New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-02-25

,eon,e who never read anything from end OF the
year 70 the Other but The WBEkLr @ msa e"o
pass they could have found so nuch thal Was "o.ui
reading, and reading with care us was % L,nnS
them not merely the news from every quaItel W %
globe hough t did tha office more sen1D nSrg
but the best utierances OF the best Americnns aye a
OF the me p Sonr NTH the yS business sof The day Not
only all the great topics That stirred the biood
OF me the m%rrSse Question the woman question
Labor Question. the War; Capital punishment frsoh o
those noble columns they had never been discussed
anywhere at any time In newspaper Du0 otT"@ "a
ccrning Only individuals, were treated theIe so gen
erously thouGhtfuiy, with such wise PhT.oP nni
mat they seemed at once 10 concern ever p1g hnt
the quesiions-whether John should leave sna LII ~.
ce heibe 1 cIpus hond stay In York go out to
Illinois 10 his uncies farm whether Tom should marry
Jane IN MN SrJfaher Who he hoped would leave
him something should die; whether bili VINO hs
vested years saving In the GreenDank Sonnoi9a,Vn
Lottery ana lost IT. could learn rom bi1 ,b in5eTt
to get his money back, ana Puhs1 to orn turned
6y the treuchanf, wsc, humane and YET uhspdriS, S
OF Mr. Greeley oitenest 10y nun gun Thn ihongIt
themselves the least concerned with them iounu tne g
fun Of n0urlshing meat, serving unehPcc1eu
needs and coming home TO all our business ana Dosons.
Mr. Greeley had the power when belongs 10 cNetg
great leader Of bringing tn his side the best hep's anu
peTsuadng them Co work under his direction yet sue ~
side with him ia noble equality. IL Is no secret at
the finest minds or all scots and creed every Wfe
drawn 10 THE TRIBUNE that they felt sympathy WIN
t saw that 1t was lighting for them at bottom. how
ever they night differ III FORM on al points Nhere tGy
stood FOR real religion, the real good OF men, ana te
heat homes OF the race. These sure passwords 20
THG JRiBUNE camp. and it was good to note now, u
misery as l. said, makes Us acquainted win suanSe
elfeilows so goodness sincerity the love OF mankind,
brought people Into the c0mpanionship OF The Tribune
columns who seldom met In the body. Ana even II they
did NOT all write TnE TRIBUNE, they iet no uVuol'
secret motions toward ~ ana HckhoWeoscu 70 IA
solves that common bond which, 20 cnahke the V V
Romans saw little, unite3 all VINO arc "OIhhb iVi
humanity. ,,
CIV concession OK Sinking, or apolOgznG ana II eX-
isfeI 10 the 1aJ when, by sad human fatality the mel
aucholy change came IL spite OF ofcl.9pa 9geaAes IN
other would have offended, but which IN MI Gree-
ley were 10 be mere troubling OF Tue SURFACE
waters He stood by the poor the sutsiing' Tue STU
ming the weak ana this not IN any tame perunGtOIy'
soup-d pensing sense but as manly helper not hHrp-
ing too much 0n the past nor rehuluhS' nhn aItor nv
had pulled the drowning man out Of the water nor ever
rebukng merely, but doing also what he could 10 SET tue
stray ed feiow-creature in the right way
IN had sharp words too and knew wei what tonic
ts plain truth il feeble folks who have let themselves
get befoggcd with vanity, with love OF ease WIN uwc
Ing their msiurtune5, ana nave come 10 uSJ
tbCmselycs-the sad recipe for being lniSrusted Dy
others. And II he stood by the poor ahd lt ne
understood their cdse-tha he knew what hungef ana
cold and disearteIiug mean-he stood by the rlch as
we aud looked behind what dazz!es Tue eyes OF POys
and hardworng, unsuccessful people defending thoss
whose stored M moneypower keeps the wheels OF
human activity going, when they were WfOnSeu, ana not
-parng them when they used THEN power to hurt and
not 10 benefit.
n we bring our microscope to bear Mr. Greeley We
shall discover he had his fun share Of human faults ana
seenbut he fltterer nor tOadeateT ana earned
some grudgcs 10y not Gaping always to men used 10
Icng capped TO-. He essentially demOcr1t-nOt III
the political sense in the hard, material sense OF
Franklin ia sentimental mOOusLlne sense or
Rousseau. in the realnOt the unreal the secaran,
the real Christian sense, term one II almost
ashamed 70 nowadays, II has been 50 cruelty
nbu ID. And there never anywhere newspaper,
nor any pulpit, organ 0f any Kind that VIC know or
certainly none aud country, that was suGh
focus aud distributor OF democratic ideas as was The
TRIBUSE. -.-.
over his coffin, and that filed his grave was sign that
the Winter of the worlds discomfort was passed, ana
that there was thought in hearts but tnat OF
thankfulnrss that such life had been stretched u 10
the ullucss of oueaudsxty years Reverse me raise
hood that Shakespeare puts into tine mouth or the I'M
bclicvnr false Anthony. The evil that men do lives
after tlen good is oft inferred with their bones"
No thanks be- To God, there Is no truth IN THESE as
heartening words. Evil cannot lyei the essence
OF il is DEATH it was born TO die. The good
alone Hves, the good alone Il immortal! Ana
the faults of Horace Greeleyidults That showed 50
plain a spotless lfe That the wayarng man though
Lr we're fool could read themthese faults were buried
with him In his grave. The good deeds he did, Ike the
nm, ral seeds OF some beautiful flower ripened Ia tue
fullncss time sail forth wind that blows and
Will lie sccnd upon the earth into thousand hearts, ana
make glad the souls OF the children oil men Tor centuries
OF summers 10 come.