Cedar Falls Gazette

The New York Tribune is fast losing that great influence it once maintained over the public mind. That influence began to decrease when it tacitly, if not openly, gave its support to Stephen A. Douglas in the celebrated Senatorial contest between that gentleman and Mr. Lincoln. In the Presidential Convention, which shortly followed, Greeley, who had succeeded in gaining admission to the body as a delegate from Oregon, threw his whole influence against the nomination of Mr. Lincoln,—but as all know without avail. And ever since the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln the Tribune has been fault-finding and captious as regards his administration of affairs, radical and conservative by turns, as it could best give expression to its hostility to him. It is now laboring with all its might and main to prevent his re-nomination at the Baltimore Convention in June next. What it was, or is, that has caused this persistent and untiring opposition to a public man whom it is obliged to admit "has acquitted himself most nobly in his trying position," does not appear clear, nor do the editors endeavor to enlighten us, but keep assiduously at work to stir up dissatisfaction, and produce rupture among loyal men, and use as their weapon "glittering generalities," merely for the reason that their course will admit of the use of none other. Many honest, intelligent and patriotic men are to be found, doubtless who are of the opinion that the interests of the country would be better secured by the nomination of some other man than Mr. Lincoln,—yet were he re-nominated would give him a hearty and cordial support. We might think that the Tribune belonged to this class, were it not for its former causeless and bitter opposition to Mr. Lincoln. In this work Greeley is but doing himself an injury. He might as well attempt to change the course of the wind as to attempt to lessen the confidence the people have in "Old Abe." The following extract from the Chicago Tribune is right to the point:

The country is laboring under the "pressure of extraordinary circumstances"—more extraordinary than ever before existed in our Republic. We have a man at the helm in whom the masses of the people repose great faith; a man who is steadily growing stronger in the public confidence; a man whose honesty, integrity and patriotism are not disputed by his bitterest enemies; whose ability to deal with the terrible crisis in which the nation is involved is at least equal, if not superior to that of any man likely to be elected, if he shall be discarded. The country has a certainty in Abraham Lincoln—he has been tried and proven to be pure gold. Is it best to change commanders in the hour of battle, and enter into a heated caucus for a successor—and that too, when the General is evidently driving the enemy to the wall, and is sure of winning the fight? Is it wisdom to think seriously of removing our Commander-in-Chief in the midst of his struggle with traitors and rebels, when he has them more than half conquered, when their wicked cause is clearly lost, and the arms and policy of the Government are on the eve of complete triumph? This is what Horace Greeley advises to be done.