The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-30
Horace Gseeley and the Release or Davis.
[From the Chicago Tribune fradcaD, May 2ol

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cseding wroth and begorent not % cay pugiIstic BE
OF the p X His letter TO the Union League Club Il
gage Of general battle thrown down a. the feet Of all
Who think he ought no. % have gone bail for Js9 DAva
named e spoken OF Is "such insscis" He does not
ieCsins or fuzzy spprehsndns bin He calls them
.snanow minded bockhsads y who don't know how TO
b usefnl 70 great cause and waxing still wrath.
"An care for 10 that you make this square stand up
light Understand once for all that dare you and defy
ssa pr 1s q az line
in speaking Of others he . not les profuss in his
matter he has evinced egotsm not at oil characte
ristic Of we'll balanced mind and this letter seems q
form the capsheaf both 10 his III temper ana his vanity
Thus he says the League I'll toll you here that out
OF life constantly devoted TO tho good OF human
kind, your children will select my going 10 Richmond
that Il did moro for freedom and humanity than al
OF you were competent 70 DO, though you had
lived 70 the age OF Methuscah." II would certainly
ence here quoted production OF diseased intel
lect IL Is something amazing that man Of his reputa
tic OF lifelong phapthropisi but in the same sen
tcnce boast like quarrolsome schoolbov, that he n
smarter than all the other boys in ths school, and
whip them IL they will only come on The closing por-
ton OF the letter Is repce with the cssss arrogance
He gives notice. that under certain circumstances ID
scribcd for rebellion and that 81 shall demand
OF al Ia exilen f wAk
But, aside from the pugstc aspect and the disgust
ing cgostc aspect OF this unprecedented letter. IL
struck by the failure Of Mr. Greeley 10 the
plants against him. His argument consists OF three
things-drst vitupcration; sccohd begging the Ques
ton third appeal 10 the other tolios Of his life
prove that this Is consistent with the rest HIS
swer amounts to ths-"Narrow-m minded biockheads
am right; hence you arc wrong. WASN'T In favor Of
releasing Jen long ago' In three years you win admit
Il dlc1it 70 say what public opinion may be three
heuce bat is altogether certain that the people
OF this country DO not that u was the duty OF Mr.
Greeley TO effect the release Of Jefferson Davis bal
II 10 not likely that they will three years hcnce
He said in q recent article that he signed the bond
because Mr.. 0'Conor thought nobody else would don
other words, that other name would secure the
release OF the prisoner Thus he admits either that hs
allowed Jsr Davis counsel 10 lead him by the nose
or that he willingly and wifuly tempered with the
court casting his personal influence In tho scale on the
side OF admitting the prisoner 70 bail when conscious
that his influence and not his pecunary responsibility
was the thing which Davis wanted
To al that MI Greeley says OF the duty OF journas
10 am ~ being right rather than being popular We sub
scribe amen But the main thing Il not 10 mistake
whimsicality for truth. Don Quixots turning summer
saus in his shirt on the TOP Of mountain was per
feosly sincere, and he may have thought the publi
would applaud him for hts pains within three years bu
he cut none The less ridiculous figure.