Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-12-06

Z February 81. 1911. of poor and respectable
Z family. of Scotch-IriSh extraction. His par
ents. though poor. were By no means igno-
rant. and had that respect for education
I which Is felt By all classes in New England,
and especially by that to which Mr. Tree
ley's parents belonged. a. Offering mean,
Of obtaining social position for their chill
dren. higher than their own. To the credit
of Zaccheu> Greeley and his wife Mary. il
should be said. that discerning the promise
Of eminence made by Horace Greeley in his
youth. they made every exertion to give him
the best education within their power, and
at thirteen he graduated At the district
school Of West Haven, Vermont, whittier
his parents lad removed He had, through
hi> love of books and reading, conceived A
strong desire to become printer, and after
one or two vain attempts to procure EN-
ployment. entered the Office OF the Northern
Spectator. East Poultney. Vermont, in ls26,
a. an apprentice. and remained at the Office,
learning his trade. and assisting in the edi-
torial department, until 1890. when he left
East Poultney Vermont, 20 seek hi, fortune
For a long time it seemed a. though he
would seek fortune in vain. and after EN-
deayorinc uu>lccr~sfully o. start himself IN
business i'm several towns Of Pennsylvania
and New York, be repaired To New York
city in search Of employment. Afteralmost
giving up in despair. be found odd JOBS
which served To keep the wolf from the door.
/ Young aai conscious of the possession of
talents of high order. Mr. Greeley helie,-
ed be could succeed where Others had failed.
and accordingly started in company with
/ F.N. story. cheap daily paper. the Morning
/ Post. which had @ short life Of little more
! than month After the death of the Post
Mr.. Greeley and his partner carried on ajob
printing business until the death of the lat
Ter by drowning. when his place was taken
by iona, Winchester. Far from being dis
courag-d hy the failure % the Post the
Young men started in 1884 the N1r YORKER.
weekly paper devoted principally To liter
atur hut having department, for news and
politics. of thi. paper Mr Greeley Was
editor, and "a, tie end Of Two year il sac-
cess appearing To- be assured, the partner
ship was dissolved and Mr. Grerl-y became
the proprietor Of the paper In the same
year, l736 Mr.. Greeley was married 20 Nj
Mary y. Cheney, Young i.iy whom be had
met at Grahamite boarding house. where
both ardent Grahsmite~. boarded Wiki
great difficulty the Var Yorker weathered
the monetary crisis Of l-3-. and iu Isl IFS
publication was suspended. Meanwhile Mr.
Greeley'> ability as well a. his devotion TO
the Wing part, had attracted the attention
of 1hurlow Weed and other leading W hig~
and he was selected to edit political sheet.
the JfesonlGu. published in Albany. 10 I
the Harrison campaign of $50 Mr. Gree.e' .
edited the Log CAIN. campaign sheet, .
which attained wide circulation and at
tr,ctei universal attention 20 the ability of /
it. editor Mr. Greeley. az the conclusion .
paper. and 0H the lcth Of April. ISL. xix
DAY, after the death Of President Harrison
and the day on whish great funeral
pageant in his honor was witnessed By New
ork, the first copy Of the I'rl5uus was pup-
li~hed. In this enterprise Mr. Greeley had
the editorial assistance Of the late
Henry J Raymond, and Mr.. tieo. NJ. snow
took charge Of the financial department.
The paper soon obtained good circula-
tion which increased every day, and under
the editorial direction OF Mr.. Greeley, and
the business direction of + Mcllrath, y h1
joined him in the enterprise. became a great
success. The history of the Irij1Re, is
success and it, character, are too well known
NJ my com AIr d
~taunch Wing and Proteciioni>t and laborei
zealously though yainly for the election of
Clay, his idol, in loi4. In ISIS be- was
elected TO the National House Of Represen-
tatiys- IL 1T out an unexpired term. and
distinguished himself by his opposition to
the abuses Of the mileage system. In the
Of ISIS he opposed the nominal
ton Of ten. Taylor. and though he did not
bolt, gave him unwilling support. F0ur
year> later he worked for General Scott, ana
a. in lsj@was again IN the defeated party I
W hen during President Pierce : admlnistru .
ton the kansaS-Nebraska controversy broke J
out, Mr. Greeley threw himself heart am t
soul into the cause Of abolition. and was :
one Of the founders Of the Republican party. q
"a boring a. zralouSly for Fremont H. he had G
or Scott. In 1860 came the triumph Of the
Republican party, and of the events which I
ollowed H. aIi Of Mr.. Greeley's course. it J.
= not necessary ~ speak, since they q
Ire familiar 10 the public. Ia lo5f he adyo- {
'atei the reelection Of Mr. Lincoln, and Vas Il
.lected presidential eector for the RepuL- 4
lean party aud voted for Lincoln and John y
on. The arbitrary and unconstitutional J.
ct- of the latter during his administration f
ound in Nlr Greeley bold and unhinching G.
opponent, and in lS6s Mr. Greeley was one p
I the Jealous advocates for General Grants "
lection. How he has since that time fallen p
Fl from his old allegiance. how he became b
n opponent to that man, whose election he el
ad advocated. how he forgot his old prin. VI
iple> and went over 10 the cause be had III
ated and fought all his life, are too well Il
n0wn. The campaign which saw his OF
opes shattered has but just closed, and the
adler of one Of the opposing hosts Is al
.ady dead, from wounds from which his
iattered body could not recover. Il
In 1851 Mr.. Greeley visited Europe a. "
lairman Of one Of ths iuries Of the London -
Exhibition, and again in 1895, " hen he had -
slight taste Of French prison life, having -
zen arrested for a slight debt. Y.
A. writer Mr.. Greeley was strong and eA
gorous, having forclbe and powerful III
Vie, such 80 no other American journalist y
assessed, the secret Of which was that he W
ways wrote just as he thought, clearly
ID 10 the point.
Mr. Greeley was the author of several "
orks on politics, political economy, agri- Ii
lture and general subjects, among the co
It known OF which are the - Recollections Ju
Busy Life, s. and d" What Know About tw
Irming." mi
OF Mr.. Greeley's moral character it may Nj
truly said that il was above reproaeh ciC
ID no slanderous story vas ever circulated da
ont his private life tire
He leaves two daughters 10 a,0gFH his
=, the last Of family of five children.