The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-09-07

rraaiuess 10 give due weight 70 the Al
gumenis oi an olpoaeni. uaioh, con-
binsd sib great c.earaess q thought
and command 81 The sahjoei won toi
the polllicA aric. Of tie New Yorker
very high degree Of iuiluencc aud re-
spsci. know that they made iaF great,
ar impression upon Political opponents
ibaa shs vehement party diatl.bes
which tbeu, a. nos, wore regarded as
80 much more effective Aud tho elec-
iion relarns d the New Yorker i5I
. wears. commanded degree Of respoc.
ia which none Of tie party journals o.
the day could aspire. Ihey were re-
garsled as unbiased BY party feeling
perfectly honest and coming from a
wen Informed aud thoroughly reliable
quarter The New Yorker vas as great
au authority 10 that section Of the coun-
Try, on election returns as the Mereu-
/ ~, the weekly edition Of the journal
/ Of Commorce5. under Mr. Gerad Hal
lock and when the verdict Of either Of
/ these journals came 70 hand, all dis
putes on the subject ceased
The reputation which Mr.. Greeley
thus won Tor himself in the New York
er was very essential to him in his 9th
er journalistic efforts, long after The
/ New Yorker itself ceased to exist The
calm, dlspassionate character Of Its ar
ticles their strength Of argument oil
the more conspicuous by reason Of the
absence Of passion--and the accuracy
Of its statements won for Dir. Greeley
degree Of public confidence sufficient
to set up half dozen men in any bus
mess where confidence was tho main
thing required.
Mr. Greeley edited the JefIersonan
in 1889, the Log Cabin in 1910, on the
same general principles though, as
they were both campaign papers, with
less iastidious care, and no pretensions
TO neutrality. The Log Cabin was, in
my Judgment, the best campaign paper
e,er published certainly the best Of
which / ever had any knowledge; and
it was the best because it never was
afraid OF unwilling TO give an oppo-
nents argumeut-its statements OF
; facts were carefully truthful, and al
ways backed by good authority, and its
tone was that Of earnest conviction
It's enormous circulation made the rep
utatlan Mr. Greeley had made in tue
New Yorker as wide as it was high
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 II, was
probably The real cause Of the Demo
cratic defeat Of 1910, but Of all the inn
mediate and direct agencies il the
Wing victory Of that year, the Log Cab
in was undoubtedly the most powo rfuI
and effective, 1t was not without sub
stantal reasons that Mr Greeley after
ward complained to Gov. Seward that
his services had not been appreciated BY
the party he had aided to plact'in pow
er.
| graduated in August, 1S40-and
though l could not vote, | spent the
next tao months IN "stumping' the
immediate vicinity Of my native town
for "Tippeoaaoe and Tyler too" AZ
ter the election, trayersed the same
region ia search Of select school to
teach and it waa only upon the down
fail Of ell such hopes, aud in despair Of
finding anything 10 DO there, that |
+" hied' to New York City, Of which /
! had heard, but which hnd never seen
bat once, and IN which / knew but one
human being, aaa he a student in a
lawyers Office in Wall st. / had once
J seen Mr. Greeley in the Journal Office
, III Albany, while On my way home i1r
vacation after The College Commence
mont 10 1898 had stopped in 10 in-
I form the editor as a piece Of news,
that the College had conferred the de-
gree of LII d. upon Silas Wright
found SIR. Weed and AIr. Greely both
there--boih hard at work, and both
! greatly disgusted at the bestowal OF
: such an honor upon So notorious To.
cofoco. The thing had not struck nc
g IN that light before, but began to b.
. little ashamel Of having supposed ]
: should do them favor by giving then
, piece Of news which pleased them Sd
5 little But had sent good many it
, crary contributions mainly critical
! though some as | then thought), po.
: etc to the New Yorker; aud | there
6 fore felt at liberty on my arrival in De
J cemb-r, 1910, to call upon Mr. Greely
aud ask him il he didn't want an as
: sistant IL SAID no, he bad just en-.
T gagged one, d yourg man from Penusyl
D sauia. Bot be readily asseuted to ml
d request that / might be al tie oiiie,
] whenever ! chose. ia return for which
Q I promised 10 help in anything thai
: might inrn up IN which / could be d
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