, 1869-06-19

HENRY JARVIS RAYMoNp.

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~ -. ~ .de ps1"e OF manly y'gor
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;,se.s.e @ ~ w s'mes"ng 1a o1 the rotundity O
.a...A as Aso' @efe mas seemed to be ut
,hat ....s.s.s,,. As eoAss!'aeonA1 strength
A.@:at-aa - e.aole ,.n power OF endurance and q
T;s.sas ~ .aA "44teu aa7e Always dlshn
o.. ' "4'u ~ "1uca ne owed the emf
-. po1 ne LAS attained rs journal
"s e-u pa"ac @aa Like most successfu
as"el'Ape1 men his career began Ii writing
~ ~ sAo 1a;-".s 4ol tne press In inter
..h.:, ply Ie-eAe OUT scantJ
s.:1A oao partly, perhaps, as relax
- ~ e'aoy o1 tne law Thlct
Aoant 10, tonow as profession. B1,
..1.,. - 'esl me lteu York Tribune wal
e,tso1aahed, ha abandoned the Law and
cpea' Win great haaftiness, the mora
1 hl ca1hng Of editor, and became Mr.
9n aafessant. To his ability and In
:.a y, seconded By the business talent Of
80 ' III. Mctlrath, who took it in
eon 1tef 1s commencement and
;,a 49,. LUZ speedy end, that paper owe
o 4he daily newspaper Of
fron tt,. - ~ - ".s setJ a'f1esent thing
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1ah,, ~ ...,.:sre. - '4a.on ol complicated
1non NJ n., VI oot'es deTogved
ca7sxra.,a... 4S sd'1of, reporter OF
mani da-s.,s 1no eo8enes Oh the mo-
~ ra, noeo- 1hns' on certain day,
"eos.s1 was to make an important
FINN ~ ' 49,, aaa III. raymond vent
b;,, w. va " report 1t, taking with
co-ns ~ . epe oa phonographists, but
T.lna se ~ A4'o'a win tnelr cases Of type.
~ :. 1es 49, eue speeen OF the great orator
h;n, ~ - ~ I.of MS 1oackness enabled
,.-tss. So - Nais way, report almost Is
~ - anox1aand-hs returned
his conx ~ - .. ~ Ne~ 1off' wrote out
n,irt.,x as last AZ his
extra Tr;s,n- 1.s.t: !: ", ana issued it in an
Hwas eneryx ah,1;.., - aou " nus afnva1
sott. vhensva, ,....;s pt'se q This
uupreced.n,a5 :. - e~4eu 4os H. and
paper sn.cas,t,1 , Nn<as nade the
durable for,a.t;1 a4a the
success AZ a ;r-,r..,;-. ms oWn
cepted an ofs. f. n 46ts he 40
rs assistant a,,;.as oAt 4s sanes watson Webb
ouiyr- -rts.s ~ 'ue eoafser and Ea-
when h. sst.t,:. ne remained TIL 1851,
he h.s s,s~ anea me 1tmes, Of which |
n'as1ng 1t one Of the most sucoassfn, na,
Ps In Tue country, and Of wide inf1nsno,
espeelalS In tha politics Of New York.
mont d;at;n,.;s.. .A1e ~. raymond has
had he devntaa ~ uiinssn, ,e and be might,
so,e1v t, ~. - f'on11les and energies
sncl, -, eas'on' have acquired, as |
r,;r5 u.s.s, power over the public 4
tn,a ~ et'sa aS writer, his wide cul- I
lure LIS energy as business man. hia I'M :
nense faculty Of industry. and h;a 1.-o.
knowledge Of men and nf7aira. na,v,1;,-54 4.
40Adhed him for the successful ionrn.1;et
rs politician he haa been lesa so.ce.efnl ,
tnough his zise 70. time vns rrp;d r. =
oNs he wa elected member of d.
oa'e Leg1s!aturs By the Whies Of Yas dia-
fnct, and he very soon DISTINGUISHED him. =
self as debater and for his a,tn&ae a,
legislative busines. Chosen for sec.,nd =
tenn, in 1850, he Wa made SpeaAr of Ma -
HOUSE; in 1854 be vas electad T;antans.. ~ 80 ., =
Governor; in the Whie National cony.1 :, -
ton Of 1852, at Baltimore, he took annctivo i.
part, end IN the first Republican Hation.l n
Convention, Mt Pittsburgh, in 1856. ha draw !;
up Tho Address to the People, coming to the ~
front during all this period Cd his life II
49, ~A+~ ~eAA4No~ oA'Os<a&S "a 1tRGtS II
and Of snd-slaVesy doctrine, SO far as they Il
Eere accepted BY the party with which he u
Fas identified In the politics ID hie own II
State, he joined his forces to those Of Sow u
ard and Weed, rs opposed to oreelsy, n
who visited hin odd editorial cesd@otor with i,
large share Of the bitter hostility which he r
felt toward his carly political partners +,
During that cheated tern" " Of politics in s,
New York, ths publication Of ca1tain pti- n
vnte, and by no ueans creditable, Letters, Ii
affixed, for time, upon Mt. Raymond
q sou3rqnt given By AIr. Greeley,
which was accepted much more as laugh
able Indication Of tho political and pe.> P
soaA 1ancot Of the editor Of the Tribune :.
thLn as true description Of the character c
of the cditor Of The Times. a
After the Fremont campaign Of 1856 IN d
which slr. Raymond took an active pat. he Il
appeared little in politics, e1oept a he edi. v
tor Of his raper, til lsGa. when he War ~ R
turned to Congreas. He aspired, it was ii
supposed, to the leadership Of his pasty in d
that body, and it would, no doubt, have y
t,aa7, .lo3 l