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May 2nd (search for this): chapter 9
We are lucky who are not under the necessity of borrowing. The hope of putting up the price of daily papers in New York, although favored by the Herald, came to naught, because, under the influence of Raymond, the Times opposed it. In the end the reduction of expenses proved to be the salvation of the Tribune, which never missed an issue, but continued with renewed determination to be the organ of all who were in any way opposed to the extension or favored the destruction of slavery. On May 2d, in reply to the ominous warnings which reached it from many sides, it declared, this time in the unmistakable language of Greeley: We do not believe the Union in any present danger, yet we say most distinctly that we should prefer to belong to a peace-loving, art-developing, labor-honoring, God-fearing confederacy of twenty millions of Freemen, rather than to a filibustering, war-making, conquest-seeking, slavery-extending union of thirty millions, one-sixth of them slaves. If this b
July 14th (search for this): chapter 9
ned absent till September. On his return he made arrangements to represent the paper in Washington, and thus Dana was left in actual charge during most of the year. He was therefore mainly responsible for its course on all public questions. His opinions are made known by its editorials. But a strong side-light is thrown upon his personal occupations and feelings, as well as upon passing events, by certain letters written during the summer, and especially by one he wrote to James Pike, July 14th, as follows: You see my promptitude equals yours. You write, and I pay with equal exactness. But while domestic happiness causes us both to neglect these mere external passing duties, I don't know who has a right to complain. The truth is, I have been busy going to Westport to see my children-driving them about in old Bradley's one-horse wagon, rowing and sailing with them on the bay and Sound, gathering shells on the shore with them, picking cherries, lounging on the grass, gazin
July 31st (search for this): chapter 9
try. The great duty which henceforth claimed Dana's constant attention was that of limiting slavery to its present bounds, and saving Kansas, Nebraska, and all other territory the nation might acquire in the future from the blight of slavery. This practical work took precedence over every consideration of a theoretical nature. It became the chief aim of Dana's life, the central subject of his thoughts and actions, and he threw himself into it with all his energy and determination. On July 31st President Pierce removed Governor Reeder, of Kansas, from office because he failed in some way properly to protect the antislavery immigrants who were coming into the territory. Under the teachings and appeals of the Tribune, a movement of population had been begun from the Northern States to Kansas, with the view of making it a free State; and under the principles of popular sovereignty, as propounded by Douglas and those who concurred with him, the free State men had just as much right
September (search for this): chapter 9
the American flag afloat in that trade, but now classed it among other unjustifiable schemes, of which there were many, for robbing the national treasury of its surplus. Early in April, 1855, Greeley went to Europe, and remained absent till September. On his return he made arrangements to represent the paper in Washington, and thus Dana was left in actual charge during most of the year. He was therefore mainly responsible for its course on all public questions. His opinions are made knowound. Don't mention the scheme, as Bayard wouldn't like it known if he is disappointed. Good-bye, old fellow, and send me word a week before you write another article, so that I can prepare for it. Pike, First Blows of the Civil War. In September he wrote for the Tribune: Kansas will soon be either a free or a slave State, and her fate decides that of many which are to come after her. Mexico, Cuba, and Central America proper, the raw material for at least a dozen Skates, are all p
September 1st (search for this): chapter 9
en could be moderated, ceased to read the Tribune, where all the arguments and all the heat of the controversy were concentrated, and turned their backs upon the courageous but unrelenting and impracticable editors. By the middle of 1854, Greeley, who was the largest owner as well as the editor-in-chief, had come to the conclusion that to go on as they were would lead to ruin, and that expenses must be reduced. Dana seems to have opposed cutting down the paper, but was overruled. On September 1st he wrote to Pike, who was still in Washington, as follows: You see they have carried it against us, and cut the Tribune down. I don't believe it will do any permanent harm, though it must bring down the weekly to about one hundred thousand, I calculate. The saving effected by the change is some five hundred and fifty dollars a week-no trifle in these times. In addition to this, I am negotiating for a simultaneous rise to three cents by all the three papers. The Times is glad e
October 3rd (search for this): chapter 9
to the extension of slavery in this country. Other journals in the North and West, both before and after the formal organization was made, gave this movement efficient support, but its chief organ and principal champion thenceforth was the Tribune. While that great journal had thrown itself with all its force into the cause of freedom, it was not indifferent to anything else which concerned either the interests or the comforts of the public. It is an interesting circumstance that on October 3d of the same year it published an article favoring the establishment of Central Park in New York, and on the 11th one on railroad progress, in which it advocated sleeping and eating cars, in the following words: Eating at our railroad stations is a very unsatisfactory and unwholesome performance. The passengers should eat as the cars roll on, leaving the time of stoppages for wood and water at their disposal. At 7 A. M. the provider should step aboard with his cooked food, which he
1854 AD (search for this): chapter 9
ouri Compromise as a breach of solemn compact between the North and the South, which would inevitably open the door to fresh and fierce agitation, the commencement of which, it claimed, could not be charged against the side of freedom. The year 1854 was taken up with similar discussions, in which it declared: Slavery is an Ishmael. It is malevolent and malignant. It loves aggression, for when it ceases to be aggressive it stagnates and decays. It is the leper of modern civilization, ntislavery men could be moderated, ceased to read the Tribune, where all the arguments and all the heat of the controversy were concentrated, and turned their backs upon the courageous but unrelenting and impracticable editors. By the middle of 1854, Greeley, who was the largest owner as well as the editor-in-chief, had come to the conclusion that to go on as they were would lead to ruin, and that expenses must be reduced. Dana seems to have opposed cutting down the paper, but was overruled.
1855 AD (search for this): chapter 9
n, however, it is gravely proposed as Americans, that those who have come hither from Europe to find a home blest with liberty and plenty shall be permanently excluded from political rights here, including the right to be chosen whenever a majority shall see fit to choose them, we resist the demand as eminently and profoundly un-American, as well as anti-Republican. If our political fabric is not a gigantic he from foundation to turret, this exclusion is monstrous and suicidal. The year 1855 began with a fierce attack on Pierre Soule, the returning minister to Spain. His appointment was ascribed to the influence of the filibusters, who were said to have favored it as the best means of acquiring Cuba in the interest of slavery. That institution, it will be recalled, had not yet been abolished in the island, and the African slave-trade, although regarded by all the leading nations as piracy, was still carried on in the interest of the sugar planters. This article was followed by
April, 1855 AD (search for this): chapter 9
ning up the rivets of the Fugitive-Slave law and the Ostend Manifesto. Strangely enough, the Tribune now came out with a strong condemnation of the subsidy which Congress had at last voted to the Collins line of transatlantic steamers. It had formerly commended such a measure as a legitimate means of keeping the American flag afloat in that trade, but now classed it among other unjustifiable schemes, of which there were many, for robbing the national treasury of its surplus. Early in April, 1855, Greeley went to Europe, and remained absent till September. On his return he made arrangements to represent the paper in Washington, and thus Dana was left in actual charge during most of the year. He was therefore mainly responsible for its course on all public questions. His opinions are made known by its editorials. But a strong side-light is thrown upon his personal occupations and feelings, as well as upon passing events, by certain letters written during the summer, and especi
September 28th, 1855 AD (search for this): chapter 9
rds coming forward and aiding in undoing the wrong of which we complain, is to organize at the North a powerful party having that very object in view, and to which that aid can be afforded. Such declarations as these, and hundreds more which could be quoted while Greeley was absent in Europe, were either from Dana's pen, or selected by him from the daily contributions of his writers. They exerted a powerful influence in the organization of the Republican party, which took place on September 28, 1855. Referring to it on that day, the Tribune says, with exultation: A noble work has been accomplished by the friends of republican freedom at Syracuse. A party has been organized on the basis of opposition to the extension of slavery in this country. Other journals in the North and West, both before and after the formal organization was made, gave this movement efficient support, but its chief organ and principal champion thenceforth was the Tribune. While that great journal
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