Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-11

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Dssid & Locke, Who died at To:odo
On The l53h Of February, vas peeAaps
cne Of the 6est known cf The pecrls /
erooRhf into pr1mtneaee By tha car Of
the febeiiios- He - barn ss vsstai,
brce1 coonty. N. T., September 5osh,
$50, and hence vzs IN his ffsy Htta
year. His father, n. b Losks, vsss1-
IN Of the var Of 1919. u stili living in
this city at she advanced aee Of ninety
fo1s. The father vas one Of ths orig
nal ansf-siAveRy men Of the eoant4y, /
and y51cs Locks Inherited an intense /
hat ed OF the s'peoulias tnstitaxioE"
ard love OF freedom which made him /
sueh power With his pan daring toe |
civil var. IN his eleventh year be vas
nppseotioed 70 he printing trade b the
cfise Of the OorsIands, n. T.. Covrisr.
Altar serving his seven ysars be travel.
led thsouRA the United States, working
&c hts trade and sctina - Q feDoreeY.
In lsSa. BE- founded the Plymouth. Oaio,
Advertiser. o0odoctinS IL too yexrs. Ia
l656. be founded the Bucyrus yosrnai,
ana Afterwards va excessively en-
ea9ed With the Asns6eid Hsvaid and
Ftndasy JsFsvsossos. He vus editing
the latter paper -hea the vs9 broke sat,
asd u us columns acpearei the frst
numhefa OF the renowned "Nanby List
ters the dfst bearing tie date Of April
q, Isl. These political satires sp1AnR
| at once into tremendous popularity.
| Thsy we're copied into newspapefs every
where, quoted 10 spsaches. rea ] around
camp-fires Of Union armies and exes-
eissd enormous influence in moldiue
public opinion north In favor of Q Wig
ofons prosecution Of the var.
Secretary Boutwell, declared in o
speech at Cooper Union, New York, at
the Gloss Of the var that the success Of
the Union army vas duo to three causes
I-"the army. the navy and the Nasty
letteFs." Charles Humne. declared,
ENTHUSIASTICALLY they we're among the
inhaences and agencies By which dis
loyalty IN ell its forms vas exposed,
and public opinion assured upon the
right side. Ii ID impossible TO measure
their value. Against the devices Of
slavery and is supporters, each letter
vas like speech. or one Of those songs
which stir the people,"
These ietters we're q source Of great
delight to President Lincoln, vhs al
ways kept them In his table drawer for
peraaal at odd times. Mr.. Locke once
raised company Of volunteers and ap-
piled 10 Governor Brough, Of Ohio, for
commission as captain, which VS. re-
fused on the ground that he could do
more good for the Unisn cause With hia
GEN tllAn ia the feld.
The immense popularity Of the Mas
BY letters led TO the demand for Mr.
Locke to enief the lecture field, and be
appeared In all the principal cities oil
the North, though, - he himself 40
knowIsdRed, not q master of oratefy
be always had crowded and delighted
audiences. He vas offered ofIicial DO.
) sit,ons BY President Linooln, and also
by President Grant, but steadily de
Glued. as his only ambition was IN En-
editorial field.
In 1866, he assumed charge of The
Toledo Blade, first on Q salary, after
wards purchasing an interest, and IN
ally entire control. Il had always beer
bis desire to found Q great natiopa
weekly, which he now carried out. II,
: was one Of the founders Of the Rspub
licau party In Ohio, and the Nasty let
tiers we're bat o part OF the powerful
work he did in the political FIELD. H,
also did vast deal of purely literay,
work, having written two or three suo
cessful plays, books OF travel, and nan,
: bowels and sketches for bis own paper
be was also poet of no mean o.der
and several Of his devotional poems cal
be found In various church hymnals.
Some four or Eve years age h.s hesl,,
began TO fail, after twenty-five bus1
.. years OF afd0ous labor, and he rradu
silly Withdrew himself from sotiye vork
SiIoe then be has written verv iittle
save tbs occasional "Nasby LetteFa'
that have appeared, and q few spea,a
articles. chiefly on prohibition, He be.
came convinced that prohibition mus
os the mai solut.1a Of the LIQUOR cues
lion, ana 10. six years has strongly ad
vocaisd 10 in his paper, but alwayl
tnrooRn moo partisan methods. He re-
NAMED faithful to bis republican ideas
ana deprecated any attempt to hciid or
, separate prohibition party.
Consumption Was inserted, 1t beinI
in bis mothers family, and severa
brothers and sisters dying of it. It's sp
pfoacn was very slow, and i. YES not til
last November that be was confined e
the house. HE literary labors AND
newspapers vere very profitable, and n
his latter years be was largely interestet
in building and manufacturing in To.
iedo. His fortune il estimated At ,
million, exclusive Of the Blade. &c va,
married while at Plymouth, 20 Mis-,
Martha Bodiue, who With their thres
sons. all Grown TO manhood, survive
bin, the oldest, Captain kobinsor
Locke, has been associated With hi1
father on the Blade, for the last dozen
years, except while consul at New Oas.
tie-on-Tyne, England. to which offioe
ne vas appointed BY PRECEDENT Arthur