Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-01

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given, of the death of this great and
good man. The reading public have a
general idea of his career as a public
man. He sprang from humble life, and
though he acquired wealth and attained
position of great eminence, he never
forgot the class from which he sprung.
He was in early life an apprentice in
printing Office, and after becoming
master of the "art preventative Of all
arts" started out into the world. His
first two or three ventures in journalism
were unsuccessful, but possessed of
dauntless spirit, and profting by expert
ence, as well as storing his mind with
valuable information. he became, both
by intui ton and close application, emf.
nently fitted for the duties of journal
list. In the year 1910 he started the
Tribune as campaign paper, favoring
Wing principles and the election of Gen.
Harrison to the Presidency. Harrison
was elected, and the Tribune was con-
tinued, showing in its columns master
spirit in its management. Mr.. Greeley,
through the Tribune, adhered to Wing
principles, but never failed to censure
the leaders of that party when they were
guilty of that which he believed to be
erroneous. While unsparing in his de-
nunciation of the Democratic party, he
was eminently fair in his criticisms,
never failing to award merit to an ad-
versary. Great as were his labors as
the chief of the first journal in the coun-
try, he still found time for other literary
labors. Among these his account of a
trip across the plains and tour in Cali
fornia in 1859, his history of the Great
Rebellion, and "What l know about
Farming" are specially worthy of note.
When the Wing party passed from the
field of politics, his strong anti-slavery
feelings led him to espouse the cause of
a new party, whose corner stone was
opposition to the extension of slavery.
This gave rise to the Republican party.
That party failed in its first struggle for
the Presidency in 1856, but under the
leadership of the Tribune, the war for
what was held to be the rights of all was
continued, and early in 1850 the best in
formed men saw that the Republican
party would probably succeed in the
Presidential contest, and so candidates of
Republican proclivities began to show
themselves, VIM. H. Seward being re-
garded as the most formidable but
Greeley managed to circumvent Seward
and Abraham Lincoln secured the nomi-
nation of the Chicago Convention mainly
through the fundamentally of Greeley.
At the outbreak of the rebellion Mr..
Greeley acknowledged the right of the
Southern States to withdraw from the
Union, but claimed that secession could
not be recognized unless the people in
their sovereign capacity demanded it.
During the war of the rebellion Mr..
Greeley was one OF the staunchest advo-
Gates of its vigorous prosecution. At its
close he was the first to demand univer.
sal amnesty for those engaged in the
rebellion, and also was conspicuous as
an advocate of universal suffrage and
equal rights without regard to race or
color. A laudable ambition led him to
aspire to the Presidency; but in this he
was disappointed, and he stood in the
position once occupied by John Han
cock, John Jay, Dewitt Clinton, John
c. Calhoun, William Writ, Henry Clay,
Lewis Cass, Daniel Webster and Win
field Scott. But, notwithstanding the
popular verdict against these eminent
men who failed in their Presidential as
pirations, their memoryis revered by the
American people for their patriotism,
their private virtue, and their services
to the country. Mr.. Greeley was in no
respect an Office seeker-havin2 been for
one term in Congress, and having held
one or two Offices OF trust in the State OF
New York. Much as We admire him as
journalist, we point with even greater
reverence to him as man and printer.
He was always friend to his craft. We
well remember when in 1859 he appeared
before the printers of San Francisco,
then about reorganizing typographical
union and spoke words of encourage
mept to his fellow craftsmen. He made
lasting impression by the frankness of
his manner, SO characteristic of the man
in all the relations of life. The loss of
such man as Mr.. Greeley will be
severely felt by the members Of the pro-
fsssion, and by the poor and friendlsss
throughout the land he will be mourned
as sagacious adviser and sincere friend.
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