The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-20

On June 10 he was taken Ill and never
afterwards visited New York.
George William Curtis used to say
shat if there had been no such thing as
Journalism III existence Charles 4. Dana
would have created the business OF
gathering news and selling It and COM
menting upon it IL such a manner az tc
attract attention Of all the men who
have gained fame and fortune by news
paper work, Mr.. Curtis believed that
Mr., Dana was the best equipped for
such enterprise both 6y native ability
and acquired endowmentS.
Greatest American Journalist.
Although Mr. James Gordon Bennett
will probably maintain 50 long as jour-
nalism lasts the fame he won as the
founder of modern American Journal
ism, and although Horace Greeley will
stand pre- eminent as the political jour-
nalist. aud Henry J. Raymond as the
politician Journalist, it is probable thas
the traditions Of Journalism as they
shall be told III the future, will point to
Mr. Dana as the greatest OF American
Journalists.
He was born at HinSdale, n. H, on
Aug. S, 1919, and when he was l6 years
OF age he entered Harvard college, i'm
mediately giving evidence that he pos
seSse6 unusual mental gifts But he
was obliged TO give up his college course.
Soon after Mr.. Dana thought Of
mercantile career, and he went to Buff
falo. then q thriving village. where
with relative he sold goods over the
counter. \ short experience was suth-
cient to satisfy him that his calling was
not in trade Anxious to put himself in
touch with the world, Mr. Dana went
to Europe He had already learned to
read French and to speak it fairly well.
lie spoke French rluently.
Soon after reaching Paris he spoke
French with duency, ard as he was
there at the time of the revolution Of
lS4S his newspaper instincts were fully
developed, aud his acquaintance with
French enabled him fully to understand
the exciting scenes OF that day. he
wrote Of them Iii i series OF letters pub
lishe.; in the New York Tribune. and
his correspondence IS even regarded to
this day as model Of. that department
OF journalism
Uu6oubteGiy this work brought MrP
Dana i'll close relations with The Trio-
pne, for soon after he accepted all offer
from Horace Greely to become rnanag-
ing editor OF that paper.
MIR. Daua's connection with The
Tribune gave him az intimate acQualnt-
ance with most OF the great men OF the
Republican party, and when IL 1851,
owing to a disagreement with Horace
Greeley respecting the attitude OF The
Tribune upon the conduct Of the war,
he retired. he was esteemed as one OF
the influential younger men Of the
party. Edwin II. Stanton, the secre-
tary OF war. who knew Mr.. Dana well.
offered him the post Of assistant secre
tary of war. and ne undertook these
labors with extraordinary energy. Much
OF the time he vas with General Grant
in the west He was several times
under fire, showing great coo!ness and
courage.
Takes Charge OF Tao Sun.
After the war Mr. Dana might have
accented several offers TO re-enter busi-
ness life, but the tasciuations Of journal
ism caused him to decline every propo-
sitiou OF that sort made to him. A
company was organized to publish d
Republican newspaper in Chicago, and
Mr.. Dana was offered the editorship,
and a small interest in it was given to
him. At chat time, however, Chicago
was not the great metropolitan sity that
it is today, and Mr.. Dana found diff
culties Of various sorts in establishing
the paper. He soIS out his interest, re-
ceiving therefor some $1,000, and that
was the first time in his life that ne
found himself possessed Of any conslo.
cradle sum of money. Afrtend advised
him to invest it in house IN New YORK,
which he did, and others Of his cid time
Republican friends. notably Coloi 81
Fred 4. Conkling. brother OF Roscoe
Conkliug. subscribed sum sufficient @
buy for MIR Dana the New York Sun.
which was to be published as low
priced Republican newspaper.
Mr.. Dana took charge on Jan. !. 1858.
the papc: then having al out 10. 600 cisc :
latiou. an ;.s onspicuouS career began
with tina. -. VI the paper. he called
about him competent stat, and II
less than t"n years had IL many re-
spects revolutioniZed journalistic meth
ods
Those who knew Mr.. Dana well have
ALWAYS 1elt that the single limitation OF
his character was that he could rot
always control his prejudices. He was
as stanch and true as steel to his friends.
even though others accused some OF
them Of abusing the friendship. aiiS he
was also persistent. vehement and, his
enemies used TO say, malicious il his
aatagonism.