New-York tribune., 1911-02-03

-,.,ierr ., spiritual ecstasy. He made
~. free winds of the Western prairies
- cory breath Of liberty. Only in the
lave states was he rejected, and there
:. was both feared and hated as was
:, other man Of his time. Mere agita-
,o-s and denunciators could be answered
-.,,b railing for railing. But this genius
:, ,ba press. white hot in the intensity
:, hts zeal. and yet ineXorable in logic,
I'D rsuying in his support the awaken
&c conscience Of millions. was a power
nth which they could not cope. They
,orsht TO exclude his parer from the
.,eus They made the readers Of tt
.-,arked men. men marked for suspicion.
.r,,nosity and persecution. They In
.,.,ed him and issued warrants against
,,,, as criminal If ever ne should be
,und within their jurisdiction. he re
r0ained unmoved by such menaces. how
a,s- and steadfastly devoted himself 10
his chosen work. In Is4S he was elected
g. All vacancy in the Both Congress
.rd served through the short term pre-
.sdinr President Taylor's inauguration
tse only political Office which he ever
,eld In 1851 hc visited Europe AS
chairman Of one o. the juries at the
Worlds Fair of that year. But these
temporary avocations were uotperrnitted
20 disturb his CHIEF interest as editor OF
The Tribune.
In the organization and development
Of the Republican party Greeley was
r-onin,nt and effective but In the
trocn-making campaign Of 1850. which
tiaced that party in control OF the ma
tonsl government, ne was not at first
,D accord with its candidate. He had
favored the nomination OF Edward Bates
father tnan Lincoln. II believed" said
c~eslav. chat he could poll votes in
erarv slave state. and. il elected. rally
ell that was lefr of the Whig party there
IN 10 resist secession and rebellion. II
rot the only Republican whose election
would not suffice as pretext for civil
var. he seemed 10 me that one most like
rv 10 rerress the threatened insurrection.
~ AZ the worst. 20 crush it He was
70. successful iu his advocacy Of Bates,
tut by his opposition 10 his former polit-
i-al rartuer. Seward. be defeated the
,,tte~'s candidacy and thus brought
,bovt the nomination of Lincoln, whom
p cordially accepted and supported.
--No- was he always in accord with Lin
coins policy. Great minds, despite the
---rovsrt. do not always run in parallel
channels. Lincoln. both before and after
,js election. was tndissolublv welded 10
,ys1ste~'s principle Of Liberty and
Union with the emphasis on the Union.
greeley was so passionately devoted 10
riber,v that tor q time he almost ignored
,bs Union When Southern states pro-
,,ssd secession he would have said TO
ttsr- "Er~ine sisters. depart IN peace
He took the ground that Il IL could be
shown upon @ fair vote that majority
az tho citizens Of the seeding states
-ea-. desired secession. then the remain
'.7r states should acquiesce in the rupt-
IRE we dlsolaim." he said, "a Union
i .f C5-ce-a Union held together by oayo-
nets. Let us be fairly heard. and If YOUR
u,oo-e decide that they choose to break
away from us. We will interpose no Oh
staoIe 10 their peaceful withdrawal from
7hs Union" But he always believed that
II fair vote could be taken the major
itv Of the Southern people would not be
for secession. and ne even insisted that
T. was because OF his certainty that a
majority of them We're In favor Of main
.isinin4 the Union that ne urged decision
.of The matter 10y popular vote.
The moment. however, that secession
s.grh, 90 achieve its purpose by vio-
lence. the moment that Fort
Supporting Sumter and the Stars and
me stripes were fired upon, he
Unon. ,ssned to the forefront for
-1e preservation Of the Union and for the
'nsxc-atI- suppression OF the rebellion
through meeting force with force. He
was. indeed. more strenuous and asgres-
give than Lincoln himself When the
president made his first call for seventy
five thousand volunteers 10 reinforce
th4 Union army Creelev deplored tie IL
vu7cieacr ot the numbers. He would
have enrolled p once d million men and
would hav. called "a the coiors at least
tvo hundred thousand at the souno ol
tre first rr1euious gun. Then ne would
have hurled the whole force against the
,ec-sstorist- and thus ~ he IondlS
.ar-5 would have crushed the rebellion
.-tr 81 single swift end iTresi tOie
stroke. r. was with such an end IN
y.aa that he raised or permitted in MS
name d. bs raised the insistent ciamor
%. .Cu 90 Richmond" which, unWlsely
tt.e.lsd to before adequate preparation
could boz made led 10 the disaster OF
Brv Run He then regarded Lincoln as
harire been guilty OF two serious errors
t.c first in not realizing the secesSionisI
intentions Of the South. and the stcohu
.- m, meeting the crisis with sufficient
t~o.r---.s- and vigor. Again, We must
ssr. great minds do not always run N
ps-su.. -rarnel- Those were two great
u.rG. purely and hcroically patriotic
wholly -a,secrate3 ~ The welfare Of al
:-e r...f.. and yet neither entirely ap-
rr.-..-.a the other. and in some Of the
mos, .rrrortant conjunctUres Of their CO.
Crer.-.r they worked az cross purposes
n indeed. they wer, not diametr-caAy
opposed.
Later again. there vas distinct cj-
rere.-e-. Lincoln saV in the war
st~.r.,. fo save the Union with the incl
6.--.r .....,.-.s.ior ~ slavery. Greeley