...olitical bearing of this matter, though I act without reference to that (the italics are his), and Weed was powerless to repress Greeley's advocacy of what he considered vagaries in the Tribune. Weed says that he found Greeley in the early years of their acquaintance, when they were most intimate, unselfish, conscientious, public-spirited, and patriotic. He had no habits or taste but for work-s...