Proceedings At The Unveiling Of A Memorial To Horace Greeley At Chappaqua N Y February 3 1914 With Reports Of Other Greeley Celebrations Related PDF Download

Excerpt from Proceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to Horace Greeley at Chappaqua, N. Y., February 3, 1914: With Reports of Other Greeley Celebrations Related to the Centennial of His Birth, February 3, 1911 It was late in the spring Of 1872 that the hitherto united and powerful Republican party had been attacked, not only by foes from without, but by friends from within. It was the year for presidential election. The country was still bleeding, weary and war-torn from the great conflict. Almost like a bolt from the blue came the announcement that at Cincinnati a new party had been formed, and that this segment of the Older party had named itself the Liberal Republican and had chosen as its standard bearers, Horace Greeley, for President, and B. Gratz Brown, for Vice President. The writer, a youngster at the time, will never forget the impres sion made upon him at the announcement Of these nominations. With members Of his family, he was enjoying his first car ride on the way to Troy for a visit. When the train reached Saratoga, the conductor came into the car with a railroad telegram in his hand. From every man in the coach came the question, Who was named by the new party? When the name Of Horace Greeley was mentioned, while not unexpected, still there was a uni versal expression of dissatisfaction from the Democrats, and Of disgust from the Republicans. My political ideas as a boy had been based on the strongly partisan but divergent and opposing views of two excellent local weeklies at home, as well as the Weekly Albany Argus, and the Saturday night issue of the Troy Times, all Of which I read with attention, care and resultant pleasure. My father, who had served worthily as an Officer and then as assistant surgeon, in the famous (original) Iron Brigade, had decided ideas as to the general patriotism Of Horace Greeley, with which I naturally became quite familiar. The conception I then had Of Mr Greeley, therefore, based upon the written and spoken word of the day, was that Of a rather savage and eccentric editor, whose course in the Civil War had left much to be desired. Time, however, has since, as it so often does for all of us, radically moderated my views as to Greeley's honesty Of purpose and his good intentions toward both North and South. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.