New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-28
THE TRIBUNE.
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MP GREELEYs ACCOUNT OF MS NEWS
PAPERS. E/r
ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE Tribune.

Tha DenOeratic party claimed an IN +
-. 80, of triunphs i'm every Presidential
sIscson which it did not throw away by It's own
5,aaantions and being now united regarded its sue
cas. "a inevitable. You Wings" said Dr. Duncan
90 Ohio one OF its most effective oanyassers achieve
Great victories every day ia the year but one-that Is
tha day of election" 1t was certain that party
which had enjoyed the eyer-increasing patronage
- t6e Federal Government for the preceding twelve
years. which welded that Of most OF tho STATES
s,.o and which was still backed by the popularity
and active sympathy Of Gen. Jackson, was not 70
be expelled from power without the most fesolute
pscsistent systematic exertions. Hence 1t was 40
tsrrnined in the councils of our friends at Albany
that new campaign paper should be issued 10 DO
entitled The LOg Cabin; and was chosen 20 ev ;t
duct It, No contributions were made or souE = Ia
behalf was to publish as well es eai t.dr,ned tbet
DO folio of good size; and 1t was % tr of s;r
tfeen comics should be sent for the tuli eIni Va Ola
months from May to November loI sSt Si .;t,A
q nans;Sersbls business capacity, when this cam
pagD sheet was undertaken ana lhe ILL., IJ a.; IL
OF subscriptions frightened ana Iepeieu. t n,in
;osstsd fkaf fhe price was ruin0us that the paper
could not he Afforded for little; that we shOuid h-
aytaby be bankrupted by Its enormous cuCulHVloh'
and all my expostulatlons ana ehtLsaecs VIZ f w.
ayaiiing against his fixed resolve TO get OUT OF ing
cnnoern at once / therefore dissolved aud settle9
with him. and was left alone to edit and publish D0tn
ire Nso-Y Yorker and The Log Cabin, as had IN I9 -
editad but not published, Tie Aete Yorker and IRE
Jssysonian Having neither steam presses nor taci-
tiles for mailing. was Obliged 10 hife every tnns
done but the headwork, which involved heavier OUT
Iays than l ought to have had 10 meet urea 10
make The LOg Cabin as effective IS cOud, WIN en-
cravings of Gen. Harrisons eatte,scenes MUSE 80
&c. and TO make it model OF It's KIND; D9t u4s
times we're so changed that it was more hVely ana
Ices sedately argumentatve than Ihe JegersontGe
Is circulation was entirely Pey n %efop the
close of the week. was obliged TO PRINT lVOVO more
and even this was too few. Inc eirculauOh run
rapidly up to $1,000 and might have been lhcIease'
bsd ossessed ample facilities for printing and mall
ing 20 100000. With the machinery OF distrID'sIoh
by Che News companies s,Se ell ~ 1narsr
If million And, though made very htue Inohey
nv it. gave every subscriber an extra nnmoeT con-
tanning the results of the election Alter tat IOun
kinned the paper for full year longer; havng CIT
eIlsfion Of 10000 copies, which about PAID tho COST
counting my work as Editor nothing -. e
Ths I0g Cabin was but an incident, feature on
tue canvass. Briefly, we Wings took the !ead. anu
kent it throughout. Our opponents struRBeu man
fully desperately but wind and 9de were agaln ,d
thefl They had campaign and other papers, ano
good speakers, and large meetings.; Dut we MeIe lai
ahead OF them in singing. and IN eecnoneeLing Gnu
hlems aud notices which appealed 70 popular ~ npa
thfea The elections held next after the Harrisburg
Nominations were local. but they all went 0sr way;
and tho State elections which soon lonowou ssn1Py
confirmed their indications. In september Maine
held her State election and chose inc wing cdlNi-
date Tor Governor Edward Kent, by small MAJOR
ifv but on very full vote. The Democrats uid NOT
ooce his election till after the vote Tor Presiden
in November. Pennsylvania. IN OctoDef gave asul3il
Democratic majority; but we INSISTED ths II % ge
oysrc0me when we came to vote for Harrison; and n
WA. In October, Ohio, Indiana, and Georgia, Su
gave decisive Harrison majol1tles, IendenhS the
great result morally certain, Yet, when tls choice
Of the Presidential electors was ascertained, even
the most sanguine among Us were astounded by the
completeness Of our triumph. We had gwen deh'
f(arrls0n the electoral votes of all but the seven
states of New Hampshire, Virginia South Carolina;
Alabama, Illinois. Missouri, and ArkansasVV IN al
while our candidate had 22t making his the heay-
lest majority by which any President had ever been
chosen. Newton where each party had done lts
best had been carried for hun BY lSE0nayorltyi put
Gov Seward had been reelected by only 5,Sl5. With
any other candidate for President he could scarcely
lave escaped defeat
On the 10th day Of April 1sn--a day of most IN;
aoasonable chill and seet, and snow--our city heid
hor great funeral parade and pageant in honor OF our
lost President, who bad died SIX days before Ton:
Robert BOgaTdus, the venerable Grand Marshal OF
the parade, died not long attcrwa1d OF exposure 10
its nclenencles. On that leadon tunereal morning
she most inhospitabe of the year, issued the lsI
nuntber of THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE. 1t was a small
sheet for il was to be retailed for cent and not
much of newspaper could be afforded for that prlce,
even in those specie-paying times fis1 peeI IN
aited to this enterprise by several Wing t1ends VINO
deemed cheap daily, addressed more especially 10
the labOring class, eminently needed IN our ,eity'
istjne-I1e Sun and The Herad--were IN decided
though unayOwed and therefore more efiecuye, sym
psthy sn lad nreIised ecnnary aid If it should DO
needed: only one iMr. James COggeshall, long since
deceased) ever made good that promise, 1y ioanng
me 100 which was duly and gratefully repaid,
principal and interest presume others would have
helped rae had asked il; but Ineyer did hr. Dud-
lev s. Gregory who had voluntarily loaned me $1,000
t sustain me Netr- Yorke1 in the very darkest hour
Of my fortunes in 1851, and whom had ouJ recently
repaid. was among my most trusted trends IN tle
outset OF ms new enterprise also; but was able TO
prosecute it without taxing u no longer needed 10
test, his generosity.
removed alike from seryie craftsmanship on the one
hand and from gagged, mincing neutrality on the
other Party spirit Is 80 fierce and ntOerant Ia ths
country that the Editor OF nonparsan sheet IS re-
ar6ned from saving what he thinks and feels on the
most vital imminent topics while on the Other
hand a Democratic, Wing OF Republican journal is
Generally expected TO praise or blame like or dislike,
eul0gzo condemn, an precise accordance Wlth the
We've and interest Of Its party believed there was
4 happy medium between these EXTREMIST position
from which Journalist might openly and heartily
advocate the principles aud commend the measures
of that party to which his convictions allied hun, yer
dissent frankly from its course Oh particular ques
tiOD and even denOunce its candidates II thoY were
shown TO be deficient IN capacity or far worse IN M
tegrity. felt that Journal thus loyal 70 ITS guild
ing convictions, yet ready 70 expose ana condemn
unworthy conduct incidental error on the part OF
mon attached TO It's party, must be far more effective,
oven party-wlse. than though 1t might always DO
counted to applaud reprobate bless or curse as
the partys prejndoes OF immediate interest might
seom TO pr0scTibe Especially by the MhigS-WhO
were rather the loosely aggregated mainly undisc-
plined opponents Of great party than, IN the
stIicter sense, q party themseiyes-did l feel
that such a. journal was consciously needed,
snd should be fairly sustained. had been a
pretty constant and cOpiOus contributor generally
unpaid to nearly OF quite every cheap Wing journal
thtt utt 4fOhl W ilhcg Dooh CitJ
most Of them TO fail after very brief and not par
ticuary bright career; but One-The NeC- York WhfG
which was throughout most Of its existence, under
the dignied and conscientious direction of Jacob b.
Moore formerly Of The Nec- Hampshire J0UTAd|-had
been continued through two or three years. My
familiarity with its history and management gave
mo confidence that the right sort of cheap Wing
Journal would be enabled TO live. had been ten
years IN Ncw-Y0rk, was thirty years old, In full
health and vikor, and WORTH presume about $1,000
half OF IL in printing materials The JegCrsOnidn and
still more The Log Cabin, had made me fayOrably
known to Inauy thousands Of those who were most
likely to take such paper rs proposed to make