3-047-123 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Mr. Horace Greeley, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Sarony. 'This enterprising, but eccentric, American journalist and politician was lately the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the Presidency in opposition to General Grant...In 1841 his well-known daily paper, the New York Tribune, was started, and that journal was conducted by him, as proprietor and editor, till a few months ago...As an enthusiastic Abolitionist, he was much in favour with the Republican party during the Presidency of Mr. Lincoln...but the inconsistency of his public conduct, and the indiscreet and intemperate language he often used, were ill calculated to secure the confidence of earnest and enlightened reformers. His nomination for President, which was the desperate act of a malcontent section of Republicans, allying themselves with the Democratic Convention at Baltimore, proved an utter failure; and it is said that the mortification he had lately suffered, with sorrow for the death of his wife, caused the attack of brain fever which has put an end to his life. Personally, Horace Greeley was liked by those who knew him, as a generous and kindly man'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.