Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-07-27

promotion and the loaves and fishes of of.
fec, and who do not scruple to put in jeopar-
dy the Peace of the World, if they thereby
promote their selfish and personal ends"
Tribune March 10, 1S46
GREELEY's HoNEsTY.-We are among those
who have been the Doctors iirmest and stead
lest supporters, and no feature of his charac-
ter has been more freely admitted and earnest
ly defended than his honestly. Whatever
might be said about his credulity and cOnse-
qucnt exposure to the traps of the crafty and
unscrupulous-w which he himself has admitted
as broadly as any one and whatever charges
have been laid at his door of Ridicalism,
Fourcrism aud Free.loveism, and the chasing
of jack.o.lanterns generally, this was bul.
wark that could not, we werJ happy to think,
! be carried by cannonading or leveled by cal
umny. When, therefore, he spoke of himself
as having no hankerlngs for Office and was
unwilling To accept any, we saw in his course
of manly support and defence of Republican
principles, patriotism that was as pure rs ii
was ardent Imagine the effect of perusa
of his private letters published IN a campaign
document upon our table, one especially writ
ten TO Gov Seward and bitterly upbraidng
hum for ingralitude and neglect in not during
his gubcrnatorial term, bestowing upon him
some office within his gift, and showing his
earnest and obscquious aspirations for place
both for its honor and its emolumcnt Then,
too, looking from oar present stand point, in
what light is this character for honesty to be
viewed, when with such hot and indecent
haste, with no other 0stensbe object than
amnesty and conciliation, he sets off to be-
come one of the sureties Of the arch-rebel,
jeff DavisS and too, his gentcncss and sweet
ness TO all rcbeldom since, and during his me-
morable tour of the South2 Was bis object
and aim SO disintercsed-lr from sinister
mOtiyc-as lie would then have the world
suppose Supplemented and Tree from craft
as we were then disposed 10 view him, will
any one now doubt the connection of these
things with his present position? Are these
facts not sufficient To attest the fact that in all
his surface indications, he has been carrying u
lie in his right hand Ii this is u true sample
J of the honesty of the man, in one direction,
how is this perfdy TO affect his character in
othersS Can II he doubted, that it was his
cool, deliberate intention 10 worm himself into
the confidence of his numerous Republican
readers, and after cntrcnching himself in their
respect and admiration, then secI,tly to plot
with the most shameless and Infamous robbers
of the New York treasury, and under the
guise OF promoting peace and harmony in the
Federal household, to secure the favor of their
Southern allies, shows Il drgrec of perfdy
that could hardly be beat in the annals of pu-
litical prohgacy. We trust that this honest
Iago will find that the numerous Republican
leaders of the Tribune are not to be sold out
; to democracy at SO cheap a rate. That DR..
Greeleys duplcity, SO far from dragging them
after him in his apostacy, only has the effect
10 lead them 10 pity and dispisc him, and his
cleverness us u political mounteh,nk and Jug
ger.ior whose vaunted honesty they have no
more respect than for that OF Bill Tweed or
his INSTRUMENT. Mayor Hall
TUE campaign seems to be opening with
some effect aud Interest, Shurz has been max
ing speech in ST. Louis, repeating many of
the ISLANDERS against President Grant, and max,
ing new point or two, stunning, and If sub
sianMted. with damaging effect upon the
object Of his concentrated hate and cnmilj. 1t
is TO the following effect:
When the San Domingo scheme was
pending, two gentlemen, in somewhat III
innate relations with the White House,
came to me, each one separately, solic.
ing my support OF the project, aud telling
me that could have all the patronage
wanted il ! woald aid the PNsitfen,. IN
January last, having been slandered by
the Administration press and taunted on
the floor of the Senate concerning the
motives OF my opposition, inquired Of
one OF these gentlemen whether his re-
marks concerning the San Domingo
scheme and ;he patronage were aH,hor-
lied by the PRESIDENT quote the Ian
guage of the reply referring to this sub
ject: Regarding the conversation yoa
; refer to in your note, | remember il was
with the knowledge and consent, and
after had had q couN ersaiiun with the
President that called upon you and had
: the conversation you speake of Ny i'm
preston at this time is that the President
dts're't your support for his San nomin,
20 sohene, and wished to Le on such
terms with you that your support could
be obtained. / do not now remember
any particular language used ~ my in.
tervlew with the President, aud wenld
, not hazard doing him an injustice by at
tempting to quote igom Hemory; but
the impression made upon my mind by
; tie interview was fixed aud dis,net." 4"
The statement sccps 10 Indicate that |
had good chance fou more patronage
than ! wanted, had concluded to serve
the President at the expence of my con
victions OF duty. If one of us was in
/ the market it was not |.
President G1st'unqualfedly pronounccs tho
whole statement, so far rs IL reflects on him,
absolutely unlounded in fact. No one was
authorized, In any way, TO offer Schurz or
any other Senator tho bribe Oi patronage as
an inducemcnt 10 support the Administration
m tho San Domingo or any other policy.
The President earnestly desEes that Schulz
will publish tho letter he refers -, that the
gentleman who proposed 10 speak los the
President, or nj least to have an "lspresson
that tue Pres ldent authorized him to speak
may be compelled 10 speak out, or be pronapt-
, " exposed rs an lnmpostor