The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-09
GREELEY.
A TRIBUTE TO THE GOOD OLD
MAN.
HIS STRONG POINTS AND HIS
WEAK ONES.
A LJFE-LIKE PEN-PICTURE.

Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier
journal, Louisville, was an Adams man,
and when Greeley was nominated became
sick with great disgust; but he is now
convalescent, and in communication to
his .own paper, declares that all paths
which lead from Greeley so to Grant. In
the same communication he thus describes
Horace Greeley, and we think the descrip-
ton is as true to nature, as touching and
as pathetic as if it had come from the pen
of Thackeray, whose description of Col.
Newcome is not better piece of good
English;
Horace Greeley is the best known cit.
zen of America. His career has made
deeper impression upon his fellow-citi-
zens than that of any living man. His
face is familiar to everybody. His picture
swings in more cottages and log cabins
than that Of any Of his contemporaries. 1t
is kind face, the face Of an able, honest
old man, who never pursued fallen enc
my and is incapable Of deceit. His record
is, likewise, full Of whimsical, odd, attrac-
tive points. More can be said for him
and against than can DO said Of any other
candidate who was ever put in Nomination
for the Presidency. But casting up the
balance, this result can be struck off, he
never committed an error that sprung
from malignance or venality aud all his
shortcomings and his weaknesses
"LeRl to virtues side"
He was the over-zealous partisan of free
dom; the over-zealous partisan of peace (;
the over-Zealous partisan of protection.
He has habtually sacrificed himself to
good impulses, sometimes misdirectcd and
sometimes out Of season, but always gen.
crous and brave.
He did not fear the slave power when it
controlled the politics of the whole coun-
try. He did not fear the war-power when
he boldly went TO Canada to make an i'm
possible peace. He did not fear the power
Of prejudice when he obeyed the generous
suggestions of n nature, always overflow
ing, and went to Richmond to open the
prison-doors of Jefferson Davis He has
feared nothing in long life of striving
after both ideal and practical standards,
having been equally courageous and whim-
steal, able and kindly.
They will laugh Mt his foibles, but they
can not deny that there is II certain genial
power even in his foibles. They may car
toon him and lampoon him; but their
pictures and jokes will only serve to make
that comical, kind old fac the more pleas.
ing and the more familiar, If that be pos
sible, to the people, and to render his pecu-
lisrities the less Objectionable by produce
| ing popular reaction in his favor.
| Mr.. Greeley has as many elements of
strength within himself MS many of what
the politicians call "running qualities 80
ms any candidate who ever asked the suti-
RACES of the American people. In these
he resembles Mr.. Lincoln. His old white
coat will prove counterpart to the ia
nous surtout of Napoleon, which had only
to be raised upon walkingstick to muster
the troops of all Europe into the field. His
old white hat will be u homely modern
illustration Of the white plume Of Henry
Of Navarro, shining with the inspiring
brightness of an orihame in the thick of
the fight. 1t does rot need George Alfred
Townsend and Frank Blair to predict
that much for the philosopher of peace
whose emblem is the emblem of Greeley,
WHITE.
This is an epoch Of peace, and peace has
no representative so conspicuous as Horace
Greeley. He is on record AS the first to
proclaim universal amnesty. He is on
record us the most powerful assailant of
those scourges Of the South and Of honest
government the carpet baggers. oman,
| in himself, could possess fewer objection
able traits to the democrats, who will take
him, IL they take the movement which has
| put him III tho field, with real enthu siasm