The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-09
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cinnati Convention, says that Hor-
acc Greeley, the distinguished Jour
nalist who has just been made the
standari-hearer of Reform, and a
candidate for the highest Office in
the gift OF the people. constitutes
one of the most conspicuous vharac-
tiers in the history of our selfmade
men. No one has been less indebted
TO fortune or to external assistance.
His life has been an unbrOken re-
cord ofzmaHly struggle, self depen-
dent efioEtan singulariy. consistent
and feariess devotion To 1jifncipie.
As it was his misfortune to encoun-
ter difficulty and OPPOSITION at'every
stage Of the solution of the great
problems Of life, so it has been his
tate to meet like resistance in ali
political revolutions and party
changes with which he has been
identified. This has been due to
several causes, among which and
chiefly are the facts that he has nev
or feared To head a movement
against Overwhelming odds, ana
that the logic Of honesty has given
him such 4 prescience in advance of
tilne-seTyers and policy servers as to
place him in the position OF q per
petuai pioneer. His connection
with the present great popular lie
monsbatiOn against the abuses and
crimes fuisted upon the country by
the chiefsr0f a party which he bore
the most conspicuous part in found
ing.is an illustration Ct the life and
character OF the nan; and the per
sonal risks which he incurred, the
obliquy which he clearly foresaw,
the possible consequences of failure,
If failure unfortunately should come
those circumstances Of discour-
agcment, coupled with the holiness
with which he took the advanced
post Of danger, condense into one
view all that he is and ali that he
has done.
Horace Greeley was born III New
Hampshire in the year 1871, and he
is consequently sixty-one years of
age. He is of Seotch-iri descent,
his ancestors having been members
of that sturdy band who made IA
nous the siege of Londonderry.
The distinguished traits IF Horace
Greely's personality are blunt bon
esty, sturdy independence, philoso
phic range and clcarness Of vision,
unfaltering and unweurJing. consis-
tency and devotion to principle, He
undoubtedly has faults, but they are
not such as TO faint his intentions
with dishonesty. His mind is sin
gulsrly emancipated from the shack
les OF party, sect or section. It's
catholicity is as broad as the coun-
try as regards. party and sections,
and as universal as the human race
in questions of moral economy.
And there is ne man, probably, more
fortunate in enjoying the absolute
and most implicit confidence and
affection or his acquaintance aud
friends.
BENJAliIS CRsTz bRoWN
Governor Brown, of Missouri, was
horn at Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1927,
and is consequently forty five years
OF age. lie is a son of mason Brown,
Of Kentucky, and grdnd5on Of John
Brown, the first Cuited States Sent
tor from this State. He is 4 lawys +
by profession, and removed to Mis-
souri, many years ago where his
splendid talents won for him great
distinction, For 4 pumber Of years
he was editor Of the Missouri Demo
crat, and as sucb made his max. In
Missouri lac -espoused the cause of
emancipation, and did great service
in that cause. He served term in
the United States Senate from Mis-
souri,. After She close Of the war,
and when it was found that the Adj
minishation OF Grant did not ia
tend to carry out the principles OF
the Chicago platform, he, with 9th
ers, iuaugurated the revolt on the
amnesty question in the Republican
ranks which led to his election as
Governor Of Missouri, and to the
election Of Blair to the Senate of the
United States; and, also, to the for
nation Of the Liberal party. Intel
iectHally, Gov. Brown is among the
foremost men of the nation.