Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-04
THE CANDIDATES.
HORACE GREELEY FOR PRESIDENT.

HoRACE GREELEY FOB PREsEDEET.
"Time works wonders" So Shak-
speare wrote. And 50 it is. "Time
works wonders" Twelve years ago, no
name was more hated and detested at
the South than that Of Horace Greeley,
the famous abolition editor of the New
York Tribune, and yet, to-day, he is the
NOMINEES Of a convention in which CEN
ters all the hopes Of the Southern States
foroomplete, fun, free and fair restoration
to their rights under the Union. To
day his name is hailed with acclama-
tions as that Of a man who, what
ever the differences of opinion that d.
vided him from US and made him the
most formidable champion of our oppO-
nents In times past, is pure, honest
straightforward and undertaking from
whatever line Of principle he may lay
down OF accept. Overlooking with the
milk of human kindness, a benefactOr
Of his race anxious for the ameliOratiOn
Of the poor working classes from
which he sprung, and whom
he 50 fittingly represents, Mr..
Greeley will not disappoint the
hopes of those who are anxious for a
restored Union on the basis Of amnesty,
for restoration of political rights to all,
for peace and good viii, for economic
administration Of the government and
for the employment Of those only who
have capacity and honesty for Office.
One Of the most eminent Of American
Journalists, Horace Greeley has made
his way in the world from the case y
up, by dint of earnest perseverance
backed by a noble resolve to succeed.
He was born in Amherst, New Hamp-
shire, on the third of February, 1871,
and came of a stock Of which he boasts
that it participated in the memorable
siege of Londonderry, Ireland, away
back in the days when the bloody and
brutal arbitrament of the sword decided
all political and religious contes Is. His
childhood was what every boys is on a
farm, except that during the long winter
nights he gave himself to reading, and
before he was ten years Of age had
devoured all the books of his neighbor-
hood. This fondness for books and for
study has followed him in all his life.
He Is vet devoted student. In 1921
his family removed to Westhaven, Yer
mont, where he labored with his father
upon a farm, and acquired there lessons
and the taste for farming which has en-
abled him since 20 say 80 much about
What / know about farming"
In 1926. when about fifteen years Of age,
he entered a country printing-Office and
commenced his long career OF journal
ism, a career in which he has always
sought 10 maintain the dignity Of pro-
ffssion he exalts in his person. His first
venture at type-setung was made in the
Office Of the Northcra Spectator, of East
Pultney, Vermont. On this paper he
worked until June 1880, when, in his
twentieth year, his apprenticeship came
suddenly to an end On account Of the
discontinuance OF the paper. He took q
tramp, his wardrobe being Of the sort
that could hardly impede progress and
would increase but little his means Of
keeping out the cold. In August 1881,
he brought up in New York, where he
has ever since remained. On the frst
Of January, 1888, he opened a printing
Office, in partnership with Mr.. Storey.
They printed for DR.. Sheppard the
Morning Post, the first penny daily
paper published in the world. Being
some years in advance Of its time, it
failed, and shortly after Greeley and
Storey failed. The adventurous young
printer, nothing daunted, soon COM
menced again. This time with Win
chester and Sibbett for partners. In
1884 he commenced the publication Of
the NelC Yorker, the best Whig paper Of
its day, and continued it until ls4l,
when be merged it and the Log
Cabin IA campaign paper, with the New
York Tribune, in the columns Of which
he has fought many hard political bat
ties, and attained a worldwide nOtO-
riety and fame. In IS4S he was elected
20 Congress, where he served until the
fourth Of March, ls49, being conspicu-
Gus, meantime, for his opposition TO the
abuses Of the mileage and other Con-
gressional systems. He served as a ju-
lyman at the first great exhibition at Lon
don in 1851, and upon his return
published "GlaHces at Europe" Since
the appearance Of this, his first book, he
has published many Others, among them
on slavery extension or restriction, his
autobiography, and on farming; also, a
great many pamphlets on political sub
iects He has always been a hard
worker; has written, perhaps, more vol
uminously than any other gentle
man connected with the press Of
the United States, and is very
Justly regarded the most pro-
found statistician, commercially and
politically, that our profession can boast
Of Proud Of his profession, he was the
first President of the first Printers
Union Of New York, and has always
been the working mans friend. Cranky
and curious, all his weaknesses incline
him to the good Of his fellow men, and
he is everywhere regarded a philosopher
anxious only to find the best, shortest
and cheapest road 10 the most equitable
mode Of government. When in Eng
land and on the continent Of Europe, he
was everywhere received with the dis
tinction which characterised his recep-
lion in California in 1859, and his visit
70 the South a few months ago. His
course at the outset Of the war, when
he demanded that the wayward
sisters should be permitted TO depart in
peace, was strictly in accordance with
the philanthropic spirit which has ever
actusted him. Afterward this policy
was changed, but only when the popular
f1rore at the North coerced the opposite,
and Son 10 Richmond became the cry.
When the war closed he became a vigOr-
Gus advocate Of peace on the basis Of am
nesty, and he was the first to prOmulge
the platform of amnesty and equal
rights" which has become the shibbO-
leth Of the friends of the Cincinnati
movement. His bail of ex-President