The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-05-10


the Liberal leaders, from the Cowier-.Iour
nal IL will be read attentively, W,
doubt not.
HORACE GREELEY.
The DISTINGUISHED ;ourr.,;., who h,,
ms, bocn made tho standard. hooror ., po
form and n candidate sor tho b;obos,
Office in the Gift Of the pcople cons,;tu,e,
one Of the most conspicuous character,
in tho history NJ our solsmoao non N,
one has been loss indebted 20 s,r,uno q,
to external assistance His lilo has hoo,
an unbroken record of manly s,rpcyle
selfdependent efIbr,s and s;ronlar,v con
si.,cnt and fearless devotion 20 pr;ncip,e
As Il was his misfortune TO epcoun,e,
difficulty and opposition at every stage q
the solution of the great problem of life
so has been his fate 10 meet ike resis,anc,
in all politicol revolutions and mart,
changes with which he has beon identified
This has becn dine IN several causos
among which and chiefly are the fact,
that he has never feared TO head move
ment against overwhelming odds, anc
that the logic Of honesty has given hin
such a prescience in advance of time
servers and policy-seryers as 10 place hin
in the position of a perpetual pioneer
His connection with the present groat
popular demonstration against the alnse'
and crimes foisted upon the country b,
the chiefs Of party which he bore th'
most conspicuous part in founding Is ar
illustration Of the life and character o.
the man; and the personal risks which
he incurred, the obliquy which he clearly
forcsaw, the possible consequences Of fail
ure. il failure unfortunately should com,
these circumstances of encouragement
coupled with the boldness with which hC
took the advanced post of danger. con
dense into one view all that he is and al
that he has done.
Horace Greeley was horn in New
Uamnsbire in the wear 1911. and he /,
consequently sixty-one wears of AGE. III,
is of Sco,ch,Irish descent, his ANCESTOR
having been members of that sturd,
band who made famous the seige of Lon
donderry.
The novor,v os ri. s,hor,. family 70
duoo,, him n, a worry oorlv ,co 10 tho no
cossi,v of ,ahor;rc n, tho mos, .r,,uou.
,o;l s,r tho sunnort os his family A,
olsvrp wear. Of as.c h, ,crsDr,noa a iour
new Of one hundred and twenty-five mile,
On foot with all his worldly gear in ,
small bundle thrown over his shoulder
Even at this age he hired himself to IN,
neighborinu farmers to cut wood. clea,
nm ..ncw grounds and serve otberwis,
in the humble capacity of hired laborer
In the meanwhile n taste for literatur,
dcvelopcd itself He enioyed the most
meaper po-sible opport,mities for study
ipg under instructors. but such as were
afforded him were seized with avidity.
At home. also. he pushed and diversified
his slender acquisitions by reading with
eoperne-s before n fire of nine knots all
the books he could Gather up in tho
neiphborhood. In this way he soon be.
came n kind of oracle among those of his
own are. and an authority of no little
note with simple minded people of the
peiphborhood. 1t would appear that he
was no dullard in divining his destiny,
as il appears that he discovered fixed
intention to become a printer before reach.
inc teens. and devoured any chance news.
paper with something of the ferocity with
which DR. johnson is said to have swal.
lowed books. After various yicissitudes
and hard to harder. he finally realized
the coveted pleasure of learning to set
type, and finally started to New York.
He reached that city in his twentieth
year with $40 in his pocket. For many
weary days the awkward looking country
how sought employment in vain. His
advent in New York is strikingly similir
in its circumstances of discourage
ment. poverty and contempt to DIR.
Franklin's first visit to Philadelphia; and
the parallel continues as to the objects
which the two adventures proposed to
themselves, their persistence in effort, and
the prompt success which awaited them
as soon as their supercilious and doubling
employers gave them an opportunity to
display their capacity. Horace engaged
in this department OF newspaper-making
but short time before he ventured, like
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