New-York tribune., 1873-01-17

", p, be never cared 10 have men heed nv
own privilege in this kind or 10 excit @ man met !,
snv nnarade ~ wealth or state Probably no uai NV
iser made less nse of his money 10 advertise LIS th
Importance He rode through t9e at Sf FOR thirty years
puuc pun , c h,s a. hest articles entertained his visitors
less 70 Sne boespnn or what seemed
~ no And this not through melnnes ia, NY,
W. W sicnIation Of popularity not ntermltten nnt
vi babitnal and natural The man never changed nls
nature The democrat was never rans,oIeu ~ " wv m
nr nretender and had two styles simplicity IN
h cjtv and spendor in the country. He was common
man In his appearance all the me at work In the Office
~ composing leader for his paper presiding In
Si c,h IN The press room or on the platform He
Kept himself free from all ostentanous Naniiles.
And he was democrat IN his intercourse Wun men,
loving the society OF the common people loving 10 talk
with plain about their work thor ideas their con
quoted never sympathized more heartily with every
thing human than this great editor reaching with ms
He was no mere doctrinare, with all his positiyeness,
bent upon pressing mis- own theories Dut ne was always
the wokngmen OF the farmers Of the mechanics OF ar
tsans Of the miners, OF all who are t0ng 10 bring out
the wealth of earth or TO multiply the comforts OF
He was demagogue, nor did he pretend TO
be foe to the rich because lac was friend 10 the
poor man. The restless agtators, VINO would disturb
the relations OF society," and set classes in hostile array
and foster ieaouses OF labor against capital found no
encouragement from this Tribune of the people. He be
wiser more useful. hopeful. but he would not mis-
lead them he would not ater them he would not have
paper not workingmans paper more than 1t was
the journal Of the upper class ana II r 6ag
men and women. No journal has ever kept mgher
journal has ever addressed itself less than ths
10 the passions and prejudces OF the masses Neither
the journal its editor came down 10 the lever
Of the back streets or even 10 the slang OF the
There was never time when the writing OF TINS pure
not proper and respectable III the most Iasuu
ous home.
The comprehensive wisdom Of Mr.. Greeley as an
advocate of reform was sometimes misunderstood,
but the author of the present discourse has mol eu
TO exhibit that trait in just and unclouded hght'
g.t. .oloa aaafxr rhnfA IL n
was the champion for whom he used ali ms hkln anu
his zeal and influence. 1t was the class OF me pour anu
the oppressed and the fOrsaken, OF those VINO VIZ
abused and outraged by their fellOwmen. lie may no.
have gone all lengths, at all times, win the aoUuoi
leaders, in their conventions and resolutions ne he'e,
did say and he would say that the COnsutu%o % "
the United States was covenant WIN ue.h hIto~y
will be that single did so much for the %
OF human bondage in this land as the editor Oh lhh
NFw-YoRK TRIBUNE. If he did not lay his ak so un
sparngy to the of the tree some other OF inc ~
formers destroyed il quite as efectnay 10y ~
hacking away its mbs and tendTs, and running 80 JUS
inner life That he wished and longed Tor lts
tOn who dared to doubt That ne was Tue eney @
of avery form of social wrong and niquy, VINO ever
doubtedl You cannot imagine TINS man paIlaung vi
toleratng any custom or traihc which degros or n %
moral reforms his time and heart were gwen 10
uon thorough and universal 10 soDrlet n es or
less than in drnking to cleanliness with MN very ne
10 goodness humanity, for beasts not less tn Iod
men 70 lree moVs th i end sHetng refnge on these
shores tc the liberation OF all oppressed ana sruRslng
peopes VIXEN was his word OF cheer ana syInpat.hh5
wa3ting With the weak against the strong, with the
Il
abandoned ones, heart went and he would give 10 10
tbes more than Justice This made him the friend OF
Hungarans aud Poles and Irshmen, aud the defender
ever of the Pagans against Christians When the weak
and tbe needy called he did not stop TO ask whether
these shared his political his religious creed or what
his race or his party would gain III beiriendng thei
He obeyed fhe Divine call aud not seldom was made
half martyr in obedience 10 his instinct of compasson
His fame for wisdom suffered in the pfOinptheSs Vi MS
sympathetic zeal
Mr.. Brigham closes his discourse with the remark
that Mr. Greeley's life successful tand happy
one. Its long sunshine broken only by the small
cloud which hid it in the end Ii was q life " IN
which the gain was beyond thel expectation, the
fruition larger than the reasonable hope" lie mas
made myriads of homes purer, happier, and nobler'
bv his word in them. His cOunsels have saved I'M
counted numbers of young men and Young women
from temptation and SIM and the country Is better
country because he has lived in it. No preacher has
reached so many minds and hearts. Nothing can
reverse the verdict which has been passed upon his
character or change the record of his grand life.