Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-12-28
GRADY's DEATH.

last Sunday to all the great newspa-
pers of the world, that Henry w.
Grady, the brilliant editor in chief of
the Atlanta Constitution, was dying
at his home in that city, and at $40
O'Clock Monday morning Mr.. Grady
breathed his last. Young, brainy,
and gifted with remarkable power
of eloquence, his death is indeed ca
lamity to the South. He had only
returned few days before from Bos-
ton, where he made one of the great
/ est speeches of his life. Mr.. Grady
had secured a recognition at the
North accorded to no other Southern
er, and with his tongue and pen he
was doing grand work in educating
that section upon the social, political
and material conditions of the South.
Not only to Georgia and the South is
Mr.. Grady's death loss, but to the
entire nation, and kilograms ofcondo-
lence were received by the family
from the most prominent men of
nearly every State in the union.
He was native of Georgia, having
been born at Athens, in that State, in
1851. He wss educated at the State
University of Georgia, and the Uni
versity of Virginia. He first embark
ed in journalism at Rome, Ga, but
in 1872 went to Atlanta and purchas-
ed an interest in the Herald, which
he conducted with signal ability. In
1880 he purchased an interest in the
Constitution and became its manag-
ing editor, where he remained until
his death.
Hon. p. A. Collins, of Boston, when
told of his death said:
81 am stunned by the news. He
was, in my judgment, the most bril-
liant men in the United States, but
he was much more. He had solid
qualities, good judgement, keen per-
ception of public needs and high and
ardent patriotism. He was born for
good, public and private good, and in
his short life accomplished much.
The republic may well mourn the I'M
timely taking off of as brilliant and
patriotic man as ever sprung from
her soil"
The Birmingham Age-Herald thus
!, speaks of him:
SIN the flush of bright manhood, in
the prime of a successful career, when
the applause of the Nation yet rever-
berated in response to his eloquent
words, like an unripe sheaf, he has
been cut down all too soon, and the
| people who had learned to love and
admire him are sore at heart because
of the distressful stroke that took
away his life.
"Mr. Grady belonged peculiarly
to the young South. He was the
apostle of the new order and more
than any other man represented that
3 irrepressible vim and energy by
| which the South of today has lifted
itself from the reverses of illfOrtune
and disaster. He was the leader add
eXemplar of a new generation, which
g under new conditions is proving it.
e self worthy of that sterling and hero.
1 ic ancestry from which it sprung.
a at was Mr.. Grady, more than any
= other man, who made the influence
S of this new generation felt, who Gle.
r fined its status and apprised the mes
e cient North of its mission in the
n Union.
ellis latest act was to stand up in
. the heart of New England anC
E expound to the people there thai
>, problem with which the South has
Y been so tried and concerning which
. those people had SO much to say, ye
. so poorly understood.
"Mr. Grady's success in life was
chiefly attributed to two things-hi
energy and his eloquence. 1t was by
= the former that he built up a grea
/, newspaper, and from an humble
~ writer in the journalistic field came
in short while to the front of hi
profession. 1t was by the latter tina
r he bounded at once into a NatiOna
reputation and held it increasing il
- repute; the lamp of his fame burning
" brightest at the time of his death.
"Those qualities of Mr.. Grady
character which most endeared hin
to the people were his brightness, hi
:, hearty good fellowship and the &c
=, NAL sunshine of his nature. He saw
- only the bright side of life, believed
~ nothing but good OF the future, ant
~ impressed those about him with tn
;, optimism of his views. He was
true friend, a public spirited CitiZel