Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-10
BENNETT AND GREELEY.
Two Remarkable Men TheiE
Ambitions and Personal
Appearance.

Cincinnati Gazette New Yorh Lctter.l
The former was an Ann street man
for six years, and what years OF toll
they werel He met Greeley almost
daily, but there wa no congeniallty,
and it is doubtful if they ever held a
half hours conversation. Bennett,
however, saw the power of the labori-
GUS printer and editor, who was plod-
ding with such determination, aud he
offered him a partnership in the Her
aid. The idea was impracticable,
since each man was a leader, and you
might as we'll have united Ben Frank
lin and Voltaire in a grand journals
tic effort. Both Bennett and Greeley
we're ambitious, but one looked on the
journal merely as the road to wealth
and distinction, while the other viewed
wealth merely as a means OF making
the journal. The perfect newspaper
was Greeley's lifelong ideal. Bennett
cared nothing for the contents Of his
paper so long as it sold. Greeley, on
the other hand, did not expect wide
popularity, nor did he care for its loss
10 long as the paper was maintained in
its noble destiny. He did not, as he
said, expect to please every one, but
he intended to make a paper in which
everybody, Of decent character, might
find something Of interest and nothing
offensive to morals" For this reason
he EMPLOYED writersot classical attain
ment, in which point he was utterly
deficient. Bennett, on the other hand
though a fine Latin and Graek scholar.
was Indifferent to literary style. lie
wanted a corps of free lancers q
make forays on society, and required
spice rather than elegance. Greeley
essayed the discussion of social topics
with a view OF improving the race
while Bennett only laughed at the
reformer and his ethics. To quote
his words, Greeley was a galvanized
squash" This wa the end OF all
controversy. When these remarkable
men left Ann street, one went To the
east and the other to the west. They
we're, however, only separated q few
hundred feet, and for nearly thirty
years each labored in producing a
great journal--but what a gulf be-
tween them
Greeley and Bennett, when they
were Ann street editors, were both Of
slender built, but in expression Of face
there was a vast difference. TheiI
offices were near, but they approached
from different directions, and hence.
seldom met. Greeley generally en-
tered Ann street from Broadway.
while Benefits route was from the
Nassau stree corner. Greeley, though
slightly STOPPING looked people square
in the face, while Bennett, who wa'
four inches taller, stood four inche'
taller, stood bolt upright, but fixed
| his eve downward, as though to con.
ceal his repulsiye features. Bennett
walked fifty and carried a cane.
Greeley would have felt as awkward
with the latter as he would with q
sword. Bennett dressed neatly. Gree
ley was a s%loven. Bennett wrote
legible hand Che once was a teacher
while Greeley ealigraphy was abOm.
Unable. As an editor, Benefits forte
was to dictate, while Greeley's was to
write. The Herald's best articles
were done by the staff, while the
Tribune's thunderbolts bore the stamp
of its chief. Both Of these men we're
abstemious, and although Bennett wa:
often the ]apoiosist for vice, his habit
we're very correct his iaanenee, how.
ever, was always for sale. Each 9
these eccentric editors, though i'll
adapted for courtship, became married
men. Few had less time for love
matters or less grace to win woman'i
favor than Bennett, but he announced
with pride his approaching wedding
The birth Of lie %jeiteur was announced
with still greater pride and what
career that young editor has endured
Both Greeley and Bennett we're born,
to Greenwood eight years ago.