The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-07-25

gan of his whims and hates, and the
medium through which to accom-
phsh his revenges. In short, he had
become an ambitious politician,
skilled in intrigue, thirsting for Of
hee, and ready 10 adopt any meas
ares likely to lead TO SUCCESS. Thro'g
the power of his newspaper he be-
came dictatoriaf. He, scarcely ever
quite agreed with the administration
in its conduct of the war, and, being
impatient of all differences of opinion
from his own, rallied at President
Lincoln, threatened the cabinet, de
nounccd the generals in the field, and
Kept the public in a feyerishb state of
eXciten emit by unnecessary and i'll
Judged criticisms aud fierce demands
f"r forward movement when the
armies were not in a condition2to
night, and for dishonorable peace
when the rebellion was on the very
point of hopeless collapse. Briefly,
Mr.. Greeley-during the war-was
by turns hot for its, vigorous prose
cution, and clamorous for the instant
cessation of hostilities, with a view
to the negotiation of a peace, based
upon information palmed off upon
his extreme gullibility by some
clique of seedy representatives ofthe
confederacy. His course, since the
close of the war, has been more con-
sistent with view to the accomplish
ment of his ambition than that of any
previous period of his life. He has
apparently comprehended the fact
that the southern democrats, in con.
junction with the Tammany society
of New York, would control the des-
TIMES of the democratic party of the
nation. He has accordingly bent all
his energies to two points: First, to
win over the south, and, second, to
make an alliance offensive and defen-
sive with Tammany. In carrying
out his plan he has sworn himself q
master of political intrigue !; but at
what a sacrifice He has Joined
hands with the worst elements Of
the democratic party Of the south,
and with the worst wings Of the
same party at the north. Wendell
Phillips says he has a secret under.
standing with southern democrats.
Cassius M. Clay says southerners
expect to recover their lost property
through the election of Greeley, and
the southerners at the free trade con-
ference said they expected, through
his election, "sweet morsel of re-
venge." All this can only mean that
Mr.. Greeley has agreed that the con-
tederate debt shall be assumed, and
the emancipated slaves paid for by
the United States. With Tammany
he has agreed that New York city
shall be again delivered over to its
tender mercies, and Governor Hoff-
man re elected. This is the nature
of the alliance into which Mr.. Gree
ley has entered.
The history of Mr.. Greeley is that
Of an honest man led out of his true
path of journalism into political life /;
of a politician surrendered to the de-
lusive glamour of ambition of a
man repeatedly disappointed, and
thereby soured, embittered, ;given to
passion for revenge, and finally,
abandoning all hope of honest sue.
cess, plunging into the profoundest
depths of political intrigue, with a
band of traitors at the south, and a
clique of desperate men in New York
who have only escaped the peniten-
tiary by the aid of money filched
from aplundered people. 80 O,icdgo
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