The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21
GREELEY's DEFEAT.

Before now every school boy in the
land has heard of the overwhelming
defeat of Harace Greeley, late a candi-
date for the presidency Of the United
States. Yhe defeated editor of the
Tribune himself admits, that "there is
scarcely parallel to the completeness
Of the ronte os the Lib-Rep- Dems. and
the triumph" of the Republican party
on Tuesday the 9Th inst. 1t is quite
evident, if we may judge from style of
phroscology, and the use of common and
we'll known epithets that there has not
been a day, from the day that Horace
Greeley received his nomination Oh the
Bird of may last, up to the present time
when the New York Tribune has not
borne upon its face the handwriting Of
its editor candidate for president of the
United States; Notwithstanding the
declaration contained in card published
in that paper some six months since
that Mr.. Greeley would not be the edi-
tor figure head in lis columns that until
otherwise ordered that would be tbs
business and work of one Whitelaw
Reid. The Daily Tribune of the 9th
inst, the morning after the election, is
perhaps IN many respects quite as in-
teresting edition of that sheet as has
been issued since it fired its first cam
paign gun. To begin we have a para
graph of twenty four lines and two
words, in laudation of the candidate
editors good behavior during the can
vass, how modest he was, what great
wisdom and prudence he displayed, how
carefully selected were all his utterances,
public and private, just as though he
had not made his famous copperhead
speech at Pittsburgh, aud his bidding
for votes speech at Jeffersonville, Ind.
This paragraph of fulsoIne self praise
he uses this language, "Mr. Greeley has
made no bargains, he has sacrificed no
principle; 1--WE concede the latter state
ment, for where there is nothing of the
kind on hand, there can be no sacrifice
of the article, he has in no way CON-
promised his self respect, or used doubt
ful utterances to win votes"
All this says the defeated editor, and
more is conceded, by Democrats, by
Liberals, by those who feared his indi-
cretions, and even by enemies. He
concludes this dish Of fat self praise as
follows:
"The difficulties of his position were
enormous, and next to the victory,
which was not to be attained, we rate
the honesty, dignity, and wisdom with
which he passed through them"
1t is also very evident that Horace
is not just as highly gratifed with the
result of the election as he would have
been had it been different. Nor are
the efforts made by his Democratic and
Liberal supporters on that day quite up
to his standard and notions OF support
if we may be permitted to conclude
from his own statement of his apprecia
tion of the help that was afforded him
but we'll let Horace speak for himself
on the subject.
democrats have We'd with Libera
Republicans in contributing to it, some
of them by voting directly for Gran
electors; many more by neglecting t
vote at all,"- Tribune Nov. 9th 1872.
Not even thankful for small favors t.
say nothing of proportionate gratitud,
for larger ones. But Horace has al
idea that the Lib-Rep, Dems. were t.
poor to elect HIM president of the
United States, and again we'll let tn,
would be President of the United State
do his own talking, he says:
"The Liberal movement was at on,
time formidable, and had a prospect o
success. Had not millions been expend
ed to arrest its progress in the Stat
elections of the last threemonths, migh
even have swept the country, though al
the money raised in its behalf would a
best have been pence to balanc
pounds. ."-TTiJune, Nov, 9th 1872.
Now this last speech of the "wis
prudent" and careful selecter of choic
words, is not only highly complimentary
OF those who voted for MIN, but has
peculiar vein of logic running through
it. Now mark "the Liberal movemen
was at one time formidable, and had
prospect of success" as if anybod