Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-07

Even the New York Tribune now comedies
General Grants election, so we suppose there
Is no doubt about that, nor about the further
fact that the defeat of the Greeley coalition is
the most complete and crushing which has been
suffered by a political party in this country for
May years. Something like this, too, we un.
derstand the Tribune TO assert, and it is one of
the few statements of that journal which we are
in no wise disposed to contradict. How much
OF the assurance Of success proiessed by the
Greeley organs for the last few months has been
genuine hopelulness and how much mere empty
boasung it is now impossible to tell, but
certainly since the October election the
measure Of political sagacity needed TO foresee
Greeleys defeat is not so great that we feel at
liberty TO deny it, even TO the editor of the Tri-
Dune, who has shown less of that quality than
any other journalist of any prominence whom
we can now call to mind. Some of the followers
Of Greeley at first, no doubt, sincerely expected
his election, and believed that the results would
DC IN some way Of great value to the country,
and some Of these have advocated their cause
with decency and honor, but consideration
for the feelings Of a vanquished enemy
ought not to prevent our repeating
now, what we have said before and
still believe, that in general the supporters of
Mr.. Greeley have fought their battle with ig.
noble weapons, using open calumny or mean
innuendo with equal freedom and INSCRIPTIONS
ness, and that they have in this way, within
Their limited capacity for mischief, done as
much or more to corrupt and debase the politi-
cal morals of the country as the official delin-
qnencles which they charged upon their oppo-
nents could have effected
Now that the struggle is over and they have
reached the only result possible for such polit.
ieal venture SO conducted, one of the most re.
spectacle Of the Greeley organs is moved to in
qnlre what has happened and what further con-
sequences are to come Of it. The Louisville
CourierJouma, writing day or two before the
election, but when the issge was no longer
doubtful, says:
Is that the end or human striving? win the
Noilo De wound up IN November? Is free GOV.
eminent failure? Has the Caucasian played
outI are there to be no more elections. no
10y ea1didaies, no more parties? Are we ALI.
80 - p Namp observed OF the 'Ancworks pack.
Ps, S5 " DC swallowed in Jonize's bellyP The
Dguipohs we admit, will be synllo,vsd IN tho
oeily OIL fadicaligm, and we mag ,yish ~ "a
monster joy in belyful Of npsav "r1 co e on
pies put the rest Of US, arc We aoins ~ dso
saI Ig tns gaTei in pnppet show, behind tie
oratons we have piled up 6elore ,he s anu uee'
that sun burn upon the stage Of the Awerican
system, and which, let us hope viii co n,ieiican
burn and glow there for many years 10 cone2
arg w Pee o. ramps who have strutted Out
little hrce--a company Of lying mountebsnLs
who have been using Horace Greeley as mere
laek-iu-the-box, meaning nothing the while
that we should consider the defeat Of our enter
prise the collapse u our brotherhood, tue signal
Tor dispersement, the disgrace OF all who do nor
~ ana change their garments as speedily as
possiblep
Tune VIII answer these inquiries 10 the Cou.
rierJoanafs satisfaction, but not as IL appar-
entity expects. We venture to anticipate tbo
response which, 1t seems to Us, must surely
come Unfortunately, ne party, iii can be- 50