Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-12-05
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 80, 1872
Death of Horace Greeley.

Our telegraphic dispatches bring to us
the sad intelligence of the death of Hor-
ace Greeley. which occurred in New
York city at ten minutes before seven,
Friday evening. 1t has, indeed, been a
sad ending of brilliant career. The
death of his wife his crushing defeat in
the Presidential campaign, clouded
reason. and now his own death closes
the scene. all within one short month.
The main facts in his history are prob
ably well known to most of our readers,
and need only brief recapituation here
Born in Amherst, New Hampshire, Feb
ruary 81, 1911, he attended a common
school, in that town, until he was four
teen years old, when he removed, with
his father. TO West Haven, in this State
Having. from his earliest youth, shown
fonlncss for reading, particularly
newspapers, he determined to be-
come printer After vainly seeking a
situation in Whitehall. he entered the
ofir" of the Northern Spectator. at
Poultney, where he remained until 1880,
when the paper was discontinued, and
, he returned to work on bis fathers
farm. Many interesting incidents con-
neCted with his apprenticeship were de-
tailed hv our POultney correspondent
and published in THE HERALD early in
the summer, and, although they may
have Il peculiar local interest at this time,
Il is not necessary 10 repeat them here.
Dlriug the following year Ii" went -
New York. where hcHlhtained work IT'S Il
iOurncynan, and was employed in dif-
ttctn! OihCrs. with occasional intervals,
for I'll next eighteen months. In 1894.
N connection with Jonas Winchester. he
started the Men Yorker. ii weekly jour
nal of literature and general news and
became its editor. After several years
of severe struggling, the journal was
abandoned. During its existence. Mr.
Greeley was also connected with and
published several political campaign pa
pers the Coastjtution, the JeterSnina.
and the Leg Catin. In lS41, be com
mcnced the publication Of the New York
Iribane of which he remained the re-
sponSihie editor until after his nomina-
ton for the Presidency at CINCINNATI
In 1S4S. he was elected to fill a vacancy
in the Thirtieth Congress and served
through the short term preceding the
inauguration of President Taylor. He
interested himself. while in Congress. il
the reformation of the abuses uf the
mileage system. and was an able and
useful member OF late Years he has
been somewhat of traveller, both III
this country and Europe, and gave the
result of his observations to the world
in letters to the 7ribIne and also in
book form Among his other publica-
tons may be- mentioned "iints toward
Reform" The American Conflict"
"Recollections OF Busy Lite. "W hat
Know About Farming" etc. From
this brief resume, it will be seen that
Mr.. Greeley's life has been IA busy life
indeed, hut we think that the future I
will rest his reputation mainly ON his
connection with the public press. The /
IPtON/tt, ull(itI His tultolidi iiitl'"S'
ment, became power in the land. and |
his able and trcnchant editorials have, in |
times past, been the clarion cry under
which the people have rallied in many a
political campaign. His editorials were
always written in good, pure English,
his arguments were well considered and |
rorcible and were calculated To carry |
conviction to the mind of the reader. As .
an editor he had not his peer in the land,
and we fear that it will be many day |
before his place can be filled in the pro-
tession. 1t is perhaps too early to write
his biography or judge dispassionately /
of his character. That he had faults.
must be admitted, for to err is human.
But in all the bitter, personal, acrimoni-
ous political campaign, through which
we have passed, we and the American
people have this source of qualification,
that never a word was uttered in dis
paragement of Mr. Greeley's personal
character or his pre-eminent ability as an
editor. He has passed away, and with
him let the bitter, unkind feelings, epgen-
,!rrod during the past summer, be buried.