Page "Horace Greeley" Paragraph 16

Although after 1860 he increasingly lost control of the Tribune ’ s operations, and wrote fewer editorials, in 1864 he expressed defeatism regarding Lincoln ’ s chances of reelection, an attitude that was echoed across the country when his editorials were reprinted.

Oddly he also pursued a peace policy in 1863 – 64 that involved discussions with Copperheads and opened the possibility of a compromise with the Confederacy.

Lincoln was aghast, but outsmarted Greeley by appointing him to a peace commission he knew the Confederates would repudiate.