The sun., 1890-12-21
THE ADYICE OF PHILOSOPHER.
CounseIs Given to "a Friend by tho Late
Horace Gre eeiey.

COunecIS Given to u FRIEND by tho 1Into
Horace Greeley.
The following letter OF Horace Greeley has
never been published, and now on its first ap-
pearance. forty years after Its date. requires q
| few words Of explanation.
| In the spring Of 1850 had three positions
offered me. from which was to select one.
l. Mr.. Webster offered me the Consulship to
Belfast. in ireland. which was then. not as
now. salaried office. but paid from the fees
which made 1t profitable position.
| 2. Mr.. Meredith. the Secretary Of the Treas
| ury in Tsylors Administration. managed to
pick quarrel with me. or with him, and the
position held then as measurer In the Custom
House was made vacant At that time had
| an opinion that q Secretary OF the Treasury
was OF little account when compared with a
Washington correspondent Of the Ne,o YORK
Tribune. and demanded that should be re-
stored, which was afterward done. and In this
fight had John NJ. Clayton. Taylor's Secretary
| OF State. Gov Seward. and the leading Wings
in Congress ON my side. 1t was understood
that might have the place again II l desired It
8. Mr.. Greeley had procured place for me-
| i'll desired 1t. as editor Of the Nepark Merc,rv
| which was then owned by William Wright. who
| had heen defeated as candidate for Governor
81 New Jersey % and apd. was afterward Senator In
| I consulted Mr.. Greeley as to- the choice
SHOULD mako. and he wrote me this letter, and
| following its advice undertook the editorship
M ihe Grssey Hssih had mistaken ide. that wa.
quantity and tempting variety in Washington.
| had no taste for IT, and was never under it's
sDstion was gay society fsad'qs snd presty city
young women OF that metropolis.
W. E ROBINSON.
| New YORK. March 8. 1850.
FRIEND r.: feel dubious about that Belfast
consulate, 1t seems like carrying Goals to
Newcastle. to send Irishmen to Ireland. They
are too thick there already. 1t is they and not
the potatoes that have to say to each other.
Lilo over!" Then don't like the idea OF such
q rebel as you going to get the permit Of
Queen Victoria to perform official duties in
her dominioDs. Won't you be Objectionable on
| the score OF your open. active notorious share
In the Irish Rebellion We organized here
against her ". r. in ls472 Suppose it isn't
urged against you. won't 1t embarrass your
| reception. your position. and your profits?
don't know. but should think 1t might
AS to the measurership. hate it; but don't
utterly despse the $1,000.
II you didn't owe dollar In the world I
would say: Kick all their Offices and offers
to kingdom come 90 straight down to Newark.
take hold of the Mercury. work early. late and
resolutely. build up the best paper in Jersey.
| Hlhko aIl independence ny IL, hnQ go 10 Con-
gress when YOU get ready" But you are in
debt; suppose all your creditors want their
pay. do. for one. for I have had to buy a
house. and shall be bothered to pay the $1,000
l must pay on it before May /. could not
wait to build one. had not money
to do II. and about every house fit
| to live In is up for sale this spring.
80 that my wife could find mono to suit her
difficult taste except ut ruinously high
rent. But she found u neat, pleasant ono to
sell for $1,000 in Nineteenth street. Just off the
railroad. with $4,000 of the money to stand on
bond and mortgage Rt per cent, and us moth
| ing else would suit her. said take It, So. II
you can sell part OF your land 30 as to pay
me this spring or early summer 1t will help
me. II you don't. shall get along somehow
| have money enough within call to pay this
but am promised for $1,000 to various good
| objects In the course OF this summer. ard
must raise it. One thousand dollars to tho
Peoples Bathing and Washing establishment,
$1,000 to plank road from my fathers to Lake
Erie. and so on. ! should have kept out Of
those If thought should have = house to
DAY for.
Well. then, to conclude: Do you want to re-
visit ireland for O year or two2 II you do,
take the consulate: II you would feel lost there
don't do it, II YOU take It, resolve to stay only
two yeals, to sec the country thoroughly while
| there; to keep a clo- o mouth with rather wide
eyes to write the best series OF letters ever
yet written from that country. kindly eXhib-
ting the evils and their proper remedies. and
| to como back In two years. say in September,
| '52, ready and resolved to do something and
be somebody ofrhand. think you might
find time for the careful study OF some topics
that you need to understand more thoroughly,
but you ought solemnly to resolve anyhow. in
this country or out OF It, to keep very clear OF
company till you have fixed your position in
life, and to that end to get ticket from Father
Mathew forthwith. You never will study
while you soc 80 much society; you never will
prefer your own room to publio or social gath
erngs while you continue to drink. That's
my Judgment.
Now. have promised you to Wright. and his
place is far better than to take Mei edlth's again
II you are tidewaitsr, you won't run for
Congress; the two things are incompatible
icur place will be made use OF to prevent or
defeat your nomination. A man turned out Of
Custom House place may be anything: not
| 80 u psp-suckor II you conclude to go back
a. the beggarly elements, dismiss al! thoughts
OF anything else Tor two years from this LIST OF
May, whom kick the flesh pots overheard and
come out free man. Yours.
W. Z RoyIasoA, Esa. HORACE dREELkx.