Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-23
GREAT EDITORS.

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The day " great newspapers, edited by
great odiI ors,s such as Horace 1rooIey ana
Henry j. Raymond, has passed away
Chicago TTituae.
These extracts seem to possess too
much IN thu nature Of invidisusness
to bo rellshed by living Contemporary
u Greeley and Rsymond-Charles A.
Dana, OF the sun, AMI he proceeds
,horcupon TO make q statement show
ing that while both men were great
aud good and strong, neither was IA
angel nor yet an immortal OF any
shade or cast. Mr.. Dana shows
that he had the pleasure Of
knowing both men well, but
was better acquainted with Greeley
than with Raymond. After q tribute
10 their general worth the gifted
holmsman u the Gotham luminafy
proceeds 10 show that the sage Of
Chappaqua said sd" moro than once,
as he fJggC.s 20 remember, aud when
Greeley caiiei Raymond "thc little
villain" that c5ol.hcsded man relorIcd
in language which many people have
forgotten. Tho two did not get along
very well together when one was
editor Of the Tribune and the other was
among his assistants; nor aiierward
when they were editors Of rival papers,
though both were Of the same party.
Neither OF them 10 pronounced an
'ldcal editor" or q very decp thinker
ora hrsi.clh-s statesman, ora notable
scholaL Greeley was stronger
aud more blirriug writer than
Raymond; bot Raymond was
d nr more stllliul editor than
Greeley. Gteeloy was more ferveut In
mind than Riyn,ud; Raymond was
more JudioiouB aud nlmblo than
Greeley. Raymond, whom he was u
member o. the legislature, and tho
speaker OF tAe ASSEMBLY, and tins lieu.
.onont governor Of the state, and D
member Of Congress, aud a delegate to
state or national conventions, gave
evidence that he was greatly more IN
seniouo la politics than Greeley, who,
Indeed, during tho brief period Of his
servicein Congress, did not win distiuc.
ton.
Something Of an account Of the In.
terror workings Of tho Republican Or
ganizltion Of tho empire state twonty
years and more ago Is given la an
interesting vein, aud then We are adj
viacd that Greeley was more Of "a
philosopher Than Raymond, who, in
turn, was more Of a man Of affairs than
Greeley. Greeley, says tho Sun, was
often compared with Benjamin
franklin, though he did not possess
Ftankliu's scientific quality; Ray.
mond might be- compared. IN many
respects, with Franklin Pierce, though
he was not OF Fiercu's politics. Greeley
had certain ecceatrcItles OF man
ner aud action; Raymond was
always regarded a. a very
loyel.headed man. Both Of
Them belonged to tho Rutl.sIavery
school In politics; but G,oeley's ioryjr
In tue cause far surpassed Rlym9nd's,
Greeley hal Ia his earlier yoars btou
a champion N SOCIAL reforms" which
were bitterly donounoe by Il iym5nI,
who, however, Ia the latter years Of
his life, began 10 look with favor upon
certain theories Of socialism. Greeley
WAS negligent In his dress; Raymond
was natty. Both Greeley aud Ray.
m8nd were founders OF Now York
daily papers whlon still exist, but
u0i,huro OF which is now characterized
by the traits OF its fuuder.
TIE sun Ia concluaion sum,up the
merits OF the two men thus:
A truo man was Horace Greeley,
strong, carnCtt aud good -hOuorcd b0
| his m0moryl An able man was Horny
laryi. Raymond, clear.heAded, quick,
| wltled, reasonable, temperate, genial and
highly accomplish cd lot his name shine
la tho editorial galaxy
Il does not require an old head nor
a very active mentality to remem,
Dor the time when Horace Greeley
stood among the foremost men OF all
this land anu had a reputation cock.
tenBivo with civilization. lie was,
prior TO the war, the uniisputed oracle
q the rural glasses ia tho North, the
criterion from whose ruling there was
mo- appeal, the agbiler who decided
everything aud from whose deui.i,ns
iew had the temerily to dissent III,
Welt 90 Unh In 1859 will always liugei
In the memory Of thOBr who were here
aud Il lure In the history of that day
by others as an event Ia tn,
rorrimry's career, His remArkabl,
c1iuquy with President Brigham
Young was pub isnei far aud wiIs, ~
nuns q ID abroai, and re.eiyci NOR,
general attention than the great ora
t0Tica struggle iu Illinois between
Abraham Lincoln aud Stephen A
Douglas, with which &c was nearly go
tompopuu1u5. He was mcasuraniy
eir,uc iu everything ho saiI auI JiJ,
Als p.ranal Appearance being Il imu.
odd enough 20 excite myrrimeuy
nut beneath this exterior Of Iu.
iisrcucu ihero WINS wealth OF uhi.
io51phic lore, scholastic attainment
and a warm, impulsiye, human heart
rho pre,onsions OF Jefferson Davis and
the cause in WHOM she Confederate