, 1872-12-06

he ran oyer 70 NeM VOTE ana naq G peraeiie iatfar
oelsIa4uns MIln ni' 1l.ales'-s siti 4o ftor tha
opening speech Of the Liberal statesmen, atoan IN
TIcn no saye r. - a. - 80 e,,; ssnaach ia
aun H. a. ~ ~ tb;nI + has ever been
lnouste. speseu' ~ n4s 4hat = Ia ia a ereat
and good man. One u an7 a,1s1par 1an tn a
was to scnurz. II vas IA ~ an0"e1 sa ra-
note OF kind condo!ence, Auu1 ,raE
member It from Il I ne sr nsrsH srpwith an aFony
ton, it read: NY Lear oH-MAtn ,. - S6;Ihy s6;thy
OF emotion can only nlhu 1i;. -, fh h;,1a Inst
July, horace 1IselcJ. ao5 .5;,,r& oro~ ,-ar,;n
outside Of New Albany and 1unn1ng oTel, arad 1emrn
Essentially, these u .ning7 AZ raeeT. HAVING orign
notes OF oplnon On M. uie1ioss 1; l5nft.5as.
ally agreed n our ~" 4ha ana to
for the peculiar dutes oi :ne a1u .,,,, w
this ooncluslon t9at Me, ~ had hean "s,n 1nncI
bers o. 59oufhei lot tha noutradictn2v aemenfg in his
deceived by the contlActoi} ina .l;-;oaI -
characters tnae NJ WIS, ~ ;a ;n1;n,ataa
and more plactMai e'en @ihn tIa+ 'iie 1od ha baen
conceived nun 20 Dc anu suas, n nnu oonn+ ne % IN
tba and ipcorruptibty Of his
administration, a1saPpolntlng tne eApo''o'AoD0
OF hls Trends ana ms enemies: % ~ thu co,vaaa vas
Inc th1d ano Anal epocn ~ 11e Sau;aa "a re- =;
Mr. Greeleys journeys IN new E961thu haadad hnu ID
| tho West. AL OF his personal 1flenas, ueaueu
BY White, hed feared nus opt:spo@ken @ @ gaaluh;, ~,
T was the opinion Of everybody ah9 Knew nn
that discretion was one Of the items when na5ule
had left out Of his make 40 not know noN
it WAS that ho evaded the promises ne maue u
this matter but I do know TINT ms M condqct
and utterances speeo1ly feconelleu tnoso a ,a wv
had enjoined him to hold ms tongue ana pen.
From Boston to Portland and back, from Ne"
York to Louisville, and round by way OF !nalana-
polls md Cleveland home nga'n, excepting only
that characte17stc: 1earless, truIn!u. ~
Pittsburgh speech, ne n3t taa nau oaa4i ~ ~
head every time ne strucA ~ ~ ~. "a ~ :; ra1r ~
whittier I had gone to meet NM ana @ IN & lepy M ~
ee.io"Jp Jt:,1 ls,ht ,.ha+ha- +ha pittsburgh
speech nacatea total u4aey, u o.t 10 1aba.
tary mental alteration, he broke OIL III q Vone-
ment, hopeless way o:z.,,;.
''What else could say: =, Dla say anyanlnf Hae.a
new or strange! DID tell any Aes =, 1GIe 10y :
! not always spoken so and Nl1tten 60 IAeu,
throwing the towel with which ne had had been a
wiping his face testify aslde, ne sal GOWN anu
continued, IN forlorn, deprecat9r{ way:
II have always thought so and nave sag SO.
, If q people want their independence let them
have it. never believed you Southern people
wauted anything OF the KIND. never o. peneveo
you thought you needed anytnng OF tne A,nu. le.,
! thought you were lot OF 1ools 10 ~ " wy
. about the negro. thought you we're dragooneq
+ out OF the Union. But 1 also thought, ana !
and fairly, it vas your night to do as yon pleased
about it, NOW the man "ho goes not oune,e s
! that. is no Republican and, as nave Always e1-
j. pressed that opinion, what hafm 1s tnete III IT,
t peating it nowT"
do not undertake TO reason VIII LIS s1ea tt y,
the su6e snd he he 10 he nater
l
t palpable abEurd!ty; but ne would a. nov oe con.
: yinced, and WAS not convinced until conclusive
& proof was furnished him fortnight later- HI
physical ana as tas sa
Y Governor Randolph, Of New Jersey, ana Gofef
/ nor Walker, of Virginia, who accompanied b him
=, could give many suggestive incidents OF then
n journey, all Of which would go to show an IN
- usually excited state of his physical and menta
% % The sentimental element in Mr.: Greeley
8 character was strongly manifested by tn
e. feeling ho displayed with respect to the nc
in gro vote. remember that, early in the can
e. Tass, talked with him on the subject, an
C. assured him that he would not only lose "a
d negro vote, but that az enort TO @ see1tG ~
" thrown away: He did not wish m effort q MADE ,t
ae If they withheld it thoy would show themselva
the most haxa p9p receved the same
,d ance, which had given him, from many others
I'd but, when he caue West, the subject was M stl
to in his mind. and he seized the opportunity {
|,a his speech ct Louisville to address himself d
~ rectlY, and he did SO confidently, to the colore
- people.
th am Of the opinion that at this time nc ~
e, more disturbed about sentimental, Popul.
IL yindication than about anything else The COZ
~ spicuous glare in which his nomination ha
Ii thrown him was grown dim to him ; the novel;
r. Of the place Of Presidential candidate I'll
or gone and other and painful consldeIatol
ct we're DEbiIl4H5 AAAAA4eAs AA~ N-A> w -
at TINS tune, mpulsl1ely ,ou .,..-o ~,
II !" GOD Knows tnat houu hasea ,fa na,H ~ w
he eented 70 Inn u Aau huo"u 49, ~ 49, ~
ad me- and if they can supply my place WITH = 2 be
.as ter candidate Will withdraw at any time"
nd am sure he believed that this was bis opinion
bY and, therefore, do not think the loss OF b
be- election, the material disappointment in the 70
,o- of a coveted prize had great deal to do III
"a his ranid and startling decline in health It #
ID not that; it was something deeper and mo
or. touching. The result OF tne popular 'o'e le4e
trs ed to him cruel fact for which he was not p1
90. nared fact the sudden and unexpected rea
1sa zatiou Of which, in the reduced state of !
VII strength Of body ana spllt, q1ile uipAo -
to down. He conceived Mmsen 20 %; as " "
md man much loved ~ the people; He 1n!sGuae
ta lated the force and direction Of this popular
de-. eard; he believed that the political manage
be Els natural enemies, had always dehed thispoI
es lar sentiment; he felt that, at last,