The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-03-05

upon whom it fell, said, "you r still
angry with me-" patiently heard N,
explanation, and assured me that, 81
soon as it should be confirmed by cir
cumstances. full reparation would b
made.
a great many instances might be col
lected to illustrate Mr.. Greeley's apt
ness at repartee. I heard one example
which for sharpness of points is equal K
any thing reported of Douglass Jerrold
There used to be a paper in New York
called the Erening Mirror, edited by &
certain Hiram Fuller, afterward 4 bla'
tant but not dangerous Secessionist il
London. He imagined his little sheet
to be the most important journal in the
city, and was in the habit Of asking his
aequuitances Have you read the
Mirror to-day ?" At an editorial din,
ner, he addressed this question 70 Mr..
Greeley, in my presence. The latter,
with IN indescribable drawl, almost q
whine, replied why no! I never
buy the Airror Tn afraid of ezhanst-
ing the edition :"
We, who know best-perhaps ,
only know-how lofty, consistent and
utterly unselish were Mr.. Greeley's as
pirations with regard to the Tribune,
know also, from innumerable incidents
of our long intercourse with him, how
many sound, noble and steadfast traits
of his character have escaped public
observation. 1t is, perhaps, q question
of taste how much Of this may low be
related ; yet it seems to me that since
Death, by p~aralizing SANDER and false
hood, has set his life in clearer proper
tons before the world, the conceptions.
might also, with propriety, be cleared
away. There are many, in addition to
his associates in the Tri6une-especial-
" many noble, earnest-minded women,
whose purer impulses few men were
better qualified to honor than he
whose "reminiscences of his wavs and
and words would add to the fidelity of
historical portrait.
Let me say, once far all-and I am
almost ashamed to mention a subject
so trivial-that, whatever might have
been his -carelessness in regard to Ger
tain eonventionalities of society, Horace
Greeley was by nature & gentleman.
He lacked the peculiar talent for tying
q cravat elegantly he sometimes drew
up his trowsers to prevent them from
being covered with mud; he preferred
a soft-felt hat to the hideous fashiona-
BILE stoYe-pipe =; but, when he entered
an assSHbly Of ladies and gentlemen,
the best, the most intelligent. the most
came to him by natural AT
traction. Never in all his life was he
Of an act 20 boorish and vulgar
IS that of those who misrepresented his
lress and manners during the recent
campaign.
In his last letter to me, written on
he 18th Of August, 1872, he says al
eel sure that, while my election would
the country as it should be
'aeifed, my nomination and canvass,
ven though unsuccessful, tends to the
anne end"
Herein he expressed the simple basis
# his ambition. Those who accuse
i'm Of having bailed JEFF Davis solely
With a view to this latter candidacy
AVE had their conception SO confused
y the study Of the typical American
politician that they are quite incapable !
f comprehending an action inspired by :
umane and Christian motives. [ con- :
ess, viewing the campaign at this dis =
ance, separated from the temporary
to which we must char1ta- 9
~ allow their full influence, nothing /
l my W experience of our politics =
as so shocked me as the swift forgetful- =
ess of all Mr.. Greeley's former ser :
ices, the infamous attempts to defle "
is past aspirations, the c~onscienceless
forts to misrepresent him t. the Amer .
an people, which have characterized ,
is political opponents. The silence 0 y
ander in the presence of death is not =
lough to atone for such injuries. If +
1r people appreciate Horace Greeley's v
laractsr, honor his memory, are CRATE y
i for his honest services to them, they :
IN only prove it by learning to combat :,
without dragging those who =.
old them through the mire of vulgar
'persiOn. Honor to the dead is nst
l~uivalent to justice to the living. If :
GRACE Greeley yearned, with all the ~"
rec of his nature, for any one thing, it !"
for the simplest recognition Of his l
aims. He never mistook the "
curiosity for fame he never "
that fame which is a burden to q
!, possessor ; but during forty tireless. d
years Of labor his proud, &
nsitive soul sought everywhere for L
Q signs that his work was understood. b
ough never asking, never betraying its Sc
to
If my proposition for a collection of W
rsonal "reminiscences from those who al
lew him best should not seem appro- al
late, allow me, at least, to add my to
ght testimony to the virtues, the al
and the consistency Of charac- pi
: of our revered Friend. Ihave given al
lya few incidents out of the memo te
IS to conflict with the impression of nc
his sweet and noble humanity which II
AVE here e~ndeavOred to reproduce. he
Money. tit
The dollar that represents a carnal a0
.stiieation, an indulgence, a sin, is en