St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-06

iy clear to the entire country that
Greeley would he defeated. He was
plunged into dependency so deep that
no man can estimate it, but there was
Il glimmer of hope which made him
think that perhaps and possibly there
wonld come the unexpected, which, as
we know, often happens. 1t did not
happen on this occasion: and his de
feat was one of the tremendous devel-
Opments which seem, like an ocean
tide, now and then to roll over this
country, from Maine to Georgia.
from the Atlantic to the Pacific shore.
Then came the reaction. If ever n
poor, tired head needed soft and
downy pillow, his did. If ever au ex-
hausted and worn physique needed the
calm seclusion of an affectionate home
and tender care of those who loved
him, his did. What did he get2 He
was Hospitality welcomed in the house
of Mr.. Alvin johnson, and there he
went for the rest and calm his body Y
needed. Without presuming to follow
the thread of motive which has been
suggested by some of Mr.. Greeley's
friends, without intending by word or
hint to traverse the good intention OF
MIR. Johnson, Mr.. Reid, Mr.. Sinclair,
Mr.. Anybody whose pecuniary inter
est was better served with MIR. Greeley
ont of the way than back on the Tri-
bune, | am confronted by this one fact,
that instead of the gentle, loving, af-
fectionate treatment given him by Mr..
Acton, Mr.. Greeley's condition was
Judged by Mr.. Johnson and his friends
to he such as to demand the treatment
of Il lunatic asylum. We all know
what that is. We all know what "se-
clusion" means. We all know what
precautions" signify. Every sensi-
tive heart can take in, with the aid of
imagination, the experience of terror,
of helplessness, of apprehension that
this man suffered in common with all
others so confined. Men of experience
thought he was in no condition to at
tend to the Tribune's affairs and there
was no need of him. The same hand
now resting firmly upon its rudder
guided it then. One day, it is said,
when Mr.. Greeley'S "eccentricities'
had developed in rather extreme fash
ion, his hat was put upon his head,
and his outer clothing given him, and
he was told that it was necessary for
him to 90 elsewhere. | can see the
amazement with which the old man,
who in spite of his worldly wisdom in
certain directions was Il big baby as
ever was born, regarded his informant.
The man who told me subsequently
said it was positively pitiful to see the
childlikc tenacity with which Greeley
clung to the railing and besceched his
friends not to take him away, but let
him stay where he was. "Don't send
me away, Alvy; please don't, Alvy :;
please let me stay, won't you, Alvy p
Bat To make a long story short he was
bundled into the carriage and off he
went.
| feel, and always have felt, pecu-
liar interest in this because of great
wrong that was attempted upon me at
that time. | knew perfectly well, no
matter how. that Mr.. Greeley had been
taken from Johnson's house and was
confined in lunatic asylum. 1t was
believed then, and the belief is revived
now, that had Greeley been taken to IL
home where gentle, loving, tender and
accustomed hands might have admin
istered to him he could have been
brought out of his brain trouble pre-
cisely us he was brought ont of sim-
lar trouble by his old friend Tom Ac-
ton many years ago Philadelphia
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