Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-12-05
lFrom the Cincinnati Eng lirer,
Death of Horace Gree
EPRy.

Az NON ~ NiASN
his active ulind and muscular
body would successfully combat
the combined attack of disease
and sorrow-though INDUCED by
all WHO knew that the man whom
all the world respected was an
crtremiS-was without even
shadow. OF all the deaths that
have come upon.the country this
is inexpressibly the saddest.-
None Of the elements which be-
get universal sympathy are lack
ing. Ii IL not within tie power
ofone man nor the limits of any
one journal to record with Justice
and eXactItude the merits of the
great man whose life was yeater-
day extlnguished. Fur nearly
forty years he was a part Of the
Republic which We honor TO day,
and to his vigorous mind and ac
tive words the peorl. owe more
than they will yer recognizes,
much less pay. A plcbcian by
birth, he lifted himself through
his own cxertions to q position
greater than that of President,
and in his industry, morality, pro
gressive spirit and comprenen-
sive views Ire was, without doubt,
the noblest type of an American
citizen. uis life-work we have
recorded in another column. 1t
will go down to %posterity, and in
posterfty's keeping it will be
honored. Politically We have
been at variance with Horace
Greeley throughout the greater
portion Of our existence ga apab-
lie journal, but his genius We ev-
er admired, his integrity We ever
Endorsed, aud we homer him and
his memory for his humanity
As o Journalist, Philosopher,
Statesman and Philanthropist he
was worthy of all honor and re
spect, and the roll which is set
apart in the country's fame for
the preservation of the James of
deserving men will be all tho
brighter fur the addition of his.
He may have been a man of var
led opinions; his variety of opin
ions may haveassumed the shape
and volatility If Tagaries; he may
have made many mistakes; but
his great heart was always right,
and bis best efforts were always
directed to the advancement or
amelioration of the human race.
His life was spent in turmoil
and political strife, and it ended
in sorrow, but his last pages
were brightest, aud his last
works better than his first. It
was something TO have built a
Tribune, but the man who was
first of a conqueriug people to
break down the barriers of hate
which years of hostility and
b~loodsheI and bitterness had
raised; who was the first to ex-
tend his hand and the first to
plead for forgiveness and re-
concilliation, wove for himself a
chaplet which can never wither.
The people who had once hated
him became his friends, and the
men whom he had carried to
honor hurried him to his grave.
He survived the bitter memories
of the great struggle which he al
ded sc much to inaugurate, and.
as in that day when he perceived
his great duty, with all the sin
cerity, honesty and earnestness of
his nature, he devoted himself to
a restoration of fraternal feeling
among brethren who are decreed
one nationality.
1t has been said that MIR. Gree
ley was an ambitious man, and
that he conniHed to secure for
himself the Presidency. Without
that true and ennobliug ambition
which is tt e adjunct of worthy
manhood he could never have
been Horace Greeley, but that he
tie nomination of the
Liberal party through adventi-
tious means is an undoubted SLAM
His friends and admirers
secured the honor for him. To
him it was unexpected. lie ac-
the trust as one who felt
that his cause was good and that
he deserved well OF the people
The speeches which he made du-
his Western tour constitute
4 monument as grand as any
statesman ever won, and prouder
than those which extol war
Following the great mem
al and physical strain incurred
that journey came that
domestic affection which touched
Ill hearts. Then came the pnlit
cal disaster. Mr.. Greeley felt
hat his life hadindeed been was
ed if he had not deserved some
at the hands Of the people.
The country did love him and
him, but circumstances
others could understand,
,ut which brought no comfortto