The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-02

tnat had previously appeafe0 iii the column.
OF the Isf5siae. Other productions OF Mr
GresIeyss pen have appeared at intervals:
among them his volume entitled aWhat
Know About Farming" aud g ESSAYS or
Political Economy" He has also contribu
ted largely for many years past TO magazine
and periodical literature.
The work, however, which viii probably
take rank as the most characteristic and en-.
during of all his literary productions Is the
"Recoliections of a Busy Life" in which,
with degree Of ffankness which recalls the
memory of Montaigne, he reveals the inner
history OF his life, his ambitions, successes,
d!sappointments, and desires. In this auto.
biography he has expressed desire to be
known hereafter as 1.-THE Founder of the
New York Tribune land that epitaph will
be sorfowfhily Inscribed upon bis tombstone
by those who have known him best, and
VINO will tendcrly cherish the memory of his
virtues.
Sentiments OF the New York Herald.
Jury TELEGRAPH TO THE pYsrATcH,l
New YORK, November s0,-The Herald
in its editorial OR Mr.. Greeley's death says
/" He has; In mistaken aspiration for a
higher field Of usefulness and power and
glory than journalism, fallen sacrifice to
his political ambition. He had failed to APP
preciate the commanding position which he
had secured as leading journalist, and,
leaving it to pursue the tgpis fdtuus of the
Presidency, he dropped the substance for
the shadow of a great distinction. Other.
wise the history and the enduring records of
Mr.. Greeley's industrious and useful career
are iuli OF encouragement to young men
who, without capital, personal influence, or
powerful friends, have the battle Of life be.
fore them"
The Character OF tho Kan.
baltimore San independently November 3d.
Those who best know the character OF the
man can easily understand that it was not the
failure OF ambition which caused this sudden
and melancholy termination of a marked and
useful career, but the great heartache caused
by the blow which eXtinguisled the light OF
his household, and by the long days and
nights of anxiety, passed without scarcely
food or rest, seemingly unmindful Of the
storm outside which threatened with ship.
wreck his political aspirations. The strong
nature, which cravcd rest after pass
iIg through this furnace of affection,
has found it at last in the grave, Sc
cure from all earthly vicissitudes, and
Shafts Of envy or malice, unconscious Of the
eulogies Of his friends or the sclt-rcproach OF
his dctractorS. Great as Horace Greeley
proved himself III the conduct Of q leading
and Influential! Journal, his personal qualities,
as shown in his sympathizing and benevo-
lent spirit, and the self-sacrilicing devotion
to his wife which closed his days, will give
his memory a shrine in multitudes Of hearts
which could never have been commanded by
mere intellectual or political success.
a National Calamity.
baltimore American (ltcpuhicanl, November sc. ]
II is not those laborers with the pen who
were contemporary with Mr.. Greeley that
shall do justice to the busy life that has
passed away in the cleaning Of Il winters
eve. As the Pickering freight that daRced
about the room in tlat hour before the lamps
were lit, now throwing one object into sha-
dow and then bringing another out III bold
relief, is to the all-illumining brightness CT
the midday sun, so must our conceptions OF
his character and labors be unequal and dis
proportionatc in comparison TO the justcr
verdict which shall be rendered after the
men who loved him strongly or hated hin
ticrcely have ceased to tinge impression aid
criticism.
As the chief exponent of that Journalism
which seeks to make the newspaper safe
guide and director Of opinion on political,
moral, and social topics Mr.. Greeley holds .
secure place On the rolls Of fame. Every
man Of average Intelligence can comprehend
the inherent power, resolution, and indus.
try required to build up the Tribune. While
that lasts MI. Greeley has a more worthy
and enduring monument than any that migh
he wrought in marble or in bronze 1t is
the living and proud testimonial Of lis life.
| LII every line that it sends forth 10 the world,
| in the click of each type that falls into It's
| printers hands, in each revolution Of its
presses, there speaks the voice that
preserves bis memory green and pre-.
ciouS. He created and welded mighty
power, in the exercise Of which he stood
fully in the fierce light Of criticism aud con-
troverSy. There was not an atom Of moral
cowardice in his body. As m editor, who
never became d!Sheartcncd when some good
end was to be served through his inStru.
mentality, he invited attack and returned its
shafts with IN ineXhaustibie sigor. No man
could crowd more into life than he did
Rest was almost unknown 10 him. His &C.
tive mind spurred him at q race-horse speed
through life, aud gave him no respite. The
teeming brain. the busy fancies, and the toll
ing hands are all alike laid to rest now, ano
bending reyerently above his grave we car
pluck from it the deathleSs flowers of lessons
of industry, honesty, and energy that shal
bloom forever, and be fragrant to the multi.
tudcs who shall take example from him.
Farewell to one who has proved to every
man struggling for foothold in li(o that the
door TO success is open to the passwords o
| diligence and probity. In the years to come
grateful country will point proudly to hin
as Il representative American. Could he have
a more honorable title in the hearts of hi:
| fellow people?
Criticism Dumb.
| from Baltimore Gazette (Democrat) November 80
! The announcement of the death of Mr
| Greeley, though not unexpected. will he re-
ccircd. we are sure, with unfcigned sorrow
| by al, without distinction OF party, to whom
| his name, in the course Of his long and sue
| ccsSful career Us Il journalist, had become
| familiar rs household words. He died from
oyerstriin, and in the presence of his great
| loss criticism is dumb. Over his yet un
sepuchrcd remains we prefer to forget the
| intense political partisan aud to remember
| only the kindier instincts OF the man. W.
| prefer to believe that his gentler nature wa
| at war with his Puritanical training, and thai
those spurts of dissent which led men t,
| question the stcadiness of his opinions wer.
| the reyolts Of his better nature against the ar
bitrary exactionS OF his party and his section
| Tn his latter days he sought-how unsuccess
| fully we all know-to soften the polio,
and purify the corrupt practices Of the part,
he had done so much to create. There WA
something almost pathetic in his appeals It
the people of both sections to clasp hand