New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-03
4 c4NP1TGN or PURE FALSEHOOD.

The Evenirg Post declares that the present
poliicai contest is ga campaign of pure false
"bood. No mans character, however long
established, however pure, however unques-
" tionable is a defense against the most out
"rageous SANDER, the most unblusbing villhca-
"tionn There is some truth in this charge.
Tile Post, for instance, broadly accused MT.
Greeley Of having been KnOw-Nothing, and
never Withdrew the SANDER until many days
after il lad been exposed in a card from My
ron II. Clark and also in the editorial col
umns of this paper. 1t asserted that he had
pledged himself to favor the payment OF pen
s,ons to Confederate soldiers, and this talse-
hood we believe it has never withdrawn at
all, Notwithstanding the Tetraction by the
original author. 1t has attributed to Mr.. Gree
lev reasonable sentiments which he has re-
peatediy disavowed. 1t has charged him with
deliberately circulating falsehoods in cOnnec-
ton with the Cakes Ames matter, suppressed
the evidence on which the Credit M00ller
story rests, and pretended to believe that Mr.
Greeley repeated the story knowing 1t to be
false. 1t has finally accused Mr. Greeley OF
acting as go-between in the bribery OF Con-
gresham by the Des Moines Improvement
Company. We can believe almost anything
of The Post, but we cannot believe that 1t
credits that tale
But better illustration of the Campaign
"of pure falsehood" than even The Post affords
can be found in the columns OF The NeD- f0rk
Times. Within one week The Times has told
the following egregiOus untruths respecting
MI Greeley and THE TRIBUNE:
I. THE TRIBUNE has mortal grudge"
against everybody concerned in breaking the
TammaIy Ring.
Q. The TRIBUNE "bullies" James o'Brien
because he exposed the fraudulent accounts.
3. TIE TRIBUNE is Influenced by corrupt
land dishonest motives"
4. The TRIBUNE committed "baretaced
fraud upon the public" by printing its ac-
count of steerage abuses.
6. Mr.. Greeley "insulted" the soldiers at
Pittsburgh.
6. Mr.. Greeley made a secession speech at
Pittsburgh.
z. Mr.. Greeley said at Harrisburg that his
principal purpose in becoming candidate was
TO remove the disabilities of jeff. Davis.
8. Mr.. Greeley is In a conspiracy with JEFF.
Davis tQ restore Slavery.
9. THE TRIBUNE proposes to continue its
:" now well established business of manufac-
turing lies, wholesale, retail, and for ex-
"portation."
10. The manager of The TRIBUNE lis in
league at this moment with all the corrupt
"rascals of the State"
II. I'VE TRIBUNE frankly owns" that it
only WI ITS to get at Tweed because Tweed
advised lis friends not TO go to a Greeley
meeting
H. THE FI.IBUNE deliberately forged" the
schedule showing the bribery of Mr.. Blaine
by the Union Pacific X. X. Co.. T.. ID.
49, TIE TRIBUNE fraudulently substituted
the word Blaine for Blair in that schedule.
H. The TRIBUNE manufactured counter
felt fac smile of the schedule.
49, Mr.. Greeley has long been corrupt lob
byist ut Washington.
16. Mr.. S. L. NJ. Barlow has given $4,000 to
the Greeley fund, and received in return the
promise of the position of Attorney-General in
Mr. Greeley's Cabinet.
II. The same position has been promised to
two or three other persons.
Space forbids, and we must stop. That
seems pretty full crop of falsehoods for
single week, Though we have MT enumerated
the half of them) bit the crop of the coming
week is likely to be great deal larger