Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-08-27

same general principles-though, as they
were both campaign papers, with less fas-
tidious care, and no pretension to neu-
trality. The Log Cabin was, in my judg-
ment, the best campaign paper ever pub
lished-certainly the best of which /
ever had any knowledge; and it was the
best because it never was afraid or un-
willing to give an opponents argument
its statements Of facts were carefully
truthful, and always backed by good au-
thority, and its tone was that of earnest
and thorough conviction. Its enormous
circulation made the reputation which
Mr.. Greeley had won in the New York
or as wide as it was high,l and laid the
foundation for the very large circulation
which the Weekly Tribune subsequently
received. The financial crash of 1887
and the public sentiment which grew out
of it, was probably the real cause of the
Democratic defeat of 1910; but of all
the immediate and direct agencies in the
Whig victory of that year, the Log Cab
in was undoubtedly the most powerful
and effective. 1t was not without sub
stantial reason that Mr.. Greeley after
ward complained to Gov. Seward that
his services had not been properly appre-
ciated by the party he had aided to place
in power.
l graduated in August, 1840-and,
though | could not vote, Ispent the next
two months in stumping the immedi-
ate vicinity of my native town for Tip
percanoe and Tyler too" After the
election, l traversed the same region in
search of select school to teach; and
it was only upon the downfall of all such
hopes, and in despair of finding anything
to do there that / hied" to New York
City, of which had heard, but which l
had never seen but once, and in which |
knew but one human being, and he a
student in lawyers Office in Wall St.
I had once seen Mr.. Greeley, in the Jour-
nal office in Albany, while on my way
home for the vacation after the College
Commencement in 1888. had stopped
in to inform the editor. as piece of
news, that the College had conferred the
degree of L. L. d. upon Silas Wright
/ found Mr.. Weed and Mr.. Greeley both
there-both hard at work, and both
greatly disgusted at the bestowal of such
an honor upon SO not1rions Locnfoco.
The thing had not struck me in that
light before, but | began to be little
ashamed of having supposed should do
them favor by giving them piece of
news which pleased them so little. But
had sent good many literary contri-
butions-mainly critical, though some
Gas 1 then thought, poetic-to the New
Yorker and I therefore felt at liberty
on my arrival in December, 1910, to call
upon Mr.. Greeley and ask him if he did
not want an assistant. He said no, he
had just engaged one, a young man from
Pennsylvania. But he readily assented
to my request that l might be at the Of
flee whenever chose, in return for which
l promised to help in anything that
might turn up in which l could be of as
sistance. And | did. / forthwith ad-
vertised in the Washington Intelligencer
for a school in the south, and while
awaiting replies arranged to " study law
in downtown lawyers Office. But !
was at the New Yorker Office every day,
and somehow or other good deal of the
work fell into my hands. I added up
election returns, read the exchanges for
news, and discovered q good deal which
others had overlooked; made brief no.
tices of new books, read proof and made
myself generally useful. AT the end OF
about three weeks received the first re
ply to my advertisement, offering me q
school of 80 scholars in North Carolina
| told Mr.. Greeley at once that l should
leave the city the next morning. H'
asked me to walk with him to the post
office, whittier he always went in person
to get his letters and exchanges, and OIL
the way inquired where l was going.
told him to North Carolina to teacl
school, He asked me how much the,
would pay me. said, s4O0 a year
"Oh!" said he, stay here-I'll Civ
you that" And this was my first en-
gagement on the press, and decided th'
whole course OF my life.
at once settled down to work. Their
was not, as Mr.. Greeley says, very mucl
to do on the New Yorker, though / be
lieve l did my share Of what there was
But / extended my sphere of operation
considerably. 1 secured what deeme'
frst-class engagement, to write dali
fancy advertisement of some Vegetabl
Pills which had just been invented, an
which were to be commended to publ
favor every morning in the daily joul
mails by being ingeniously connected wit
some leading event of the day-fo