The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-07
Horace Greeley.


life of Horace Greeley from the Rich
mond 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 ago he had
read every book within seven miles of
his fathers house; which is within the
range of credibility, rs books were then
very scarce. He is not spoken of as
either the "good little boy" or "the
boy that never told lie;" but ho was
irrepressibly curious about all sorts of
things, and made his early essays in till
ing cabbages. potatoes and corn, under
his fathers pupilage.
At the age of fifteen, he entered the
printing Office of the East Poultney (Vt)
Northern Spectator, 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 valuable
assistance in editing the paper. The
Spectator died in 1880, and the next year
the then youthful philosopher made his
appearance in New York city to seek
employment, with $40 in his pocket
not very small capital for those daye.
He had before he left Vermont displayed
a talent for statistics and knowledge of
parties and party men that astonished
the natives. In New York, he worked
as journeyman printer in several Of
fees until he embarked in business for
himself, in partnership with Mr.. Fran
cis Story, who, soon dying, the firm Of
Greeley & Go. was continued with new
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political and literary paper, with Mr..
Greeley as editor, WAS commenced. It
was remarkably we'll arranged paper,
ton for accurate and well-digested poll
tical etatistics.
For some time he was actively en-
Yorker, but in contributing for several
Whig papers; and in 1841, April 10, he
commenced the Daily Tribune, which has
grown steadily until now it has reached
the condition of the first newspaper OF
the country. familiar to people in all
parts Of the Union. At the time of the
commencement of the Tribune, he had
established his reputation as practiced
and forcible newspaper writer and an
unrivalled collator of political facts and
statistics.
In 1848 he was elected to fill vacancy
in 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-publishing after trip
across the Atlantic, "Glances at Europe;"
also, "History of Slavery" q History
OF the Late War;" and book on politi.
cal economy. He has been lecturer on
many topics, and u jealous advocate of
manufactures and the interests of labor
ing people.
or course Mr.. Greeley is known the
world over for his opposition to slavery
and his support of the doctrine of pro-
lection to home industry. His course
since the war has 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 prejudice and hate by gene
ral amnesty. As a proof OF his liberality
ne became one OF the sureties OF Mf.
Davis, President Of the late Confedera-
cy, and he has consistently urged upon
the Government the policy of olemency
and general amnesty.
No man has poured out such bitter and
soRthing inveotives upon the carpet.bag-
gers who have plundered the South as
Mr.. Greeley has. Every Southern paper
has spread widely his denunoiations Of
taese unworthy people.