New-York tribune., 1872-04-25
NEW- YORK POLITICS.

Tho PiHsburgh Gazette has at least once
before told the untruths which it repeats as
follows:
"No one doubts that. had Mr. Greeley controlled the
New-York city federal appointments. he would have
been to-day an ardent supporter OF Cen Grant, Nor
does any good Republican doubt that share OF TINS
patronage shoud have gone to him and his friends had
his own austere and obstinate conduct not made this I'M
possible lie tied himself, voluntarily, to the Fenton
wing Of New-York and Fenon began his war on every
citizen and ofice-hOlder who favored tho othor-the
Conkng-wng. The President did his best to bring
about peace but like all his predecessors In that lne
failed Greeley and Fenton did not want peace probably
CODkng felt the way as he Is OF the hghung SORT
Peace and unity amontho crossgraned factions being
found impossible, the President was called upon to
choose his friends. and he chose the ConklDg wing
War against him was instantly declared and ever since
Greeley and his cotero nave been firing OF double
shotted columbiads at him"
Corrections By The Tribune.
Though Mr.. Greeley did not control Cen
Grants original appointments for this State,
and though most of them were other than the
persons recommended by Mr.. G.. (wherc ne
made recommendations, they were mainly
capable and deserving citizens, and were very
fairly apportioned between the Fenton and the
Conkling wings" of the Republican party.
heartily approved by Mr.. g., as these columns
for 1869 abundantly attest.
At later period, the President saw ft to
eject from office his own nominees Of the
Fenton wing" "a also Mr. Collector Grin
NELL who was his own special choice, and
neither "Fenton" nor "Conkling." We have
now the third Collector, tho third Naval
Officer, and the third Marshal, appointed by
Gen. Grant-all bitterly anti-FentOn, as is the
Surveyor, who has held throughout. Our
Postmasters, Marshals, and District Attorneys
throughout the State are also bitterly anti
Fenton. as part of them originally were not.
Long before Senator FentOn had done or said
aught to provoke or excuse hostility, his
friends whom Gen. Grant had appointed to
Office had been supplantcd by his adyersaries,
except where they professed to be no longer
his friends. In this war, Gov FentOn has
been from the first the assailed party, and
this without provocation or excuse.
Mr. Greeley never aspired to "cOntrol' Gen.
Grants nominations, or any part of them.
lie suggested n friend for Collector; but, when
the President told him he had decided to ap
point Mr.. Grinnell, he responded that he con-
sidercd this an excellent choice, and there
dropped the subject. He objected to only one
of the appointments made for our State, and
never spoke of or cared for this after it was
made. And, though nothing was ever said by
him to the President or by the President to
him on the point. Mr.. G. has good reason to
believe that. if he had asked Office of Gen.
Grant for himself, he need not have asked
twice.
The feud in this State is quite old, but was
not allowed to distract the party while Mr..
Lincoln was President nor till after Gen.
Grant had been more than year President.
1t came TO q head when Moses II. Grinnell,
who was of no "wing," was removed by Gen.
Grant to make a place for Thomas Murphy,
who had upheld the Philadelphia Johnson Con-
yention and opposed Gov. Fenton's reelection
in that year Q8G6). That was plain declara-
ton of war; and has been vigorously followed
up. For more than a year, to be an avowed
friend of Gov FcntOn was to be marked for
prescription at the White House. We propose
to endure this for One Term only.