New-York tribune., 1872-08-16
CAMPAIGN MISCELLANY
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
The Boston Globe thinks that the "attract-
iveness Of the moto-Reconcllation, is "delusion"
The Chicago EUening Journal INDUCES in tho
following Chesterneldan remark TO the Reform
movement: 81. wilkes Booth founded the Liberal
Republican party, and Andy Johnson was his first
The ProUidence Journal has been trying TO be
funny at Mr.. Greeeys expense, and has really
ceeded beautifully-consdering its poor old brains.
Il is almost as amusing funeral and refined
HoTpeT's Weekly.
The Baltimore American estimates that Gen.
Grant, in shortening the much a single day.
saved the country s3OOoOO, and that, deductng tho
amount Of HIS four years salaries, the country is still in
his debt s2,9Oo0OO.
Searching its files to determine whether
Henry Wilson or was not KnOw-NOthng in 1854,
The Boston Pilot finds that In the State Convention OF
that party at fremont Hail. Boston, In October OF that
year. 98 votes were cast for Governor OF which Henry
Wilson received CO.
e The most unbounded confidence in human
Administration nature and the elasticity OF grammsti-
cal rules is exhibited by The Missouri Democrat It
says: "The combined efforts OF Sohurz and PleasOnton
to fasten charge Of bribery Grant has recocd
the heads Of these gentlemen"
The Albany Erening Journal excites the ap-
prehensons Of qmetminded people by suggesting that
the Hon. Andrew D. White will feel called upon to put
in reoinder TO Mr. Summers latest letter; for whilo
Mr. sumner nominally replies to Mr. White, he reauy
makes no answer whatever"
The "Arithmetic MANI of The Philadelphia
Post has made q calculation that II Senator Harlan
really writes what purpors to be his frank on the Grant
campaign documents now loading the mails, that h0
must write steadily "ten hours daily" and Fghtfuly
concludes that senator Harlan must be very busy
man."
The Hartford Evening Post thinks it would
do to have Mr.. Greeley as President because no
would paste notice the Treasury door announcing
that on the following morning all debts should be paid
in coin, and would empty the Treasury OF goldand tho
thing would be done! Now TINS emptiness OF th9
Treasury is just what every merchant III inc and most
droads.'
The WASHINGTON Chronicle of Tuesday con-
tans political paragraph two and tlreequarter col.
umns long, exposing Liberals in all their glaring inqui
ties and doubtless prepared with the secret hope that
none Of them will live through its perusa It's macyo
lent author said by correspondent Of The Missouri
Democrat to be that accomplished journalist SENATOR
Chandler.
The possibility of the comet was rejoiced In
by The Clereland H1rad because 1t would expense
to the Administration party spare the supporters
Of Greeley and Brown the modification Of defeat. Sono
people may be inclined to draw unpleasant infereDces
the that the Liberals have not yet asked Tor
the comet and that 1t Was Grant paper winch sOutou
to it TO "come on"
When it hears Grant called the "third
Washington as ex-Gov. Hoppin Of Rhode Island
dubbed him. the patience OF The Missouri Reppotlcd"
gives way. 1t protests az follows: "We respectfully
suggest tnat the crop OF Is
getner too large to be safely harvested ihe ola ofK
nal Washington could DO conveniently mdnaSoi, DuJ
when Washington No and 3 are brougnC forward for
canonization, t Is too heavy dralt upon Tic aOvA VI
national NeneratlOn."
Col. Blanton Duncan is getting some rather
hard knocks from old Democratic iliends. It nov
seems he editorial contributor to The LONE.
re Ledger and that his articles altered and some
times rejected on account of their excessive Liberal
ism" The Hon. John G. Carlisle, who was the editor
Of that paper promises to give the world some OF Dun
cans progressive editorials" 1t must he admitted.
then that zeal for the Democracy as was Is Of re-
cent and suspicious growth; but The Memphis AUaidRche
crushes ones hopes OF his stability even IN that by say
ing that II Col Blatant Duncan" as IL cruelty calls
does MT stay in the Bourbon movement any longer
than he did in the Confederate movement search
warrant Will be required to ind him several weeks be-
the campaign opens. IL would be well Tor is TEL
lOWsodiers embeish his c0attail with PrlndstOno
ence at the critical iuncture"
The Administration editors are in danger of
finding themselves the head of establishments for the
production and publication of serial stories ana highly
coored political romances. The Cincinnati Commercial
thinks there is q mistake somewhere. 1t says; There
appears have been widespread misapprehenson as
to Horace Greeley. We shall have to reverse our i'm
pressons of him. Garrison says he was an Abo
onist; The Ne,c- York Times pronOunces him an orig
nal secessonst Ben Butler insists that no wants to pay
bountes (with arrears) 20 surviving Confederate o0
and Commission Of Pensions tells tho blacks
IN North Carolina that II he were elected Presdeh e
would assist in reensaving them lie Is unli sfsdIy
accused by the straight Republican newspapers WIN
participating in the Tammany frauds and with being
fool general principles 1t now only remains 10 tno
Grant party organs to convict him OF drunkenness ana
debauchery to complete picture as unique Tor s ms
similarity to the the foul imagnatl0nS OF
reckless slanderers conceived"