The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-08
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Horace Greeley.

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New Hampshire, on February 3, 1911
His father, Zaccheus Greeley, was g
farmer, and the family is Of Scotch
Irish origin. Horace is the oldest
survivor of seven children. All his an
cestors, as far as their exists any re
membrance, were farmers. He dis
played from early childhood an eager
thirst for knowledge, and before he was
ten years of age he had not only read
his fathers slender stock of books, but
had also borrowed and perused nearly
every work within ten miles ofhis home
MANY of these books he studied by
| pine knots. So great was his craving
for information that he resolved early
in life to follow the profession OF q
| printer. Although his family removed
to West Haven, VT, in 1921, and young
Horace had to assist his father for five
years in farming, he at the same time
studied constantly and carefully, and in
the spring of 1896 entered as an ap'
prentice the office OF the Northern
Spectator, a weekly paper, published in
East Rutland county, Vt. In that
office he labored diligently to learn the
art of printing. and soon became an
assistant editor.
In June, 1880, Mr.. Greeley's appren-
ticeship was brought to studded close
by the suspension OF the Spectator. His
family, meantime, had removed to Erie
county, Pa, and after spending a few
weeks with them he worked for short
time as journeyman printer in James
town, also in Lodi, N. Y, and subse-
quently for a longer period in Erie, Pa.
His knowledge OF statistics and of party
movements and leaders was even then
so extensive and accurate that he soon
became regarded as high authority
upon these points.
During August, 1881, Mr.. Greeley
came to New York city. His whole
worldly gear upon his arrival consisted
of suit OF blue cottonj Jeans, two brown
shirts, chip hat, a pair of brogues and
less than five dollars in money. He
speedily secured employment as a
journeyman printer, and continued
working at his trade in various offices
till January l, 1898, when he COM
menced business for himself, entering
into partnership with Mr.. Francis Story.
Greeley andStory were the printers OF DR..
Sheppard's Morning Post, the first penny
daily paper ever published in New
York. The journal, however, tailed in
three weeks, and after an existence OF
six months Mr.. Greely's nascent part
nership was dissolved by the death OF
the Junior member of the firm. The
Ne,c Yorker, a weekly journal, devoted
to politics and literature, was COM
menced on the 22d OF March, 1884,
with Mr.. Greeley as editor. Its circu-
lation was very large for that period
still, owing to some defect in its bust
ness management. the paper barely
supported itself, and Mr.. Greeley was
obliged to add to the slender income de-
rived from that source by engaging in
other labors of a similar character.
He supplied the Daily Wig with lead
ers for some months, and for year, in
1898, edited the JsferSonian, a weekly
paper published in Albany, and de-
voted to the interests of the Wing
party. During the heated compaign of
1910 he edited the Log Cabin, weekly
paper established to promote the cleo
ton Of William II. Harrison to the
Presidency. On the 10th day Of April,
1871, Mr.. Greeley commenced the pub
LEGATION of the New York Daily Tribune,
and in the following autumn COM
menced the Weekly Tribune, merging
the Log Cabin and the Ne'0
Yorker therein. In lS4S Mr.. Greeley
was elected to Congress to fill a vacan-
CIV, and served from December l of that
year to March 4, 1850. His Congress
sional career was chiefly distinguished
by his opposition to the gross abuse of
the mileage system. In 1850 he pub
lished a volume of lectures and ESSAYS,
under the title OF Hints Toward Re-
FORM" and during the following year
made voyage to Europe. During his
stay in England he served as a juryman
at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, and
on his return published volume en-
titled "Glimpses at Europe" In
1858 he wrote and published a "His-
tory OF the Struggle for Slavery Exten-
sion and Restriction, from 1877 to 1856. "
In 1859 he travelled overland to Califor-
MIA, where he received very cordial
greeting, and was called upon to make
a number of public addresses on politics,
the Pacific railroad, temperance and
various other topics. Just before the
outbreak Of the civil war, and when the
Southern States were passing their ordi-
nance of secession, Mr.. Greeley, in
common with other distinguished men,
advocated the policy OF their departure
in peace. Mr.. Greeley, after the rebel
lion had been virtually crushed, became
engaged in compiling history OF the
late civil war, together with the causes
which led to it, and the work was pub.
lished under the title of a History OF
H. s~ar;oop Conflict "