Evening star., 1922-08-20
Fifty ! Years Ago
: in The Star

Horace Greeley's candidacy fur
nished material
Horace Greeley for nation-w''i"
as "Chamois." ;ny ,ha summ.r
and autumn of 1872. not. the least of
the fun being supplied by the ma
! neuvers of the democratic press l."
| swallow as q presidential candidate
one whom il had been so shortly be
| fore denouncing in savage terms as
| a republican. In The Star OF AuEusi
| II. 1872. is the following regardin-
| the campaign efforts Of locs
Greeley supporter:
| III one thing more than another is
calculated to overcome us like -
| summers cloud this hot weather II L.
the ecstatic natu e OF the genuine
| tions Of the Patriot before III" a.:
| and Good Greeley. 1t rs hardly worth
while to refer to the unkind thinSN
| that paper said of Greeley year
ago These have been all wiped out
| Its lips are now trained to the righi
pucker TO say only mellifuous things
| in regard 10 the delightful Horace.
He Is altogether lovely. He is NOT
only as wise as Solomon and AS jus
| as that of a newborn babe. typcsl
| as that of new born babe. typical
of unsophisticated innocence and
honesty.
In a long time we have seen moth
ing more charming in the way "f
Boswellian hero worship than the
Patriots description (per correspond
| enD Of the Ascent Of Mount kear-
| sarge by Horace Greeley The great
ascents Of all other mountains by
! other great men from Hannibal To-
before the scaling of Mount Kear-
! sarge by Horace Greeley rs described
by the Washington Patriot.
We wish we had room to repro
| duce the vivid picture: how Mr.
Greeley. feeling strong and hearty
| determined despite all remonstranccs
| to attempt the ascent to the summit
| over a foot path where only mule
could be trusted implicitly not tp
! break neck. He seized a stout
stick and. accompanied by four
| gentlemen, started off with great
briskness The ascent was through
| a wood on the hillside where the foot
| path led over rugged and broken
stones and then diverged into an open
space made of hard smooth rock.
| forming a sort of prodigious tiled
roof to the mountain These rocks
were most slippery and dangerous.
but the sturdy Philosopher scaled
| them like chamois of the Alps ana
| the rest Of the party had frequently
to call halt on him in order TO let
| them catch their second wind
! 1T is then set forth in effusiEe
! terms how a little girl who, through
| long experience in climbing noun
| tains. was proficient, was the "nly
one who could at all compete with
the hardy Philosopher in the feat
of crossing chasms and climbing
rocky mountain sides. & number -:
rustic beaux and their swae;hearts
were on the mountain top when the
| tonishment at finding coming Presi-
august party arrived and their as
dent in such spot may be imagined.
We should think So No wonder
| they were astonished to see a fa,.
| bald headed old man bounding up the
! mountain side like chamois Of :he
, Alps. followed by little girl and
| four perspiring admisers shouting, 'Ex-
celsior. excelsior
"Since the time when Mr.. rick
wick made such frantic exertions to
keep up with the shooting party and
was carried home in a wheelbarruw
we have seen nothing to compare
with the Patriots description of
| Horace Greeley as a chamois Of the
| Alps. But, seriously. is il expected
| that this mountain climbing gush
| twaddle is going to help Greeley to
| the presidency?