The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-30
HORACE EREErEY

IL % the ID 1f February, ISL, Horace
Greeley wzs bora In the stiflness II a
rural retreat near TarTytgWH- y. Y. aHAy
frOn any pzbiie rad AEaanz living frieB.is
little after dark On the evening q No
vsmbsF 18th lsT2- he died His ancsstors
we're Seoteh-Irizh people In his ruth he
wa physically and mentally. ths Superior
Of eli his eynpauions. h. rise - Be a
y great ehieftsin auoaE his fslgE-R en- haV-
ing. A We thizk- ~ previous ssaal saEs
Beujarni. Frsnkiin and he died when in
The ve-T senish 81 his fame His Efe vas
devoted TO the ESoi Of biz fsIgw-men. and
h ssrri6ssed Il At last 10 one great efFaFt
% reenuiis his eygntrymsn q one snothsr.
7 Nothing eyqld have been adds.i 10 his fame
had he GTei and nv that be i dad al
his eagnTymsh vii i1in in d0inz honor %
the memory II one q the purest and bes,
q al the great men America has produced
Il L probable tia, his stFestignate vizils b.
the bedside # his dying wife had their
eject upon him. A. Al.5 other domestic
grl@fs, but il L also certain that. Ike
D0uzlas, who wore him self cut in An effort
% avert civil war. the excitement and Ia
bnF in9dent % the late campaign .uperin-
duced the mental disorder from which
death was the only possible relief. The
vo8ce II Douzlas and the lahur Il hi.
friends were not sufficient TO prevent a war
between our eOUntTymen. but may &C Rot
hope that now. over the grave Of the dead
patriot, Greeley, the people Of the South
and the North may become - reconcilei
% each other that no future strife can
separate them
The striking fact. in the life If Mr.
Greeley are well known % the pubic
When 10 years If age his father removed
% West Haven. Vermont At Is he be
came printer apprentice in the oaice Of
the Northern Spectator. East PguItney
Vermont Ia l.52 he "a. a ieurneymau
printer in New York The next year he
va partner in publishing the Morning
Post a two cent papor-but it vas not a
success. In 1884 he started the New
Yorker. a. a Wing paper He was the
editor Of The JefFersouian in Isss. and
The Log Cabin, campaign PAPER. In
l>iv. In ls4l The Tribune vas started.
and since that most school boys know hi,
history A the founder and chief editor
d one ct the greatest newspapers in the
world his fame Will be enduring his
brow Will be lustrous with no borrowed
rays and h. name vii be cherished
ahfoug the purest and greatest Of Ameri-
ca great meR. Few Of cur cguntryn.en are
notlDdebted u his labors for some service in :
the advancement Of their hopes. or some /.
gentle deed in aid of their personal needs. 4
His heart was the seat Of generosity. his .
mind the throne Of B0hleues, hi. Ten
their quick and powerful seryi,or, and we
believe in our heart that that pen never
willingly championed an unworthy cause
never took inspiration from a selfish mo-
tive He was more instrumental than
any ether man who ever lived in hberat-
ing this country from the curse Of slavery
And afterwards more instrumental than
any other man 10 hberating three million
q Democrats from a most ill-starred party
servitude He gained for the course II
reform a real victory buried dead issues.
and brought into the foreground those
living ones which must now be cried upon
their merits. These thing, are worth all
they eCst- Let u be grateful for the
great and the good men q our land among
the greatest If which was Horace Greelev ,
The death Of ~ nan 10 al our borders
would have produced such unaffected tears
and -5rrgw He had his f1ibles. and even
they made him the familiar # every
household His life vii rise Ike a shaft
10 hi own memory what be has done viii
he hi own best monument and the SELF
fences he has - often ftly uttered are BIZ,
best eulogy and epita;h His unrivaIed
leaving volumes economic. liter
arr aaf historical. his tremendous energy
fed By life Of Spartan Temperance his
purity q character, uns0ilei a. a woman :.
BIZ charity which never looked a. the re-
,ipieut before he gave hi utter indifer-
snce to worldly glitter, denoted by his
courage in the presence of royalty, and
be apparel, and manners at all times his
Heath. which would have borne stain
Ike a wound his child-like trust in an
,ctive providence and biz manly support #
Tod intentions ty a life Of probiry and
, determination % leave nothing o. Be done
BY God which be could do for himself. al
.hese are what come U mems minds now
hey learn that Horace Greeley Is dead.
and that his giant mind has gone u the
mysterious hereafter None need say
Peace 70 his memory, for his few slight
ault. are all forgotten and his late foes
re nov trying to Guido his friends in
mourning hi death aud doing honor % his
memory.
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