, 1866-11-17

mR. GREELEY FOR SENATOR.
The term OF the Hon. Ira Harris, United !
states Senator from New York. expires on
lie 4tb Of March next. The duty Of choos-
ns his successor deyolvcs on the Legislature
II that State, at Its session this winter.
Among the aspirants for the Office are Judge
Harris, Governor Fcnton, Hon. Roscoe Conk-
ing, George William Curtis, and Horace
Greeley
Though Mr.. Greeley has seldom rcfra;ncd
from meddling with the domestic affairs Of
Republicans In other States, to their detri-
ncnt and his own, VIC won1d not undertake
to advise our political friends In New York
upon matter peculiarly their own, did not
the general interests of the party demand Of
US n few plain words. The Republican party
docs not exist and have power in the State of
New York alone; indeed it Is one Of the re-
grc1s OF the times that 1t requires the most
extraordinary tffnrts 10 retain the ascendency
OF the party i'll that State by q majority equal
to that given in a single Congressional dis
trict in the Northwest Republicans all over
the country have, therefore, q deep interest
in an election which may hayc serious and
unfortunate consequences to the party gene
rally. Horace Greeley has not now, and
uNNC4 ANa tNGAS - 444A "At@ OIt4AL ~ W /
trusted with au official position requiring
practical wisdom, ordinury craftsmanship, or |
firm, consistent action. For twenty-five !
in council an unreliable CON-
mander in action; a nlisantbrope
in victory, and riotous disorcanizcr in de-
feat lie has always been fanatical in his de-
mands for tho extrcmest measures, and when
rs 1,ne nQ,a1 S1,a <Sf +r;u NH
1ayariabl. thrusts himself forward rs 4 ucgo-
t.-tor Of terms OF surrender 10 the enemy.
His course during the war was hut a repeti-
tion uf his coussc IN politics. In 1861 he WAS
an open defender OF secession; he changed to
i vigorous champion of the war; AMI there
after was forever rcckless!y making psopo-
sails for peace and as rcckicssly with
drawing them .snakiuS war in spite
Of 3Iars, and negotiating in spite of
Minerva" From the day Of his inangura-
not more annoyed, embarrassed and
the intenscst Copperheads, than he was
by "Uorace 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 mems got proxy in
the Chicago Convention, and III that body
illustrated that sout ofp7actical sense which
has marked Ills entire life. For twenty years
he had been an 1iucompromising advocate
for a square fight with the pro-slavcry party;
and when that kind of tight was forced upon
the Republicans in 1860, he was here in
Chicago, voting not for Lincoln, nor for
Chase, but for old Edward Bates of Missouri,
one Of the fossils Of the slave party. lie was
then the associate aud the colaborcr
Of that other clua1ly impractic-
able and unreliable squad - the
B!ai: family. Let the country look back
{. ..on thc fate which would have bctallcn 1t,
had the Chicago Convention followed Gree
lcy's advice and placed in power old Bates,
1ankcd by the Blairs and yet that was the
fatcwhich Greeley demanded ut Chicago, and
because the Convention rcpudiatcd his folly
he 1aborcd for five years to vindicatc it
by seeking in an undcrhanded way TO make
Lincoln's administration a failure. The Nj
a.ara Falls peace negotiation was bad
enough in itself, buL It was not SO bad as
G1cc1ey's subsequent editorial denouncing
President Lincoln's letter To whom it may
coaccrn,'' and stating That it could only
have been the composition Of an ass
whereas, it was the editorial which had the
better right to claim such authorship. This
remember, yTas in the 1nidst Of P1csiien
tial campaign, md it was no pleasant thing
for Republican voters to read that their nom
ince was an hss.
With loud professions Of humility, Mr.
Greclcy's ambition is undying. It ncvcl
sleeps ii is the all moving, inspiring ioTct
Of his personal and political conduct. Hi
famous letter dissolving the partnership 0
f- III .n.J tfnF F,n
that he had been a persistent otiicc-scekc
for twenty years, and that his grievance wa
that his associates had given office to ever,
person but him. This ambition in Mr.. Gree
ley is by no means disliouozable to him, bu
taken in connection with his cterna. barad
OF humility, it creates in tic minds Of plai
men thc unpleasant thought that person;
s:lfseekiuy rules his conduct Is a Journals
aud governs his treatment Of public nlea
urcs. -...
The State Of Illinois foE thirty years la
l,cen in the hands and under he cuntsol Ut tt
Democratic party, which was as essential
Yro-s1aycsy ns that which ruled Fir-fni
This party had been for Il long time und
the lead ot Douglas. In lSas Douglas qua
relied with Buchanan, and the opportuni1
was offered TO eject u Republican. Wht
the Republicans Of Illinois nominated n
lincoln, Dir. Greeley cast his influence f
Douglas, who Was making his fight on Il
platform Of the Drcd Scott decision. Al
Mr., Greeley never forsuye Mr. Lincoln
the wrong which he uireclcy} d
10 him {1tincoln) at that tin
During tho last session of Congress y
t;reclcy's yaciIlation kept the Rcpub1ica
Of Sew York in constnnt shiyer. DIR;
t,,c entire .ittinn Of the Rccous, ruc,;ou t.o
n,ittee lie had not a courageous word Ia -
and it ras only after they had made tn
re1,ott. and committed themselves to a rs
tion. tl,ut he ATTEMPTED to point out til
duty. and then II was in Il different "a
from, that which they lad Travelled. No
inc was 50 much needed at that time 3:
1nasculiuc ntysnarcr in Ncv York city,
stead of this tho New York TrtIuut I'm,
Mr.. Grre1,y.s .ruidunee. WINS in,tustrjm
cooreratln.r with The Tines. to srt;urnist
Rcnnh1;con marty in that Sta.r. Whrn I,
mond went entirely over to the Coppcrju
son ,arty. and his subscribers bcasn TO lc
him and 90 to the Tribune us the next h
thing, Mr.. Grccl:y caught SONIC sparks
electricity from the people and laborcd
sidu0nsly to repair the mischief. That
party, under such leadership, WAS not to
~ routed in the State Is matter Of st1rp
+ themselves: and tnc movement to c]
t;-cc]cy 10 the Senate. so fir Us it
any nonn1ar eup1o,t. nroceeds Fl
sheer gratitude that lc did
worse. Ecnrctt supports Greeley
tic "vou ticksr Inc and 1 tickle y
principle. Greeley was profoundly impre.
with the fitness OF Dennelt's appointmen
Minister to France some tiuc since, and
quite natural tha. Bennett should nov b
fayor oc(;rcclcy,s election d. Senator, G
lev and Ecuuctt. each in Lis peculiar :