Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-01-29
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THURSDAY MoRsiNe, JAN. 70, 1874.
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THr New York Tribune. alias
Nhitelaw Reid, can never Forgive
General Grant for his defeat Of Hor.
are Greeley, the candidate Of Dem.
acrstic party. which oil his life he had |
Denounced, but whose candidate he |
became when that party by duress
was forced to attach itself to his coat |
tail and SO aid 10 crafty HE ambition, !
snd at the same time, If possible, at. j
tempt to lift itself out OF the slough /
nf disgrace and oblivion. into which |
nigh treason had cast it. The old |
nnss, great and beloved by the Ameri-
can people, though not fsultlese. could |
not survive this grand and fatal error
Of his life. He cav and regretted his
raise step sli too lnta--in the iinmed
mental vision OF his last lays, hc
mourned over the died -snd his
eonntrymeD and the civilized world
mourned At his demise many Of thosc
who for years had lovingly admired
shs gres. Journalist were aorely
xrieved, not most that he had paid the
last debt Of nature, but because his
last days heclopdcd the grand record
of his life Iea
While Greeley lived he was the 7iS-
osine. Reid had BY sssiduity and
ready c0nscienceless tact nestled next
70 the great man upon the editorial
stat Of the paper. and inveigied Kim
self Into his ccnfdence. How much
Of cunning sagacity he employed to
arouse the fancifui ambition Of Mr..
tTreeloy, the world viii never know.
Greeley dead Whitelaw Reid DC.
eupies his vacant chair. No sbnrer
the broad considerations .ou, Of .
great man is the sirs and Director of the
shoguhts which appes.r in it's editorial
columns. but iusteai we have the
scholarly rhetoric, the caustic satire, |
snd the hitter bias, which controls
honest Judgment and which often
Nhsrseterizss the atraight-iacket Scotch
Covenanter and HE descendants. |
Depth, breadth, comprshenaiyeness,
lberality, denoting the great man ap-
pears nowhere any longer in the TN.
tw7c, but on the contrary wonderful
inpedimeut in candor Il visible, and o
pen dipped IL gal, Is It's natural Gle.
mont S,, t,..s.8ss,s ~
Recently, the appointments Of Gen.
Grant, for Chief ,Juatice hare furnish.I
cd he text for tho usual TRADE, and
Aippsntly tho giaut mind of White.
TAN disposes ii tho President a. q
mediocre man, one from WHOM che
country could cxpect nothing hut the
coMmorest deeds. 'Iik trua chat i
large portion 81 tae civilized world
have passed Judgment upon the ,depds
If the President as soldier And civil
ian. and think quito differently from
Whitelaw. But then what Of that
The udifok-in-chief Of the '7riLuae
can't tell lie, aud csrtsinly he ought
70, know, The Rcpublicsas Of this
country should never atteapt to nom
inate President without having the
opinion Of Mr.. Reid as to the medi-
ocrity or otherwise of the candidates.
This rsformer should turn his atten.
ton to this branch OF scsOrmation,
Only think Of II: why. hare is man
who gradually sroso IN the rebellion
20 be the sommander-in.chisf Of q
Millacn o. men; personally ied 70
VICTORY our army N many nara iouSnt
campaigns; became the favored OF
n arsr q IN r. L ,nsHa6 ,,s ~. ..a,,;o,
~ nve rasrs Ia h.. hasn spres;aan..
ana most people nave seen evidence
% mucn soai.y ana nonest purpose e
wen, during snat .ime IN nam' now
wonderful, indeed II 10 tnst 2 mere
mediocre man mas accomplished ~
this Eruiy mediocre men are NOV
suon common persons a'es sA. nesus1
cont you aomire tnls reioFmeIs o.n-
aor, thus p'gmy, irog-iixe, mnssne
himself 20 nh the eaatofla' cnaf y
horace ufeeae5
Inis mans re,aarfapie vetaaa.y
leads nin 10 iaftnef siste tnat tne'
President said' IN speaking OF CONF !.
ling, IN ecnnecnon witn the Dnlei
JusticeshiF, that at wae the best taing
IN his gan, ana no owed more 20 Con3-
Ang 10 inc iatf csmps'en s0an 70 spy'
otner man.
Here wo again eau the attention OF
this distinguished refor mgr 70 that
feature Of reformation which aids the
cause OF truth and prevents slAndcr.