The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-10
SOME OF Ma. reREELRY's PRIVATE
LETTERS.

Since the death of Mr. Greeley many of
his private letters are being laid before
the public which are quite interesting and
show, in still stronger light the patriotic
and unsel6sh character of this wonderful
man In reply TO letter written to Mr..
Greeley by A. w Palmer, State Senator
Of New York just after the Cincinnati
Convention, in which Mr.. Palmer alluded
10 the fact that he had called upon Mr..
Greeley in December, 1865 10 persuade
him not TO publish the celebrated article
upon General Amnesty and Impartial
Suffrage, because its publication would
prevent his election 10 the United States
Senate, and also to other instances when
he was in advance Of public sentiment,
Mr.. Greeley wrote as follows:
NEW YoRK THBuNE, May ~, isTs
Nv FsfENn. OF course throw away the senator.
ahip 20 tsfB- knowing well that did o-and did
myself great pccuninry harm Ia 1851 by bailing Jeh
Davis; bat suppose hadn't done eitherf
Elther God rules this world or does not he.
lirvp he does. Yours, HORACE GREELEY,
Hon. A. W. Palmer, Armenia, y. Y.
Here are four letters written TO his old
friend, Gen. Leslie Combs, of Kentucky,
the account of whose cowurdly assassina-
ton and murder is only few days old
NEW YoRK, Aug "a is72
MY DEAB SIN: 1 have yours OF 2Oth this mo
mont beg you, my old friend not 10 borrow
trouble about Blanton Duncans Convention /
the south shall see ht 10 u.eeCt Grant by fOOlini
away votes on Bourbon ticket, that win cast NJ
shame ON yOu or me, any moru than Clay's defea
Ia 1874 did. Let us do Our duty and leave cunse
HosAcE GREELEY.
Nrw YoRx. Sept s. 1874
My OtD FRIEND: have yours Of the 9Th inst
You seem 10 me disposed 10 think too III Of sucl
men a. --. Never mind them. n they beat Us
let NJ remember how Henry Clay was beaten 4
can ever annoy ~ we will do our duty an
trust the All.wi-c Disposcr for the result Gour'
Horace GREELEY
To General L..uc Combs, Lexington, ny.
Nrw YoHN, oct. as, is7a.
= ngAE FBiTNp Ny wife still fingers with N
hut i- very feeble. She may drop Oh any day.
Your. ttoEAcE GHEELKY
NEW YoHk Nov TO- 1sTl
ny DEAR Old FRIEND: Ny ky r. black
may never write Won again. I thank you for yor
letter of the th aud pray that the evening Of YOU
days may be- bright and sunny. and that you ma
HoRAcE GREELEY.
To General Leslie Combs. Lexington. Ky.
In a letter to the Hon. Mason W. Tap
pan, of New Hampshire, dated Novembe
), one of the very last that Mr. Creole
wrote, he expresses great gratitude to MI
Tappan for going into the recent contes
in his behalf with much zeal and says i
his gravely jocular manner:
II have been so bitterly assaulted that / hard
know whether was running for the Presidency
for the Penitentiary"
Mr. Greeley thus speaks Of the death {
his wife:
In the darkest hour my long-sufferiug wife lef
not too soon, A. she had suffered too deeply ar
long. laid her In the grave with hard, dry eye
Well, am used mp have slept little for week
and my eyes are hard to close, while they so'
open again
Among the last letters Of his life W
the following TO Alex, Mcclure, Of Pen
sylvania, bearing date Of the last day NJ
Greeley was at his editorial office 1t W
written in reply to one expressing symp
thy with Mr.. Greeley for the loss Of h
wife and the political misfortune that
suddenly followed
NEW YoRK, Nov 10
MY DEAR FRrENp I am man Of many -
rows, and doubtless have deserved them IN
beg 10 say that do not forget the gallant thou
luckle~s struggle you made w my behalf
am not well Yours etc.,
HORACE GREELEY
To Colonel A. X. Mcclure,