The Lambertville record., 1872-12-03
DEiTH OF HORACE GREELEY.

On last Friday evening, Horace Greeley,
founder and editor of the Nc,o York Tribune,
died. His death was so unexpected as to
startle the country. But recently his wife
had passed away, and the care and loss of
sleep incident to her last sickness, added to
the excitement and labors of the late Presi-
dental campaign, were too great even for his
robust constitution. His mind became de-
ranged and his physical powers entirely pros
trated. In referring to his death, the New
York Times says Mr.. Greeley has made
great mark in American history and his loss
in journalism is one which cannot be replaced.
The incidents Of his last sickness were pecu-
larly distressing, and from all that we can
learn, his reverses during the late campaign
cannot alone account for them. Had he been
successful, the probabilities are that he would
not have lived SO overtaxed was his strength,
and so utterly broken down seems to have
been his constitution. The labors and ex-
element of the canvass were more than his
body or mind could bear. Dir. Hammond, one
OF the most distinguished surgeons in the land,
told reporter, on Thursday, that he had
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before the election.' 1t would seem incredible
that his friends should have kept this fact
from the public knowledge, if we did not know
that they concealed the equally important fact
of his mental alteration and fatal illness until
Wednesday last The lot of the surviving
children Of the great journalist is peculiarly
mournful. Within a very few weeks, they
have lost both their parents. Sorrow has
descended upon them as in a whirlwind. One
of them, at least, has been called upon to pass
through trials, in the course Of young life,
such as are sometimes spared even those who
survive the allotted space of three score years
and ten. To this faithful daughter afflicted
far beyond her strength and years, the heart
of the American people will go out In earnest
sympathy; and they win hope that If human
friendship fails to alleviate her heavy sorrow,
she will find consolation in those immortal
promises which alone can render the burdens
of this world tolerable.
We. shall not attempt at this moment to do
justice to Mr.. Greeley as journalist and
public man. His life is part of the history of
the country during the last thirty years, and
the time has not yet come when it can be i'm
partially considered 1t is certain that Mr..
Greeley's name will always be honored in con-
nection with the anti-slavery struggle, and
with many important measures which he
fought for with remarkable vigor, simply be-
cause he believed they were right. Into these
subjects we will not now enter, for the country
is scarcely rid OF the din and turmoil of
memorable election. in which Mr.. Greeley
himself played memorable and an unhappy
part. Historians viii do justice to Mr.. Gree
ley, and in the meanwhile his countrymen
would be strangely forgetful If they failed to
pay due tribute to, his memory. He has been
before them for almost a generation, and he
has had their confidence in many tFymg peri
DDS of our history. Letu snowremember only
his virtues and bis genius.