The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-12-07
Death Of Horace Greeley.

"From day 70 dsy, for week past, news
of Mr.. Greeley severe mental and physical
! prostration haa left this community and the
country not wholly unprepared for his disso-
hutton, and yet we may say Of bin as the ex-
piring chief Red Jacket said of himself, that
the news Of his death will come upon his peo-
rle like the sound of the fall Of great pine in
the stiffness of the woods: he has. in a mista-
ken aspiration for higher field of usefulness
andpower and glory, fallen sacrifice to his
political ambition He had failed to appre.
ciate the commanding position which he had
secured as leading American journalist, and
in leaving it to pursue the ignis fatuus of
: the Presidency, be dropped the substance
, for the shadow Of great distinction. Other
wise the history and enduring rewards of
Greeley's Industrious and useful career are
full Of encouragements to young men who
are without capital, influence or powerful
friends have the battle of life before them.
He leaves an honored pane behind him and
the high reward Of an encourag ing example.
IN. Y. Herald.
Mr.. Greeley's loss to journalism is one
which cannot be replaced. The incidents
Of his last sickness were peculiarly Distress
verses during the late campaign cannot
alone account for them. Had he been sue
cessful the probabilities are that he would not
have lived, 30 overts xed was his strength and
SO utterly broken down seems 10 have been
his constitution. The labors and excitement
of the canvass were more than his body or
mind could bear.
1--WE shall not attempt at this moment to
do justice to Mr.. Greeley. As journalist
and public man his life is part of the his
tory of the country during the last thirty
years, and the time ha s not yet come when it
can be impartially considered. 1t is certain
that Greeley's name will always be horored
in connection with the anti-slavery struggle,
and with many important measures which
he fought for with remarkable vigor, simply
because he believed they were right. Into
these subjects we will not now enter, for the
country is scarcely rid of the din and turmoil
Of memorable and unhappy past. Histo-
rians will d. justice to Greeley, and in the
meanwhile his countrymen will be strangely
forgetful if they fail to pay due tribute to his
memory. He has been before them for about
a generation, and he has had their confidence
in many trying periods ofour history. Let us
now remember only his virtues and his ge-
nius.-M Y. Times
"From his life great legacy remains;
the vast influence Of . generation which
learned from him that honesty, honor, SIM
plicity. frugality, generosity: purity. tenn
perance, are above all worldly gains. From
bis death the gospel of tolerance takes deep
er meaning, the cruelty of partisanship looks
meaner, the charity that believeth all things'
seems divine. For the rest, his friends will
keep his memory green. They are in the
market-place. the churches, the wretched
tenant homes, the mansions. the frontier
shanties. the mines. The poor and the ig-
norant and the miserable have left no other
friend so powerful. That is the story of his
humanity. In. every village some heart
mourns him, That is the story of his per-
sonal worth. "-Christion Onion.