New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

was not so readily deceived in men or
miseo In measures as he seemed, ana az
most people thought him.
His convictions were eInouonal. ms
philosophy experimental; but there was
q certain method in their application 70
public affairs He gave bountifully OF
his affection and his confidence 70 the
few who enjoyed his familiar friend
though not indlscriminating TO those
who appealed TO his bic sen,
sibilitles and sought his help. he nau
been a good party man and was tempera-
mentally a partisan.
To him place was not badge OF bon
dage; IL was a decoration, preferment
promotion, popular recognition. He had
always yearned for ONCE as the legit-
mate destination of public lie and me
honorable reward OF party service. Dut-
ing the greater part Of his career. ths
conditions OF journalism had been rather
saualid and servile. He was really great
as journalist He was truly and
highly At for nothing else, but seeing
less deserving and less capable men
distinction to another, he wondered why
his turn proved so tardy in coming, ana
when II would come. II aid come with
a rush. What more natural than tnst
he should believe Il real instead or ,he
empty pageant OF visiong
In a word, Greeley did more by his
death 10 complete the work or Lincoln
than he could have done by triumph
ct the polls and the term sIIr. n the SoSHs
only sixty years OF age, hts, race vas
run. or him II may be truly written
that he lived life full OF inspiration 20
his countrymen. and died not IN VII
upon his tomb.
The touches Of portraiture In this
paper are Of peculiar interest. That
Inflated campaign has gone down the
wind, but the noble figure Of Greeley
remains, and readers will carefully
preserve Colonel Watterson's vivid
impressions of the man. They VIII
value also Mr.. Reds supplementary
notes. He says, for example: with
my intimate knowledge OF Greeley az
that period. should hardly have saio
he had a passion for ONCE. What
did think was that he had passion
for recognition, and was very sore az
being treated not as an equal ana
comrade, but as a convenience to the
machine, by Seward and Thurlow
Weed. It was less office he sought
than an opportunity to teach those
gentlemen their places and his. Ger
tainly he never had lifelong passion
for office like Lincoln" Mr.. Reid also
thus traverses the subject Of Greeleys
last illness, and that OF the dying SEN
tence which has been attributed 70
him:
My recollection is that Mrs. Greeley
died In the interval after his re ,n,n
from the West. but before the elecnon
/ always attributed his sudden coliapsS
after the election as much to his loss o.
sleep, while watching for a week at ~. H.
bedside, as to disappointment over "a.
result. and this opinion was someNha;
confirmed by Dr. Choate "a brother
Joseph, to whose private sanatoriu", Ss
real disease was. and he said. II y.n
want II in popular phrase. 1t is really
Inflammation of the outer memorane
the brain, due to loss Of sleep or "a
what his prognosis was, and he repneS,
He will either be we'll In a wees s,s.
dead" This is. Of course, not a desc,s sIt
ton OF insanity at all; and J. always
"a cruel injustice was done his memv vsf
in describing him as going crazy o Nv
such a thing OF q fever patient oecau''i
he was In temporary deliriurri; ,..s
was never convinced that the Nv
words" you quote were ever uttered
him, The Tribune Is gone, ana J -
gone" Dana was surrounded in tnom,
days by people who for one reason
another had grudges equal to his o.
against The Tribune-Aynos Cumminss
who had left US in pet because OF sch ri
rebuke from John Russell Young, ~
Wood. whom Amos got away from -
and. above all, a man In the prootI
who resented my criticism OF his prvsh.
reading and deserted us, taking VIZ
him the manuscript OF one or two
Greeley's unbalanced articles, which "
brother-in-law, John Cleveland, haa III
covered and brought TO me. and wnica,,
unbalanced. They reveled in thss
things; and II happened at that ums
be all grist TO Dana's mill A.sAs>