Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-19

he again visited Washington f; and
while there was the guest of Senator
y Chandler. The Senator gave his dis
u tinguished guest a reception, which
e was attended by the President, Vice
;. President, members of the Cabinet,
! and the prominent Senators and Con-
I gressmen. This was in February,
: : 1871, and it was tacitly understood in
! administration circles that Mr.. Gree
; ley would be the next candidate for
j Vice President. This understanding
was the cause of
SCHUYLER CoLFAX'S EARLY LETTER
OF DECLINATION,
fact never before stated. A trifling
circumstance upset all the plans of
= the political savans. Lamont. while
mannuvering in Mr.. Gi eeley's inter
! est, was also attempting to secure the
, appointment of one Ferguson for the
position of United States Supervising
Inspector of Steamers for the Eastern
District. Ferguson was the son of DR..
Ferguson, of Chappaqua, an old friend
Of Mr.. Greeley. Lamont knew the
advantages to be derived by contact
with the manufacturers OF life saving
apparatus. The President directed
|, the appointment sent in; but Fergu-
} son was rejected by the Senate. Fer
guson kept Lamont in funds pending
his confirmation. Lamont now pre-
sumed on his intimacy with the Pres
ident, with whom he had had several
interviews, ostensibly in the interest
OF Mr.. Greeley. The President finally
fathomed Lamont's character, and de-
MED him further audience.
Mr.. Greeley believed Lamont man
of property, with large business inter-
ests. General Walbridge died in the
same belief. Lamont frequently re-
| ferred to the fact that his business re-
| quired his individual attention. Mr..
| Greeley's admiration for the youthful
diplomat was unbounded such gen.
erous devotion he had never before |
| experienced. Mr.. Greeley had decid |
ed on trip to Texas, ostensibly to lee |
ture before an agricultural society, but |
really to feel. the Southern pulse on |
his return trip. 1t was now that La
mont began to instil the poison into /
Mr.. Greeley's ear. Chagrined at the
Illustration of his schemes at the Cap
ital, he began by innuendOes and hints
to create doubts in Mr.. GreeleY's mind
regarding his political prospects. 1t
was in May, 1871, that Mr.. Greeley,
never suspecting
THE TREACHERY OF HIS EMIssARY,
gave manifestations of his discomfort
with the administration. The entire
programme of his trip was altered.
Gen. Merritt, who had been but re
Gently removed from the Naval office,
and who was Senator Fenton's right
hand man, was chosen as his travel
ing companion. Mr.. Greeley's i'm
maculate Lieutenant played his part
to perfection. He never attempted to
penetrate this veil of deception in
which his chief was wrapped, but per-
sistently fed the flame. Old readers
of the Tribune were astonished to read /
such sentences in the leading editori- |
ais on the political situation, as the 1
following: Shall we sail on or drift !
in the fight ?n meaning the campaign. I
&" 1t is one thing to support the admin
istration and another to support the !
President" We support the admin /
istratiOn." =" Be it understood, then, [
throughout the Republican party, our {
unfriendliness to Gen. Grant is, at all {
events, not concealed" Mr.. Greeley 8
went to Texas, and what transpired i
on the route home everybody knows. :
1t was now decided that Mr.. Greeley {
must have a private headquarters. {
His emissary rented furnished resi-
denee in Twenty fourth street, and he a
and Mr.. Greeley went there to reside. g
Here were i
HACCHED THE CoNSPIRACIEs
that produced the sheet-iron thunder !
for the Liberal organ. Here Lindsay, :
Of Custom House and Ludlow street !
Jail notoriety, plotted with Lamont
and Reid, and the Cooper Institute
was the result Of their labors,
and their slogan was Forward to {
!"
RECRUITING THE FORWARD MOVE
MENT
was the next act in the comedy. For
ney, Sam. Bowles, Murat Halstead,
Mclean. Horace White, Watterson, :
and Knapp were reported all right.
The only break in the editorial circnit .
that was feared was Manton Marble
and Wilbur F. Storey. Marble came {
in at the last hour, but Storey would '
not have it. :
TERRIBLE TALES
we're now reported from Washington.
The Professor in the Tribune shouted =,
q corruption" and mis- confederate
.old of the wicked scenes he had wit
messed in and around the White House 3
and the Arlington" Chas. a. Da- 3
IA, in a spirit1of bitter irony, placed .
1t the head of the San, Z" For Presi- U
lent, DR.. Greeley" Everything was q
now at the flood, and to cap the eli u u
max, 1t
THE BLAIR FAMILY HELD A MEET p
IN Washington, where the slate was o
made out that sealed the fate of Hor- r,
ice Greeley. At that meeting were "
Blair senior and junior, brother Mont t.
yomery, Sunset Cox, Ethan Allen and t.
/ few others. Ethan Allen was there d
o urge Horace Greeley's claim. Blair, il
enior, sent words of good cheer to 7,
Mr.. Greeley, and Allen returned to "
he city oveUoyed. Then came
THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL CONFER
ENcE, j.
where the ia nous editorial trio, Reid, ST
White and Watterson, rallied the Lib o.
,ral host, and laughed TO scoru the al
,roakers. How they did chuckle, Il
when, sometime after midnight, they G.
lopped into a coach at the front of the 4
lOtel, and directed eabby to bounce d
hem. JAR Alfred was along, also, ST
he brilliant mar of the New York C,
The two TriJlnes had set
led the destinies of the nation. v
rHE MOST RIDICULOUS SCENE IN THE
LIBERAL MOVEMENT
vas enacted at Cincinnati. Not half a
lozen men understood the actual sit L
latiOn the evening following the first u
lays proceedings. After midnight II
here arrived from st. Louis Senator A
Frank Blair and his cousin, Governor Il
B. Gratz Brown. Browns presence o.
n town was kept a secret. The ar n
was that on the following y
a carriage was to convey him e.
o the rear of the Academy, and on q
he announcement of the frst ballot, q
he was to suddenly appear upon the o.
platform and carry the Convention II
or Greeley. 81
1t is only "time unfolds what u
Jlighted cunning hides" hence the "
addest part of the narrative remains b
o be told. The last two years of Hor- a.
zee Greeley's life were passed in al oi
of mystery and deceit Is
as he was by confidence pi
ner, is it to be wondered at that he al
vas ruined? Lear was never more II
mighty in his wrath than Mr.. Gree Il
ey at any reflection on his judgment CO
# men and yet mutual friends of d,
Grant and himself endeav- al
red TO harmoniZe matters by Ia