Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

said that Mr. Greeley expected, even AFTER
the State elections, to be chosen PRESIDENT
but whether this be true or not, he dtd eA-
meet it through the summer. The reaction
that followed all these labDrs and all these
hopes-labors which. unhappi'y, his great |
physical strength made him ctpaoie Of Wleh-
out mere physical exhaustion, and hopes tue |
intensity OF which not many men can con /
ceive-was necessarily very great Inc
brain gave way; the in1lmm lulOn dis0rSah- I
lied his whole system, a1d he sunk, as lheu
of less note so often do, where chrome |
tendency TO disease OF the brain becomes, oy |
some sudden calamity or grear emotion, an |
acute attack, from which there Is no possiole
recovery.
From the New York Tribuas's sketch of
MIR. Greeley life we copy few paragraphs,
emitting that portion Of the detail which
! gives his career as a journalist which is
already familiar TO most general readers
He was of Scotch Irish Presbyterian descent,
and was born in Londonderry, y H., Feb. ),
1911.
In the winter of 1921 the father of Horace,
: who had not succeeded in gaining livelihood
: for his family, determined to remove from
? New Hampshire, and take up his abode IN the
little township of Westhaven, situated IN the
/ south western corner of Vermont. At this
/ NiluG horace " d. uOt AiAS I'll f-ss-N 49,
e now made his acquaintance with genuine
, | poverty. The whole stock OF household goods
amounted to only trlHIng sum. The father
was glad to work at chOppIng wood Tor nifty
cents day: but the family DID not run ia
debt FOR anything; and though reduced I'd the
class Of day laborers, never wanted for meat,
or bread, or milk, anu were seldom without q
little money.
Horace had been IN the habit OF dev5uriny
p.nr#H tsFt hold ID
MS Youngest childhood, aid tariy resolved
TO become printer 1t lac could. WHen but
eleven years OF, hearing tht1 an apprentice
was wanted IN the me-. ) per II c al " hIte-
! nail, he accompanied his iathct O. the PRINT
ere. in hope OF obi. Iniug The pos tiun, bat was
! rejected on account OF has extreme youth. lie
= went home greatly east down, tut IN the
spring OF 1926. he enterei the ,th.e OF Tie
-Ngrthsru &yectltYr IN L st PJ-4tuey, VI,
- an apprentice. uis iatGer, meantime
was about starting tJr the West IN search
, Oh a new home, a1d finally settled IN Jle TO
. est region IN the northern part OF Erie county,
Penn ,ou the border Ut tue STATE Of New York.
J.. Horace diligently applet himself q learning
ms trade, % which lie soon became mas -er Iu
all It's branches. lie remained Ia PJultney
4 little more than four years, when, q ter
: spending short time al ms father s house lu
: the wilderness. he obtained employment an i
! newspaper oIH-e IN E-ie. Here he made
= many friends, aud was offered "a partnership
4 10 the business, although only "a young man
OF twenty. lie Thought best ID decline the
proposal, and As work a.terwtT1 Eel oH, he
decided TO take d fresh departure, ant seek
ms fortune IN tue great nltroFolIs. Alter
paving 4 farewell Visit 1t his father =. and
dividing has earnings at Ere, with twenty
t i've douars IN his pocket, aaIvesy lltrle extra
/ clothing 10 his bnuile, he SET MS lace toward
q New York
. Here his real struggle wiz she world
1 commenced, aud Low ST ait.y he assembled C.
). an tmInelcc it is tie lot 1T u4c lev men t.
reach. though briefly toll Is record OF
# columns whlch We are compelled % omit, and
axe up the NARRATIVES nearer It's close.
fl Mr.. greeley combined q singular hospitality
a TO new Ideas with "a prJtJuuI ~ acauelt u
II conservative principles. he lad H. passion
i Tor innovation. Il Sought no Change -ar the
= sake oil change lie G. ng Jea41-9u=is ID an
opinion which hc BAD once adopted. and
V rarely surrendered ia his manhood d cluyic-
10 ton OF his youth B3cl lis religious and
e political crccls We're formed KS au early aye.
il and no essential principle o. either wts re-
> nOunceI in a.Jer Ille- Ia5u5A generally re-
II -ard.d as Il radical thinker. he had no
1t tendency u revolutionary or destructive
IT measures. Extremes Ut opinion e~ VI prte-
:, tice found no favor ia bis eyes. lie CHERISH
Is 81 wholesome l.9Jsuet %. tae Eartl>t.c love
2, of novelty winch makes 4t ec .uul uI ancient
9 landmarks or ol ancient IIcj-a.e-s. How
ever gut-eIIu- tAc ir5llls- % l-#- .u-4-cr he
firmly leid ms anchorage lie lie 3 -s5. Al
the same time. Ac gave u c.lE f-.U> -----z ll =
10 the new Ii5al which diWLrI uI-u the IN
-ellectuaI horizon. lie never made ans own
experience the measure ut possibility lie
listened to every scheme t,44cl WAS uuIl forth
IA the Interests % humanity. lie treated
ID -HClr Advocates with Kindness. T. uut always
with sympathy. ana casI.cn .-l I,r their pre-
...rrz .s-.. /.
ment IA legislation, Iu TIE order q evil Sc
= cIety, ia the arrau- encut- II labor and The
relations O, Industry, 10 t-e lvsctrches OF
science and the education o.. Jas Young, was
RI. welcomed with ceg-Iatty ami examined with
Harness. His iAIt5 IA the lu5urc VS. hot
: IImmed by his reverence i5r TIE pesl. NOT
ne was bis confidence IN the progress IL the
" human race impaired py any tincsure yi per-
=, sOnal sc hsaness. Scarcely amy man OF his
culture and genuine Refinement et inlad had
i a less active sense o. IndIyliuai comfort
. But what te did not seek i9r himself. he
II sought tor has KIND. lie he.n.y i,l- for the
IL poor, the Inhrm, the iLuurtu-. the iJrs ken,
: the helpless, anu thou -l a.cea abrupt M has
\ expressions, anu not c5ucIIatory u exc. S
re N mis- manners, Le ,ylIl he set down dv the
d recording ange- as 'aDe whe ..yet ms
; |ieli0w-men.
" Prominent as were tie relations of Mr.
, comprehend MS en- tracrev wi-asat following
ham into the rctireueuts o. private ami
y iom, stjc life. tie was nan 0f Singular
ii puri Y of nature. ~ t1Ll word or un>e-mly
ID lest was ever permitted T. escape ms Ups
p He cherished the Strongest attachment to the
ues of family aud home. No man had a
keeuer sense Of the p2asr Of kindred blood
e tins domestic taSt d1d TIE force ola passion
: ate instinct. His devotion to las Invalid
IA wife through years of pra-.ucteI suleri7 z
exhibited Il c character OF d ne. i.7ous senCj-
ment. The innate pHetrv oi als nature was
concentrated upon his caiiIrau- a. ov-d
&c OF the -, ri luS hDv.- whose curly death
was a perpetual 9 le., see uei less likely
reality than romance This enid, whose
Is radiant beauty was never eqJtlel IN ''the
Il sunshine of pctere.' cannot be forgotten in
d any remembrance # the fttuer. IL sweet
&c and gracious nature was DO hess attractive
ID than his personal loneliness HIS Sudden
: death, nearly twenty-five years ago. lsf5 q
- telling ct loneliness and GeSOiatIon upon tic
Il heart OF Mr.. Greeley, for which the .ap-a of
. years brought no assuaLiuE influence.
= Nv hen at length" he writes OF himself,
~ " the struggle ended with his last breath,
- and even his mother was cOnvInced that his
= eyes would never again open upon the scenes
y OF this world | knew that the summer of my
= lite was over, that the chill breath of its
- autumn was at hand, and that my future
course must be along the d0Un-hill Of lille
= In spite Of his absorption 10 politics, liter
4 AZURE, and secular cares. Mr.. G5eeley was 4
et man Of earnest religious convictions. and
although without any trace of superstition
fpnt1 .f,.,v boil.