Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-13

The Tribune is not an organ, of course, but
it has all the capabilities of that instrument and
is indistinguishable from it except in name. If
there is any difference 1t is that the new contriv
ancei is more blndy and unscrupulously partizan
than the prolessed democratic organs. 1t mas a
distressing time in reconciling its truculent Ian
guage concerning southerners during the war
it'll its present necessity Of coneiliatng them
in order to secure their votes for its editor. If
its present managers had the only file of the
Tribune, they could make it useful in an emer-
gency by producing from 1t extracts adapted to
please any constituency that it might be desira-
bic to conciliate; but unfortunately there are
other files in existence and persons not friendly
to Mr.. Greeley have access to them and can find
there plenty of material which is excessively
annoying to Greeley present political partizans,
and with this unpalatable sauce the boiled
crow" becomes astill more nauseous dish. The
following paragraph has been put in circulation
as an extract from the Tribune of November
26th, 1860:
When the rebelliOus traitors are overwhelmed
IN the held, and scattered like leaves before an
angry wind, 1t must not be to return to peaceful
and conienled homes. They must dnd poverty
eyes Of mothers and the rags OF children"
This is an awkward Renaissance, and its
truth must be denied if possible. Almost any
thing in the way Of denial or assertion is posi-
bic TO the Tribune, and the genuineness Of this
quotation ii denies in these words: "Not word
of this pretended extract is found in the Tribune
of that date, and no such words were ever writ
ten by Mr.. Greeley" This seemed to the Tri-
bune people clever evasion. Its associate
democratic organs accept il as an explicit dis
ayowai, and hasten to say that the pretended
quotation is forgery. The fact is that the
paragraph inquestion was literally copied from
the Tribune but of another date than thar at
first assigned to it. The Tribune is now
forced TO admit this, but still contends
that it was not written by Greeley, which is of
no sort of consequence, since ii appeared In its
editorial columns while be was the responsible
editor. But, however that may be, there are
other uttera1ces Of the Tribune which bear
strong internal evidence of Greeey's author
snip, ana are not less savage and trucalent than
that winch he is so anxious to disown. For ex-
ample nobody but Greeley could have written
this, which was published August 10, 1862:
when we call a man traitor, let us feel in
our heart OF hearts what traitor is lei ~
understand that traitor is no better than a
murderer; that, lin the words of Shakespeare1
Treason and murder, ever kept Together .
As true yoke devils sworn to either's purnose
The rebellion is a crime. LYt the
soldier understand that he Is enrolled 10 6eht
parcel OF knaycs, all liable to indictment, trial
senteuce and execution men who have wick
eddy disturbed the peace Of the world without
prOyocaton--men with whom no terms are 10 he
made Dick Iurpins, who call themselves gener.
ais, and Captain Kyds, who cal themselves
commanders thief Is a THETA liar
IL q LARA perufer is periurer; and every
southern traitor who is morally responsible 4
all three iogetherl Pray, do not LEI Us have any
more talk about our misguided southern
brelhrenp There Is one thine which
southern success cannot compass, and that Is
NJ oblivion, In history aud tradition OF tlo
Frauds, ielopies aud ialsebOods with which tle
ignOmini0us enterprise began. These traitors
are outside the worlds respect forever.
Neither In its inception nor IN lis propress ba.
inc ihing been respectable. There has been