Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-07-19

twenty years sgo, there wss printed very
curious analysis Of Mr.. Grseleys character. 1t
was drawn up by John Heeker Of New York
more or lees friend Ct Mr. Greeley, at different
times, was printed by him, and is resu.citated
By the Boston -9isertiser Mr. Hecker ,sid Of
his friend Greeley:
"Air. Greeley is sufficiently supplied with the
requisites FOR moral appreciation snd action to
Keep him from falling itredeemshly low, but
they have little o. nothing to do with guiding
them. He has no super fuous moral power ;
neither 10 1t Of that sin1 that 1ak5s man have
any distinct purpose. Beneyolence Maryell-
ousness, Hope and ldeslity all improperly con-
trOlled constitute his moral capital. He is
quite deficient in Conscentiousness and Firm
ness. They have no influence over his actions
None Of the moral faculties have any direct in
fuence on he general character. They sre all
controlled By, or cOusort With, his intellect.
we must except, however, Benevoielce, to which
all his other moral faculties are subjected, or for
which they are neglected. This is the o-ly
moral faculty, that msinrsins strong, though
not uniform, equslity with the Intellect
- Mr.. Greeley has no constitutional Spprecis-
tion Of Truth. He is not morally mpressible
He Il Just as likely to take fslse position IS a
true one; and SelfEteem, or Concsit rather.
being the largest organ in the group Of the Will,
the best art of his life is pssEed in repeing the
assaults made on bis motives, in explaining and
defining his position, which he cannot DO salts
fsctorily, because be has no purp0se. But he
is not honest as reiormer His judicious si-
lence on some points contributes in a great
measure to spread abroad an idea that be is
honest, or rather to limit the knoEledge Of his
| dishonesty. lfs Lcco-Foco President had sigued
the Fugitive Slave Bill. Webster's Qu4rto would
] have been exhausted in abusing bin. Every
bad act Of bis life, often e1aggsrA;el. you'd have
been held up to the public gsze-not good deed
would have been recauufel The man would
have been stsnpel as 4 hell-h1uud before the
word. "
at is when he is of his guard, and net uu.ler
the influence Of his general character, that Mr..
Greeley is benevolent. privately. And then,
being deficient in Religion, Conscieutiousness
and Firmuess, he is just as likely to give
10 4 scoundrel As 10 sn honest mSn. lie
Is poor judge Of chsrGcter. lie does
not judge mS1 from a strong feel
ing of Right. ltis mere question ofexpelien-
cy, ;mmeii4e availability or unsvaiiabity.
And then he often mitses it, He sympathizes
equally with the n4n u character snd the man
Of no character. coarse, vulgar fellow that
would without knocking enter bis room, walk up
to him, clap him familiarity on the back, and
call him Horace, would be better received by
him tlan a gentleman who would wait sn hour
till he was disengsgel, and then ccurteously sc
cast him. While he would be hardly aware, sp-
psrently. Of the existence Of the latter, and /
void allow him 90 stand aWkWsrily hst in /
hand. be would be submissive to and afraid Of
the former. He has no power 10 resist an On
slsught made on him by 3 rough, low fellow. I
(ln a controversy) he takes every fair aivsn- /
tsge, snd shows that be sets fairly sIi every /
unfair one, and says nothing about it and he .
does this quite honestly in Cne sense. when his .
organic inability 10 discriminate between ths I
True snd tie FNlse IL considered His capacity /.
as = business nan, in the comprehensive sente Of /
the word. is quite limited. lie is not good .
plsnner. although he can occasionally combine I
plan that lie thinks viii advance bis liter .
eats"
The points thus brought cut by Nr. Heeker I
many yesrs ago have te,u tisaAl'y verified by
experience
THE BAaGuy Win TIE DEMOCRATS -'' Per- |.
le- " telegrsphs from Baltimore to the Boston .
Journal
lam aware that the Greeley henchmen Who
control 60 many newspapers, Sui who obtain the .
usertion Of open or indirect fslsehoc1s in 81 I.
sections cf the country, lave prompted the as
seTtion that there are no evidences Of bargaining
here On the contrary. this Convelt:on l. but /.
4 ratification OF bargains
Tbs IS p-oyen by circular brought heIe hy
Gfeeley's sdvoca,es for private distribatiou
among Democratic delegates This circular. in
giving ressons Why Mr.. Greeley should receive
tie nJmiuation of he Democratic rsrty sIys:
There VS. definite uulerai suding between
our party Eui the Liberal Republicans catered
into by representative men of ho.h parties. srt
18th general consent before the assembling Of the
Cincinnati Convention, that tie uOmjnstions /
there made shou!i receive the conlbin5d support
Of both Parti,s Good faith requires that the
obligation IMPOSED shall be complied with, uu'5ls
We have been released uy some unfsirness nrsc-
ticei toward us by that party, and hist cannot
be jl,tiy stirmed, although II hss been cspti1us
y asserted" "
The TsEA.uRY DzrARrrEyr The Financial +.
Chronicle, the leaiiog fnaacisl paper IN New /
York, in speaking Of tie close Of the f,c.l year,
says;
g On the whole we must c5nceie to Mr. Bout
well the merit Of aav.u- accomplished nearly
eyerythiug he has undertaken in connection with /
the Administration Of the deb; during the year
ce,s in so hsrnonizing tie movements of the /
Treasury with those Of the money market thsf .
there has been less OF av0iiable trouble incur
red from this source than during the terms of +
ZONE Of his predecessors in oihce $"
There was not time for the coutemptu5us sur
prise that ss'u,el Mr.. Greeley's name to ,cb-
side, before the party hack, throughout the I
country csught the opportunity they hsi con-
triyei, and thro1ged 10 his heSiqusrter-
What r,aec,ing nsn does not dsesd IS the most
assured result Of his election that this troop will
become bis Official o5dygusrl, sni will transfer
TO Washington the System cf rings, gathering
the bad Of both parties into conspiracy Of
plunder, iui.mei 10 tenfoli rspscity by the
greatness OF the fcale ami the occasions Ma
tion.
The Nation say. Of Mr. Greeley His discern
ment is ioo superficial TO see the new danger. bis
prejuiiccs too deep 10 unleArn the Old ways, sol
his will too impoieut FOR the changed duty Of re-
sis;ing the popular sentiment shat has come
round 10 his eide. Remembering. besides. his
loose, untduosted notions TO the proper sphere
Of government. his IDEAL Of its fuuciion as
medi.er. not ss manager. and bis 0rtre thso
rics tbs; it must DO and bid sni lcal AMI pro-
Nlue eve ining, We know no puDic man 70 tlh-
gularly untitled by bic mental bent TO guide
events during the coming four years.
The Albany Ereaing Journal thus tells ~ho
proposes to follow Mr. Greeley over to the Demo
cratic party:
There are tive classes Of individuals tnst hsve
deserted the Republican party to join the for
tuues Of Greeley The one are those Eho have
undetervedlY received lsrge share o: the favor
and patronage Of the party They know that
they have been SO well treated thu, they cannot
expect. or, with any shoE Of prop=ie;y, ask for
snything more. But their ambition o. their
sza-.ca haze nm limit md % thaz sd. naaz