Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-18


The respective qualifications and ability Of
General Grant and Mr.. Greeley for the Prcsi-
dency have been frequently discussed during
the present campaign. The supporters of the
executor OF the Tribune have stouIly main
talncd their side of the case; but their argu-
ments in favor Of their candidate have been
no arguments at all In fact, they have done
little more than make bare assertions, totally
unsupported by any fact or incident In all Of
Mr.. Grecley's career. II we apply any or all
the tests of craftsmanship to Mr.. Greeley, we
find him totally deficient In almost every
essential particular. Take, for Instance, his
course during the last ten years, when he
was In the full maturity Of his intellect, and
as the editor OF the most powerful Republic
can journal welded the greatest moral
influence In the country. In all that
time Mr.. Greeley contributed absolutely
nothing To the settlument Of the
great struggle itself, or to any one Of the
troublesome questions that arose out Of It,
On the prosecution Ol the war his opinion
changed with every moon.
To-day he was advocating the destruction
Of an army Ia on to Richmond articles, and
tomorrow he was begging peace on any
terms. His financial theories were 50 absurd
as to excite the laughter and provoke the
ridlculC Of every financial man In the CJun-
try. lie was in favor OF u war with England,
or at least would have Mr.. Seward adopt
such a course In the Mason and Slidell matter
as would inevitably have led TO u war. His
course on reconstruction was unstable and
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IoItuous' lherc was no man III tue country
who hOWlCd for vengeance more loudly than
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no' III" "Heh nv IO""u 'uH' 'uS lcoplc were
not prepared to adopt his extreme measures
bc went with bIs usuoI IncnpsIstrr,y d, tL,
~ ">'' Wv" H'' "'"'' '"N'"'tte"Noi " tho
very opposite side and screamed for amnesty.
Uls ba,Ilnr Of JcHrraon Davis an not ort NJ
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when nc mas made more capital than any
thing else. was only one of his momrntarv
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NuihlS' MI puIuSIco vi t''uCI lnHauthFOpy
or patriotism, according to his own subsc-
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i"eu' "a l'A"H'i"n y, '"0 MI 'nt0''u lu'o IT,
And so on Of all the rest Of his misguided
.oroor
Inc Albany ECeHWg Journal one Of the
ablcst papers In the country. urinted re-
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cehuy Ah artlc'e uraht ana Greeley Us
Statesmen In which the claim. of bnth grn-
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tlelnen TO pre'emlnencc IN THIS respect are
selyIannIyzod md dIsrusscI II said.
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tne han .I Gs ny IoiIowors 70 dlsparage
Heh. uIants qIahhcia.On huu tAs'es as 70 the
niiner IeAhn " PuV.o Slscussloh anu aualrs,
a a 70 eAait those " WI; u,oeley. Grant may
,I ~ , ~, snHy ny ~ the ton-
S,ne q, oL S an ~, uuuesi put In
uteelih ol intenec,, "a grasp OF hlBh anu iar-
IehenlhB puuno poIlolSs' IN capacity IOr dealing
Win tnS more cotl PiehensNe Iuestiohs Oh gov
1tntAeht ~ y my tne SqHai ~ hIs competitor.
~ = Wotu ne nAh Iess 3l tue BllL ana endowment
oI elevated stAtes,mahShip.
80 u''Hgto tlIs c'sih ~ ~ ~ length ana
pre1 1 " We aloEetnet Iohy lhAt Mr. Gree.
Ky y the superior or even Tue equal OF General
HIaht ~ lhose quAlltles winch enter into the
pTsitiV III " statesuansnip, Mthout eNhg-
boIa.hpf tno myrits % IteheIal uTaht' mo
Greeley is lar below him, 1t is A misappIIeaiion
@ terms to call Mr.. Greeley statesman at all.
mept doRmStist He /. poTsIhSI adyo sS1S
lie has much knowledge, and rare faculty for
moi ons ar ali of tbesS ma fS ths .iStesn nut
stead OF possessing the breadth and elevation
a 1 ,nb %, iaII M; Greeley
oted and dOgmatlc. Within his owl circle he Is
strong and e hi pgt bis circles are always
the spirit Of a dIsputaHt, and never with Vii" lie
broad grasp Of philosophical statesmanship.
or dscussSpS which arc StatesmSniITn IN cSor
aeter. During the war he was tickle and yacll-
IN sD, SuI sDI pa y, az Wen a.
ness, forecast, consistency and hrmnssS which
IIS erisis demandeI: since the var no has no
hobby Of universal amnesty and impSitIai SUI
iTage=a cry utterly inoppGrtune whom raised
of tbe u,o ~ hS SSESs
Is wise practical policy, and Mr. Greeley sui.
SIn.i S,iS ~ nnanee he holds tie
posterous to dignity a man advocatihg such
qulAOtic notions with the name of Statesman.
drseSys SnfIness ioT he wGrk C OF So ,1y
Is anything more needed to show his utter lack
as man VeISs2 in the aTiS of gavSSnmsnt Ths
definition e narrow, but 1t Is far too broad to