The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-02-14

- Some of fthe papers are pubishing an anu
sing article written By Stephen Z. Branch on
( Horace Greeley. Branch is a half-wltted cid
man; who, has been sort oftcrCor to prominent
politicians for the past ten years. He has sort
of faacied wrongs to right, aud mania for pub
; fishing, his. personal troubles 10 the world. So
from time TO time he has eommcnced the print
Ing of new$pap pcrS il which he has told alt kinds
of scandale2.S tales about his imaginary torment
ofS- One Of his faStsproductionS was so SANDER
sous in itStoae,that the injured parties had him
arrestedan and put in Jail. .He-swrote piteoRs ap-
peals t5allof them to let him out, but none took
= notice of him but Horace Greeley usedshis
influence, for his release Upon breathing the
air Of freedom once more, Brarch seized the pen
and rushed into the arena with 4 new paper,
which hes calls 'sThe Resurrcctionist." His lead
, er is apon his new savior, Greeley, and the way
he serves hinlup is exciting thcriSibiiteS of the
p 'sphilosopbersn contemporaries. a few extracts
win exhibit Greeley from the Branch standpoint,
andsit must be borne in mind that the writer
does not end to be satiricab bEti& expressing
: In his own peculiar way his honest convictioEs
srs 'sThe Grecians wept when Socrates died, and
the Americans will~wrep when Horace Greeley
-fes 7 so intensely love this man that'l weep
- N anticipation ofhis death. / loye his classic
head a:.d ee4.i+l haap4,~ a7ttt -ptain- demeanor.
love him h.crsc he loves his species like the
Saviour, and because his humane career resem-
bles the Sariour,s The miracles of Horace
Greeley viii be appreciated by coming genera
tionS, and the magic Of his carpet-bags- will be
z andying history Heis the poor mans friend,
and because he has fought the battlesof the poor
and eusiaved, the rich deride ard despisc him,
and would cruelty him as they did the Saviour.
= He has been terrible adverSarE>to official iber
tines and pipudcrerS, and in the absence of an
elective Judiciary, he would hare burned them
alive. | chiefly mean the ljbestineS III our pub
lie schools who allure and coerce> the teacher
and scholars into dens Of infamy, and the plum
asderers who steal our taxes even faster than they
s impose them, and thus drive-us into attics and
cellars and the winter air, and freeze and starve
mothers and children, and drive lovely virgins
into PROSTITUTION for bread and into 1nuacy, sui
eide, and Potter's Field. His great heart, with
Its tears and smiles and sunshine, has penetrated
the hungry and ghaStiy abodes of white men,
and the ungodlY slaYe-pens of black men, who
lore MIN next to the Deity" -~.- 5---.-
e There is mach more IN this strain, in which
the writer iRdnges in some bold metaphors after
. the manuer Of Beecher. Then, he proceeds to
r.. descant on the personal loneliness of, his new
idot:
'sHe hates Glth lust, Incidence, alcohol, tobac
co, mirrors, perfumes, backing and gorgeous
,neekties, and weepS over the time squandered i'll
Z the decoration Of the body instead Of the intel
lect, He loves. water, and bathes daiy from
January TO December. He>listens j ore than he
( talks he does not stare. One glance isenopgh-
for him Few can face his eyes, becaase truth
and FIRE are In them, as in the meridiaa snn.
Money cannot win his heart, nor buy his judg-
meHt.'1 ..sx.-. -
8ad finally Branch concludes his extraordi-
nary enlogium with the folIo&ing brilliant pcror-
atom: s.. r., e
- STORAGE Greeley's soul will 60 directly to
Heaven, but@the souls of Benhett, Raymond,
) Weed, Seward, Hall and Bernard will,take cir
< cditous routes" =. - - -
-. The article has been sre-pnbIished in al the
morning papers except the Tribune 1t was a
little too heavy for Horace.