The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-05-15
Horace Greeley.

We clip the following sketch 0:
the life of Horace Greeley from
! the Richmond Dispatch
; Horace Greeley was born in
Amherst. New Hampshire, on the
! Sd Of February, 1911. In his
youth he was remarkable for his
fondness for books, and it is said
that by the tenth year OF his age
he had read every book within
seven miles Of his fathers house
which is within the range of cred.
ibllity. as books were then very
scarce. He is not spoken of as
either the good little boy" or
;'the boy that never told a lie .
but he was irrepressibly curious
about all sorts OF things, and made
! his early essays in tilling cab
bages, potatoes and corn, under
his fathers pupilage.
! At the age Of fifteen, he entered
! the printing Office of the East
Poultney (Et.) Northern .Specta-
tor, to learn the printing business.
In that establishment he showed
his aptitude and industry by soon
becoming the best printer in the
office, and giving sometimes val
liable assistance in editing the
paper. The Spectator died in 1880.
I'd the next year the then youth
ful philosopher made his appear
ance in New York city to seek
employment, with SO in his pock-
et-not a very small capital for
those days. He had before he
left Vermont displayed a talent
for statistics and a knowledge Of
parties and party men that as
tonished the natives. In New
York, he worked as a journeymao
printer in several Offices until be
embarked in business for himself,
in partnership with Mr.. Francis
Story, who, soon dying, the
firm Of Greeley & Co. was con-
tinued with new partners, and
the Ne~ Yorker, weekly political
and literary paper, with Mr.. Gree
ley as editor, was commenced. 1t
was q remarkably well arranged
paper, and gave Mr.. Greeley his
first distinction for accurate and
well-digested political statistics.
For some time he was actively
employed, not only in editing the
New Yorker. but in contributing
for several Whig papers; and in
l84l, April 10, he commenced the
DAILY Tribune, which has grown
steadily until now it has reached
the condition ofthe first newspaper
OF the country, familiar to people
in all parts Of the Union. At tho
time Of the commencement of the
Tribune, he had established his
reputation as practiced and for
chile newspaper writer and an un-
rivalled collator Of political facts
and statistics.
In l948 he was elected to fill a
vacancy in a seat in Congress
from the city Of New York, which
expired in 1849, March 4. While
in Congress he displayed great
zeal in his assaults upon the abuses
Of the mileage system. He has
been an author Of books-publish-
Ing, after a trip across the At
lantic, "Glances at Europe" also,
a 'History Of Slavery" a "His-
tory Of the Late War; and q book
On political economy. He has
been a lecturer on many topics,
and jealous advocate of manu-
factures and the interests of labor
ing people.
Of course Mr.. Greeley is known
the world over for his opposition
to slavery and his support Of the
doctrine of protection to home
industry. His course since the
war have very much commended
him to the Southern people At
the moment of the termination of
the war of blood he proposed an
end Of the war of sectional preiu-
dice and hate by general amnesty.
AS proof Of his liberality he be-
came one Of the sureties Of Mr..
Davis, President of the late Con-
fcderacy, and he has consistently
urged upon the Government the
policy Of clemency and general
amnesty.
No man has poured out such
bitter and seathing invectives up
on the carpet-baggers who have
plundered the Sonth as Mr.. Gree
ley has. Every Southern paper
has spread widely his denuncia-
t!ons ofthesc unworthy people.
A correspondent Of the Coun-