Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-17
MONDAY. JUNE IL. ISIS.



John H. Gilmer of Virginia, in which he says
he shall support Gen. Grant for the presidency,
makes This observation: "Had be demonstrated
on the other side, his letter would have been
hailed as proof positive that Mr.. Greeley is the
rebel candidate This is supposed TO be good
argument in justification of Mr.. Greeey's
scandalous treachery. But ii can not serve the
purpose. The difference between the two cases
is this: Mr.. Greeley goes over to the rebel de-
mocracy, offers to be their candidate, and
relics on them for an election, while Mr..
Gilmer proposes 10 vote for Gen. Grant in pre-
ference to any other candidate now likely 10 be
in the ield. Many other democrats are likely
to vote in the same way, if Mr.. Greeley shall be
nominated at Baltimore; but this will not make
Gen. Grant the democratic candidate The Tri
bune can not hide MIR. Greeley's actual posi-
ton. All the world sees it distinctly; and these
vain attempts to hide ii only betray a very nm
easy consciousness that is extremely bad and
wholly inexcusable.
Mr. Greeley has gone back on his own record.
He has deserted his old flag, got down on his
knees 10 the enemy, adopted their speech and
style, changed the tone Of The Tribune, made
manifest an intense eagerneSs to sell himself
and his paper TO the Baltimore convention. A
year and hall ago, who could have believed
that Mr.. Greeley and the Tribune would be
heard talking of the laws against kukluXism in
the very style of the kuklnx rebels themselves
And yet, Mr.. Greelcy's lunatc eagerness to be
come ''the rebel candidate" has produced this
change with other changes equally astonishing
Does the Tribune expect to break the force of an
honest judgment Of this apostacy by referring 10
letters of men like John Ii. Gilmer? Itwould
be more straightforward, and, therefore, more
respectable 10 acknowledge the change, pro-
claim it, and defend it, 1t is preposlerous to
think OF hiding the fact that Mr. Greeley has
gone out of the republican party TO fnd frater-
nifty and support among the democrats and,
especially, among the "rebel democrats" Those
who knew him best are by no means so much
surprised at his conduct as those who have
known him only as editor Of the New York
4. Tribune.
The other day, the Tribune published, with
severe comments, letter addressed TO Mr.,
Greeley by the starveiing editor of a seven by
nine weekly sheet in Pennsylvania. This editor
thought of voting for BIr. Greeley, he said; and
he offered to sell him the support OF his paper,
for the post Office in the little village where he
lives, which, as Mr.. Greeley understood, would
be very poor pay for the smallest of post offices
Therefore, assuming the awful frown of indig-
nant virtue, the Tribune tells him that the man
of Chappaqua, is too pure to sell post offices,
and bids him carry his wares to another mar
I-a+, Al
we are left to suppose that all
Chappaqua was illuminated by a baz-
ing halo of lofty virtue shining around the
head of the sanity creature who is doing all in
his power to sell both himself aud the Tribune
for nomination at Baltimore. So far as re-
lales to the quality Of their conduct, we can see
no difference between Mr.. Greeley and this
hungry Pennsylvania who wants a small post
office, save that one proposes much larger op-
GRAFTON than the other. Why should not the
Pennsylvania buy the post office and pay SER
vices similar in character TO those with which
Mr.. Greeley seeks to buy presidential nomina-
ton? The two proposed bargains are alike in
baseness
If Mr.. Greeley had power to do it, he would
give the democratic party control Of congress
and OF all the state governments in consider
alton of being made its nominee for the presi-
dency. This, we suppose, is "lofty virtue
while trying to bargain for the post Office il
Bungtown is groveling infamy. Well, i
may be SO, but VIC have very strong doubt
in regard to the matter. If Mr.. Gree
ley had honestly changed his view
and gone over 10 the democratic party in
frank, manly way, we might respect his conduct
il we could not approve it; but he has, in rcali-
~, undergone no change whatever, save that
produced by the lunacy Of his ambition. His
aim is to get the democratic nomination at any
price, and he expects to succeed. He may cause
great disturbance among the democrats, but he
can not be elected president