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spoke to him again on the subject. No
doubt this Is oorrect but the very fact
that he did not speak to him shows how
deeply he must have felt il. Indeed II
| could not fail to have reminded him of the
wcll-known cartoon Ivy THOMAS MAST
whose caticaturCs he regarded with the
opposite of ncc-rcprcscnting him
NJ applying to Mr.. REIN for the rcstora-
tion Of his editorial chair, and hcing told
by that individual 10 Go West. The mcau-
! ing of that cartoon was fully cxcnplificd
in Mr. ItrrD's suppression OF Mr.. GRErLEYs
disclaimer of an article which hc had not
written and the publication of which had,
he felt, done him n painful wrong.
Mr.. GREELEY AZ tbnt time was living
nj the house Of Mr.. ALVIN j. Johnson. Mr..
Johnson is evidently u kiud-hcartcd man
AMI was sincerely attached TO his dis
tinguishcd friend. When symptoms of
great mal1dy manifested Themselves he
became anxiousand consulted others. They
all meant wen, we dare say, but they lacked
sympathy, and they erred in Judgment.
They concluded TO send their friend to a
private lunatic asylum. When the time
came for MIR. GREELEY to leave the house
he was called down stairs and in the entry
Mr.. JuuNsoS handed him his hat and over
coat The sick man burst into tears.
DOHt send me dirdH Il. J.,' he cried.
"DOnI let me 90 DoHti DOn't!" Who
can say that IL even at that time he had
been taken to some abode OF love and
Kindness and had been cheercd and COM
forted by warmth Of sympathy and devo-
ton such ms he had experienced after the
~ MI Ia. lao,
a living and an active man?
But they took him away, and that night
hc spent Mt the house Of Mr. JOHN Il.
STUART, in Tarrytown. Here, clinging TO
the last scmblance Of n home that he was
ever 10 see, lie begged that he might be
allowed to remain. "DOut LEI them take
nc drdU" were his words ~ icdnt 10
stay here rith vou." Still il would seem
that IL was not too late to save him; but
fate willcd otherwise, and his piteous ap-
pcals. so hcart-brenking in their intensity
and in their connection with what fol-
lowed, were dsregarded. He was placed
in a close carriage and driven 20 the pri-
vate mad house where he died.
This was the last blow, and how could he
have recovered from it lie felt no doubt
most poicnautly that his reputation and
his capacity for future usefulness were now
utterly destroyed. How could he ever
again edit the Tribunc aud lead the public
opinion OF the country after he had been
in lunatic asylum? What was there be-
fore him in all his future years? He had
been led TO brlie,e e that u" had hankrupted
his friends and had destroyed the great jour
nal with which he had foudly hoped that his
Ia. l.. II.
within the bare and cherries walls Of
mad house. No wonder that the reporters
who nairate the sequel concur iu saying
that "his disease now developed itself in
all its intensity" "The horrors OF acute
MANIA" we are told, "were witnessed. and
he was violent in his actions" What
hcartrcndng picture! What a fatal CON-
hination Of circumstances! What an alb
scnce of that wisdom without which friend
ship aud benevolcnce only acGavate the
evils they would fain assuagc! Imagination
never conceived anything more deplorable
ian the end OF this great man falling un-
der the hands OF his own friends. raised
doubtless with intent to do him kindness.
and yet striking him down every one OF
them with deadly and irresistible effect.
But death did not close the scene. and
the same uukinGly circumstances followed
hi, remains II was one Of the most bitter
days of this bitter winter that his body
was brought back to the city. :" The
village heaisc," We are told. was rapidly
driven through the snow 10 the door of DIR.
CnoArE's asylum. with professional haste
the undeItakers placed Mr.. GWEELEy's 8
remains in the coffin. The body was then
| carried To the hcnrse by the attendants of
the mad house. At the railway depot the
caskct. enclosed in pine box, was placed
upon the platform, with one of the under
takers assistants alone TO watch over It.
A single lamp threw out its feeble rays.
showing the solitary watcher at his post.
A cold northwest gale swept over tue plat
| form aud the drifting snow was heaped
| upon the box that conta inrd the coilin.
| Two honest farmers passed the corpse, and
| with raised hats and bowed heads paid
| their last tribute" Aud yet this wns a man
| whose fame was universal, whose services
| TO his country were hardly inferior to
| those Of its most illustrious citizens. and to
whom millions of free men had just given
| their votes to make him President.
Ana now they are contruding about the
fow thousand dollars which he has left tor
his children. Who il is that prosccut es this
unsecmly quarrel no one knows. II would
appear that the children offer everything,
| and are willing to accept any terms that
| may he imposed. They have repeatedly
asked that the court might he adjourned,
| in order that the case might be settled
without further legal proceedings. And
yet all the known parties TO this suit were
friends Of HORACE GREELEy, just as those
were his friends who unintentionally
struck at him in the last days OF his life.
What mournful complication it is! And
who can tell where il Will endY
| A Neat Little Procession.