Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-12-13

Horace Greeley.
Mr. Greeley merely xlimal constitution
was one of great strength. and had ne lived
as his father did, the tranquil life Of a quiet
farmer. he also would doubtless have lived
o. near hundred years of age His habits
have always heen strictly regular and TEN
psrItc. and We suppose he has never known
ANYTHING of those ordinary disorders T.
which most men are accustomed s. far a.
his mere physical constitution was concern
ell. be was capable of immense endurance
and immense wear and tear. His weakness.
then. was not IN the mobile entrails. a.
the vital organs of the trunk are called by
an old writer. but IN the seat of the i'll
tellecIua. nature. We recognise the pro-
urietv of the rule of sparing any
thing Ike o critical analysis Of the
character Of man who L. Just dead
aud il j. ua departure from tins rule. VT
think. t. recognize the fact, which M
Greeley dearest friend would not think of
ign Iru-. that he was q man Of altogether
peculiar and eccentric qualities. The weak
spot ui his constitution. and where disease
fastened itSeli when circumstances occurred
which were destructive Of a healthy c0ndi-
non OF the seat Of the mora and intellectual
iIcultIe~. wa- The brain. Perhaps his very
alaa cum lHlAlt-- were LII TEE
salt 0i an original weakness in the sub
stance oi some portion Of the brain. Just as
some men have weak spot IN the lungs
which always threatens them with con
sumption. Bar however this may be. the
lrt j. evident that whether from natura
causes or Roo much use. the brain IL Mr.
oree.e} was that organ which. under ex-
ce-~Iye strain. would give way Those Ia
lIliar WIKI bis life know that this il not the
1r~t time death has threatened him from the
same cause
That STRAIN upon him for the TX months
from Nav o. November has been simply tire
meudau- His desire 10 be successful In the
canvas was not only intense. bur in il was
concentrated all the longings, all the ambi-
ZION. all the dreams of his life. inasmuch a.
success now would bring him the gratihca-
non pt all that desire for distinction and all
the love of power that ever in his whole
iue moved and governed him Whether
he would not have died all the same. if De-
..ud been chosen President. viii be o curious
question for the physicians; but certainly
that tendency o. Inflammation of the brain
which belongs O. the larger portion of those
devoted % intellectual pursuits and 10 which
Doe was peculiarly liable, was inevitable under
The strain and intense excitement of the
campaign, and undoubtedly was aggravated
by the death of his wife T. j. said thar
Dir. Greeley expected. even after the state
elections. t. be chosen President bat
whether This De true or not. he did expect Dc /
through The summer The reaction that
followed all these lab3rs and all these
l0pe~--a11r- which. uuhappily, his grea, /
physical strength made him capable of with I
lut mere physical ezertiou. and hopes the I
Intensity ui which not many men can CON
'eIye-wa- necessarily very great The
iralu gave way. the inflammation diS1r- 4
,anizel his whole system, and he sunk. a- /
men ot les note ~o often do. where q chronic .
endency o. disease of the brain becomes. by |
ONE sudden calamity or great emotion. an /
.eate attack from which there is no possible
ec1yery.