;e.. "ea
nol,cr IN the hnr;s ~ ths -rt,f.a 49,, soa 49,"