New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-28

he sometimes exhibited, wi en- beset by the I'M
pecuulOus and designing. attribute many Oh
his mistaken charities 10 lmpatlence Oh lh'e'-
rupti0n. But there were other ana larger
swindes practised urOn him, when remain ~
tins day mystery, unless we assign mem, rs !
am inclined TO do. to a kindness OF heart, Wuicb
il long intercourse with Il thankltss world hN9
failed to impair. His nature must nave ma
two sides. Tell him IA sOly OF wrong, OI MUS
ticc of dlshOnOrabe conduct, ct s"ilish Id;Se-
hood, and he was III aims instantly am l I e
comment upon the narrative III when EhSiIsu vi
the choicest and English not quite 50 poiI'',
were piouautlv mingled But tell HIM Story
of want, of suffering, OF a woman IN uouoc' VI
a man subjected 10 undcseIved elnDaiIassIiltpl'
and if the tears did not come out OF MS tJts,
the money was pretty sure TO GENE on ~ hio
pocket. Nothing moved him to wra II IKE 4
he | am about to say, what II is peIiious,
know TO say, a. least IN the uhcHdIl'apIc - fI4
nation of the public, of newspaper MAJ, ~
/ ou for tbn credit of the craft, CClnpeheu 10
decl3rr as | would do under oath, that 10 the
hest of nv knowledge ard Dehci, hoiacc
Greeley never printed anything wmch al tho
time of Diinting 1t he did not believe 10 DC az
soutelv true He may have erred, 1or 10 clI -
bn,nan He NAV have been mis- ed 10y ieehns'
by uIciudice. or Ivy passion; but ne never IN
all his life aveucd that To be Il l"ct WhIch no
knew to he Il iai. ehOOd. IclnapS 10 SUM-
readers this praise Tor II Is meai' e" -. P'',1'
may seem 10 he slight, whereas oilcr II us lil1
hjghCs: tribute to his memory. lie was hot
framed in a truthful school ne Jouiii ISL, y.
his youth was far from sclupuons' ava ioI 'ii't
m9fIer neither WIS the journalism Oh ms
middle are. Newspapers ale more careful now
tuqn tI,Yv once were. Pubic men were III 'iii'
fine erieo,ously hbpled with malice piCpense.
Election lctums were pclSlsivIt'! ialN'uC''
',,;,,c,{ nup.tjouS were c'abOra' ely miSltpIc-
dlnni,d Nr. Greeley had his PASSIONS and pre-
irdicpS IKE other editors, and sad Things some
times in the heat OF controversy VINE" ID WIS
| necessary To retTaCt; bat was tOetc ever =
| journalist reader 10 acknowledge MS error !
I 4 & ...pt. atrnr
| sn mach pleasure i'll admitting ms mStak
Why shouldn't he? II was truth always winch
lie was in pursuit 0.-truth lehSloaS poi'tcal'
social scientific. Is it wonderful, then, that he
| sometimes lost his temper, Wncu he iodhd ms
opnous misstated. his cherished bcHGt llcl-
/ cuicd his convict iOns painfully reached by long
study ami reflection trea'cd as tire "inm- Whnhs
of u nOtiOnai sp, Cd!at0r, LlS yer on oalica'lltd,
! his habits behcd, the san, tualY OF MS private
! life invaded his reasonable ambitions Tdlculcd,
| his services to much smaller men than himself
| most ungriteiulIy forgotten! l suppose tlat
! the word he which he Was accused OF using
| altogether too freely, had 10 INN pecdllar
| Significance 1t was short. |, was also ulllIlis-
| tnLnhlr Its use Was the rCadest and most con
| yenient method OF setting dispute Wnlch
promised to be endless, II was saving OF ulhe'
| which WAS precious, and OF space ~ the news
uanrr which WIS more so. He had faculty OF
aunlyiug opthets to his antagonists which
siuck, and pissed INFO the vocabulary OF p0ni-
| cal controversy. He could smile an opponent
with "a phrase, and stop controversy when
| uOm>eu to be enGiess Dy the ddi0It use oI Il
single phrase. lie used 10 dc%l III tIl2 wa Sohie
| fumes with the long-WInded, lOnSitudmouS and
lautudinOus cOITeSp ndents OF He IElBu NE
| He Uou,d i,ucnd to Il commune tllun Ol nan
column. winch his love oil lar play Ma ne
trayed him INTO printing, Il coupe oi INES
! winch made havoc OF the winter = lactS OF oi)in-
ions. OF of both | could give a hundred speci-
mons of his dry humor or VII II either needed
demonstration. The SbaIpest or the dIOlest
| things came out OF lis mouth with W0iOeiiul
readiness and ease. For instance, woman
had been sending to him verses, some OF which
he nrinted and some of which he did not She
employed Il friend to call upon MI Greeley and
TO hint 70 HIM that pecmlay remuneration
would be entirely acceptable. Inc palheSt OF
plain sneakers settled the matter at once.
TEL her he said, that we should be willing
| to nav hcr something for not sending Us amy
moiei" IL seems hard, but really and at bot
tom it was benevolent. ltat phrase Oh DIS, " TO
! West yOung man !! which has been 80 often
onoted was after all the height OF pititul com
niseration, rs 1t was also "a condensation OF
whole volumes If economical wisdom. 10 get
Mr.. Gr,elcy at his best expression, II VAS nects.
saly to make HIM angry. ihcn every word
| was like the blow OF trained pUgll>j. lie
handled with facts and specuiatcd with figures
no longer He never needed then 10 employ
the SPACE in the editorial columns which was
his as a matter of course, II hc Pleased to "c-
cIIuV H. Onci two! tarCc! ami the ucklcS,
object of his wrath fcil, mctap Douca.iy spedA
iug before him. Sometimes II was only one
two aud sometimes, indeed, only one!
The story OF Nh Grcclcy's lie has been 50
often and 20 well written, that Of Its mcr. de-
tails, there Is no.hing very n" TO he gwen
here Yet lie was one of those men about
/ whose personal pcCuiiarlucs he publc WIS
always curious. l. may iloaSe those who long
. read his newspaper with admiration and pr0h
to know, that IN spite OF certain supcih.a
cyulcisu of manner, ne was * klndHcarttd a.
! 10 orr
emergencies, and could meet disaster Ike q
rock People who Thought that The result OF
the Presidential canvass Allied MIN, little knew
the stuff OF winch he was made The dag upon
, witch tire child whom be loved 40 we'll died
, saw him at his desk in the Office dong Ei'
usual work, ard evidently stf1ving to get away
from the dcsolatlOn Of that bereavement, II
r only for an hour
Burke said in his Letter TO Noble Lord,
that "NiOr IN GdrdsuRH was the only
motto Tor man like himself; and Mr.
Greeley's life from The beginning was a strug
gle People thought that he lad been fortunate
and in the conventional sense OF the word, per
. haus ne was. HIS ambition to build up QIea
newspaper was amply gTatiied. His desire fo
q numerous and respectful constituency o.
readers was not less 50. If honorable fame wa
, pleasant TO his soul, he had quite enough OF IT
| But | think that he wanted something more
Denounced by his enemies as mere theOrlSt
foolIshy proclaimed over and over again MAJ
= of fantastic notiOns set down by some OF bin
critics us an advOrate of shallow and nnpraclc
) able changes in the body polite, its laws, ~
customs, It's classlications, | think he woulC
; have liked the opportunity OF showing that ht
4 was not devoid OF that plain and simple wisdom
by which States are well governed, as most as
a suredy he was not lie used to say jestlngl,
; OF hall SO, that there only one office whici
a he desired-he would like 10 be POSTMASTER
Y General of the United States. He would have
r | got lid of much circumlocution i'll that depart
r ment as it then existed, and have rigidly sub
h iected it to the rules of common sense. liz
; made a good member of the House of RepIesen
2 tatives, and if he had been made "a senator, a
/ he should have been, neither the dignity no
0 the efficiency of that august body would hav
4 suffered from his presence: Considering TIM