Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-07
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HORACE GREELEY,s DEATH.

Greeley, although the sad event was
not wholly unexpected, yet the news
shocked the country as it has seldom
been in its history. lie brcathed
his last at The residence Of DR..
Choatc, near Pleasantvillc, y. y,
on Friday night the 29th Of NOyem-
Der. His wife, the cherished COM
panion Of forty years, entered the
dark valley but q few days before
him. The arduOus labOrs Of the
late Presidential canvass, and the
ceaseless watchings by the bedside
of his dying wife, dcranged his
strong nervous system, and partial
Is dethroned his magnificent intel
lect. He fingered but a few days
after taking his bed, and those were
days OF partial darkness 10 his once
sun-like mind. His life is worthy
Of the study and emulation Of fu-
ture ages. Young men should read
it, and profit by the lessons it teach
es. He was a sclf-madc man, one
who had trod the thorny paths OF
poverty, and who, by ceaseless dill
gence, and splendid genius, guided
by high purposes, climbed the tall
est heights of Fame. Born in the
valley, he died upon the mountains
top.
For the information of our read
ers we give the following brief
sketch of his life:
Mr.. Greeley was born at Amherst,
New Hampshire, Feb. Sd, 1911. He
was educated in the district free
school of Amherst, and in Vermont.
He served an apprenticeship in an
East Poultney, Vermont, newspa-
per, and started life in New York
as journeyman printer. Soon he
became an editor, and after engag-
ing in several newspaper enterprises,
founded the New York Tribune, the
most influential and powerful polit-
ical paper in the country. As edi-
tor of this great paper his principal
literary and political fame rests. In
1876 he served an unexpired term in
Congress, and in the last thirty
years published several valuable
works on various subjects. He was
an anti-slavery Wing up to the dis
solution of that grand old party,
and then he became the ablest and
most conscientious leader of the
Republican party. A philanthropist
by nature, his great tender heart
sympathized with the suffering and
oppressed throughout the world;
and yet while he made war against
the institution of slavery to the bit
ter end, he was the first i'm all the
North, of his party, to lift up a
helping hand, and speak words Of
kindness and hope to the whites of
the South.
His last ineligible words were,
Il know that my Redeemer liveth, -
and after an interval, at is done.''
Yes, "it is DONE" One of the
brightest stars in the American sky
has disappeared forever, and yet
like a setting sun leaving light of
matchless splendor behind.
For over thirty years Mr.. Greeley
has been a central figure around
which has gathered the greatest
questions and interests of the age.
Like ali great minds, when stimu-
lated by profound convictions and
guided by high, earnest purposes,
he made bitter enemies as we'll as
devoted friends, and has been equal
ly the subject of unmeasured abuse
and exaggerated panegyric. Hence,
while the history OF his life will be
to pOsterity mine of wealth and
an imperishable heritage, yet we
doubt that it can now be truthfully
written. Napoleon the Great from
his dying bed on the desolate rock
of st. Helena, bequeathed to the
next century the task and honor of
writing his life, urging that it would
require the lapse of an hundred
years before the world could do him
justice. We do not think that it
will require so long a time for the
party antagonisms and hates which
beset Mr.. Greeley's life, to subside,
and yet we doubt il the present
generation can judge him fairly
We leave the analysis OF his char
acter and public life to the future,
confident, however, that whether
viewed as an editor, statesman, phi
losopher or philanthropist, his name
viii shine as brightly as the bright
est on the scroll OF esrth's immor-
telles.
His body was viewed by $4,000
people on Tuesday, and such de-
monstrations of sorrow, especially
among the poor, was seldom ever
seen in any age. He was buried in
the city ofNew York on Wednes-
day, amid the most solemn and i'm
posing public ceremonies ever wit
messed in that city. The President,
Vice President and Cabinet were in
the procession, which was three
miles in length. Every bell in the
great city tolled from II a. m. until
5 p m, and every house along the
line of march to the Cemetery was
draped in mourning. Public meet,
ings of sympathy have been held all
over the nation, and the highest
honors paid the grand old statesman
and philanthropist throughout the
world.
EVERYTHING in the Grocery line,
at BROOKS & HUBBARD's.