St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-24
HORACE GREELEY,s LIST EDI-
TORT4L

! AOhAtE OhEELEI'S L16I EDI-
TORI1L
The following editorial appeared in th.
New York Tribune November Z, 1872.
There has been no time until now, within ;hs
last twelve years. when the Tnbeu- was not sup
posed to keep for the idle and incapable q sort OF
federal empl yment agency, established to gel
places under the government for those who were
indisPosed 10 work for taeir living.
Any maa who had ever yotel the Republican
ticket believed il vs. the duty aud privilege OF
! this paper 10 get him q place In the custom
I house Every red-nosed politician who had
cheated AZ the caucus and fought AZ the polls.
looked 10 the editor OF the Tribune to secure his
. appointment a. gauger or a. army chaplain or a.
minister. to France. Every campaign orator
came upon Us after the battle was over for 3 re-
i commendation g. secretary OF the treasury OF the
loan Of half dollar.
II one Of our party had an interest pending AZ
f, Washington. the editor Of the Tribune was tei--
graphec IN frantic haste 70 come TO the capital,
save this bill crash that one, promote one obiect
| or stop another. de was TO be everyb7dy's
friend, with nothing 70 do but take care Of other
! folks business. sign papers write letters and
I ask favors for them aud get no thanks for either
! Four-hfths OF these people were sent away with
/ out what they wanted, only 20 become straight
| way abusive enemies. ! was the worry Of life
TO try to crafty one demand n = dozen for the
other hfth.
The man with two wooden legs congratulated
/ himself that he could never be troaOied with
cold feet. IL is a source Of prond satisfaction
70 u that Office seekers viii keep al0of from a
defeated candidate who has not influence enough
/ AZ Washington or Albany 10 get a sweeper ap-
pointed under the sergeani-at arms, or q deputy
sub-assi-tant clerk into the pAste-pot section OF
/ the folding room.
At last we shall be let alone 70 mind our own
affairs and manage our own newspaper without
being called aside every half hour TO help lazy
| people whom we don't know sad 10 spend our
strength TO benefit people who don't deserve as
sistance.
At last we shall keep our ONCE clear OF blath
erskltes and political beggars, and 20 ABOUT our
daily work with the satisfaction OF knowing that
not the most creduous Of place hunters will
suspect Us Of having any credit with the appoint
ing powers.
This is one OF the results Of Tuesdays cleo
ton, Tor which We are ourselves profoundly
grateful.
The New York Sun reproduces the above
and prefaces it with the head lines, Horace
Greely's last words-the Manly Utterance Of
Proud, Brave Heart-'
Upon this the Albany, n. Y, Times SAYS
that the Sun may be correct in the credit il
gives to Mr.. Greeley, but it has an indistinct
remembrance that Mr.. Greeley subsequently
denounced in bitter terms the ideas ex-
pressed In this same editorial, and prepared
a savage denial Of the authorship OF any
sympathy with its purpose, and, says the
Times, ''we are not sure, but we believe
denial was refused publication in the TriJtiue's
columns by Mr.. Reid. What was the factl
The GLOBES recollection accords with that
Of the Times. By going into the presideu
tial canvass Of 1872 as a candidate for the
Presidency, Mr.. Greeley lost bis grip upon the
Tribune. He announced his retirement from
the editorial control OF that journal during
the progress Of the campaign, and Mr. White
law Reid was advanced to the position OF
editor-in-chief, al interim.
When the campaign of that year closed,
resulting in the defeat Of Mr.. Greeley, be
essayed and expected to return to his old po-
sition as supreme editorial head Of the Trio
une.
Mr.. Reid refused to yield back to him the
position. The foregoing article, quoted I'M
der the title Horace Greeley's last editorial, Z"
appeared in the Tribune as from the pen Of
Mr.. Greeley, and was so accepted by the pub
lie. The article, however, neither in spirit
nor terms, accorded with the views. senti-
ments aud feelings Of Mr.. Greeley, and there
fore, following closely upon his defeat,
placed him in a false, sore-hcad, querrul1us
position. He wrote, as the Times inti-
mates, a savage denial Of the authorship"
That denial, Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, the then as
now despotic autocrat of tue Tribune, refused
to have inserted in its columns.
Thus the paper Founded by Horace Greeley
was to know Mr.. Greeley no more. He was
rudely thrust aside. This was too much for
the veteran editor. The loss of the Presi-
dency he could endure. But to be rudely
excluded from the columns Of the Tribune
crushed his proud spirits, and he went broken
hearted 10 a premature grave. The burdens,
speech-making, and various labors OF
tue campaign produced great
exhausting strain upon him. But his rude
expulsion from the Tribune, following closely
upon tire heels of the disastrous canvas su-
perinduced the fevered brain, the physical
and mortal prostration that hurried him from
life
Such are the GLOBES recollectious. Are
they not substantially correctl