The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-08
Mr.. Greeley.

Mr.. GREELEY certainly has the consolation
in defeat which is here fcctously described
In the Tribune Of Wednesday:
"Nothiug in this hour Of defeat gives Us
more genuine satisfaction than the universal
approval of Mr. Greclcy's course during the
canvass We printed yesterday the judg-
ment of the leading Democratic journal of
the country. Elsewhere we give the Opt
Mons of the leading evening papers here,
and of one or two Journal, of high standing
in the Democratic party in other cities. OF
the generous and hearty tributes. public and
private. from Liberal Republican journals
aud statesmen, we need not here speak. Mr..
Greeley has made no bargains he has sacri-
feed no principle; he has in no way COM
promised his sclf-respcct, or used doubtful
utteranccs to win votes. The politicians who
feared his indscfctionS are the first to bear
testimony to his wise prudence, and the enc
mics who sought everywhere for weak spots
i'll his armor are the first to acknowledge that
he has practiced no conccalmentS. The diff.
rcuIties of his position were enormous, and
next TO the victory, which was not to be at.
tanned, we rate the honesty, dignity, anu wis:
dom with which he passed through them"
No man who has been named for the Pre-
sidency of this country ever made during q
presidential canvass so many speeches rs Mr..
GREELEY did. Few Of them made any
speeches at all. 1t was considered unwise
TO make them, and the friends of nominees
hardly cv.r failed to write them urgently tc
keep their mouths shut, while the same adj
vice was promptly given by most Of those
who could reach the ears Of the nominees
1t was contepded that every word they ut
tered would be misconstrued, while their
language would be distorted and garhled
and would fall to be corrected till after the
election. We suppose that Mr.. GREELEY
received very plcntifully the same proper
advice. We know that he was advised from
Virginia to write, and say nothing. But lie
acted, US be has generally done, upon the die
tates Of his own sense of duty, and gave
freedom to his tongue. Strange to say, every
speech that he made WIS an answer to al
objections to his speaking, and all of hi:
friends seemed to be gntided that he took
his own course and rejected the advice to be
silent.
We comment on the fact especially rs on,
of the most remarkable in the political his
tory Of this country. The speeches of Mr.
GREELEY during the canvass are wonderful
proof Of his very great genius as well as
testimonial of bis righteousness and honesty
combined with extraordinary art, in saying
what was good and proper and avoiding th,
pitfalls Of vanity, scnsitiveness, and passion
in respect Of ingenuity of language aut
keen perception as to what should be said Il
different communities Mr. GREELEY remind
us very much Of kossuTH. In our day II,
man has equalled the Hungarian in TIN
facility with which he adapted bis sentiments
comparisons, and phrases to the people tt
whom they were addressed. In London hi
set the public mind on fire by revirins
the first NAroLEoS's remark that the
day would come when the Cossack would
water his horses in the Thames, at the con
clusion Of the brilliant and thrilling invcc-
tive he heaped upon the Russian Empire.
When he came here he spoke like one born
and educated amongst lis. There was no
situation 10 which be was placed, no sudden
demand upon him for an expression of feel
ing or opinion, to which he was not equal
and in which he did not fire the hearts OF his
auditors.
90 ar. GREELEY, on Il narrower theatre,
excited sympathy and appreciation every.
where. He was as happy in bis illustrations
as he was truthful in his statements and Just
in his opinions. Could anything be more
pointed than his happy Illustration Of the al
lance between the Ssraight-Outs and the Ad-
ministrution that the VOLTS skin growing
too short they had gieced 1t with the tail OF
the fox? .
But the good things Of the philosophers
and the u en- Of fenius, who give their days
teayilsltny ios the Rell-beipg and rights VI