Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-11-11
"REENTER II, g."

Under this heading the New York Times
tells Mr.. Greeley some unpleasant truths
relating to his past acts and present prom
| ises, which though severe are Just and de-
served. Referring to the card which II.
G.. issued announcing his resumption OF
editorial labor upon the Tribune, the
Times says:
If Mr.. Greeley ha,ters himself that this
hodge. podge Of impudence, mock modesty,
flash philosophy, and Pecksniffian morality,
settles his account with the American people,
and restores him, unchanged, to the position
he once occupied, he is mistaken. 1t takes
two parties to make such bargain. Mr..
Greeley has been dealing with the public now
for many years, and during that period, and
especially for the past twelve months, he has
concerned himself with some OF the dearest
| interests this nation has or can have; and he
has shown that nothing was safe from his
| foolish and wicked ambition. He has under.
taken to grasp power by calling into vicious
activity the most dangerous elements in
American politics. He found the passions Of
tie rebels dying out, and he awakened them
with the hope of democratic ascendency. He
found the corruptionists all over tie country
cowed by the courageous exposure and over
whelmipg defeat Tammany had encountered,
and ne held out to them the hope of regain
ing all the ground they had lost, and getting
possession of the National Government be-
sides. And this he did in the case of the reb-
| els in the name of "reconcliation," and in
the case of the corruptionists in the name of
| 'reform." If he imagines he can dispel the
memory OF these facts by wave of his edi-
torial pen, and a flourish of pretentious prom
4 (,t,,r dor - y.|,,
ness" and "regard to Science Industry, and
the useful Arts he immensely undertakes
the sense and honesty of the American peo-
pie.
| He will, doubtless, be treated with good
| humor. A Presidential candidate who can
not count on one-twentieth of the Electoral
College, can safely be dismissed from public
contemplation without bitterness. He may
even be forgotten, for, Judged by his power
over the people, there is little 20 remember.
But he will not easily be forgiven, much less
recognized in the character Of universal in
structor; which he now seeks again 10 as
sumo.
The Times then exposes the hypocriti
cal professions of Mr.. Greeley to fairness
and honesty since the election, by showing
the course and comments of the Tribune
upon the State and city elections. SANDER
ing honest candidates because they We're
not of its party, and praising the Tamma-
nyitcs because they worked with the lib
erals. Which does not look much rs if he
had reformed. The Times then adds
$ with caustic severity
Mr.. Greeley takes his position on the Trib-
upa 90 in ith tho bland assuranco tho ha ;s
not going to NEEDLE in politics, that he will
never be candidate again, andthat he will
refrain from personalities. If experience is
worth anything lie ought to keep his promi-
SEES. His personalities in the past have been
SO INSCRIPTIONS that no one pitied him when
he became himself a subject-not of PERSONAL
ities-but of exposure. AS a candidate, he
is not success. As dabster in politics
what life he has led, takiug his own word
for it. "For twelve years." he confesses, he
has been listening to the appeals of red
nosed politicians who had cheated at the eau
Gus and tonight at the POLLS" and naturally
'looked to the editor of the Tribune to secure
their appointment as something or other.
"lf one of our party" he says, ''had an
interest pending at Washington. the editor of
the Tribune was telegraphed in frantic haste
to come to the capital, save this bill, crush
that one, promote one project, or stop anoth-
err" Thus he spent his time in the SER
vice of "blatherskites and political beggars"
generally.
And this is the man who, intoxicated with
the fiattery of the base wretches who had
been swarming about him, imagined he had
amassed enough political capital by his hu
initiating Office brokerage to be elecred Pres
ident of the United States, and who, now that
he is contemptuously put aside by the PEG.
nile. aDDearS at the old stand. and hawks