The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
THE HICKMAN COURIER,
SATURDAY, -: MAY II, 1872.
The Candidates
Horace Greeley.

consequently sixty one JSeS
He is of Scotch Irish descent, his an
cestors having been members OF iha
sturdy band who made famous the sieg'
of Londonderry.
The poverty of his fathers family re
duced him at very early age to The
necessity of laboring at the most arduou
toll for the support of his fami! y. a
eeleven years OF age he performed jour
ney OF Que hundred and twenty i've
miles on foot, with all his worldly geal
| in a small bundle thrown over his shoul'
der. Even at this age he hired himself
to the neighbOring farmers to cut wood
clear up new grounds, aud serve other
wise in the humble capacity of hired
| IHborer.
In the meanwhile a taste for literature
developed itself. fie enjoyed the mosl
meager possible opportunities for study
ing under instructors but such as were
sffui ded him were seized with avidity
AT home, also, he pushed and diversified
his slender acquisitions by reading with
eagerness before FIRE of pine knots all
the books he could gather up in the
neigh borhood In this way he soon be
came 4 kind of oracle among those OF his
own age, aud an authority of no little
uote with the simple minded people
of the neighborhOOd. II would appear
that he was no dullard 10 dIyiuing his
destiny, as it appears that he discovered
i fixed intention to become = printer be
fore resehing his teens, and devoured any
chance news paper with something of the
ierocity with which DR.. johnson is said
TO have swallowed books. After various
vicissiIudes aud alterations OF fortune
from bad TO worse. and hard to harder.
he finally realized the coveted pleasure
Of learning TO set type, aud finally start
ed to New York lie reached that city
in his twentieth year with $40 in his
pocket. For many weary days the awk
ward looking country boy sought em-
ployment in vain. His advent in New
York is srrikingly similar iu it's cireum
stances OF Encouragement, poverty and
contempt TO DIR. Franklin's first visit TO
Philadelphia; aud the parallel continues
as to the objects which the two adven
turers proposed TO themselves. their per.
~istence in effort aud the prompt success
"hlch awaited them Is s0Uu - their III
perciiuus aud doubling employers gave
them au opportunity to display their ca
pacity. Horace engaged in this depart
meut of newspaper making but short
time before he ventured, like Benjamin,
to try the dexteriiy Of his pen. VIII it
be believed, that one of the first sheets
TO which he contributed was a sporting
paper, then, as now, called The Spirit of
the Times? Yet such is the fact, aud
while play ing that gay role he also (aud
very naturally became = frequent hdGitUe
OF Iheaters. The latter, however, was i
matter of business as weR a. plsasuue.
In 1888 Mr GrSeley became Que OF
the originators of the Morning Post, the
irst daily paper ever published ia the
city Of New York 1t Is difficult 10 im
agine the condition of things before the
world realized the advantages OF that
great moral and historical luminary, the
ia ly press, which now emils its light
every morning as u fitting accompaui
ment Of the sun as he rises upou the
universe. 1t has become almost as in-
dis pensab Bile as the means Of illuminating
our dwellings,. But sad to say, the
Morning Post, this Guant courier of the
glorious array Of dailI, 8, soon ceased to
exist, the public, it appears, not being
prepared for 80 veu,uIous an innovation
The first number OF the New Yorker,
Mr. GreeIey's next venture, made its ap
pearauce III 1884 la this journal we
lind him engaged in DISCUSSIONS which
furnish extraordinary examples of the
OF his CONVICTIONS and prin>
:iples, for we find them paraphrased i'll
10 days Tribune Almost with the first
appearance OF the New Yorker he began
his attacks upon capital punishment the
OF the uegrUe-; the evils OF
slavery; temperance reform, aud protec
ion 10 American industry.
In 1899 Mr. Greeley added to his edi-
oral staff the talented aud brilliant
Henry j Raymond, subsequently, so
widely known as the editor of the New
York Times; aud about the same time
edited the Jeffersonian and the Daily
Nhig. 10 the famous Harrison CAM
,aign of 1910. he made his best hit by |
publishing a sheet which rejoiced in the |
.uphonious name of the Log Cabin, aud |
[ i unnecessary to say that he placed it
III the side of Harrison and the Wings |
Iu 1911 he started the Tribune, u
ournal through whose columns he has
made himself recognized as the frs. jour
lalist of America, if not of the world
Since then his history has been that of
he Tribune. aud the latter has been fully
Identified with all the revolutions OF
merican politics. He has never wa
'ered in his adherence to the principles
lie proposed for himself or others.
a Wbig, he has stood firm
; with that party through all its chan
'es down to the present time. Henry
LAY was lis especial favorite-his model
{ q statesman. Another ditiguished
Oh of Kentucky. John j. Crittenden,
Ias the object of his warmest admira
ion. Ills opposition to slavery was not
+ a very earnest character until the an
exa'ion of Texas, from which time on
'ard he never abated his artipathy and
arnest hostility until it was forever
bolished. His efforts in the cause of
american freedom most signally exceeded
. persistence, zeal and success those OF
ny other man in America.
While member of Congress. being !
!ected IN 184S, he signalized him-eli
ather by his zeal as a working member
D behalf of his favorite measures than
) an orator or debater In 1851 he :
'ent to Europe as chairmau of one col !.
he committees Of the great exhibition.
It the approach of the late unhappy war :
e labored earnestly to reconcile differ
noes between the North and South, by
irving to obtain from bo.h sections 0
'cognirion of the Constitution. and of Q
nose associated interests which he charc- '
/ were about to be sacrificed 10 a mo. {
entary gust of passion. v