New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17
General Duff Green.

Our selegraphic dispatches, yesterday,
announced the death of General Duff Green
at his home in Dalton, Georgia. The fol.
lowing particulars respecting this prominent
man will be of interest: Sir Patrick Duff,
one of deceased's ancestors, settled in the
valley of tho Shenandoah about l640, under
grant from the English crown. Some OF
the family moved TO Kentucky, and General
Duff Green was born there in 1890. He
served under General jackson in the
Florida war. and it was there he first formed
friendship for that distinguished soldier.
Soon after attaining his majority. General
Green married Miss Lucretia NJ. Edwards,
daughter of n. Edwards, Esq. who after
ward became Governor Of Illinois, and
father of DR.. Benjamin Edwards, of this
city. In the year 1924 he purchased the
St. Louis Enquirer. which at that time was
supporter OF AIR. Clay. Under the man
advocate Of General jackson.
In the winter of lS24-25, while on . visit
to Washington, he became = fellow passen-
ger up to Ohio with General Jackson, and
was urged by him to move to Washington
and publish the organ OF the Democratic
party. This offer he declined at the time,
but in 1927 he bought the United States
telegram, which became the organ Of op-
position to the Adams administration. and
y do "dluIy 1ustA uucAtdA III OIS0ul.luS Juc
opposition.
Immediately after the Inauguration of
General Jackson, in 1929, the Telegraph be-
came the recognized organ of the Demo-
cratic party. The public printing Of both
houses of Congress, the State Department
and the State courts was awarded General
Green. This yielded an annual income Of
$50, 900, and HE paper brought him 90, 900
more. His rupture with General jackson
has been variously explained. His own
statement was that he discovered that Van
and thinking he was dangerous and unre-
liable man, who would precipitate . sec.
tiOnal quarrel, he warned General Jackson
against him, and insisted that he should
not promote the ambition Of Van Buren,.
jackson pledged himself that he would not.
General Green claimed that General Jack
son violated his pledge, and hence the rup-
tufe.
General jackson brought >. p. Blair, ST.,
from Frankfort, Kentucky. to Washington,
and Mr.. Blair. in conjunction with Amos
Kendall, established the Washington Globe,
which became General Jackson's organ, and
received the public printing. taken from
General Green. The Telegraph was con-
tinued 40 the organ OF Calhoun and his
friends up TO 1885. In November, 1886, it
was merged in the Washington Mirror.
General Green then wrote for paper called
the Reformation up to 1888. About this
time he was seat 70 Europe on . public
mission by President Tyler. While there
he met Chevalier Wycoff, and returning to
the United States he and Wycoff published
a free trade paper, the Republic, in New
York. This he abandoned in 1913, and it
was the last paper with which he WAS iden
tilted.
On the outbreak of The rebellion. General
Green espoused tae cause OF the South, and
moved to Dalton, Georgia, where he has
since lived, taking no part in public affairs.
His pen was not idle, for no wrote several
books and pamphlets On the finance and
labor questions. 1t is remarkable that his
obituary vas published twice before his
1eath.-St. LOuis Globe Democrat.