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DAK \. i! LRLE8 ANIH-IUSON. 



in 1854, and this journal was its 1 ami 



most powerful organ. not in tin- metropolis only, 

 but. in it* wwkl) i-dition. throughout the country. 



Hi* ami Fall of th. - 



Power," says that " at the outeet. Mr. Grecley was 

 hoiielef and seemed disinclined ' enter th. 

 test. He t.-I.l his associate* tlmt In- would i. 

 strain them, but, as for himself, ho had no heart 



IM *tnfe. They were more hopeful.' 

 Dana .vihe nnwt hopeful but the most vig- 



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orous, and the energy displayed by tin- "Tribune" 

 was mainly furnished by him. In 1861 he went to 

 Albany U> adrocate tin" election .f Mr. (Jr.elev tn 

 tin; United States Senate, but Thurlow Weed 

 brought about a union of Greeley's opponent*, 

 whii-h gave tin- office to Ira Harris. 

 At the beginning of the civil \\ar Mr. Danamadc 



Tribune" as vigorous in support of the I'mmi 

 as it had been in opposition to uaTary extension, 

 and when the pressure for an early ami active 

 campaign toward Richmond had resulted in the 

 disaster of Hull Run a large part of the popular 



iche* Ml upon that journal. Tin- next 

 as it bet-am. evident that he ami Mr. (Jreeley 

 could not agree concerning the proper com 1m -t of 

 military operation* and the attitude of the paper 

 toward Ihem. he res-i-m-d hi- editor-hip, and 

 afterward ho *.. -, . n-tary of 



'>rotight him into close personal relations with 

 President Lin. -oh, and 3 -iton. who 



placed the utmost dependence upon his judgment 

 and JIOW.T- "f ..i... r\ at j. -n. and for the greater part 

 of the linn- till tin- -II.M. of th.- war he wask.-j.t 

 aMhe btadqoarten of th- u'r.-at ar* vn the 



War Department accurate information of th< 

 of affairs at the front. In hi- U.-mii 

 publishefl in 1H;7. Mr. I >ana give* this account of 

 his first meeting wit' ,-it : 



-ire that I had at Cairo I sj*-nt in 

 horseback riding up ami down the river banks and 

 in visiting the adjacent military post*. My long- 

 est and most interesting trip was on July i. when 

 I went down the Mississippi to attend a' big cele- 



u at MiMmihi-. I remember it particularly 

 because it was there that I li: \\. (ii-anf. 



The officers stationed in the city gave a dinner 

 that day. to which I was invited. At the table 1 

 wasseated ' '.rant and Major John A. la\\- 



! his>tatT. 1 remember distinotlj the pleasant 



impression (Jrant mad.' that of a man <-f simple 



man: . eordial. and unprctend- 



_-ht the successful battles 



rt iK.nelsun aiid Shiloh. and when 1 met him 



\\ fcfl a Iliaj" 'T _'' ii' ral in .mmand 



..f the district ..i inea- 



|>art mcnt of the Missouri, 

 under llalleek. with headijuar- 



Mi inplii-. Although one 

 would not have su-pc<-tcd it from 

 his inaiinn-. he \\a> really under 

 a cloud at the time beeai, 

 the oi.erat i"iis at Shiloh. Those 

 who did not like him I 

 him of having been taken by sur- 

 prise there, and had declared t hat 



ild have i'.'ii if 



Ilucll had not come up. I often 

 talked later with <: 



about Shiloh. and they 

 allinneil that he would 

 ha \e leen successful if Huell had 



Hot cime to his relief. I believe 

 (Jrant himself thought so, al- 

 though he ne\er. in i 

 the many talks | afterward had 

 with him about the battle, said 

 so directly." 



i -\\ard he was sent to the 

 ii army, ostensibly as a 

 special coipmissioner to \\ 

 gale the pay department, but in 



reality to ascertain the truth 



about* i '. against whom 



there was a powerful c.>n-piracy 

 among certain military men whi 

 were jealous of his success and 

 wanted to break him down. Mr. 

 reciated (irant's abilities and his value to 

 t vice, and his report had an important influ- 

 ence in defeating the conspiracy. (Jen. Sherman 

 in- ' Memoirs": "One day early in April. 

 1863, I was up at Grant's neadonarten, and \\e 



talked overall these things with absolute freedom. 

 Charles A. Dana, As n-tary of War, was 



there, and Wilson. IJawlins. Frank Blair, MI i 

 son. etc. We all knew, what was notorious, that 

 (Jen. McClernand was Intriguing against (J.-n. (Jrant. 

 in hopes to regain command of the whole expedi- 

 tion, nnd that others wer- 



(Jrant in the newspaper! of the North. Kvn Mr. 

 Lincoln and (Jen. llalleek seemed t.. be shaken : but 

 at no instant did we (his personal friends} sla 

 in our loyalty to him." 



Mr. I>ana was in the saddle at the front n large 

 part of the time during the Yj.-ksburg jind ( ! 

 nooga can d again in the overland Vir- 



ginia can;; i the 



abilities of : from the first, so he retained 



confidence in them to the end. 



In I*(M Mr. Dana went to Chicago to take charge 

 of a new paper, "The Republican," which was es- 

 ii'-d with abundant capital and wa- 

 ike itself the n rful journal in the 



West. I'.ut there was disagreement as to its policy. 

 and a year later he returned t' 

 he organized a stock company to buy "The Sun." 

 of which he became editor, with absolute control of 

 imns. Hjs {i rs t number was issued in Janu- 

 ary. 1HUH. and he was active as i\- conductor nearly 

 thirty years. He made it independent, with Demo- 



