Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-26
JUDO: STAllO
ON
HORACE GREELEY.

From a recsnt mastery address Of Julge
SallV's, at S.. Louis, We qIuts the fuil,w-
ing:
Gentlemen, l have alrea6y taxed your
powers Of endurance TO such De- re by the
length Of my remarks, that 1 ca not thi,b
of detaihing you BY an extended discussion OF
the personal qualifications uf llursce Greele,
for the flee 20 which he aspires Mr.. Greeley
has lived under the eyes OF tie public more,
probably, than auy OH r mdn OF note IN this
country. and there eau be great diff :uiiy
Of forming u cUTTect estim t. OF his charac-
ter.
Mr. e.ley owes bis conspicuality aud
popularity TO the fact that for more than thirty
years he has been the principal editor of one
OF the leading journals in the metropolis OF
the country. Ghe necessities and OppOrtuDi
ties of this position have developed, 10 an ex-
traordnary degree his natural versa tiIity of
intellect, and volubiiity Of speech A few
weeks ago the New York Tribune published
a communication from gentleman who en-.
ployed Mr. Greeley as cumpositor shortly
after his arrival in New York. One of the
characteristic facts mention, d III this comiau.
uIc itIoa was that, however assiiuousy he
was at work, all uhintf rrgItd stream OF
words ran from his lips. Tue stream has con
tlnued to Fuu from hi- ips ala iron his pen
ever since Mr.. Greeley has not only edited
| the Tribune, contributing largely to Its col
umas nearly every day, bat he has delivered
lectures on the most various subj 5cts, ana
complied aud written books IN ali manner of
taenes. The speech ot ordinary persons is
subject to occasional iuteruissluns of silent
meditation. la Mr.. Greeiet's ctse, the only
alienation has been beta Cell The qulver of
his tongue and the toss oi his quill Begin
ming without thorough or systematic training
Ii any Thing, ne has never sought or found up-
pOrtunlIy, IN his subsequent career, for men
Eal discipline. A lew moments reflection has
sufii led him for an hours talk or a davs wrl-
tug. Like all brilliant chatter Dukes, he
has come 10 be regarded by sOme persons as
u great philosopher, and by others as a great
| ioul-nelther estimate, OF course, being en-
tlrely accurate. The characteristic bias of
his mind, however, is due, NOT merely To his
lncessdnt translation of fugitive impressions
INTO Oracular utterrances, but also to the po.
sltlon IN which he has been placed His re:
latlon TO the events which he had occasion to
discuss has been such as necessarily 10 dstort
his vision, and to preclude all possibility of
their correct and impartial appreciation. As
tue editor and proprietor of great metros
| politaD journal, competing With the Herald
and other papers, he has naturally seen these
events i'll thelr sensational aspect, with all
| the exaggeratlOns of crude report. As cou-
ductOr If a partisan organ, he has apprehen-
dud them, IN the first Instance at least, as
party capital and more material for argu-
ment against his oppOnants. His position,
therefore, has shut him out from that clear,
Calm all-slded, stereoscopic view OF things
| on which both the man Of action and the
man OF thought base their differences iIom
| their decisions.
1t is doing Mr.. Greeley no injustice to say
| that with all his fussIhcss and lndetatigablliiy
he has never seriously studied anything all 4
that his opinions, on political questions es
pecially, have almost always been hastily
and though lessly formed. The Consequence
which mas been attached, to the opinions is
chiefly due 10 the fact, that for many years
he has been the most prominent indicator of
political meteOrooSy III this country. When
ever there has petn great popular commo-
ton, he has been shouting in the front; when
ever the public mind has been agluw with a
new idea or new cnnceit, the editorial COLI
umus of the Tribune have been at the point
of incandesc -nce.
To tho who bear these facts in mind, Mr..
Greeleys peculiarliies-hs intellectual gIIdl-
ness and extravagance. his political g1ack-
cry aud vulgar faith in legislative specifics for
all the ills OF society, his dogma'i.in, his in
tolerance of dissent, the intemperance OF his
language, &c are no mystery. One of his
pecuiiarl5ies is worthy ot special meatiUn-
his abAorrenco o; systematic knowledge. He
has standing grudge against multiplication
table aud the frs book ot Euclid. He Is the
personal enemy ii the I"slcai rule reept csng
distribution u the middle terIn, and | max {
No doubt that he Charges il with Inherent vii
lainy whenever 10 Is aiuIc hi Tho wOnis Ul
ca ,pphqI , oryun" Tue supervision aud con-
troll OF =, .n'lr aus VuU s,c To II o ia Q
tlat 10 u''rs no; speak Ills mind on rial.
,Ings ~tLhiu " aIi.g ri his tnuir.s tie ,-
Q Ger y t Il o nI.,n that he Xiu ;CeJ
dig to " hlcl =. eactlon 4 g al
p'I"ciptr = as ~
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in z 'i EDgusp anp t.'Ia'>- liz nas
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his ,."-is,ii "a. =. fr"Aj Iti
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m g. 4t. 4'a4 M. -c.JH S il
ia ci d So Veia.u! .u.ney q
- il5Ss,r,st = ~ ca c'n-t.i
! n-g- uI.,a., sdI ;hat Mr., Gr, i
a phi",opaet; his ''ss' ~'.I' d I.e, o~iirN :, l
III. Sage II Cn~ppaqua." His lille L. III
Distinction reefs I,u' MY ou hIs omnlsci-nc,
sud yo,uhlty. bg. certain doglnatlc brev
ice, which his admirers have lately been a