The New York herald., 1872-12-01
From the New York SUM-
The Last Blow.

tory. Let us now remember only his virtues and
his genius.
From the New York SUM-
The Last Blow.
One OF the most painful and Affecting circum-
stances In the last days OF Horace Greeley is the
fact that the blow which seems to have finally
overthrown his reason was struck by his own
assistant in the conduct OF the tribune Mr. White
law Reid. who had been entrusted with the control
OF that Journal while its chief editor was engaged
In the Presidential canvass.
The election took place on Tuesday, November
s, and on the Thursday following, only two days
afterwards, the subjoined card was c0nspicuously
published In the Trt0une:- -
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business six months ago on Il sa BE- s
asayOr to make ihis tSorcashy independens
fairness S and cander but counting the favor and depro
II he can hereafter say anything that win tend to
unite Ss whs nS G Ss ed
will gladly DO So For the present however ho can best
sncs vctors in our sts struggle can hardly ia 70
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the present he RENTS It
ana la y he 5 ps9ss Ss
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the progress Of science industry and the useful than
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s to
the broader field It now conemplates when human
partisanship. Respectfully -
NEw YORK, Nov. g. 1877
In this ca rd there is nothing to indicate mental
arrangement On the contrary, 1t Is the language
OF one somewhat depressed, perhaps, by great
political disappointment, but yet in the full pos
session OF his intellectual faculties and utterng
But on the same day with this card, and following
after u IN the editorial columns OF the same paper,
Mr.. Whiteaw Reid published the subjoined aston
ishing artlcle:-
CRUMBS OF COMFORT.
nas me %s % an o % fds
for the Of the idle ana Of federal
I sha had the say yes ne pSPgsss
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the and fought the polls looked tot to the editor Of
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sSest pending %ssSiasien tSs editor the nis4Ss
save tnis b crush that one promote project
aSi af sa ask r Of nS 90
sent away without what they wanted only to BECOME
try crafty one demand IN dozen iS the oihsr t M
that two fSses s w ssa es IS
source OF profound to us that office
at washington or Albany to get
sweeper appointed under the Sergcantat- Arms or a
onee * as
let alone to mind our own affairs and
called aside every hour to help lazy people whom We
and n efforts that only
T 90 about our daily work With the the
hunters will suspect us of having credit with the
days election for which we own ourselves PROFOUNDLY
grateful
This article was read by Mr.. Greeley as by many
other sane persons, with horror and disgust 1t
was in effect gross insult to the millions of voters
who only two days before had given him their suf-
frages, and to the many distinguished and patri-
otto gentlemen, democrats and republicans,
who had cordially and unselfshly sup
ported him throughout the canvass. No
man felt this more keenly than Horace
Greeley. and his first act was to go down to the
ing any responsibility for this article. He had
never been consulted respecting It; he had never
seen it; he had no idea that anything OF the sort
was to appear; and in every respect he repudiated
the sentiments and the language of the article.
This disclaimer was sent up by Mr.. Greeley to the
printing Office to be published next day at the head
OF the 7rtouns's editorial columns; but after he
had left the office, Mr.. Whitelaw Reid suppressed
1t and would not allow it to appear. The next
day Mr.. Greeley did not come down to the Tribune
office, but he sent another paragraph containing a
suppressed by Mr.. Whitelaw Reid.
When 1t Is remembered that Mr.. Greeley had not
only gone through the hercuean labOrs and exclt-
ing agitation OF the canvass, but had for weeks
been In almost Sleepless attendance at the bedside
OF his dying Wife, Is 1t surprising that this refusal
OF his own subordinate to allow him to disclam in
the Tribune sentiments which were repugnant to
his heart and most Injurious to his reputation
should have been followed by disorder OF his mind
and the collapse OF all the physical stamina which
still remained In his constitution.
From the New York Star.l