The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-02
A Personal View OF Horace Greeley.

From the New York Tribuncl
The storm of calumny and abuse directed
AGAINST Mr.. Greeley has never been cqlalcd
in our history, and at the and Of the contest
what remains of il: Less than remains OF a
snowfall after day of sunshine. Nothing
has been truthfully alleged against him which
weighs III the least against his good fame.
His character Is nipreglmblc to any assault.
For the last third of Il century he has been
in the hottest of every fight, never seeking
and never avoiding personal controversy,
and has come out of every conflict unstaincd.
He has demolished scores of false and dis
honest regulations. His own has needed no
care and no defence. The very men who are
assailng him to-day know in their hearts
how false are their SANDERS, and how useless
they will be against his permanent renown.
lie is an absolutely honest man, us all men
know. He is just and yet generous. For
his justice never closed his heart to the cry
OF distress, and his generosity never rendered
him incapable Of meeting all his obligations.
AS to his capacity for affairs, that can best
be Judged from two points OF view. His eN-
ecutire ability is seen in the history OF the
Iribuae, which is his own creation, and in
which he has always been absolute. 1t VIII
scarcely be denied that journalism is one OF
themoSt important practical professions, and
that Mr.. Greeley stands coDicsSedly at the
head of the journalism of the age. This is
no accidental or temporary success. 1t has
been achieved by untiriug industry and un-
failing sagacity. The man who has built up
from nothing the most widely-read newspa-
per of the continent will not be likely to fail
in any place requiring the exercise OF ready
and practical sense. There is even less
reason 10 doubt the breadth and trustwortbl-
ness of his views iu public affairs. He has
passed his life contending for prlncl-
pies which sooner or later have become 4
part Of our national system. His views OF
slavery he has seen Incorporated into the
Constitution. His economic principles, after
Years of defeat, were at last successful in
politics, and have for many years prevailed
i'll the legislation OF the country. The abuses
he has attacked have generally fallen. The
measures he has supported have usually be-
come laws. He has, it is true, often been in
4 minority, but it was always Il growing
minority, and the people have always ended
hycomipg up TO him and raiiying around the
standard which he had planted in advance.
81 sometimes lie has seemed alone, it was
always the Isolation Of leader, and never OF
IA stfaggter.
~ bile he has the courage and the quick
ssympathies Of IL letormer, he has also the
snlacties. wisdom and Judgment which every
statesman should huYc. While he WINS the
strongest pillar of the anti-slavery cause in
The North he never shared in the !anaticism
OF those who would destroy the Union to
abolish slavery. He yields to no man in the
Figor .and posltiyeness of his opinions on
questions Of political economy; but he has
never asked for reforms SO sudden and radi.
81 ~ TO degangc the business of the coun-
Try. lie has ,ipenl,,lly contended for open.
Ing to women the widest fields Of effort and