The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-04
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For e.President-B. CRATE BROWN "
Missouri. .n..,-. a~ae~-
The history of the proceedings 0! tue
Convention viii be found in the kilograms Vi
this mornings Dispatch. The mountainous
were 70 be expected when 1t was s'a'ea Oh
Thursday that b. GRAFT BEowS haa w''"'
drawn IN favor Of GREELEY. 1t was iniera-
h,e that there was q combination OF the
BRows party with the supporters Of GREELEY
with the understanding that Brown shouio
be second upon the ticket.
The nominations were easily male, ana
are reported to have been received with ell
thtisiasm.
HORACE GREELEY was born i'll Amherst,
New Hampshire, on the I'd oil fehr.aus'
1911. In his youth he was remarkabie lof
his fondness for books, and it Is s;nd that D.!
the tenth year of his age he had reao every
hook within seven miles of his fathers house )
which is within the range Of crediDilltY, rs
hooks were then very scarce. de Is not
spoken of as either the - good ha''e boy
or the boy that never told he; o"t ne
,ras ;rr,oressible curious about all sorts Oh
,b;n,,s. and made his carly essays III li'iins
.,,.ao, no,,,ocs and corn under his
fathers pupilaS'
4, rho ,uc of fifteen he entered the print
inc office Of the East Poultney tFt) Aorh-
o,o Soectotor TO learn the printing business.
r, tb,t establishment he showed his aptit"oe
and industry by soon becoming the peS'
nrptcr in the office and giving sometimes
,,l,,hle assistance in editing the paper. Inc
soacjoroy died in 1890, and the next year
tbcn Youthful philosopher made his appear
,ncc in New York city to seek employment,
with ten dollars in his pockct-not very
small capital for those days. He had before
he left Vermont displayed talent iof S'a''S-
ties and knowledge Of parties and part!
men that astoniShcd the natives. In Ne"
York he worked as 4 .jonrncymah printer III
severn, offices until lie embarked in business
for himself in partnership with Mr.. IRAN
~, STORY. who, soon dying, The firm OF
GREELEY K Go. was continued Win nc"
,arturrs and the -Ee~ Yorker, n weekly
political and literary paper. with Mr.. GREE-
LEY as editor, was commenced. 1t was re-
luarkably well.arranged paper, and gave Mr..
GREELEY his first distinction for accurate and
welldgestcd political statistics.
For some time he was actively employed
not only in editing the Nec Yorker but i'll
contributing for several Wing papers; ana
in 1871, April 10, he commenced the Dd'V
Tt3bome, which has grown steadily until no"
it has reached the condition of the first news
paper of the country, familiar to people III all
parts of the Union. At the time OF the COM
mencement of the Tribune, he had established
his reputation as practiced and forcihle
writer and an unriyalled coll"tor
of political facts and Statistics.
In 1S4S he was elected to ill vacancy ina
seat in Congress from the city Of New York,
which expired in ls4?, March !. While IN
Congress he displayed great zeal in his as
saults upon the abuses of the mileage system.
He has been an author Of bonkS-publiSlllng
after trip across the Atlantic "Glanccs at
Europc:" also. Il "IEistory Of slavery" a
" History Of The Late War;" and book on
political economy He has been lecturer
on many topics, and Jealous advocate "1
and the Interests OF lahol1hS
people.
OF course Mr.. GREELEY Is known the
world over for his opposition to slavery and
his support Of the doctrine Of protection 10
home industry. His course since the wal
has very much commended him to the south
ern people. At the moment of the ternina-
ton of the war of blood he proposed an end
of the war of sectional prejudice and hate
by general amnesty. A. Il proof of his
liberality he became one Of the snetics Of
Mr.. DAVIS, President OF the late Confcderacy,
and lie has consistently urged upon the Gov
ernmcnt the policy al clrmency and general
amnesty.
No man has poured out such bitter and
St-ltling invrctire upon the calpet-haggefS
who have plandercd the South rs Mr.. GREE
LEY has. Every southern paper has spread
widely his denunciations of these unworthy
people.
Soon after General GRANT came into power
Mr.. GREELEY sat about reforming the civil
service, hunting up abuses and misappropr'a'
tons of money, and brought to the attention
of the Administration many delinquencies
and outrages. But there was no apparent
disposition to listen to his suggestions. The
first open rupture he had with the Admins
tration was with regard TO the suggested
changes in the New York custonl-housc.
From that time the breach has widencd,
until there came the union of few Repub-
lican leaders, with Mr.. GREELEY at the head,
for the purpose Of opposing GRANTS re-
election. 1t was but little stream Mt first.
but it has grown to great river, and the
party thus begun has placed its ticket in the
field with Mr.. GREELEY at the head of it.
He certainly has been the Promethean spark
that gave it life, and by his persistent and
bold policy it has been brought to its present
condition, so gravely threatening GRANT
with defeat and promising the establishment
of better Government for the Union.
B. GRAFT BRowN, who is named for Vice
President on the Liberal ticket, was born in
Lexington, KY, was educated at Yale Col
lege, and moved to Missouri in 1850. He
qualified as lawyer, was elected TO the Le-
gislature in 1852, and was reelected for a
number of years. He was Democrat anda
follower of BENTON, but became Free-Soiler
and advocated emancipation in the Missouri
Legislature. He founded the st. Louis Demo-
crot ne - Frea-Soil manor In 1870 hn led in