New-York tribune., 1872-08-27
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MIR. GREELEY IN NEW-ENGLAND.

A REVIEW OF THE TRIP-FAvoRABLE impress
SION UPON THE PEOPLE
A correspondent of The Springfield RepubR-
can who accompanied Mr. Greeley his trip through
NewHampshire and Maine, gives the following review
OF the journey:
In every place visited by me where Mr.. Greeley
by the people the general verdict was that ne had
been unfairly treated by the newspapers he looked bet
ter talked better dressed better spoke better than they
had Imagined The effect Of this discovery on the popu
merely by his presence aspect and many for
whom he is directly indebted TO Thomas Mast: The
their English cousins, love fair play, and know man
when they him. that considerable majority of them
wearpan clothes and have never been under the nsrue
tiOn OF a dancing master; but that they have had so
much instruction in public eoquence as to know when
have all either good indifferent this tour
Gs p Ra9 g9Ss aRs 2e s Rss So seem onv
imperfectly reported The Augusta speech is case in
pont-the reporters were inside the house, from the
hear word. They made up their report from the YER
bal memory OF one who did hear, but who gave the
phrases hastily and imperfecty, supposng that the
reporters outside, OF whom there were two or three
would get full version OF 1t. One OF them sue
ceeded better than ms brethren inside and ms
TO what Mr. Greeley really said. But the Assoc-
off MANNED and haltng abstract first obtained There
notes recoectons of the orator to aid the re-
best too for the time and place that ever heard The
thousands who listened TO it drank In every word ana
the evening, at the serenade was also inadequatey re-
ported, for similar reason but the afternoon speech
there written out by Mr. Greeley and 80 put beyond
the reach OF false reporting or editorial misquotation
was bold, trenchant witty ingenious ana went 70 the
spot" at once and all the ingenuity OF its ten thousand
critics has not yet made practicable breach In the
statements there made, which now confront the RepuD-
direct might have gone further but has answered IT'S
purpose and found no friend OF Greeley who did not
praise II.
As a single and papabe hit, however, the Robson
speech the clam speech at this place, must have the
precedence. 1t the wtes Of all Mr. Greeleys utter
ances during his pigrmagewhch is saying much, for
he was always witty Never did man get his measure
taken and have suit of clothes fitted to him neatly
than Secretary Robson on that occasion He is Sum
mering here at Little BOars Head in Northampton and
driving his celebrated horses mp hill and down on this
New-Hampshire coast Naturally he met Mr. Greeley
at the cambake, and yielded readily to the sug-
geston of Charles l.. Woodbury. that he should
makes q speech. His oratory is sounding, but empty
his opinions deliberately formed all questions OF
the cuisine but not of much Importance in mat
Greeley was Of the satire with which he responded to
the gtterng generalities OF Mr. Robeson-no matter
there the satire is aud found 1t Irresistible Some of
his hearers thought he spoke with feebeness and hes
ton but there was nonE p1 ySof t H a9 10 TGe tba IN o M
Ulysses to cover sharp thrusts OF wit with rustic manner
OF speech you have not printed this handful OF cpl
grams let me cut 1t out for you:
Mr CHAIRMAN LADIES GESTLExEs; Of the
UoSoo Oa 20 and oa SHns them together t5ey vii
discussion relative to the 49, but viii at be locking horns
established Oyerrae disregard this pervey
the more Questions Of the S1n' We Ind ourselves per
a and to emphasize that accord Clans unite as IL tSs delight
f nercoarse need only little delightful surroundings
please dispense with Oratory and discuss clans
BAD YEAR FOR POLITICIANS
or course there were many people In Maine and New
Hampshire who affected TO be scandazed at the sight OF
a Presidential candidate making speeches for himself
and there q few really shocked at It, met such
and heard Of others; but Mr. Coax and Henry wilson,
say nothing Of Andrew johnson and Gen. Butler have
famlarized the people with this kind OF eectOneerng,
till they not much disturbed at as they ought 20
the Presidency among the people at large find they
disposed TO treat the whole contest scramble for
office. One bluff sea captain in Maine, whom Grant
trying to convert by using the common argument
that side that Greeley would be the tool OF
senoed him by saying. Grant and Greeley are both
scoundres-one becruse he is in Office, and the other
because he wants to get in" heard several para
clans and my Judgment Is that the professional polti-
stood lower in the public esteem than he does
this year. This popular disgust works little against
Greeley and great deal against Grant, for whom the
ENGLAND political packs are so zeaiously working
t9 be that OF Plain honest man smart witha IN whom
strengthened the Liberal cause.
GOOD EFFECT OF THE VISIT.
have spoken Of Mr. Greeley's wit, which kept bub-
bling over in public and private and served 70 make the
tedious part OF his pilgrimage lively He did affect
sence-nor was there anything owlsh about his talk,
many men would nave had IN sucn circumstances.
An Irish readiness at reparee which his pedigree usti
nes observabe,-one instance Of which, coming un-
der my own notice. may be mentioned. AS the train
that carried Mr.. Greeley from Augusta TO Portland
stopped at the way stations. the country people
into the to shake hands with him. One old farmer,
as he took candidates hand said, very glad
SEQ you, Mr. Greeley-therel liked 10 have said, Mr..
President" {" Be patentw replied H. G with twinkle
Of his eye He entered easily into conversation with all
comersid not avoid politics seek to bring up that
topc aud In fact put his companions at and seemed
TO feel very easy himself He impressed those who saw him
plain man, OF remarkable powers, bent on work
which he had undertaken 70 do and not very anxious
about his success. The Maine Republicans pretended
they liked TO have him roaming about their State and
lamented he had not gone far Bangor but In
their hearts they glad hear he was fairly gone
while his friends believed, and a. think, with good
reason, that he had much popularity by TINS jour
ney He leaves the Greeley men, both Democrats ana
Liberal Republicans better satisfied with MIN than De-
fore and the sight of him has blunted many OF tue
shafts that the malice of his opponents has hurled at
him. IL viii be good deal harder 10 tell the old Hes and
rig the old in the Grant Interest Wherever
Mr.. Greeley went than IL before he set out on MS
cheerful and patient Presidential pilgrimage. He has
succeeded whore few candidates. ever ventured, and
ever had much success; and, however the cam
Pagn may turn out he ought never to regret hs New
England journey.