Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-09
ThurlOw Weed o MIR. G~reeIey's Letter.

TiurlOW Weed 0 MIR. GreeIey'S Letter.
The following letter appears in the
New York Commercial advertiser.
Editors Commercial Advertiser:
Now that Mr.. Greeley's peace plat
form is out | shall not be alone in the
opinion long since expressed, that the
New York Tribune and its editor were
about the most expensive luXuries in
which the people indulge. Between
the strange v~accillatiOns of that Jour
nal and the freaky persona! interfer-
ences of its editOr-irst, inviting Sc
cession next, precipitatinS the dis
astrous battle of Bull Run by prema-
turely shouting, ION 10 Richmoud!i'
then in the giOOmiest crisis of the wal
exposing himself and others to ridi-
cule by an absurdly enacted farce
with mOon-struck Colorado Jewet
and crafty George Sanders-is it not
marvellous that the readers of the
Tribune and the followers of its editor
remain blind to its Inconsistencies
and vagaries, which, if they did not
cost so much blood and treasure, we
could afford to laugh at.
When Mr.. Greeley was fooled into
his Niagara peace fiasco, he was the
only person humbugged. Everybody
else knew thati waa a "device of the
enemy" Yet the Tribune was and
is a "pOwer." and the President
against his convictions, was persecu-
ted by Mr.. Greeley into giving him
aletter ITO all whom it may concern
And even after the farce ended at
Niagara, the COnfederates hoped to
keep their ball rolling by a call for a
public meeting 10 sustain Nj. Gree
ley, drawn by e. G. Clay, and SEN to
this city for signatures.
In his mOnomania for the best
attainable peace" Mr.. Greeley sham
bles round and mixes up indiscrimin
ately, with s~ecessiOnists and Copper
heads, first corresponding with Val
landingham, and then rushing to
Canada after George Sanders; anO
appearing at Washington caballing
with disioyal members of Congress &;
and finally, at a dinner cOnpli-
menting Fernando Wood as an early
and consistent friend of Ieace! But
through all these gyratiOns the people
shout, great is the Tribune! greater,
Greeley, the PrOphet!n
More recently, MIR. Blair, another
impatient Apostle of Peace, inaugur-
ated a second peace movement, moIe
mischevious than the first, because,
assuming official aspects, issuspended
enlistments, arrested military action
and created false hopes-TheOffirious
and abOrtive scheme of Mr.. Blair
had, of course, the Jealous advocacy
of his SIamese brother.
Will the people, appeal to the
Fifty THOUSAND" patrons OF
the Iribu1e-reasOn with them
selves a moment? What would be
the condition now if the muddled
couIsels of he Tribune and its editor
had prevailed? Sherman would not
have avenged the country by his tri-
umphant march through Georgia and
the Carolinas. The r-beI flag would
have been Haunting reason over the
cities of Savannah, Charleston, and
Columbia, aud upon the walls of
sumter. Terry and Porter would
have lost the glory of capturing Fort
Fisher and Wilmington. Grant and
Sht ridan would have been cheated
out of the grateful compensation
which awaits them for all it has cost
to capture ItichmOd. And the whole
loyal, devoted North, instead of
proudly rejoicing I'VE these great and
glorious achievements, would have
covered their saces with their hanus,
and bowed their heads to the ground,