Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-25
HORACE GREELEY.
what ". y. Robinson t"Riehe-
lieu" Thinks of Kim.
Ftou /. r.esu! .peesh d Brooklrp.

From recent speech ~ Brooklyn.
Over thirty years sgo, while in Yale Col
lege, IL was my good fortune 10 become &C
quaiu,ed with Horace Greeley. Il was be.
fore the Tribune was started, and while he
was editing The Nstr Yorker and L9g CdhiH.
soon after the Tribune WAS established / Be-
came ITS Washington CORES pondeDt, and
was connected with IL, as correspondent at
assistant editor, for ten or twelve wears
Alter ceaslug TO be his correspondent aud
assistant, was for nearly ten years his
lawyer. saw much OF him, had much cor
respcudeuce With him, aud ought 10 know
him veil, aod be able 10 give a proper esti-
mate OF his character, aud such al estimate
as ! an able TO give ! shall submit 10 you,
my ueIshoors and friends, in eli truth and
sincerity.
some things oNu be said Of Horace Gree.
ley which no hoeisr even dare question. lie
iss natarAl Democratic Espubhcan OF the
best type. Barns was noy ~ truer Demo
Graf, nor was Jefferson plrer Republican
venture 10 say that no msu could detect a
change IN his cOuutsnancs, whether a
Duke asked him tor informal or an out
cast solicited aims. With him, above oil
msn ] ever knew, rank aud wealth are moth
rug manhood - the gold, and mind the
true nobility. He 10 the ablest writer and
Iournsisuc chief Amoug the giant iuIelIects
Of oar day HIS life 10 one OF singular
purity aud simplicity he never iorge,s his
friends. HIS word once given, and YOU can
stake your life on its performances, and hi.
monaghan, written on his face aud ia bis
heart by tbs A lnighiy and inscribed b. b N.
self on every step OF bis career, from the
dawn OF early childhood TO the noon Of hon
ored manhood, IL honesty. His charity il
unboundsd. | oAu convey no idea Of this
trait OF hlt character. Hour after hour, and
daily, have sssn the destitute aud hear
broken Of both sexes, the unfortunate out.
cAsts and wanderers from all climss, and oil
classes, invade the sVer-Open door Of his
cnarIy, aud never have / seen anyone sent
empty AsAy while he had q shilling, or
could bofros one2 often looked on with
amalsmeat, knouing bis anti patty to whisky
aud tobacco as have seen some poor crea.
turo whom he had known 10 earlier days.
staggering 10 his desk and asking for relief
which was not denied, even under the Ger
tAiuty that II would BE- left 10 the first bar
room. | have ssau his hat fall Of protested
notes on which he had lent money, and
wheu ai his laTysr, have rem 1nstrAtsd with
him Tor takiag suoh paper, ne usually re.
piled that any ons would lead on good pa per
IL was those that could not borroW else
where, and GU paper negotiable nowhere,
that complimsntsd him with thsir business.
He - q siagulsfly pure and modest man.
la thirty years Of pretty intimate acquAin
tance, / nsVer heart him u,s a word that
would bring the slightest fliter Of crimson
10 the purssl cheek that uomAnhood ever
unvailsd TO society. / do not believe thai
he ever tod CT could be induced to listen to
a vulgar story. Add this almost supsrhu
mAu purity Of character Is perhaps what has
made MIN such a iAyOriie among talented
and refined women. For. though woman
was the cause Of our losing Eden, she
broughI With her more than man did Of its
purity, aud It's llSs would have been intol
cradle # Adam had failed 10 bring her With
him.
But there are things 10 this character
Sboa' which people differ, or pretend to diff
tsr' E'sa those Who e0ncede 10 him the
sieH vir'uss have mentioned pretend 10
eus's MS election to the Presidency
'nlousn lear that he lacks sound Judgment,
eAeouu'e ability, financial skill and dis
unw'nA"On OF character. How wofully
neI are mistaken who sssm to see the
n ',,. OF tnoae su'pleions, his election and
ori,llAnt Administration will show. / have
had some experience AuoaT public msn
Tor many years at Washington; | have
knoWn intimately most Of the ,lu,tr;ons
American statesmen Of the second r.psr,.
non-ClAy, Webster, Calhoun, Cri.tsudsp.
MAag9u and othera-And never knew nry
ouo nose Judgment was more keen and
uusI''ls, whose IDEAS Of executive manage
n1 Nsrs more enlarged and liberal, whose
o-ieuEs o. haAnee aud political economy
estimate Of character was more onioI 40