Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02
Death Of Henry W. Grady.

The death of Henry w. Grady, chic
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Il
an irrerarable less To the South. o
all the many abie.and i'tfluenlitl he WIS
paper men of that section, Mr.. Grad,
can be compared only with Mr.. Wa
terSon, of the Louisville Courier Jour11
az, In point of distinction; and while
Watterson is the better equipped iourn
alist, Grady was the greater popular
leader. He was not only "a brilliant
an ! forceful writer, but a most eloquent
anu Impressive speaker aud one Of the
most sagacious in couuciI
MIR. Grady was only ten wears o'G
when civil war spread its terrible pal
over the land, and he was only >
a school-boy when his native South
was left defeated, desnlsted and de-
spairing by the failure If the Confe.ier-
acy. He grew up with the new gener.
alton that is so rapidly succet ding the
actors of that great conflict in both
sections. He escaped the luxury and
effemlnacy of fortune; lac had To- crap
pie with poverty amidst an almost
hopeless people; and he was one ofthe
earliest OF the new generation tn rise t
the full stature of manly duty, Thor
oughly Southern i'll sympathy and
keenly sharing the memories which
are sacred to all who wore and sup.
ported the gray, he saw the new
occasion with its new duties as The
latent wealth of the South, that So long
slumbered under the blight of slavery
gave promise of development; and
alike in his own Empire State of the
South and in the great metropolis oi
the Union and in the Bay State citad,
Of opposite political views, he ever d.
clared the same sentiments and
cemented the bond ofcOmmon brother
hood.
And no other young man of the South
gave so muc! promise of future honorS
and usefulness as did Mr.. Grady. He
has fallen ere he had reached The full
noontide of life, and when his public
career was just at its thr, shold. H
could have been United States Senator
at the last election had he not given
his plighted faith to another; and even
with the office left to go by default, it
was with reluctance that tie Legi>la-
ture, fresh from tie people. passed lin
by in obedience to bis own command.
That he would have been leader OF
leaders in the South, yea in the whole
Union. is not doubtei; and he was the
one man Of the present in the South
w no mig 1T ia bSCI tditSi ~ Ihc
Vice Presidency had his life been spar
ed He was free from the blemisn of
the Confederate Brigadier that i ever
likely to be an insuperable obstacle to
popular election to } e Presidency or
Vice Presidency, and he was so thor
oughly and so grandly typical of the
New South, with its new puIsatiOns,
its new progress, its new patriotism,
that his political promotion seemed
plainly written in tne records of fate.
But Henry w. Grady has fallen in
the journey with his face yet looking
20 the MONDAY sun, and it is only the
vindication of truth TO say that be
leaves no one who can fully take his
place. Other young men Of the South
will have their. struggling paths bright
enei by the refulgeuce his efforts and
achievements reflect upon them, but
to-day his death leaves a gapin South
ern leadership that will not he speed-
~ filled. And he will be mOurned
not only by those who sympathized
with him in public effort. He was
one of the most genial, noble and love
able of men in every relation of life,
aud from the homes of Georgia ami
from the byways of the sorrowing as
well as from the circles of ambition
there will be sorrOwing hearts over the
grave of Henry w. Grady
7)hi0 Ii,Ocs.