New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-27

"TNrrr :, and Of opposition which ca,,s f,r icrrnt
treatment ana TO tnat we wish to call tho attention NJ
readers to-day It's chief mouthpecc j, TIE NEW
York TuIprxI and its leaders in this STATE Senator
| FrLt1n and Horace Greeley.
Mr. Grcccy's differs In many respects from t.la
Of Senator Fcnton. and III III" main ii diifs for the
| wore Mr.. Greeley has committed The IN
u ldnus foy u'Iiniit.- himself 10 'Ht AN a. Ibis
of sccurii., IN" Presidency Tor l,..~'G -" .t'"''
such imputations as the .ibo;c my s"",n
! to deserve comment.
Within the last six or eight months, he
| Editor OF this Journal has received some thirty
| or forty lettcrs-m.inly from private p"rS"Ds
proposing thit he should he Il candidate for
nest President. That lac has answered few
OF these Cvcrtu"tS was OWING to no lndif'r-
euce, real or affected, bet to his prcsl,mp-
;on that candidate; are to be made by other,
than themselves. There was 70 donbl that, il
CHOSEN to that high office, he would accept IT
do ycu happen TO know any one who would
Rot $50 thai he WIS the last, instead OF the
first, to bc addressed on the subject But no
one was more fully aware t!ian he that such
q summer Us these OyrrturcS contemplated j.
not made by a dozen Struggling swallows; and
then many important events mast intervene
before the proper tine for opening the
Presidential canvass o.. 16.2. Hence, 81 far
o. he found time to answer at all, the spirit
of his answer, to these volunteer cspond,nts
Is fairly eviiccd in that only one OF ihcn
which he remembers havin. seen in print. It
j. as follows:
Law Swo,In CTi. kansas. AYR -. 81
Hon. HORACE GRIIIL1:
DEAR Your many friends in kan'E Gr5ir' 70 'avr
yOar views IN relation to your maine beng brought be-
fore the next National publican Convention, IL 1872
for nouInaon for President Without any disrespcct
Gen. Grant, We believe that yi', American States
has the claims OF yourself for PRESIDENT Very
specially, your friend. WILLIAM LA;IMEE.
SEwYoRK TEIRt-NE OFFICr,
NLW .lOEk. May .l'7l}
MY DElr SIR have yours vi the 29h, asking pointed
oucstious with regard TO political future MUS,
s,ond in great haste. trust henccfort to he au
araut for any oflcc political position whatever:
but fully purpose. also. never To decline any dirty
responsibility which my political friends shall
devolye upon aid OF which shall be able TO fu!n
the without neglccting Older and iD
peratiye duties have not yet formed decided opinion
as to the man who ought ~ be our next Hcpubca can
didate for Pre-cn; but it seems to advisable that
he should b. ,tcadfast consistent believer in the good
OLD Whg doctrine OF one Presidential Term Yours,
HORACE GREELEY
SO much has been said by malignant adj
versarics of his aspirations to the Presidency
that he respectfully requests any one who has,
or prctends to have q letter from Horace
| Greeley of different tenor from the above to
, give it forthwith to the public. And if there
be any one who asserts or pretends that
| H. &. ever solicited, or intimatcd q wish for,
his support as a candidate for any Office what
ever, be il requested and challenged to publish
! the fact
| 1t is very certain that he will never make
himself candidate for President: it seems
quite improbable that others will ever make
him such. But those who have snggested or
may hereafter suggest him as candidate have
exactly the same rights "a 80 many other citi-
zens-ncither less nor more. If they be few
and humble there is 30 much the less reason
for bowling them down, or insisting that the
next President is already selected and all dis
cussiOn on the subject fOreclosed.
We respectfully protest against the acrl,nony,
the mslevolence, the proscriptive venom, mani
tested by certain Journals which have been set
on to clear the field Of all intrudsrs. Ii tho
majority have already decided the Presiden-
tial question: there can be neither harm nor
danger in allowing the minority to Indicate
/ tleu dissent. Let the scmblancc at least of.
| freedom of choice DO maintained. aud not