Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-21
Greeley and Brown Sketches Of
their Lives.
HORACE GREELEY.

the Sd of February, 1911, in Amhers {
n. ii. His parents were what il
commonly known as poor but hon.
est. Greeley's youth, seems to have
been passed amidst considerable tho
not unusual hardships. At ten his
parents removed to Vermont. After
helping his father ON the farm for
three or four years, Horace was APP
prentlced to printer at East Putt.
ney in that State. He worked there
four years 1926 30 and became
very proficient in "the art presrva-
tive of all arts"
In 1881, the turning point in his
career, Greeley, then 20 years Of age,
left the Green Mountain State to
seek his fortune in happier places. =
He wandered on to Erie. Pa, where
he worked for three or four months
at his trade. Becoming wearied of
the dullness of that provincial town,
Greeley travelled on to New York
then as now the heart of the contle
nent. He arrived here in August of
that year, with ten dollars in his
pocket, shabby clothes on his back
WORKOUT shoes on feet, and the Uni.
versalst form of Christianity firmly
imbedded in his soul. Greeley al
ways believed in work, and he does
yet. He says it never has forsakeu
him. He rarely breaches about the
dignity of labor, but he tells every
one to 90 to work and not haggle too
much about wages. On this plan be
acted when he first reached New
York. He walked up and down the
streets in search of employ ment, and
after some repulses obtained it.
For ten years he worked as Jour-
neyman printer and hack journalist,
which, not being very profitable but
very laborious calliDgs, he diversifi-
ed by founding several newspapers,
which failed. Three or four of these
became celebrated, though they were
not remunerative. The Morning
Post, founded by Greeley and Storey
in 1893, was the first penny newspa.
per ever published 1t continued on
ly q few weeks. Greeley 4 Co. found
cd, in 1884, the New Yorker, q week.
ly literary journal Of no particular
stripe in politics, which lived for sew
en- years, aud became, we arc told,
very influential with the commnni-
ty, tho it was always heavy drag
upon its publishers pockets. From
March, 1888, to March, 1899. Gree,
ley edited the JeferSonian, a weekly
paper published under the direction
of the Wing Central Committee. Mr..
Greeley espoused the cause Of Gen.
Harrison, and advocated his election
to the Presidency in the columns Of
the Log Cabin, which he founded for
that especial object in May, $780,
The Log Cabin was published week.
ly and had large circulation, at one
time reaching $4,000. "This paper
gave him" say Parton, can immense
reputation in all parts Of the country
as an able writer and Jealous politi-
clan" While Greeley was working
at his trade and founding newspa-
papers he did not forget that he
needed a wife to smooth his path to
glory or the grave. He married Miss
Cheney, Of North Carolina, in 1886.
Greeley was not discouraged by
the failure of his newspapers After
every fall he got up and went at it
again, until the 10th of April, 1871,
red letter day in his history, he pub
lished the first number Of the New
York Tribune. This name Greeley
himself selected, and certainly its
appropriateness cannot be gainsaid.
With the Tribune Greeley grew ia
nous, though the fame of the news,
paper was not gained without very
hard work. The early numbers of
the paper were mostly written by
Greeley and Ray both Of whom
delighted in hard work. As was nat
ural, Greeley soon entered into poll
ties, and with the Tribune behind
him soon became "A power in the
Whig camp. He early learned wis
dom from Henry Clay, whom be sup
ported for the Presidency in 1871
After the defeat of Clay, Greeley as
sumed more decided attitude Of
hostility toward slavery, and was in
no long time in complete accord
with the more ultra opponents of the
system. In 1848 Greeley was elects
ed TO the House of Representative
to fill an unexpired term. During
the few months of his stay in Con-
gress he exhibited great hostility to
the abuses Of the mileage system
However. Greedy was ne'er-do- well
in politics, he did not succeed in Sc
curing reelection, and retired from
Congress never to return. He devot-
ed himself to lecturing, especially
before cold>water. associations, before
whom he attributed much Of his sue
cess TO abstinence from Intoxicating
drinks. In 1850 he published "Hints
Toward Reforms" partly lectures
and partly essays, a very commons
place book indeed. In 1851 he visit
ed Europe, and was chosen chairman
Of one OF the juries at the great Fair
Of World. Out OF this trip grew
"Glances at Europe" The most of
which appeared in letters to the
Tribune
In 1852 Greeley supported Gent
Winfield Scott, the Wing candidate
for the Presidency in opposition to
Franklin Pierce, the nominee of the
Democrats Scott was defeated and
the Tribune severely criticised most
of the measures of Pierce's admins
tration. Greeley assisted at the
birth of the Republican party, and
and in 1856 vigorously supported
General John c. Fremont, its stand
ard-bearer, for the Presidency. Bu-
chairman was successful, aud the
Tribune opposed all the important
measures of his administration. La
1860 Greeley had an opportunity to
settle an old score withWm. III. Sew
ard. At the Republican National
Convention of that year, held at Chi