, 1872-12-16

~ NC ~ A4o4 t4AaA t$EtefeLt1Iy HOE1Q
never have known - Greeley Nov, the lesson is this
Make choice in LIE Of some calling that has possibl
oa5sas and take along With that choice ali that
and then do not stop short Of its ultimate realization
Begin, need be, as an of6ce-boy in lawyers Office
boy; use that aa ~ a. means @ % tor ab becomin, 11nss
a. LAWYER yourself; Begin as an appren
ties At sa1peatssng bnt look
to help you along towards great end, but don't aol
failure. NN~>
The life Of Horace Greeley should impress upon al
men the lesson Of tender and soncitous regard 70,
certain Of fe and struggling get start in tht
btiea Of such life realized, We treble Is We thinA
Of those times when that life quivered between hops
a., ana despair, between success and failure. When
the hnid but ambitious boy went to Pou1tney, and
stood in bis raga before Mr. Bss the editor OF pa
per- and said DO you want boy to learn the print
foreman, be returned with the note, saying, Guess
we'd better Try him;" or when, five years after, he
Tent to =. New York SEEKING work. and told by r
Hale, OF the Jou771atf Commerce. that he arun.
away apprentice from aome country Office" and when
after days Of hunting for work he sat down aatur-
resolved to leave the city, but was encouraged and
helped to employment By some young Irishmen who
his want took friendly interest in his welfare
he found work. and, during the forty years of his Life
in the great city he always had kind word, an open
ne the lesson to I'LL hearts is, to do the same There
comes not to office, store, dwelling, one more I'M
has nd en hsa ia b. ae sev
and awkward manner conceal! And go Of the strug-
Cling poor all about US. The possibilities Of fine
their way through the earth waiting for guidins
word OF helping hand. Help the young man to-day
aRd h bssee the world
The life Of Horace Greeley illustrates the possible
achievements and honors OF American citizenship.
no ustroas ancestry, born poor, without the ayan-
tages OF scholastic culture, always alyng himself to
the cause and interests Of the Masses without civil or
military position he stood out in the simple grandeur
OF manhood and American citizenship welding In life
power that hnga might covet and receiving IN DEATH
not the forced tributes paid to royalty but the willing
tearH Of al mankind. In what other country could he
have been great? Was it not the genius Of our
ernment the common school, and equality before the
their defencel Though peerless, Horace Greeley
ne fd5 net alone as s1ae Of greatness hqa
woods boy, Jackson, found his way to the White
House, and Abraham Lincoln left the wilds Of Rem
coming around by way Of Illinois, laid down the maui
and took up sceptre greaer than welded by
Cesar or Napoleon: It is in this land that every
child is born within the easy reach Of education
and within the possible contingency Of the highest OF
the people, It is in this lind that every honest labor
home the possibility Of wealth. and the certainty that
he ts man, and has the rights OF man.
. Inc LIE ot Horace Greeley not only illustrates
the possibilities OF manhood under Republican rule,
but 1t is splendid example Of sef-made man under
the most difficult circumstances. His parents werc
fhe mbe, Websors Spelling, Mossss aeog1aphy. ] and
Then working hard tor bis parents By day. be read By
bian Nights, and such other books could obtain
Poverty compelled economy, his entire clothing up to
pend upon be learned to depend upon I himsef.Nto @
taia1ins; HARDSHIP hard WORK. f' ets Economy er4
The The little ress nsssa going on feos e
Poultney, traversed tho Cuntnenta. The little boy
Standing in rsgs and asking for work stood before
taught Senators to sit at his feet for WISDOM And
that name, so little when A1r. Bliss asked "Who are
fills the earth. And be assured Of this that the easy
g91ng, pleasure-seeang lazy 1a1ndreas, barber aud
Greeleys. It is also by much TOLL much hardship,
much working and waiting through the long years.
That such men made.
The Life Of Horace Greeley Is shining example Of
The virtues that go to make up noble manhood.
Among these put first his love Of truth and right,
Ed bis the 1tssanse
cause, with Mr. Greeley they were first Party, policy
popularity, gain the motives that much Influence
or pen from saying what he believed to be true, nor
turned him aside from doing what le believed to be
lght NJ Greeley was not opposed to political par
:ipe and the public good. He worked Ike Trojan in
Ii s;s s 9 1sS Ths aos n hens
ninistraton MS % frank @ and eorta CO but Ut" manly ad
ng as far as thsy shal soon ea!cniased to
~ 9s the greatest Of all so'erentthe welfare
Mr. Gree1ey's leading dea of what paper should be
vas that It be free from servle partisanship on the
ne hand a. and gaggsd miucing Neutrality on the
o1eranti this country that bipartisan journal is
:estrained from saying what It feels the most |
i a top.GR whe, on the 9hef p hand Democratic
with the views Of its party dreeley
ournanst might openly advocate the n'D' prin.
psa and measures Of ths party to which rs
particular question and even denounceits candidates
they were shown to be deficient in capacity, or
'rote, IT have ali my Gfe been doing what peopls
allied vastly foolish impoitic acts, and did not ques-
ion their judgments only said that what did seemed
hat do not regret having braved public opinion when
& The SUE hat Se n a1y1s aa ns Tass s
I. That has the ring Of q broad, true
nMahSod a. h and 9n real american and how infinitely
iglt OF true, but will it succeed?
There is much said IN this country about uberty,
hatever Church you please, but then after You are
nee n do as the leaders ten to do, and think as
1ey TEL you 10 th1nK. 1H1nk! Why, yes, think og |
1uch as you please, but then will tell you in ad-
ance what you must believe, |
Romsnism ia consistent In this, for it believes in the
lfa1Hbility Of the Pope. Not so with u.s. and happy
i'll 1t be for this land when all hearts and minds arc
res in fact we'll as in theory, and when On ep1ieht
ned ececcis shall seek to conaerve whatever is true
nd good in all parties and Churches and to put aEay
llnt is evil
hr. Greeley vas honest, in paying all his debts. In
convu1sou Of 1887 he toiled On at the
tw Yorker at loss Of s1oo per week. and when he final
suspended Its publication he made good every dollar
the subecribers. However heavy his own losses were
trough life, no man ever lost cent by him.
Another virtue was his purity. friend says that in
years. intimate acquaintance he never heard him usa
word TINT would bring the slightest utter to the pur
t cheek that wo1nanhood ever unveiled to society,
BE Waa generous. The needy who dai1y pressed |
pom him we're never turned empty |
WY. Often after working hard ali !
- he would sit up late at night and w1ita IN arti
some periodical tat he might have SIS or $50 to
Ye to some one In need. Possibly, no man Of cur
mes has 50 literally fulfilled the Scripture which
aches to gius and lend, hoping for nothing in return
ot only was he generous but he Was broadly phan:
ropic,-studying, planning, working tor better |
,mes, better schools, better laws, tho higher jns+
les and arts, and everything that would elevate tie
aases. His temperance is known to you ali He was
voted to the Church Of his choice, and, in forget
lness of eef, lived for his family for humanity and
r God. !
Few men began with 30 little and ended with 30
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