The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-04
WEDNESDAY. -. DECEMBER 4. 1872.
HORACE GREELEY.

or Mr.. GREELEY.--ln the House of i Repre-
sentatives on Monday Mr.. Dawes (Republi.
cam, OF Massachusetts, rose and said: Mr..
Speaker, believing that all will concur in the
proprietS of public recognition of events,
so impressive aud so without parallel IN the
history of this Government, that have re-
Gently transpired, deem 1t proper to offer
the following resolution:
"Resotred By the Senate and House of
Representatives., In view OF the recent death
Of Horace Greeley, for whom at the late
election more than three million votes We're
cast for President, that q record be made in
the journals of Congress Of appreciation Of
the eminent services and personal purity and
worth OF the deceased. and Of the sad i'm
preston created by bis death following 8
keen family bereavement" rr.e.-
Mr.. Cox, of New York, said: III desire to
add a word to the resolution OF condolence
and sympathy offered bS my friend from
Massachusetts. have the honor to reside
in that part Of the city Of New York once
represented by Mr.. Greeley in the American
Congress. This country has heard with pro-
found sorrow Of the tragical death of one of
its most illustrious citizens--Rorace Greeley.
His demise creates void impossible TO fill
in American Journalism, society, and life.
His remarkable services were Illustrated by
practical charities, enlarged beneYolence,
earnest thought, and independent express
sion. In the various qualities of mind and
character he is All example Of and incentive
to that sturdy self-relance and unrestpg
enterprise which distinguish American man
hood. Therefore it is eminently just and
wise that at the sad termination OF bis long
and useful career we should make public
recognition ef this event. His last years
have been SiIvered over by generosity and Il
large system of amnesty, and it is honorable
to follow him thus in the silent dignity Of
DEATH" s-'
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
SOME OF Mr.. sREELEY's WAYS. as
from the Indianapolis Sentinel-edlted by an old
Tribune man.
The life of Greeley was two-fold. No man
knew him; few understood him, and the
nation that be gave his life for comprehend
ed him least of all. There is nothing more
opposite than the scene that Shakespeare con-
jures in Julius Caesar to typify the end Of
that mans career, Il was not the wound
| Casca gave, or the rabble of conspirators
that smote the conqueror of the world, but
! the deep ingratitude of Brutus-" then burst
his mighty heart "-tbe misconStruction of
| his friends; the incredible tide Of fal>ehood
|
ton that future years of honest, upright,
open endeavor could be obscured in as many
days, wore upon his heart and brain, and
in the terrific reverse of popular judgment
snapped the vital tie that held him to life.
He was of SO confding nature that he be-
lieyed feryently to tho last that the people
that he had watched and guarded, whose
best interests he had made his own, would
Indignantly rcpel the atrocious calumnies
that an ignoble rabble had put upon the
winds; and in the verdict of November he
realized that character has no sanctity, and
upright men no claim. against the power Of
place and an unthinking public sentiment.
His mind was in all things so completely unA
| sentimental that before the election, wien the
impending result grew clearer and cleal er,
the press at large foretold with per-
feet confidence in minute detail the way
the old editor would return 10 his post.
He did try it, bit beyond the note of bis
announcement of the assumption Of his
place. the Tribune gave no evidence of his
pen. His home ties were very strong, yet
never derlonstratiye. He lavished unstinted
affection on bis youngest daughter, Gabrielle,
who rcseubled her father in many ways.
He formed friendly ties in very unexpected
placeS-the political editor Of the World,
Mr.. Ivory Chamberlath, has long been a
trusted friend, and much of the time his
house was the dead mans temporary home
and that of his daughter. His industry was
marvellous. While in New York; no aan Oh
the Tribune contributed more matter, OF
Of more general character: In addi-
ton 10 this, he was constantly contribu-
ting to current periodicals, and his
private correspondence, carried on in
his own hand, was prodigious. He wrote
with the greatest facility, his desk standing
high enough to reach bis china method
that he preferred, that he might keep erect
and preserve his lungs. In his little room,
thirty by fifteen, just above the counting
room of the 7rtGnne, he sat all day and pre-
pared his copy for the printer, and received
The innumerable throng that poured in to
gain his eur. He was generally very patient
I; but seldom cordial He listened to the bust.
ness on hand, and then made his response,
and without ado turned straight to his desk
| obiYious of the intruder, and continued his
work. To majority Of the Tribune people
he was u perfect stranger, rarely appearing in
the editorial department. He had an over
!; whelming pride in the paper, and watched
Its columns every day, and any error of state
mcut or inaccuracy OF date brought instant
reproach to the culprlt in the shape of nots
from the managing editor, or occasionally
from Mr.. Greeley himselfs-if he were tot
impatient to wait the intermediate process
, 1t is an inetlaceable tradition that he was ;
man of untempered profanity. In an cxpe
! rience of some time, the writer can attes
that no onth was ever heard--even wher
there seemed ample proyocation for exple'
tiYes.
Mr.. Greeley abominated formal gatherings
but very greatly enjoyed the little simple
entertainment Of the Cary sisters, Which
he attended pretty regularly. He was also
frrnuent]y lured to the literary receptions
of his sister, Mrs. Cleveland, where ne dis
p,aved himself in his most unreseryeo
moods. He frequently enlvened the com
pany by reading selections from bound
COW of his old framed and youthful Journa
ljstic venture, the Ne,D- Yorker. lie was de.
lirbted'to meet famous writers and actors, Hnc
discoursed familiarly on the most unexpected
details of the specialists. His mind seemed
nm enormous storehouse Of the most varied
information, and his brain perfectly
adjusted receptacle, where he found ut viii
The things he needed. He could sit down
without memorandum OF any sort ana Wrlte
two-co,umn article, discussing past events
and trayersing laws and utterances, Wlthou'
q yerifcation or re-reading.
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EcoRATIoNs-ELoQUENT ADDR EssEs Ex'
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