New-York tribune., 1872-08-15
CrOeley's professional practice as the following.

Greeiey5 PROFESSIONAL practIce az the IOio"mB'
which we copy from The He,c- York Buoning Post:
He would be powerful cOntrovcrsalist" we're IL
not that his controversies have always chiefly consisted
se 81 bad % ay n TO al h
TO be thieves r1msesrs policy.yendsrs gamoiers and
and newspapers which differed In opinion with him were
edited by Englishmen;" In argument he never states
bic What ho quotes and rarely corrects his msrepre
sentauons. With these limitations he apowerfnl Cn
troyersiais inasmuch he has with all his unfsrDsss
and ytuperation, made THE TRIBUNE what u is. and
himselfcanddate OF large and powerful party Tor th"
Presidency.
Is il truo that Mr. Greeley's controversies have
always chiefly consisted in the imputation Of bad
motives Is it true that no has treated all Demo
Gratis as thieves, rumsellens, and murderersf Is 10
true that he has even limited that all FreeTraders
or any considerable number of Free-Traders. wero
bribed with British gOldi Is 1t true that he has
made it custom to denounoe newspapers which
differed from him in opinion edited by English
men There is no excuse to be made for this writer
on the ground of a loose Of language; be knows
how to write and whit he is writing about. We
commend his work to readers illustration
of the style of warfare which is relied upon 10
tho reelection Of President Grant.
But the two concluding statements of the above
indictment audaciOus in their grotesque false
hood as to deserve q special mention. The Ercnta9
Pos which rarely allows its readers 10 see what its
opponents say and its editorials cOntrOvert ACCUSES
Mr.. Greeley Of never stating his opponents case
frankly Every reader of The TRIBUNE knows that
one of Mr. Greeleys cardinal tenets was TO give his
opponent chance to state his own argument IN his
own words. To such degree did he carry this pas
sion for giving his antagonist fair hear
ing that even his editorials con-
stantly filed with extracts taken bodily from
the journals he was opposing. With what decency
can an opponent accuse him of misrepresenting what
he fully ouotesf The charge that he rarely corrects
a MISREPRESENTATION must seem ridiculous TO those
gentlemen of The Evening Post Office who under
went journalistic training in the office OF The
TRIBUNE. They know that one of Mr. Greeleys
peremptory requirements always was that, when
ever an error was discovered it should be instantly
corrected without waiting fCr any demand tor re-
dress on the part Of tho aggrieyed person.
Mr.. Edward Seymour who addressed the Grant
and Wilson Association in the XXIst Assembly Dis
trict on Tuesday evening last, first informed his
audience that eternal vigilance is the price OF
GbertyD He then proceeded 10 inform the SAID au-
dience that under the Constitution Grant may be
renominated forever and forever'-reelected' we
suppose Mr.. Edward meant. AS this friend
of the Administration has thus hnted
at the undying aspirations which may
move his chieftain to capture many fu-
tnre National Conventions, we much Obliged to
Mr. Edward for reminding us about that little fact
concerning eternal vigilance" which will be
much better thing however tedious, than Eternal
Grantism, only we are sorry that in entering upon
his long vigil Mr.. Edward Seymour should think IL
necessary to deny himself the assistance of the news
papers and if all his fellOw-watchmen are equally
fastidious we fear that their watching Will be OK
rather a slumberous and unsatisfactory character.
For Mr. Edward, on this occasion, unhesitatingV
declared that he looked upon the public press as
public nuisance"-neyer thinking, we suppose
that the public press looked upon him, in his caps-
city of speech-maker, in tho same way ihe
people," he thought "ought to arise in their majesty
and put down the newspapers which don't praise
Mr. Grant. From this infer that Mr. seymour s
willing to have his head broken in support OF MS
opinions The head is worth very little, but IL NJ
worth more than the opinions. We therefore advise
Mr. Edward TO mitigate his enthusiasm. We never
knew man to undertake to run muck agalnss
newspapers without making an ass OF himself.
People may think Mr.. Seymour to be that already;
and unless he holds his tongue 1T will go nigh TO be
thought 50 shortly.