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New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
HOIST WITH THEIR Own PETARD.

Gen. John A. Dix saw fit to reply to a
courteous private request with a long public
letter, violently assailing Mr.. Greeley, wherein
he said
IF you had been familiar with the course OF my pub
lie le and equally with Mr. Greeley's, could not
have supposed capable Of advocating his election to
the Office Of President OF the United States without i'm
putting to utter abandonment Of all political prin
ciple. am opposed TO Mr. Greeley
as Because in the darkest hour Of the countrys peril
when traitorous combination had been formed TO
throw the Government, he openly counseled the
ardly policy OF non-resistance and acquescence in
the dissolution Of the Union whenever the Cotton States
should make up their minds to 60"
1t was in the Winter of 1S60-61 that Mr..
Greeley, according to this charge, had been
willing to let the Cotton States withdraw
peaceably from the Union, rather than have
Civil War. We thereupon showed, out of
Gen. Dix's own mouth, that, according to bis
own public avowal he had at that time
held precisely the same opinion. Once more
we quote the precise passage (and all of it
bearing on this poinD from the speech de-
livered by Gen. Dix in Cooper Institute in
1864, and published as a campaign document
by the War Democratic National Committee:
III Southern states, ulter calm ueUDeratlOn,
after carefully considering all the consequences had
decided with the consent Of the others, and with full
recognition OF their responsibility to the Union TO with
draw peaceaby from 1t, there many OF who woud
hare preferred separation 10 eiril toar."
Now compare Gen. Dix's statement of Mr..
Greeley's position with Gen. Dix's statement
of his own position. He would be sure to
make the first as offensive, the second rs in
offensive as possible. Does it not result in his
making them exactly the samef
Yet, with on apparent inability to compre-
hend, which seems absolutely bewildering,
The EUening Post for the second or third time
assails us with the language of tho fish mar
ket, because we did not quote farther from
Gen. Dix, to show that, after the war had
begun, he. no longer advocated peaceable sep
aration. Who ever said he did Or, for that
matter, who ever said Mr.. Greeley did
Why should We quote Gen. Dix's views
abont what should be done with the
South after the war was begun, to show what
he had thought should be done before the war
was begun Gen. Dix had resented, as an in
suit, the idea that be would support Mr. Greeley,
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14

thoroughly acquainted with them all. They
can Law hands on him any day if they choose.
VIII they have him called before the tribunal
that took McComb's testimony, there to
traverse his statements, and if possible reiute
themP If they do not, what must the public
inferi Is there room for two deductions from
their silence, if silence they persist It'll
And here let the public mark the difference
between newspapers and organs" Not one
of the Grant journals, so far as we have seen,
has allowed its readers to know what il the
gist of Col. McComb's testimony, what the
circumstances under which it was elected.
While the independent journals enable their
readers to see whatever important facts from
day to day occur, the Two-Term oracles will
fully conceal developments of the greatest
moment They do not merely distort-they
utterly suppress viii not people considerf
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
THEN And NOW.

In the midst of the mOnstrOus Inventions
concerning Mr.. Greeley with which the Grant
press is fooded-nventions showing him TO
have been SecessiOnist, to have been Rebel
general, to have been a free-lover to have
been, in short, everything which intelligent
men throughout the country know to be the
exact opposite of his true character,-ln the
midst of all this. we say, it Is refreshing TO
find in journal not specially advocating his
election to the Presidency so frank and de-
served q tribute as the follOwing
"Mr Greeley's opinions upon all public questions are
very decided and well known but they are oien gross
" msrepresented. He never shrinks from expressing
them plainly; and in the country is more cordial
y or sincerely loved although in justice, it should DO
said that his enemies are mainly among those VINO 40
not personally know him. As an editor he talks uay
upon the interesting subjects with hunureuS VI
thousands Of persons whom he never saw 1et WIN
many OF them, especially In the rural ustrlcts vi ~
West and the State of NewYOrE word from GreeIey -
truth and law. At public meetings, upon all occa-
sions HIS presence and arc greeted with
laughing goodhumored applause, in which,
however the sincerity OF the feeling Tor inc
man is clearly evident Indeed there Is prooaoly no
man in the country who has direct and positive an In
fuenoe upon public sentiment as Horace Greeley hs
career is Enthusiastically American He IS the most
perfect Yankee the country has produced Ills aihs'
his methods his philosophy, his character and bis sue
cess are Of the New World and its Civilizations ana the
secret of his influence is unquestiOnaby the profound
conviction Of the og cabins that he is an honest man.
1t is only needful to add that this truthful
and discriminating eulogy is from the pages
of Mr.. George William Curtis's newspaper,
Harper's Weekly 1t is as true now as 1t was
on the 10Th September, 1860, when that jour
nal published it. To-day the same paper Is
engaged in denying every statement about
Mr.. Greeley which it then made. We think
very little Of the resurrection business In gen.
eral as illustrated by the Grant organs in this
campaign. But Harper'S Weekly approves OF
it, practices it, and practices it in very dis
honest way 1t is well, therefore, to comfort
it with the sight of its own statements in
calmer moments when no malignant motives
of rancorous personal hate or servile hunkey-
ism interfered to dim the clearness of It's
vision. 1t did not support Mr.. Greeley then,
nor did it sYmpathize at all with his views.
1t does not support him now but then 1t was
able on occasion to tell the truth.
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14

discuss questions Of Pennsylvania concern. wo
crave leave to differ from our Philadelphia
friends. No doubt it would be exceedingly
agreeable to them if THE TRIBUNE and Ihe
World could be excluded from Pennsylvania.
1t might compel anxious readers to look at
home. Any one who has watched the nervous
anxiety with which the business men OF Penn
sylvanias metropolis, at II a. m, wait for the
New-Yprk papers, to know what to thlnk anu
what to do, will be able to measure the source
and full extent of journalistic Jealousy. Ihe
North american does not circulate III
its own city one 1.-THE, or in Pennsylvania
one-hundredth part of THE TRIBUNE crcu-
lation. within the same limits; and we
should feel we did injustice to our readers
who look to us for advice if we did not tell
tbem-what The North american knows but
dare not say-that the election of Gen. Hart
ranft, covered as he is with all manner OF
confessed official delnquencies, is the death
knell of the credit and substantial prosperity
of Pennsylvania. 1t is q subject which we
shall probably discuss with emphasis ana
effect, from this time till the election, all re-
monstrance to the contrary Notwithstanding
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
SHALL FOOD BE ADULTERATEDf

HHiLL. FOOD BE ADOL IEhA LEOf
II is not often that England sets us good
example in egslating for the people, but a
recent act of Parliament to suppress the adul-
teration of food, drink, and drugs commends
itself so forcibly as to warrant our asking why
similar law cannot be passed in this cOun-
try Here, as in England, it is difficult to get
anything pure. People pay for one thing and
receive another. Here, as in England, unprn-
cipled bakers use alum in large quantities to
bind and whiten the ingredients they put into
bread, the most important of all articles of
food. Here, as in England, chalk and plaster
of paris are made to do duty for powdered
sugar. Here, as in England, drugs are them
selves drugged and here, far more than in
England, wines and liquors are tampered with
to an extent that is almost incredible. 1t is
safe to say that three-ifths of the champagne,
claret, sherry, brandy, whisky, and all the port
drank in this country are more or less poi
soned. And then we marvel at the weak
stomachs of our people! How is it possible for
them to be anything else
The new act of Parliament is very stringent.
The first clause enacts that the wilful adul-
teration of any article of food or drink shall
incur penalty not exceeding ESQ, and for the
second oflense the person shall be guilty of a
misdemeanOr and liable TO be imprisoned for
six calendar months, with hard labor. In the
City of London the Commissioners of Sewers,
in other parts of the metropolis the Local
Government Board, are the authorities for en-
forcing the provisions of the act Other au-
thorties for the country are nominated. These
authorities can compel other authorities, such
as vestries, town councils and boards, to ap-
point analysts and pay them salaries; and in
stead of leaving it to consumers to inform
against offenders, inspectors of nuisances and
inspectors of weights and measures may sub
mt articles to be analyzed. The inspectors
will be under the direction of the local au-
thorty.
Why is not some such legislation practicable
here Some such reform is demanded by the
interests of forty millions of people, more or
less on the high road to dyspepsia. And in
this city of all cities, where milk is blue
though blood be- not, and where every species
of adulteration is practiced with unbIushing
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14

Most people win be inclined to think the
family council which sent the Dent brothers
to beat an editor over the head made bad
selection of the victim. The lively letter of
Mr.. Henry Reed, which we print in another
place, is one of the first results of that oper-
alton. 1t treats of a subject which has been
hitherto handled with some delcacy on ac-
count of the lingering respect which, in spite
of Gen. Grant, most men still feel for tho
Presidential Office. There are many Rings
which derive their sustenance from this Ad-
ministration, all Of them sufficiently greedy
and exasperating,.but there is probably not one
of them which is more fagrantly and vulgarly
Objectionable than the one which Immediately
and intimately surrounds the President. 1t ia
not pleasant matter to touch. but If tho
President has no delicacy about it it is hardly
possible to expect it from others. Mr.. Reed.
especially, has excellent reasons for departing
from the loyal reserve which most journalists
have maintained in regard TO these scandal
GUS relations.
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
HOPE IIGUT WANTRD.

If neither Gov Jewell nor the Grant organ
can tell us about the Jones-Grant land busi-
ness we shall have to ask for further enlight-
enment from other sources. Up to this date
the only information on the subject is that
printed by The Chicago Tribune. That paper
gave the known and recorded facts of the
deed from Jones to Grant, and went on to
say: Investigation will probably show that
"this property belongs to the Bishop Hill
COLONY, and that court of equity will 80
"decree; that, after Jones bought it, he con-
"cluded to let Grant into the speculation, and
" drew on him for portion of the purchase
money; that be sold part of it short
4" time before he was appointed Minister to
"Belgium, and remitted to Grant $1,000 as
"his share Cf the proceeds Of the sale, and made
"him deed for the remainder Of the land"
When Mr. Jewell and the organs touch this
question they stop short at the point where
Gen. Grant drew his check for $11,00O They
shut their eyes to the subsequent incidents of
Jones returning the purchase money and the
deed, and going away to Europe with the
consciousness Of good stroke of business in
his heart, and q commission as Minister to
Belgium in his pocket. His appointment re-
mained an iIscrutable mystery until the
Chicago Tribune accounted for it. The expla-
nation was distressing but clear.
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
2relp!2lors Qailu gribm1re.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IA. 1872.

The Geneva ArbitEatOrs were entertained at Bern
and Interaken on Thursday. They returned yesterday
10 Geneva =-= II is reported that the EmperOrs Of
Germany Austria and Russia to advise the Pope TO
abandon the Jesuits. == Serious election riots oc
CURED at RIO dc Janeiro. Henri Rochefor is ser-
ously H. Twenty-Five lives lost by the food
ing OF a cOalplt IN Belgium.
Ex BishOp Philip K Smith has made affidavit that the
Mountain Meadow massacre was the work OF Mormons
instead OF Indians. Three persons were killed and
nine injured by a boiler explosion at Cincinnati.
A member Of prominent Broad-st firm has probably
absconded, being defauler for a large amount -
Gen II. A. BarHum addressed a Liberal meeting in
Elizabeth n. j. Gold, 1l8b 1l3. Thermometer 7So,
-co 100
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"two-and-seyenty stenches,
Its welldeflned and several stinks,

It's nymDhs which reign DER sewers and sinks"
is nothing to Philadelphia, where the pave
ments are washed, specifically, every Satur-
day morning, but where, in spite of medical
science, onte supreme, children, victims to the
filthy cutters, die by myriads. This is what
the Presidents Times says, forgetful that he
owns q house in Chestnut-st., and Mr.. BOrie
lives in Spiuce, and Mr.. G. w. Childs (whose
dependents are busy making speeches) in
Walnut-st. This is certainly most unkind
fling, as to which, ourselves, Ignorant whether
this suggestion of dirt is a SANDER or not, we
express no opinion, but we beg to assure our
friends in Philadelphia that, if the organ of
the New-York Custom house says no more
truth about the City of Brotherly Love, In
the way OF elimination, than 1t does OF It's
Patron in the form of praise, there need be
no nervouiness on the subject. Nobody here
believes what The Times says, whether it pro-
nounces Hrranft clean or Philadelphia filthy
The othr matter of grievance Is OF more alb
stract nature 1t scars above the sewers. 1t
is this: That The Washington Patriot and The
TRIBUNE and The World, are " "elaborately dis
"cussing' the merits of Pennsylvania candi-
dates and "advising Pennsylvanians what to
"do." This, The North american thinks, is
derogatory of estate Rights" and is "most
"impertinent and offensive interference"
Now, so far as THE TRIBUNE is concerned, we
deny the interference further than this that,
without arguing any question, or expressing any
decided opinion, we modestly asked for infor-
nation as to Hartranft, and failed to obtain
it. 1t seemed to us strange that the respecta-
BILE, well-to-do citizens, of Philadelphia espe-
cially, should be asked to make a stock spec
ulator, gambler with State funds, partner of
felons, Clief Magistrate Of the Commonwealth.
Hence our curiosity; and we sought informa-
ton at what we supposed the purest source-the
reputable North american. What the result
was, our readers know. AS 70 the right TO
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TO pOSTuASTER-G GENERAL CRESWELL :

TO POSTMASTER- GENERAL CRESWELL:-
We have a word with you. The following
is a second letter of complaint from Franklin,
n. C. Thirty-One inhabitants of that town
subscribe and pay for THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
The package of TRIBUNEs is well wrapped
and securely tied, but on its way to its des-
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and package of The Ne,O- York Times, franked
by John Pool inserted. Can you afford to al
low the mails to be tampered with in this
manner3
10 The EdftOr Of The Tribune.
SIR In my letter OF about the 20h ult. am not IN
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Yours is not So The Times under John Pools frank
F. c. CASTOR, Postmaster at this place. and myself
know all say to be true. Yours truly, W. L. LOVE.
Franklin, N. O., Sept T. 1872.
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14

Various and amusing are the comments to which
the present melancholy situation of MIR. Henry
Wilson gives rise, but we think that The RicAmond
Wal Dispatch makes about the sweetest little com
parison when it says ut is the first time in Ameri-
can politics that professional politician, a class
not often at loss for falsehood has been caught
so i'll prepared, and has taken refuge In one that the
veriest child surprised in surrepttious raid on its
mothers preserve pots would have thought too thin
for usep The Know-Nothings made the man Sem
ator after be had solemnly sworn TO stand by them.
and now he turns upon them and coldly says Il
never knew you" If the old X. Ms relish this they
must have good strong stomachs indeed.
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Mr.. Wendell Phillips has made another speech.
under the charge of Gen. Butler which he closed in
this joyous and lyric strain
'The reason why support the Republican party that
my utter SURPRISE % my unuieraDle surprise 20 ny
indescribabe delight 10 my relief, have at last Ound
party that is willing TO execute all the laws that are
given them. 1t is that that say Long llyo
Ulysses Grant May he continue TO be President OF the
United States until every white over 40 years OF
age who lives south Of Mason and Dxons line has been
forever put into the ground"
There you have the Programme. The late EN-
peror Napoleon, the most remarkable Ounce who ever
talked politics. used to say the United States would
soon become Empire Mr.. Phillips proposes to
start that road by making Grant President for
life for there hundreds of thousands Of South
erners over forty who will outliye him. If Mr. Phil
lipss words ever meant anything, they would mean
that. He merely wanted to say something startling
and brutal, and will not remember tomorrow that
he said it. But what did New-England people mean
by applauding such a suggestion I
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amuoemenis. eit., CHS gpenins.

AcApEMY OF MUsIc.-At II: "shylock." AT 8:
"RoheHeu." Mrs Mseeaiy. - -
Boor1I's THEATER.--At II and at 8: Tho Bells
J. W. Whllack. 80.
r,t-r,, AvrN17R THENTER-At II and at 8: Dia-
,,osds" Mis- Psnny Davenport sad Kiss Clara Morris
GRAND OPERA House At l and at .; " Le hoi
c,rotie" Mrs John Wood and Miss Rose heree
OLYMPIC THEATER.-At II and at 8; Ihe heu
Pocket Boob" ,
wn1AcK's THEATER. At II and at s: " lxion."
Lydia Thompson
AMERICAN INsTrrUTE.-Forty-frstA Annual Exhioi-
ton Dsy ami Evening -
CALIFORNIA MINsrRE1s. at and at s, at No. 7SO
Broadway. ~
CyNrR.r. PARK GARDEN.-Summer Nights Con-
cert Theodore Thomas
RoRrNsoN's CIRCUS, at Madison-sve. and Forty
fnh 81 Osy and Bveniug.
ST T,wrs TgrATER.-At and at s: San Fran
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
PHHADELPHIPS AGONY.

The Administration press in Philadelphia is
convulsed in agony. Two matters are press
ing upon its epilepdc brain, and The North
american soemnly, and The Bulletin Silly,
give utterane to monotonous moans. One
and by far the gravest-is that the Grant
State Committee are circulating throughout
Pennsylvania campaign copies of The Ner-
York Times, which pronounces Philadelphia as,
by all odds the dirtiest city in the world
Cologne, with its
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14

a correspondent of The TRIBUNE, whose
letter is elsewhere published, gives us an intelli
gent and careful summary of the political sit
uaton in Georgia. He speaks hopefully of the
probability of the election of the entire Liberal
ticket for Congressman, and tells us of the
indignation felt in Georgia over the shameful
doings of Messrs. Bullock, Clews g. Co. with
the illegal State bonds.
New-York tribune., 1872-09-14

A pretty careful canvass of Ohio has been
made by the Liberals, and an exhibit of some
of its features is published in dispatch to
THE TRIBUNE, to-day. The result in Maine
does not seem to cheer very much the Grant
people of the West; and the reports which
reach us from Ohio especially, will not add
to their enjoyment.