Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-05
PUBLIC LEDGER.
eRErLEY AND THE JOURNALS.

There are four great daily newspapers
published in the city of New York
There are many others, but these lead
or reflect the sense of parties, cIiques and
rings. They are the Herald, the Tri-
hume. the World, and the Times. They
are all conducted with great ability and
are prosperous. No two of them agree
upon public matters, and the conse-
ouence is they are constantly at war
with each other. Except the Times,
they treat public questions with entire
freedom, and do not spare individuals
who come to the front OF affairs.
Just now they are discussing Greeley,
Grant, and the probable child, to be born
of the Baltimore Convention. The
friends of Greeley and Brown held a
mass ratification meeting in the city OF
New York night or two since. The
comments of these papers upon it are
various, but indicate very clearly the
tendency of their sympathies, if they
have any. This extract from the tele-
graph will illustrate:
The Times says of the ratification
meeting last night: 1t was chiefly re-
markable for what it was MOTT was not
nearly so large as had been hoped, and
the speakers were relatively inslgnih-
cant
The Herald says: ut was an i'm
mense and popular assembly, the larg-
est and most imposing and most enthu-
siastic political ratification meeting
drawn together in this city since the rat
i6cation of Seymour and Blair, in 1866"
The Tribune says: THE ratification
meeting last night takes rank among the
greatest and most enthusiastic OF assem-
blages held in this city since the war.
The World says: 1t can hardly be
termed an enthusiastic gathering by the
most enthusiastic friends of the sage
himself. The only outburst of applause
that enlivened the dizziness, was that fol-
lowing the mention of Senator Summers
name.
The Times is the recognized organ OF
Grant, and is bound to belittle every
Greeley movement. 1t could not tell
the truth about Greeley without swoon-
ing into the arms Of an officer of the
government, and could not be revived
unless its face was plentifully sprinkled
with the dews of government patronage.
The Herald is perched upon an immense
hight watching the whirl Of events and
preparing to fall on the winning side.
1t might not do to say the Greeley
meeting was slim. 1t might turn
out 10 be awkward The Tribune
is Greeley paper, and is inte-
rested in making the meeting as nu-
merous and enthusiastic as possible.
The World has been for many years the
great organ Of the Democracy Of the ma
ton The Liberal Republican move
1nent seems to have placed it in con-
dition Of bewilderment, and when Gree
ley, man whom it personally hates,
was nominated, it became as furious as
q blind snake in the dog days 1t is no
longer the organ Of the national Demo
crazy. 1t looks TO Baltimore for a
straight-out Democratic nomination.
disappointment in that quarter would
place it in queer predicament. 1t
would be compelled to either support
Greeley whom it hates. or Grant whom |
it despises. Thus we have a good Illus |
tration of the truth and sincerity Of party |
newspapers. The truth, sifted from
these journals, is that the Greeley meet
ing was an average one.