Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-12-13
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itorials Ia the Cincinnati Guzette and New York |
lStaoiseiiung, which seems to as both e. nerous
aud inst. Tie Gazette saTss
remarkable man has died under very re-
markabo circumstances. 1hcao circumstances
were clearly the cause ~ this fatal event. and
are properly the d s. subject fnr obituary ie1ec-
tiun The public mind is shocked by the reality
tn Ia candidate for the presidency Of the Amer
icdu republic has been killed by the mental and
physical strain of the election contest, and by
disappointment IN the result. This unavuilably
suggests tho reflection IL this is 10 be one Of the
incidents OF popular government, in the great
contest which Is inscpArable from the periodical
election of an oilicer Of so much dignity and
power as the chief magistrate OF This nation, aud
IL brings to miud the names aud lives of former
defeated candidates aud aspirants. Before now
there have been great contests for the presi-
deucy, great hopes anj great dlsippontments OF
personal ambition long pursued but our annals
haye no record uf sudden death from this failure.
II is true that with the growing greatness Of the
nation, tho office Of President Is magnifyd, the
c inlcst fer 1t augmented the personal ambition
IN its pursuit correspoudingb' enhanced aud,
therefore, II may be expected that anxiety and
dsapp utment must be agsra vatcd in proper.
tim. Is 1t to be feared that this will become
too severe strain upon the human structate, SO
that mental constitutions which arc not in every
quality Of the must robust character may break
down under in But no presidential
suffer 40 great a Disappointment az Mr.. GREE
LEY because uoae ever made so great per
s,nul risk un this candidacy. In all other cases
the de featcd candidate has retained the respect
sympathy, and gratitude Of The party which
made him its standard bearer, and wiich
shared with him the hopes Or tho contest and
the sorrow nf defeat. In other cases he has had
the consolation that he accepted an honorable
position at the call Of great party that he did
his duty, aud that hc kept honor and sef-respec'.
In Mr.. GREELEY's case all this is otherwise.
lie courted and accepted tho nomination of
purity which till tlou lie had opposed aud
declared unfit to be trusted with the control Of
government. Yet it was evident that his eccli N
would bo its success, and would bring il into
control. lie accepted a nomination from party
which had no lave for him, aud whose sole
| purpose in nominating BIN was To use him to
| split his own party and ihus enable the other
to steal into the government AS it appeared /,
the world this was the expressed consideration
| Of that extraordinary alliance.
| To his own party this appeared lrcachery and
a turning back npon the principles Of all his
! public life. Il lost him the respect of great
party with which he had been identified through
a long struggle for principle and through s7me
! tho test ev snts in the life Of tie republic.
! Ii must have lost him the esteem Of many per-
sonai friends Had he been elected, the restored
| Democratic party would have been Ohscquious
| to him, the Republican party divided. The halo
Il
| which he came to il. lie might assume that
this vas new departure aud a new era. His
i urua would be in the position OF an organ of a
new administration aud Of a progressive policy,
and thus his great personal risk might be
compensated by the new conditions that lis
triumph would bring in.
But with defeat, the Democratic party have
cast him Off like an old glove singing him with
their declarations that they blundersd in nom
mating him. lie caull hnl NJ hons in the Re
publican party, which believed he tried to beray
il, to promote his own ambition. Political in
dependence was but a poor pretcnse for de-
fested party candidate. lie could not but feel
! the loss uf the esteem Of personal friends And
| on top Of all this dreadful disappointment aud
! personal sacrifice was the reflection that he had
put in Jeopardy the frrtuces uf the great journal
whose crealiun was Identified with his own life.
| His realization Of all this is most terribly ex-
pressed in his sheartrending words, "The country
! is gone, the Tribune Is gone, and | am gone"
| THIS is the awful feeling that broke down this
life which had pro niss ofuncommnu longevity,
and of Il long continuance Of mental vieor.
In this We are morally narratng tho facts Of
current events and Of public sentiments. without
assuming to pronounce on its justice. This was
the public sentiment this was the Judgment Of
the Republican party these were the feelings of
many Of Mr.. GREELEY's old friends; this was
the effect of defeat on the party that nominated
him, and this consequences to his life is horribly
expressed in his last connected words.
THE SBw YORK sTAATsZErCSo
one of the most dignjied German Democratic
opapers, as well as firm opponents Of the nomin-
/ ion of Mr. GHEELsY for the Presidency, has
The following upon his death
"Much as we mourn the death OF Horace
Greeley, We cannot say that the event has sur
| prised us. In the very first week of his cam
| ddacy we expressed the conviction that MIR.
| Greeley would never survive the blow which
| We felt sure the inevitable result OF this can
| 6idacy would give him. True, we had not ex-
/ pected ur feared so sudden a physical prostra-
ion but we had not estimated the weight of
.cll a blow too lightly. The temperament, the
I ambition of the man, his high sense of honor,
/ made such result certain.
! The conviction that in the evening Of his
! days he had s,iled life which entitled him to
| AN honorable place in history by an act of most
| unmitigated folly, and had made himself a
! laughing stock, would. of necessity, act like \
| consuming fire upon such man, aud it is well
/ for him that he was 81 quickly released from
! such torture. a 5lan Lf less sensibity would
| hnye more easily got over the blow-a Greeley
coul! not, and death may haYe been a welcome
! SO viur.
"This death nvoIuntsrily reminds us Of the
de 9TH of another presidential candidate who
| also did not long survive his defeat Stephen
| Arm I'D Douglas. In his case, il is true, there
was even stronger argument against his po-
| ! teal course-the comWencement Of the civ il
| wdr-and his heart was broken, not merely by
| the blasting Of his personal hopes, but mure
| than all by the misfortune Of his country. hut
| t zen both nf them Douglas as welt as Gree
| ley-certainly permitted themselves to be ln-
| fuenced in thor cou Sc by the ambition 10 play
first role in setu ing the greatness and hap
! piness uf their country tn establish their own
! greatness, their own happiness and when
! finally they were forced To see how entirely mis-
! taken they were, and how small the prOspcc is
| that the people would show themselves grateful
| for their ellorts when they saw that The psopls
and history were justified in condemniug the
| most decided acts el their political lives, they
! were forced to regard these lives as a failure,
and, with this knowledge, their physical powers
! failed them.
| "As creator of a cosmopolitan journal like Il e
| Tribune, Greeley will rcInIin for all time o
| come a remarkable phenomenon. In this re-
! spect he owed as much 10 the people as they did
| to him. Such a creation was only possible
! in a land with such conditions of trlgress and
! vast deyelupement as ours. Let Us hope that
| the creation will long outlive the creator, and
! come into the hands Of men who will be Of equal
| birth with him in mental powers and energy.
"The great difficulty which will be eEper-
| fenced in doing this will show what the press Of
the country, aud Consequently th5 country itself,
| has lost IA Mr.. Greeley.
''rhe gap may be filled what one will not ?
but his services IN this sphere VIII be held III
honor long as there is an American journalist.
! In the wide sphere of the Union, therefore, and
| far beyond this sphere, the death Of the great
| American journalist will cause deep sorrow in
! the hearts Of thnse to whom brave, free culture
breathing and culture nouiishng press is dear,
! and thuse particularly who have shared this
] calling with him will dednce from his life and
| endeayOrs lasting lesson"
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