New-York tribune., 1872-12-06
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
THE APOSTLE OF FREEDOM.
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1o-dov tbe nation reyeTenty laid in his long
rest f the greatest Of her sOnsa man Who IN the
pecuor feature. OF his & g,no %,o oc apca vacant viii
ncyrr he fcd Yet Horace Greeley, more perhaps than
snv man who has gone before him was atyploal AmeI
ture Offering mnch rom the acriO, SpeCuiaNo
tan OF Nev England as from the uureasonlng, not
Tse crcnmstances OF his life We're such only could
rspid and dlr CO from his birth poverty 20 the position
of a candidate for the rulership of nation; the p0lD
ny OF his being Helped TO such rue oy hs tSeva f , 6
and profession; the possibility, more than All OF aqu
ne his profound yet practical und OF Inowedg9 Tout
education. aud ma the midst OF almost hhl1riSeI i,"'
both manual aud mental, in earning hls nNeI,nOOu;,
belonged 20 our national ne lile Haaoio, a 80 20
alforcthcr American. His bulldog hdelty 10
his own idea OF the right in business pom OF lesl9h,
side by side with the broadest. most GENIAL chari lOf
the opinions Of 0theTs the energy possessing lm me
demon impcug him up aud up DAY Dy day ns Wll11S rs
form hs contempt Tor precedeut his intense lovo ior
those dear 70 him; MS tenderness ms prolnl!, .I us
nervous lucid choosing o be coarse rather than weak
even his bodily strength and the disease which con
onerd it al lastwere all American, belonging to the
.rropccr caste uf men, though seldom united IN one
"a lar his country NAV claim Horace Greeley. But,
once OF twice a century God sends into this needy
world men qualified to be its mighty helpers or hnuei
10 deal Win 1t greatly aud in the mass; 10 drag
SnmaniTy backward toward ignorance and bondage, or
up anu ont into the freer air where God Is ana k1W
friends would CLAIMED FOR TINS dead mah the pdce
OF OF the worlds few pioneers. HIS commohpaeo
coat aud squcakug voice. Such cYeiy9ay suJleets VI
laughter thar even homage was PAID win a goou-
hunored federation. Now death has touched ana naue
him immortal The body which was suCh easy spoil TOT
caricafure the coat and hat, have fallen away IKE
she'll ana We that Of the great leaders OF the
world has been called to another lie and higher work
No man, since nSs Master whom be served win suth
humble singcuts OF heart, has dedicated MS powers MS
labor aud ms life TO brother man witn more hdeny
an ana Horace Greeley, He has been called one OF the
greatest oi living journalists; but TIE TRIBUNE was
never mere spaper nor adVCrtsn medium; Was
a trcmeuduous Intellectual ana moral engine WAleh ne
originated ANA used to mold the age IN which he hNed
He did 20 mold it -.
Tu one country which professed TO offer refuge 10
thr uou.iuIn a8t oppressed OF nation on earth
AID au example Of workings OF Tree Institutions, was
bu "A gigantic fraud and lac long Lcr negroes STOOD
h,tlrS~ and bound To Horace Greeley ana JHE IRlB-
UNI Inurc any hy power VAS Al OWING that
the yCllc %. slavery lited from the necRs OF lOur
ui.iOn> oi people, and that America stands TO-DAY
ut}Dr uILOa stood before III INC WOIh o Icbo"0
rating auu uniting mankind.
lie u i1.Gc history l0r tno present ana for an tme'
For fl, , laHy Ol Us have accused MN OF Wnat a-
pearga % lDosA and impOuc acts, put none Oh Us
deuy ti. ui sublime int gritty OF purpose ne 10 use
ms d,.u- words, "diu what seemed 70 MN the Ilkh'
tmu-" ana ul-ved through his whole life pnOhc opinion
"wnru nc thOugut wrong ana knew II 10 DC lhercl
less" ,. ,, -.
ever n0..iu4 ana sWGyed by tribes IL naJ be- mas
heart wa 10 %, any human beng. few weeks ago D
was ready sct and underrate this man Wnen ne wa
offered a.. Its rcr. Now, when death mas put ts sea
upon hiu d. stands uncovered by his grave and rec0g
uzes Ina tlc a editor the ruler Of ITS highest though
In wear yoLl la, ana tnB apostle OF freedom VINO M
brought MS message tO humanity ana gone 10 MS re