William Alexander Linn, Horace Greeley Founder and Editor of The New York Tribune

[51] paper. It printed in full the leading speeches of the day, made a feature of the campaign news of the different States, gave, with every number, the words and music of a campaign song (Weed thought the music unnecessary), and used illustrations occasionally. The Democrats opened the campaign with a volley of attacks on General Harrison, belittling his military and civil capacity, and raking up for use against him every public expression of his that would serve their purpose. The Log Cabin defended its candidate vigorously, under such headings as “Another Slander Nailed,” “The Devices of Baseness,” and urged non-partizan voters to support Harrison because he was the representative of Madison's view “that a President who should remove officers for political opinions alone would be justly liable to impeachment.” The Log Cabin announced that it would not print articles “assailing the private character of Mr. Van Buren, or any of his supporters,” but in doing so it gave this keen thrust: “We do not think it at all material to the present contest to prove Mr. Van Buren a slippery lawyer, dishonest as a man, or incorrect in private life. We have no warfare with him as an individual.” As election day approached, the paper's efforts in behalf of its