The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-02

OF april, l64l. In the. following autumn the
Weekly Tribune was commenced, and with
the Daily aud Weekly Tribune. his name has
ever been most prominently identified. BE
one of the greatest If not the greatest news.
paper OF the day-and to the last he esteemed
the title of 1.-THE founder of the New York
Tribune" the most honorable that could
be conferred upon him. In 1848 Mr.. Gree
ley was elected to Congress to hl a
vacancy. and during his short service
as q Congressman he was : chiefly noted
mileage system, and his devotion to the vel
fare OF the laboring classes. Previous to this
time he had become known az an enemy of
slavery, and he was ever afterwards disiln-
guished as an AboIitlonist. When a Republic
can administration came into power In The
Federal Government his paper WAS naturally
considered Its organ, for 1t was perhaps the
most powerful agency 10 the consolidation Of
the elements fret known under The name of
the Republican party, and Its editor was
among the foremost of its leaders. He was at
nrst Inclined to allow q peaceable secession of
the southern States from the Union. but az
soon as war was declared he became q pro-
nounced advocate of union by coercion, and
from April, 1861, until April, 1866, the war
measures of The Federal Government, includ-
Ing emancipation. which he early advised,
Nv LII EuppOElGE tU6 nOIACe
Greeley.
A war man in the days of war, Mr.. Greeley
believed that as soon as the war was over
peace should return to the country. Early,
therefore, after the surrender OF the armies Of
Lee, aud while Lincoln lay dead at Washing
ton, he began to write In favor OF amnesty and
reconciliation. Under that banner he hence
forth fought In the face of opposition that no
ordinary nan would have withstood, and
rrk1n AafankoI t. khA e.Aak hAffla r1rNn sha
issue OF which all bis hopes depended he fell
Iii and died.
Mr.. Greeley was married July 16. 1885, in
Emmanuel Church. Warrenton, North Caro-.
lima, by Rev. VIM. Norwood, to Mics Mary Y.
Cheney, Of Warrenton, formerly Of New York.
His vile was by profession q teacher. The
acquaintance had been formed at9Ae' Graham
House. and was continued by correspondence
after Miss Cheney, In the pursuit OF her vo-
cation, had removed to North Carolina. The
lady is understood to have possessed high in-
tellectual endowuents, and her domestic vIr.
tines must have been great to have secured
ouch profound and permanent devotion as Mr..
Greeley showed to her.
Mr.. Greeley's private character was sin
gulsrly pure and free from everything OF 9
vicious or corrupting nature, even from bis
early youth and through all the Vicissitudes Of
fortune. When poverty plnche1 hard upon
nlm, apQ Ills early llI5 was Que OI COl auu Bell
denial, his innate integrity protected him
against the temptations that bis genius opened
before him for corrupt practices. HIS temper,
1t is true, was irascible, but those who knew
him best INDUCED his ecoentricities, knowing
that under such an exterior existed a rich
mine of worth never obscured when duty de-
manded It's treasurer.
In bis private relations there was no man
more trusted and relied npon than Mr.. Cree
ley. His friendships we're based upon true
worth, derived from bis keen but apparently
nnsophistlcated discernment of character, and
bis influence and offices could be relied upon
In any emergency. He was %singularly happy
In his domestic relations. His Views Of 1t and
duties, his literary pursuits, even In their lido
syncracles, were in accord with the opinions
OF his wife, down to the dietetical self-denial
That alIeviated the poverty of his early Efforts.
Mr.. Greeley's religious belief was that OF a
Unitarian RestoratIonist. BE says in a letter
to the Rev. ]. N. Austin : 81 believe that the
moral character formed in this life will be
that in which we shall awake In the lie to
come, and that many die 30 deeply stained
and tainted by lives oil transgresslon and de-
pravIty that a tedious and painful discipline
must precede and prepare for their admission
10 the realms OF eternal purity aud bllss."