Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-12-12

ed tears .
We have really no heart for the du
ty which is laid upon us on this occa-
sion. If our feelings would permit us
to take the position of mere outside
spectators, the fit thing for us to do
woul' be to make just, uncolored es-
timate OF MIR. Greeley's character and
caicer. But the circumstances of his
death strike us as so inexpressibly
tragic and affecting, that we have no
command of our critical faculties. 1t
is difficult to think of anything beyond
the grief-lnspirlng spectacle of such a
death following so swiftly upon the
great eclipse and extingulshment of
the hopes which Mr.. Greeley had good
reasons for entertaining during some
stages of the recent, crushing canvass.
The Journal Of Commerce saws:
OF the multitudes who will learn
with sorrow of the death of Horace
Greeley, there are few, perhaps, who
VIII not feel peculiar regret on ac-
count of the passage in his career at
which 1t occurred, following close up-
on the utter failure of an eager attenpt
to transfer himself from class of pub.
lie service to which he was peculiarly
| adapted, and in which he had achieved
I greatness, to a different walk in which
his limited experience had indicated an
unlitness that would have made the
| success of his recent aspirations a sad
disaster The episode of the just end
ed Presidential campaign was, how
/ ever, too slight matter, when com.
| pared with the res. Of Mr.. Grecley's
\ long career. To throw anv heavy cloud
I on his real merits and solid achieve.
ments and though he survived his de
feat but a short time, that time was
long enough for him to display, in re-
suming his proper work, the same
CHEEKY and self-helpful spirit with
which he had risen from many prcvi-
Gus reverse
The Times SAYS:
'Mr. Greeley died shortly before
o'clock last evening, and there is not n
man IN any part of the country who
VIII not receive the news with sorrow.
Mr.. Greeley has made great mark
IN American history. and his loss in
journalism Is one which cannot be re-
placed. When people spoke of tile
Tribune, they meant Mr.. Greeley, for
lie was the life and soul Of that iour-
nal-without him. il is an empty shell.
We present elsewhere fair review OF
Mr. Greclcy's liic-hs name ami rep-
utation are no longer in ANY DANGER.
Full justice will be done 10 him. and
II ne icll INTO crrors-as who has not ?
they will not be remembered now.
The incidents Of his last sickness were
peculiarly distressing, and from all
that we can learn, his reyerses duriug
the late campaign cannot alone account
for them. Had he been successful. tnr
probabilities are that he would moi
i'ave lived, 50 ovcrtaxcd was hi.
strength, and So utterly broken down
seems 10 have been his constitution
The Iahors and eXcitemcrt OF the can
vasS we're more than his hoiv or mind
could bear. DR.. Hammond, one Of the
most distinguished surgeons in the
land, told 4 reporter on Thursday thnt
he had heard Mr.. Greeley became de-
mcnted even before the election II
would seem incredible that his friends
should have kept this fact from the
public knowledge, if we did not know
that they concealed the equally impor
tant fact of his mental alteration and
fatal illness until Wednesday last
lhis extraordinary conrse is ONLY To, /
characteristic ofthc utter lack of iudg. |
ment and proper feeling which Nj. |
Grecley's friends have displayed in
reference to him fDr months past. The /
lot Of the surviving children Of the |
great journalist is peculiarly mourn
iul, Within very few weeks they
nave lost both their parents. sorrow
has descended unon them Il, il 4
whrlwlnd. One Of them. ut least. has /,
been called upon u pass through trl-
ais, IN the course Of Il young life. such
rs are sometimes spared even those
who survive the allotted span Of three
scorr years and ten. To this faithful
daughter, afflicted far beyond her
strength and years, the hearts Of the
American. people will 90 ont il earnest
sympathy; and they will hope that if
human friendship fails to alleviate her
heavy sorrows, she will find consola-
ton Ill those immortal promises which
alone can render tile burdens Of this
world tolerablc
1--WE shall not ATTEMPT at
this moment to do justice to Mr.. Gree
ley rs Il journalist and public man.
His life is part of the history of the
country dullng the last thirty Years.
and the time has not vet come when
1T can be impartially considered. 1t
Is certain that Mr.. Greelev's name will
always be honored in connection with
The antl-slavery struggle, and with
many important measures which he
fought for with remarkable yigor
SIMPLY because he believed they were
right. Into these subjects we will not
now enter, for the country is scarcely
rid of the din and turmoil of a mem.
orable election. in which Mr. Greeley
himself played memorable and an
unhappy part. Historians will do
justice to Mr.. Greeley. and in the
meanwhile his countrymen would be
strangely forgetful if they failed to
pay due tribute to his memory. He
has been before them for almost a gen
| Grafton. and he has had their conf
dence IN many trying periods Of our
history. Let US now remember only
his virtues and his genius
The Herald says:
Thus has ended the great career of
the founder and distinguished editor of
! the New Iord Tribune. He has. in a
mistaken aspiration for higher field
OF usefulness and power and glory.
fallen sacrifice to his political am
btion. He had failed to appreciate
the commanding position which he had
secured as leading American Journal
ist, and in leaving it to pursue the
igais fatuus of the Presidency he drop