The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02
HORACE GREELEY.

den Of disappointment end sense OF
Bereavement, caused Greeley's death In
either case surprising and Unequal lack
ofmoral stamina is apparent; for such
deaths are sort of suicide giving up
of the virihty and hope of life. Clay and
Calhoun were made of sterner stuff So
was Aaron Burr.
Manton Marble, the brilliant scholar
and highly accomplished journalist who
IS the editorial head of the New York
UI0rld, and who, like the late Henry J.
RAYMOND, and Charles A. Dana of the
.Sl,g. graduated from the Tribune office to
take the part of critic and rival of his
great chief. paid Greeley truthful COM
pIinent when he said, a few years since,
in the World: For slashing, compendious
editorial writing 10 living man is the
equal Of Horace Greeley This is
doubtless a judicious criticism. There
was an eouable eomposure; never
doubling OF his OWE position and his own
powers about Greeley's mental frame
work which made him always ready to
respond to the spirit within him which
sid Write" His English is compact,
lucid. simple and OF the full possible
strength of the language. In allrespects
of journalistic writing he was very re-
nlarkable, almost an Incompatible man.
He was born controversialist: an in
stinctiye statistician; an irrepressible
and an intuitive writer With him,
Ito read and write came by nature" and.
By not forced e1tenuatiOn of the SEEM
insly irreievent but, in this instance and
connection. an entirely respectful quota
ton, ''to be well-favored man WAS gift
of fortune His thoughts absorbed all
his attention: his powers OF concentra-
ton and his genius for application made
him always ready for the brain-work
which came his way By almost unavoid-
able courses His power to perform
mental and physical labor was without a
parallel. He habitually wrote, for years,
three Or four columns. daily, for the
Tribune, and at the same time found time
10 write. "Reminiscences OF Busy
Life What Know About Farming"
The American Conflict and works on
Political Economy and kindred subjects |
in great profusion- While thus busy he |
would lecture ON a half dozen different |
subjects-delivering as many as four or
FIVE lectures week, sometimes; and he |
never seemed to be exhausted: never |
found that long-coyeted leisure time /
when. as he expressed it, he might go a
fishing.
Reuben Z. Fenton killed Horace Gree
ey-had more to do with the killing of
aim than anybody else 1t was through
Fenton's maneuyerings that the New
York Delegation in the Cincinnati Con-
-ention cast their votes for Greeley-and |
hose votes caused his nomination Fen
on and the Tammany Ring and the Be-
leIlians, Whitelaw Ried, Sam Bowles
nd their associates of the Journalistic
Mutual Admiration Society all pulled to-
originating the movement
Il his own behalf, thinking that Greeley
night help 10 carry New York as against
11rant and that thereby Roscoe Conklins
Fould be defeated-and Ried and his
ronies doing their share by way of Illus
rating the power of Bohemia and the po-
tieal influence Of the Independent Press
Ireeley was weak enough to be fattered
nte the attitude of candidate. Sehurz
nd the other conspirators fooled him
18th an idea of his popularity and
trength before the people. His excited
.nbition beclouded his Judgment. 1t is
o wonder that a man 50 demoralized
Id turned inside out, should, when the
II was lifted and misfortune was added
the most dreadful bereavement that
IN befalI an old man, the loss of his 3
ife, it is no wonder lie died. It is
ercy to him, SO marked and prominent
4 object for the scoTn and uncharities
nd unsparing criticisms of the world,
lat death did come to his relief.
Everybody knows his history. He was :
'rn IN Amherst, New Hampshire, Feb.
ISL. He would, therefore, have been
yty-tWo wears of ACE had he Ev,a1 r1ufiJ | =