New-York tribune., 1872-03-27
PERSISTENCE IN UNTRUTH.

Forty years' experience of the facility where
with some persons will substitute what they
wish an opponent had said for what he actually
did say, has not reconciled us to the practice,
nor abated our disrespect for those who habit
ually addict themselves to it. Here Is fresh
sample from The Times:
"Mr Greeley calls II naked and unqualified lie TO
say that no had represented the use OF Grants
name In tho Connecticut canvass as 'injurious' Yet
only two or three days before Mr. Greeley bad pub
Ilsbed an article headed injurious friendship the pur
por OF which was that people who introduced the Pres
dents name into the campaign would eyince Injurious
friendship"
Now see what THE TRIBUNE actually did
cay, which The Times travesties as above:
"There is a clique who insist on repeling from the
support OF Gov Jewell and his colleagues those Repub
cans who prefer another candidate for President TO Gen
Grant"
Then quoting from The Times 80 much OF
an article as identified the support of the Re-
publican State ticket with an Endorsement OF
Gen. Grants denomination, and commenting
on its obvious tendency, we added:
"Tbe Republicans OF Connecticut have taken no such
positIon-authorzed TO take ii in their behalf
Their State Convention while 1t chose delegates 10 Phl
delpha, and commended the Federal ADMINISTRATOR
left those delegates free to act and vote as they should
Judge best. And no one has ever Deen hutnorl1eu
by them to repel antGrant Republicans from the sup
port of their State ticket claim as for Grant, all the
votes in its favor Then. why should fools rush IN
to speak them, where those authorized ana entitled
to speak have preserved silence y
There Won see what THE TRIBUNE actually
said, in contrast with what The Times represents
it as saying. Do light and darkness differ more
pontedlyY
Tie Lyons Republican asserts that Mr..
Greeley "discoyered in the One-Term princi-
"ple the great panaCea for our political ills'
"when he came home from his Southern tour
Mr.. Greeley's letter to Gen. Larimer OF
Kansas, in which he renewed his ayOwal of
faith in the 0ne-Term principle, vas written
and dispatched before be started on that
Southern tour and he first saw it in print as
he was returning from the interior of Texas.
That avOwal was but brief synopsis of
convictions deliberately expressed by him all
through his adult life-notaby in his Address
to the people of our State on behalf OF our
Young Mems Wing State Convention, held at
Syracuse, Sept II, 1910. We venture to assert
that the then Editor Of the Lyons Wing organ
whereof The Republican is the lineal successor
listened aud shouted assent 70 that Address,
and probably printed it with his hearty ap-
proval. And nOw--but never mind.
The Washington Republican, we see by
Texas paper, thinks there ought to be an in
vestigation of certain Wizard Gun Contract,
wherein some persons connected with THE
TRIBUNE are interested. BY all means, let us
have that matter investigated. Who will be
good enough 10 move IN investigation of the
alleged Wizard Gun Contract and all persons
and matters connected Herewith! We have
not visited Washington this session, and do
not mean to go at our own expense; but. if
Congress wants any testimony that IRE can
give. on any subject under tho sun, We shall
he most happy to tender it.
The Erie Dispatch Pa.) puts lis foot into it
thus intensely:
1--WE believe Mr.. Greeley for Congress once,
TIE TRIBUNE supporting him with all ts available srtil
ery heard that Its candidate elected.
little before that ats Editor cent 10 Chicago 10
nominate WB. H. Se,cord for Ircsident, but THE TRIB
USE's candidate not nODiin0ed."
VIII some phrenologist be good enough
to feel of that gentleman's headf His bump
OF misinformation must be big as cocoa