Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31


which belongs to creative and consist
ent thinkers. His socialist, scccss:o !.
and other crocl:ts, ali:nat;d from him
tho Allegiance Of my who fully apprc-
ciated his ser: ices to the cause Of free
dom in times past, but refused to fol-
low wherever his impulsivc and cratic
nature might lead.
1t will be interesting to sec what will
be the position Of Horace Greeley after
the reelection Of Grant shall have made
It unnecessary for his supporters to
wear the mask Of friendship for politi.
cal ends. Will he, ruler with the
pen, retire like Dioclctian from the
cares Of IN empire to thosc Of q cab
bagc garden? Will he be content to
sink the editor and tho politican in the
farmer and the wood-chopper? Phil
osophcr as he is thought to be, his
philosophy will hardly reach that clc-
walton. The man who has turned the
farrow and ground the axe in the polit-
ical field, will be unwilling to abandon
it for the less exciting labors Of the
agriculturalist. Doubtless he will still
continue to indulge his buccolic t;.ncics,
and train up his lobster vines and pump
kin seeds in tho way they should not
go, but these harmlcss avocations will
be only diversions from his main en-
Payments: These. in the future as in
the past, will be political, but the sphere
Of their exercise will b. essentially
changed. Whether bis power in the
Tribune will be what it once was, even
in relation to the direction of it, policy
is certainly questionable.
That unstable paper in ceasing to be-
an organ, became hurdy.gurdy, and
the professor Of journalism VII, HIS
shown himself in the absence Of his
chief to be complete master Of its dis
cords, will naturally be unwilling to b.
led by string while another grinds
the political music. Mast, in a recent
cartoon in Harper'. Weekly, wildly
expressed this view Of the case in bis
own bright and incisive manner. He
represented Whitelaw Reid seated At
his desk in the Tribune .'ffice, after
the election, scribb!ine away most in
dustriously. An old man with we
begone look. chances distressingly ut
him through the open door rs if hest
tating whether to seek an entrance
There is no mistaking the defeated can
didatc in the stumbling figure which
has slouchier air than ever, showing
that the white hat and coat have been
through a hard fight and come out
worsted. To the old mans entreating
look his succesa'r ia the editorial chair
turns out freezing face, and as he
busies himself with his work exclaims,
:" Go West, young man, 90 Westw 1t
is significant illustion Of the old story
Of the engineer "hoist with his own Pc
tard," or to put it more appropriately.
the editor i'npaled by his own pen.
Seriously, however, the Tribune hav
ing atienated the sympathies Of the
Republican party, may find it inconve-
nient to have a man at its head who
can hardly be expected fer any length
Of time to cater to Democratic tastes.
It was all very we'll to prate about re-
Cancellation when political prizes might
be gained by it, but it will cease to be
IA watchword when defeat has proved
its hollowness and impotence There
will BE- chasm, which no verbal jug.
gleries can bridge, between the Demo
Gratis and their Presidential candidate
after the election, a chasm formed by
the collapse Of expectations based on an
unsubstantial and insincere alliance
Greeley will be pushed into it by his
late political br.thrcn, and LETT, like
Joseph, to bewail patcrnal heartlessness.
The white hat will no longer be compar.
ed by glowing rhetoricians to the white
plume Of Henry Of Nevarre, as the
sign and assurance of victory. Il
will, with the white coat, the
buggy trousers aud the clumsy boots
have served its purpose as an appeal 't
the masses and be rclegated to q politi
cal secondhand clothing store to bt
drawn out from time to time for quite
different objects from those it was late
" devoted to by its admirers
Sad as it may be for Mr. Greeley t
have his wardrobe made a target ft,
Democratic shafts, it is the Legitimate
fate Of u turn-coat. IF the fine clotlle.
Of Beau Brummel himself became seed,
and threadbare in his old nge, the
Chappaqua farmer cannot complain il
his political tustian, worn in the servic<
Of many parties, has at last become un
slightly to all. He hos one resourc,
which he has sedulously cultivated in
times past end which may be- his sures
refuge in the future. In the retire"en!
Of Ch"ppaqua he may forget the hatred
Of enemies, and the ingratitude o.
friends, If he is wise he will not pu,
off till too late the chances Of acquir
ing an insight into contentment and
cacumbers. He may find sunshine il
the one, although he may be unable t.
extract sunbeams from tho other