The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-21
MIR. Grs. eiey's Canvass-A Frishtfu' Exc
ample.

ample.
Just as we were IN the point of discovering
that Mr.. Greeley was. indeed, candidate
for the Presidency, the canvass Of that dis
tinguished politician is brought 10 an end A
month ago he might have had some chsncs
for a Presidential nomination; now he isa
dead cock in the pit. This melancholy fact il
owing to a train of melancholy causes which
is full of a fearful lesson for young politicians.
If there ever should be training school in
politics the old political nurses will turn the
attention OF the young men of the party to this
Frightful Example just as nursery maids in
vent ghosts and wild beasts to frighten chill
dren into good behavior. In the meantime,
we may discuss Mr.. Greeley's canvass in
more kindly spirit than would be allowable
after he takes his place beside blue Beard"
and the renowned owner of the seven league
boots.
MIR. Greeley's canvass opened very wisely.
He made journey to Texas counting South
ern politicians all the way going and return
ing, and at the same time launched forth one OF
those coy, reluctant bids for the Presidency
which all Presidential aspirants know so well
how to use 1t was, as a matter OF course, on
the 81 will neer consent, consenting' principle.
And it took well. For a few days it seemed
not impossible that the Farmer of Chappaqua
might become a farmer of Offices. But the
mania to write more letters seized upon the
philosopher, and now he wonders what his
f@, twa
for. In an epistle addressed to one of the
Beechers he admitted by implication that he
had drunk strong liquors before he was thir
teen years old. This might have been for
given him if he had not declared besides that
even now he eats all kinds of food rather than
wait for bran bread. These admissions
naturally enough finished his career. No
party could afford to set up man rs the early
guzzliug and unfathful bran bread munching
candidate. 1t was plain from the beginning
that he could only stand upon an eating and
drinking platform, but in his eagerness to be
all things to all men he has made its most
valuable plank as worthless "a leading ar
tcle in the 1rom60ne.
Now there was certain old poet whOss
name is still in dispute who taught the world
to give the world the lie. This old poet wrote
a ''piece" which is the only poem which Mr..
Greeley ever read, but he learned it to such
purpose that he has been giving everybody
the lie ever since: no, not exactly ever since,
for the other day he used the word ''mendacity'
three times, the word ''untruth" twice and the
word ''lie" only once. We cannot, Of course,
demand any explanation of this seeming in
consistency. But were there an early guzzling
and bran bread munching party determined
upon making Mr.. Greeley its candidate we
should do orr duty by the country and require
him to exculpate himself. Has it come to this
that '.mendacity" or 'untruth' can be printed
in the columns of the 7rom6O'se? Or is tho
use of ''liar' prerOgative only with MIR. Gree
lev? If the philosopher deigns to answer the
latter question affirmativey we shall ask some
party-whch one we do not know yet
to forgive him his early guzzling propensi-
ties and his unfaithfulness in the matter OF
bran bread And we shall support him as
the candidate Of the party whose candidate
he is, passing as lightly as possible over
his early indiscretions and hs later unfaith-
funess
Unfortunately Greeley's canvass is over.
Not content with estranging the foes of early
guzz,ing aud the noble army Of bran bread
mnnchers this unfortunate man, this FrghtfuI
Example, this disappointed politician. event
throws away the votes of free born and strong|
minded American women. He actually pro-
fesses to disbelieve in woman suffrage and free
love- All this is simply horrible. Did he
not first of all men, foster the notions OF which
Margaret Fuller was the great high priestess3
Did he not even peddle Margaret Fuller's
Works over the country on the pretence that
there was Thought" in them? And is he
now going back on the women of the nine
teenth century? So it seems. The Victoria
League must give him over to his idols, Of
whom Victoria appears not to be one, and the
early guzzling and bran bread muuching fac
tion--it is not strong enough to be called a
party--must allow pig iron to envelop him.
II is all over with him now aud we await in
calmness the day when his history and his
picture shall appear in new collection
of nursery tales side by side with thoss
of ''Blue Beard" and of that wonderful
old fellow whose boots were even more
wonderful than Mr.. Greeley's famed pedal
decorations.
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