American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-25
Hon. John Forsyth Enumerating Dr..
Greeley's Virtues

From the Mot.ilr Regi teri
Horace GIerleN'S great weakness,
as some of the papers style 1t, seems
ever to have lain in his humanity
for man. KNOWN ing nothing of sl,-
very from personal observation, he
naturally accepted the horrible. Sto-
RES "f it generally prevalent at the
Mouth, and in the honest conviction
that he was serving humanity, he
made Free Soili>m his second great
principle, IA protective tariff being
his first. This eventually carried
him into the Republican party. He
was with the Wings because that
party favored his pet principle of
protection. and att+rward he vas
with Republicans because Republi-
camism professe,i TO oppose the ex-
tension OF slavery into thu. Terrific
rir~. He Was never in favor of ill.,
ie fering with slavery in he States
where it exist ed. as bis position, set
forth III the next paragraph, clearly
demonstrates.
" hen our sectional troubles arose
in 1861, and arrangements were be-
made with ii view t" dsagging the
>ec..tlin. States back into the Union
b> t"rc.. of arms, Grrclry's human
ity again displayed itself; for, to
the great damage of his PERSONAL
interests, he came boldly out and
urged that the Mouth. to use his
own words, = Let the rrring sisters
depart III peace He believed that
the South had erred, bat Stlli he
could not feel that he error justi
fled d resort to force or bluo.I> iIe d.
The war VAS calIi.d through, the
Southern States surrendered to adj
verse circumstances and superior
force, and White the successful
! nI,ieS We're crying for more blood
ciamorouS aS ii banu of vic
ton iouS Indians for the stake aud
q H. fasgOt-a Voice clear and earn
est rang above the tunuit III -lO
quent pleading tor mercy it was
mat of he old white coated philOs-
pher, Horace Greeley! That voice
VAS IA power which could not be
easily sc"ffrd down, for Horace
Greeley had many friends as hui
maIlr as himself; and as ii conse-
qu-ncp, We do not doubt, many are
alkius Gml's foo, stool to day, who
would OF htrwise have been living
only in the records of martyrs to
tue Lost Cause.
Aud whe., still later, one who
had been coIsidt ed the most prom
inrnt actor on the Southern side of
the war was led forth from long i'm
l,risonment and admitted t. bail in
cons. quruce Of the heavy pressure
brought to bear by Greeley and his
trirnds-admilted to II bail which it
WAS thought could not be given
our old hero was the first man t.
step forward and extend n friendly
greeting to jefferson Davis, the
same hand hich in minute after
was wri, ing the name OF Horace
Greeley upon the bonds! We we'll
remember the howl that went up,
aud can form some idea of the loss
which must have resulted to the
Tribune still there was no evil
deuce of ii single consequent pang
III the heart ct the aciOi-Wt fully
believe he would have, done Just SO
had he been assured o. bankrup cN
ht next moment.
Still later, when the part, with
which Mr.. G,etiry WAS identified
refused to- longer hear his I,lcadiugs
on the side ct humanity, but con
tlnued t" grind the Southern peO-
pie without cause or mercy, he
dropped every interest which he
had in it, and gathering his t, lends
about him, entered maniully into IA
wal tor right and Justice. The
reader knows the rest.