Litchfield enquirer., 1872-12-05
HORACE GREELEY.

The Su11c2 change rom unDoCnueu Ieurer1ztion to unbOunded appreciation of Mfr. Greeley which has followed his tragic death Is not a pleasant feature of our iozKnAliKzn After partisanship has said all is can say that is bad of some great man, during his life, it is quite the custom to decorate his grave with all those flowers of rhetoric that are so readily shaped by the pen of the experienced journalist. It Is humane custom, but charity to the dead is a very poor substi- tuse for charity to the living. The tragic circumstances attending MT. Greeleys death: for he vas Filled; the benevOlence and honesty of his character have rem dered the demonstrations of regard for the man vastly more genuine than the showerx of abuse that few weeks since greeted him at every turn
 We say NIT. Greeley was killed. His constitution vas sapped by violations of those natural laws that no man can vio- late with impunity; for though a most temperate liver, he was a most in- temperate worker. Still his dangerous 0ver-wOrk and the pressure of private anlaetiOn would hardly have hastened him so rapidly to the grave had not his unexAmpled political disaster left him no heart tO meet his lesser dangers. His very sensitive nature made defeat pecu- hArly aggravating to him. Repeatedly during the war he seemed to despair of the repablic-to be ready to make con- sessions that would certainly have been its ruin That he should bear unprece- dsnted persODal misfortunes any better than unprecedented national misfortunes us could not reasonably expect.
 Sad as has been the manner of MT. Greeleyis death 1t was m one sense fortu- nate. He uncOnsiOusly staked his life on the success of his great enterprise, and failing paid the forfeit, not theatrically, but with the simple dignity that became great American
 That any subsequent career of his could have been of any great value to his coun- try ve see little ground for imagining. The natural radicals of one generation are tke natural conservatives of the next. The young man starts out like the young plan es. red-hOt As he cOOls with age he los es the capacity for radical changes that distinguish his early manhood. After sixty his eye turns back to the past in stead of looking forward to the future. Indeed. now that the doctrine of male equality seems permanently established, we could see little if any available radi- eAIiSm left in MT. Greeley, and his change over to political conservatism has always seemed to us the following out of a nat nFsl tendency rather the betrayal of cher ished convictions.
 In one regard the death of Mir. Greeley Is very important With him dies the Individuality. the personality, of the only great New York daily that gave expression to tAe personality, the individuality, of single man What the effect will be on the New York Tribune of losing its posi- tloa @s the chief leader of great political party. and the Individuality Horace Gree Icy impressed upon it, We cannot under take Co guess Whatever the Tribune may bs in the future it will be a very diff tere11 thing from the Tribune of the past.
 The struggle over civil service reform between the president and Congress bids fair t0 occupy much time this session. Those COngressmen who think that the saesess of the Republican party depends upon the public spells it can divide are 1eteruiRed to repeal all existing Civil Service Reform legislation.
 The past week has been a most remark ahle oae- In America has occurred the deztA of Mr. Greeley. In Europe the re. HaarkAble struggle between the Prussiar Hs1ss of Peers. the King and the popu. lAr bEanrh, continues: while the truce be. tgsea the Eoaarchical and the republican ideas la France. 50 long and so skillfully mAintaiHed by President Thiers, is at last hrukna- 1t IS astonishing, the tendency of great events to huddle into short spaces of tiHG
 The heEOss.a Sf draw tender at the BrSagepoxt bridge saved an entire trair fro@ gOsng into the draw. By superhu zza exezSSOa< and al she risk of his life Denmls Calgzn succeeded m closing ths sEEAw l1zs as the train passed over. Tho pgaper signal had been made to show that the draw was open but was disregarded hT 2Ae <zESaesE
 TAe s1cOx1er" in Chicago and North WezAzEz E&lfrOaa stock vas partially bro. kEm. early l.sa week, and Dsaw and his hsuAAer .-ee2Ez- were able to settle at from Ioa to I3x They lose very heavily, nev. axsAeze&2
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