Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-05
During the day he recognized various

During the day he recognized various
people, his daughter many times, the
members of his household at Chappaqua,
Mr.. John r. Stuart and Mr.. Reid. On
the whole he suffered little, seemed to
have no more than the ordinary restless
ness that accompanies the last stage of
disease, and during the day his extremi-
ties were cold and there was no pulse at
the wrist. The action of the heart was
very intermittent and constantly dimin-
ishing in force. He had not asked for
water or been willing to drink since his
stay at DR.. Choate's, but during Friday he
asked for it frequently, and up to within
half an hotir of the end he manifest
ed in various ways his conscious
ness of what was going on
around him, and even answered,
in monosyllables, and intelligently, ques
tiOns addressed to him. About $3.50
o'clock he said, very distinctly, 60 1t is
DONE" and beyond the briefest answers
to questions, this was last utterance. His
Youngest daughter, Miss Gabrielle, was
with him through Thursday evening.
Throughout Friday the elder daughter,
Miss Ida, was in constant attendance, as
she had been during the whole of his ill
ness and of Mrs. Greeley's before him.
Other members of his Cbappaqua house
hold were present, with Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Stuart and few other friends.
Nothing that science or affection could
suggest was wanting to case the last
hours. The wintry night had fairly set
in when the inevitable hour came.
Without, sleighs were running to and
fro, bearing to Chappaqua, the nearest
telegraph station, the latest bulletins,
which the thousands of anxious hearts in
the great city near by kept demanding.
Within, the daughter and a few others
stood near the dying man, who remained
conscious, and seemingly rational and
free from pain, though now too weak to
speak. In an adjoining room sat one or
two more friends and the physician. At
$50 o'clock they drew back in reverent
stiffness from the bedside. The great
editor was gone in peace, after so many
struggles, and after so much obloquy."
THE TRIBUNE's" EDITORIAL COMMENTS.
The Tribune for tomorrow says:
"The melancholy announcement of the
death of the editor and founder of the
| Tribune, though for few days it has
been expected by his family and intimate
| friends, falls upon us with all the shock of
sudden calamity. He had reached, in
deed, high old age, but time had not
laid its whitening touch on him. His
splendid constitution easily bore the strain
| of enormous labor. His mind was as
fresh and strong, and suggestive as in the
prime of life. His generous impulses
were unchilled by disheartening expert
ence. Through the trying campaign
which has just closed, his physical vigor,
his tact, his intellectual activity, sur
prised even those who knew him best,
and seemed to promise many years of use
fulness. 1t is certain that no history of
| bo nritioo1 rnnrind IN nation ol
life can even be written in which Horace
Greeley shall not be conspicuous figure:
but the noblest career in his eyes was that
which is given up TO others wants. The
successful life was that which is worn out
in conflict with wrong and woe. The
only ambition worth following was the
ambition to elevate human misery, and
leave the world a little better than he
found it. That he had done this was the
consolation that frightened his last days
and assured Eim he had not lived in vain
''It is not for us, in the first hour of oul
loss, to paint his character or catalogue
his virtues. Although for several month;
we have missed the inspiration of his
presence and guidance of his wise coun
sci, his spirit has never ceased to animate
those chosen to continue his work, ant
the close bond of sympathy between Tho
chief and his assistants has never beer
broken. We leave his praises to the poo
whom he succored, to the lowly whom hi
. lifted up, to the slave whose back b,
saved from the lash, to the oppressed
whose wrongs he made his own"
THE HERALD's" OBITUARY
The New York Herald, in its editoria
tomorrow, speaking of Horace Greeley
says:
! ''From day to day, for week past
t news of Mr.. Greeley's severe mental ant
physical prostration have left this com
munity and the country not wholly un
prepared for his dissolution, and yet w
: may say of him as the expiring Chief
j Red Jacket, said himself, that the new
of his death will come upon the peopl
, like the sound of the fall of great pin
; in the stiffness of the wood. He has, in
| mistaken aspiration for higher usefulnes
and power and glory, fallen a sacrifice t,
his political ambition. He had failed t.
l appreciate the commanding position
e which he had secured as the leading
American journalist, and leaving it t
| pursue that of the Presidency, he derives
5 susterance from shadow. Greeley
Industrious and useful career is full o
r encouragement to young men who, with
4 out capital or the influence of powerful
! friends, have the battle of life befor
tAClA l1C lCdFOo dh AOhCst OOhAA
r him, and the high reward of an encouI
! aging example as an American journals
and self-made man."
THE times" EDITORIAL.
: The Times for tomorrow, in an EDITOR
al on Greeley's death, says:
'Mr. Greeley's loss to journalism is on
which cannot be replaced. The incident
= of his last sickness were peculiarly dis
tressing, and, from all that we can learn
his reverses during the late campaigl
cannot alone account for them. Had b
: been successful the probabilities are tina
: he would not have lived, so oyertaxe
was his strength and so utterly broke
/, down seems to have been his constitution
d The labors and excitement of the canvas
> were more than his body or mind coul
: bear
eve shall not attempt, at this moment
! to do justice to Mr.. Greeley. AS joul
1 nalist and public man, his life is a paI
: of the history of the country during tn
: last thirty years, and the time has not ye
come when it can be impartially consi6
!, cred. 1t is certain that Greeley's nam
; will always be honored in connectio
) with the anti-slavery struggle, and wit
= many important measures which h
: fought for with remarkable vigor, simpl
!. because he believed they were right. Int
! these subjects we will not now enter, fo
! ! the country is scarcely rid of the din an
! turmoil of memorable and unhapp
: past. Historians will do justice to Gre'
i ley, and in the meanwhile his country
}, men will be strangely forgetful if the
9 fail to pay due tribute to his memory. II
!, has been before them for about gener,
1 tion, and he has had their confidence
+. many trying periods of our history. Ii
uS now remember on1v his virtups and h
: genius"
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