Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-12-20

The Press on the Death of Greeley.

Col. JoHS W. FoRsEY was always a warm
friend to Mr.. GREELEY. Although he oppos ed
his election, after defeated the columns Of
FoRSEY's Pres. gave him a warm welcome
back to the leading position on the Tribune.
From his eulogy on the death Of Mr.. GREELEY,
wo extract tho following:
BRIGHT STAR QUEScnED.
No shock since the death of Charles Dickens
has shaken so many hearts ns the death OF
II race Greeley. 1t comes like blow in the
| dark. One Of the rArest characters in history
is suddenly dropped from the ranks Of men. A
model lifr, lived in exemplary hOnur, . 9 in an
instant, like n piece Of mechanism that had
worn so long that men believed it without IA w..
Horace Greeley was an uucom-
mon aggregate. He possessed something more
than what is called ability. His gifts aud his
resources were 2rodgious. He almost invented
n language, il to create new style may be so
designated. He revolutinniEed journalism by
his nervous diction, his skilful innovations. his
priceless utilities. He reached more conscience s
| than any writer Of his era. He destroyed pref
! udices and pOpuIarized convictions with eqnal
Success. Often mistaken. he was always happy
! in tie consciousness that he waA right and he
was resstcss when lie had n just cause, and
| turned minuritics into maj lrties with magical
| ease.
or course, in character so copious Of ideas
i
them, and remove them. aud there remain a
mary ell0us lesson. IN endur ng memory, a
| wholesome example. You can number his
| errors on yolr Que hand but who shall count
| his victories His rise from the printing office
to the . iitoriIl peerage, where he sat crowned
and gorions in well-nns laurels his spotIess
private worth his temperance, simplicity, and
! csndor his franklin precepts for young and
| old his love for his kindred and his friends
I his war against slavery; his fight for exceP-
tionless education and equality; his protest
against legislative and municipal corruption,
aud his staunch championship Of The right Of
| abor-theso are lis titles OF nobility, self
secured, brighter and more enduring than il
conferred by college of kings.
We do not conceal our sorrow at this untimely
and unexpected cAlam ity but We are oonsolsd
in one respect ut least: that, in the struggle
which has cost the nation its greatest and pursSt
journalist. though on the adverse side, We treated
Horace Greeley as friend and gentleman.
NOT CONN RUINED.
Under thi. head the Springeid (MA1.) Re
publican has the following on the death Of HoK.
ACE GREELEY:
Horace Greeley? ue is only beginning 10 live.
Every yehr now will add tn his power will
round and heap the measure Of his fame. The
mistakes which marrsd his work are already
half forgotten; the work itself remains, and will
L
impcrishabe monument. So. too. the fnibes,
| the weaknesses, the pettiaesses which obscnrod
his character scale OF now and drop out uf
sight. The man himself is coming into view at
last-the real II Tace Greeley, with his great,
active brain aud tender heart, his grand hatred
Of wrong and charity for The wrong -dosr, his
restless bsnevolence and his warm human in-
terest in everything appcrtainng to humGnity.
AE the wears pass, he will iuOm up taller and
taller. lie did not need the Presidency for a
pedestal, though he thought he did. That was
his mistake. The office might have bslittlsd
him; il could not have added a cubit to his
stature in the remembrance Of his cOuntrymen
or in the history Of his country. II is pleasant
now to remember that his last words To us,
while in health of body and mind, were of for
givsness and love. II is pleasant to believe by
that brighter light which now shines upon him
he has already discovered how sadly he mis-
judged in suppnsing anything was gone, or lost.
or dsstroyed-thAt he already sees of the travail
Of his soul and 10 satisfied.
Ills ashos in a peaceful urn shall rest,
His name great example stanls, to shew
How strangely high en1sayors may be blest."
DANA or the DKATH OF MR. dREELEY.
From the first, when child in his fathers
lor cabin lying upon the hearth that he might
read by the iliokering hrelight his attention
Was Ri Ten almnst exclusively 10 public and poll
toal aifaits. This dstormnad his vocation as
journalist and he seem. never " have felt any
attraction toward any other Of the intellectual
professions. kr never had thought NJ being n
phyAieIan, a clerg vman, nm engineer, or law
yer. Private question:, individual eontroVSr-
sizes bad littls concern fnr him, except As they
were connected with public interests. Politics
slrl newspapers were his delight, and he learned
tn be a printer in Orlsr that he might become a
uewspa per maker. And after ho was the editor
0f a newspaper, what chiefly engaged him was
the discussion Of political and social questions.
his whnls greatness as a journalist was in this
sphere. Far the Election and digestion Of
news, with the rKcSp,i ~ eisetion statistics. he
had M great fIndnssS aud NJ special ability.
He vahred talent Ia that department only be-
einse he knew i was essential to the success OF
the newspaper he loved Ills own thoughts
were aiways elsewhere.