The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-09
Shameful Treatment of Mr.. Greeley by
the Kepublicnus.

I2O,7G7.
Shameful Treatment of Mr.. Greeley by
the Republicans.
The defeat of the Hon Horace GREELEY
nj Saratoga astonishes many people, and no
one more than the distinguished victim him
tho historian will place him in advance Of
that eminent statcsman--Mr. GREELEY was
the founder and builder up Of the Repubi-
can party. His then influential journal,
widely circulated throughout the country,
was for twenty years recognized as power
in the land, and prepared the opponents of
the slavery propagandists to accept the
irropressible conflict" as the leading issue of
our times. Ard the editor, through good re-
port and through evil report, without favor
and without fear, continued to fight it out on
that line until, in the closing words of the
Buffalo platform, glorious victory crowned
his excrtions.
And what reward has Mr.. GREELEY re
rcived for those days and nights of devoted
lcilf Since the organization Of the party
SEWARD has been twelve years Senator and
eight years Secretary of State CHASE has
been Senator Governor, Secretary Of the
Treasury, and is now Chief Justice; Col
FAX hns been Representative in Congress,
Speaker, and Vicc-Presidont SUMNER has
been kept all the time in the Senate Office
alor Office has been showercd upon HAMIIS,
CAMERON, and WADE FESToN has been
Representative in Congress, four years Gov.
rrnor, and is now Senator LINCOLN was
taken from the wilds of Illinois, aud given
All almost peerless place in history even
HAMILTON FISH is Secretary of State; while
GRANT, WHO was never Republican, is Pre-
sdcnt of the United States. We might ex-
Tend this catalogue through column, but
this will suffice.
And during these sixteen years what has
The Republican party done for Mr.. GREE
LEYH Nothing al solutcly nothing, except
TO allow him to run for Comptroller in this
State last fall, when he was certain to be
beaten, and when lie would have been as
Bgnally destroyed as was IMAGINATION at
Sedan but for the reinforcement of ten thou.
band Democratic votes secured to him by
THE SuN in this city aud its surroundings.
During this long period, throughout nearly
The whole of which tho Republicans have
controlled this State. and for half of which
they have ruled the nation, has not Mr.
GREELEY been worthy Of the honors OF the
party which he did 30 much TO found,
erect, and crown with triumph? But, in
stead of honors lac has hardly received from
its leaders n look of recognition while its
masses have seemed TO think that il was an
ample reward for his great services TO shout
over him whenever his benign countenancc
graced their platforms. il not Mr. GREE-
LEY the peer OF the most eminent names we
have mentioned IL he not in many respects
The superior Of nearly all of them Has he
not done his beet TO elevate the whole OF
them to those places of command whence
they have been too apt 20 lock upon him
with cool, calculating eyes, while he fought
on as a private in the ranksf
And what did Mr. GREELEY, after all these
years of neglect, ask from his party2 Simply
that he might lead its forloru hope for Gov.
ernOr of this State. Was this unreason.
ableH Rather, was 1t not modest? lie
would have been utterly defeated at the
polls, and for this reason We opposed his
nomination and so will Dc his opponcnt--o
man not worthy 10 unloose Mr.. GREELEY
shoe strings as a politiclan-who bore of
che palm Mt Saratoga; but it was ungcn
m in npfi %,
with such man. Ii the thing was to be
done, II should hay, 'rcn done with heavier
umlcr.
We think there has been double dealing
In this slaughter Of the philosopher Of Chap
paqua in the house of his friends. A tcle
gram from Chicago appeared some time sncC
In the public journals 10 the effect thai Gen
GRANT then in that city, had pronounced in
favor Of Mr., GREELEY for Governor; and
thcreupon his confidential advisers took cour
age and placed him consplcuously in the
field az the Administration candidate for the
nomination. But at Saratoga, tie Hon
THOMAS MURPHY, the Collector Of port
and who has recently been In conlricnc,
with the President at Long Branch, was
among the most conspicuous Of these who
shout d over the success Of NouprOup
and II is now asserted that Glen. GnANI
never made any such declaration pt Clicyo
but ON the contrary that GECr listening tC
Gcn, Woontom'- speech at Wools.ock Of
The hot Fourth of July, he rr.yaicy assure
WOOpFonD 'l0' he wGs for HIM 1t woull
seem, thor0f that Nh CuLllLY owes Iii,
terrible def" ut Sorat.go principally t.
Gen. GRANr. Nh Gri.r.y sloui now IN
tist that thcs' contradictions Zee rccuci,, d
and these complications cleared up or. IN IA.
intercst Of fearless journal ~ md conn II
honesty lie Should expose the llot oul de
pounco the consprotors.
There il but one safe and honorable cours,
now lefl for Con GRANT II, -Loull iume
A'"'Siv fanAir To- Washington summon