Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-24
THEREAL HORACE GREELEY.
A Photograph which the Public viii
Recognize.
From the Springfield Republican

From the Springfield Republican
A portion Of the people havc somehow
come to think of Horace Greeley as a
man of feeble will, inirm of purpose,
lacking mental poise, q sort of human
w~eather-vane blown about by every
wind of doctrine, Naturally General
Grants friends, in the press and on the
stump, are just nov taking great pains
to foster and cultivate this impression.
1t is their cue to do so; the motive Is
perfectly transparent. If Mr.. Greeley is
any such manner of mar as this, he is
obviously unfit to be President of the
United States. If the voters generally
can be made TO believe that hei is, Grants
reelection, now somewhat problem
~atical, becomes a certainty. 1t is there
fore a part, and a very important part,
of the Administrations game to persist
entity represent Nj. Greeley as a maggot-
Drained theorist, impractical, crotchety,
gullible, unstable, not to be trusted in
any responsible position by a prudent
people.
This is a part of the game, we say.
But it is at least doubtful whether 10
"works;" whether the results Justify the
expenditure of breath, ink and ingenu-
ity. If there is any public man now
living about whom it Is not easy to de-
ceive the American people, that man is
Horace Greeley. They know him flike
a book'-know him better and more
thorough than they know any Of his
contemporaries in public life; know
him a hundred times better than they
know these orators of the stump and del
icate wits Of the press, who are lam
pOOning and caTricaturing him. They
1 iO,ao - atnan asg,Dyy,ro1 lie 1,Oa1rnaor -
foibles. But they also, long since,
learned to admire the robust strength of
the mantle sound mind in the sound
body, the healthy, alert conscience, the
~tireless energy, the generous devotion,
the sturdy Backbone. They know that
the friend Of Henry Clay the founder of
the Republican party, the creator of the
New York Tribune, is neither no imbe-
Gle nor a knave. 1t must be reeolected
that he has been for many years past
one of the most conspicuous figures in
the public eye; in some respects
the most conspicuous. He has cOntinu-
ally edited the leading newspaper OF his
party and Of the country. His record is
all down in black and white; any one
can tumble it ove and select points of
attack at leisure-as MI. Chandler and
his government clerks are now doing.
He has moved constantly IN a glare Of
light. How many of our politicians
could have borne the test ashe has done?.
How many, as it is, can safely chal-
lenge a comparison of records? Ger
tainly not General Grant, who, to be
sure, is but a young politician. Certain
ly not Mr.. Henry Wilson. Horace
Greeley's mistakes and infideIities to
to himself have been for the most part
in little things; in great things he has
rarely been found wanting. The two
guiding stars to his political course have
been Human Rights and Protection to
American Industry. How steadily he
has steered by them in all kinds of
weather, the country knows.
Granted that he has an uncertain
temper, an appetite for fiattery, and an
impatience of criticism, which some
times betray him to his own hurt. This
is merely to concede that he is a human
being, with the commonplace human
imperfeetIons. All the same, he has a
big heart that is ever quick to beat for
the d~Own-trodden and the oppressed; a
big brain, that has left its mark upon the
thinking and doing of this young Re
public; a stout will that has brought
him through many trying ordeals and
earriedhim over many hard experiences;
a patriotism that no honest man will
question; a philanthropy that no just
man a think of ave with tender re-
spect and gratitude. Andthe American
people know it.