would, and so said to his intimate friends, who vainly tried to induce him to suppress the article "till after the election." In 1869, in a forlorn hope, after two or three Republican candidates who had been nominated had declined to run for State Controller, he accepted the position, and though defeated in the contest, as every one expected he would be, he ran ahead of the entire Republican State ticket, seven candidates in all, with the single exception of Gen. Franz Sigel, who received a considerable German vote which was not cast for the other Republican nominees. In 1870 he ran for Congress in the 6th District, against the Hon. S. S. Cox, and though too ill to make a single speech in the district, he reduced the Democratic majority there from about 2,700, two years before, to about 1,000, and ran 300 ahead of Gen. Woodford, the Republican candidate for Governor in 1870. The political year of 1872 found the United States in a yet unsatisfactory and disunited condition. The States lately in rebellion were yet abandoned almost entirely to anarchy, with the laws inefficiently enforced, with a great portion of the population uneasy and discontented, with the public treasuries depleted by systematic robbery, and a considerable portion of the inhabitants groaning under what they regarded as no better than despotism. This was of itself, to many honest and patriotic minds, a sufficient reason for opposing the re-election of Gen. Grant; yet there were others almost equally weighty. The Civil Service, by general admission, was not what it should be. There were grave charges of Executive corruption, which were not then and have not yet been satisfactorily explained. There was at least an unpleasant suspicion of nepotism in the distribution of the public patronage, which demanded but did not receive investigation. There was a general desire for an honest Government. It was under these pressing circumstances that the Liberal Convention met at Cincinnati on May 1st. It was attended by a vast delegation from all parts of the Union. Mr. Carl Schurz, who presided, very ably and forcibly stated the reason and aim of the Convention. He alluded to the "jobbery and corruption stimulated to unusual audacity, by the opportunities of a protracted civil war invading the public service the Government, cing with reckless levity in transgressions, Mr. Greeley, in accepting the nomination of the Convention, took the ground that "all the political rights and franchises which have been acquired through our late bloody convulsion, must and shall be guaranteed, maintained, en 99 66 as almost all movements of the social body"-joyed, respected evermore," and that "all the to "a public opinion most deplorably lenient in its judgment of public and private dishonesty,' -to a Government indulging in wanton disregard of the laws of the land, and resorting to daring assumptions of unconstitutional power," -to "the people, apparently at least, acquies political rights and franchises which have been lost through that convulsion should and must be promptly restored and re-established, so that there shall be henceforth no proscribed class, and no disfranchised caste within the limits of the Union, whose long-estranged people shall reunite and fraternize upon the broad basis of Universal Amnesty with Impartial Suffrage." Mr. Greeley alɛo wrote strongly in favor of the maintenance of the equal rights of all citizens, and of the policy of local self-government, as contradistinguished from centralization. Upon other points, Mr. Greeley advocated Civil Service Reform, a reservation of the public lands for actual settlers, the maintenance of the public faith and national credit, a due care for the soldiers and sailors of the Republic; and he concluded by promising, if elected, to be the President "not of a party, but of the whole people." In July following, Mr. Greeley also received the nomination of the Democratic Convention at Baltimore, and he was now fairly before the country as the Presidential candidate of two great parties. The canvass which followed developed a faculty in Mr. Greeley for which he had hardly received credit, even from his admirers. He spoke constantly, and in all parts of the country; and the test to which he thus voluntarily subjected himself was admitted by almost universal consent, to have been nobly maintained. He discussed all the great questions before the country boldly, and without hesitation or concealment. He was attended and eagerly listened to on such occasions by immense throngs of the people; and he bore the immense strain upon both his physical and intellectual powers without flinching. He had, as a matter of course, upon his nomination, retired from the editorial charge of THE TRIBUNE, but he was still affectionately welcomed by his old readers, with the same cordiality, when he came to speak to them with the living voice. The result of the canvass is detailed in another part of this publication. Our system of Presidential elections is such that a candidate may receive, as Mr. Greeley did, a large popular vote, and, at the same time, a very small one in the Electoral Colleges. Mr. Grecley did not carry many States, but the results of the Liberal movement were at once felt in fresh promises from the incoming Administration, and in an assurance, at least semi-official, that the errors and mistakes of which the complaint had been so loud, would not be repeated. Mr. Greeley came back cheerfully and philosophically to his old TRIBUNE chair, and girt himself for the old work, which alas! he was not to continue. | The strong physical and mental constitution of the man was already broken by many cares, by enormous labors, and by the loss of a wife to whom he was devotedly attached, and who had been for so many years his helper and his cheerer. For THE TRIBUNE he wrote bardly at all, and at last he was obliged to give up visiting the office regularly. His sleeplessness was followed by inflammation of the brain, and under this he rapidly sank, dying on Friday, Nov. 29. The earthly life which had been so busy, so laborious, and so fruitful, was over. The obsequies of Mr. Greeley were of a kind rarely accorded to any save great public characters. In the pulpits of New York and of other cities, upon the subsequent Sunday, allusions were made to the event. The remains were taken to the City Hall, where they were visited by an immense concourse of the population. Upon the day of the funeral the streets were thronged by a crowd of respectful spectators, anxious to show their respect for the departed. Among those who attended the funeral were the President and Chief Justice of the United States, several heads of departments, many Representatives and Senators, and State and city officials. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Chapin, pastor of the deceased, and by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. After these the procession moved to Greenwood, where the remains of Mr. Greeley were deposited. Such was the life and such the death of Horace Greeley. Our limits have compelled us to epitomize that which might have been, and indeed has already been, extended to volumes. But most of the readers of THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC are already familiar with the career of one whose course they were accustomed to watch with interest, affection and respect. No man was ever more generally respected-no man ever died more generally regretted. He has passed from the busy scenes of earth, in which he was one of the most useful and busy ; but as the self-cultivated man of letters, the philanthropist, the reformer, and the unsurpassed journalist, he will be honorably remembered so long as the history of the Republic shall survive. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. Consols of 1865. Consols of 1867. Consols of 1868.. ...... Rate Five-twenties of 1862.. per ct. 5 per ct. Loan of 1863, ('81's)..... 6 per ct. Old Debt...... 5 per ct. 6 per ct. 6 per ct. Five-twenties of 1865...... 6 per ct. 6 per ct. 6 per ct. 6 6 per ct. 6 per ct. 6 When Redeemable or Payable. Amt. Outstand'g Red'able aft. Jan. 1, 1874 Payable Dec. 31, 1880... Red'le aft. June 30, 1881. pay'le Nov. 1, 1884.... pay'le July 1, 1885.. Red'le aft. July 1, 1872; pay'le July 1, 1887.... Red'le aft. July 1, 1873; pay'le July 1, 1838 .... Red'le aft. May 1, 1881. Red'le aft. May 1, 1886.. Red'le aft. May 1, 1901.. Accrued Interest to Dale. $20,000,000 $500,000 00 18,415,000 552,450 00 28,350 00 189,321,350 5,679,640 50 per ct. 5 per ct. 4 pr. ct. Aggregate of Debt bearing Interest in Coin... Rate. Title of Loan. Debt Bearing Interest in Lawful Money. Fund 3 per ct. Cert. of Indebt. Debt on which Interest has Ceased Title of Loan. Rate. Matured. 4 to 6 per ct.. At var. dat. p. to Jan. 1,37 5,000 00 Aggregate of Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity.. $4,084,220 26 267,289,400 2,672,894 00 2,250,000 00 75,000,000 194,567,300 3,242,788 33 2,298,000 22,980 00 68,974,650 689,746 50 156,186,150 1,561,861 50 209,142,200 6,274,266 00 315,874,000 9,476,220 00 1,159,152 00 38,638,400 200,000,000 1,666,666 67 $1,756,651,450 35,777,015 50 14,000,000 00! 678,000 00 60 co1 17,458,000 00 60 00 Accrued Int. $45,172 92 210,000 00 9,040 00 264,212 92 since Maturity. Amt. Outstand. 10,000 00 1,280,250 00 950 00 2,000 00 3,150 00 19,450 00 93.795 00 62,350 00 532,920 00 303,900 00 Accrued Int. $64,174 81 85 74 172 00 238 97 11,300 00 625 00 108,248 57 2,670 76 206 00 57 00 108 00 378 00 1,481 01 4,701 85 4,474 IO 105,922 47 27,338 71 313 48 7,343 80 6,150 47 345,990 74 Title of Loan. Authorizing Acts. Fractional Cur- Coin Certifi'tes March 3, 1863.. Aggregate of Debt bearing no Interest Character of Issue. Debt Bearing no Interest. Total Cash in the Treasury-Coin.. Name of Kailway. Central Pacific Kansas Pacific Union Pacific.. Central Branch, U.Pac. Western Pacific Sioux City and Pacific. Issue prior to '69, $101,013,103 00 First Issue.. Name of Railway. Central Pacific.. Recapitulation. Central Branch, U.Pac. Sioux City and Pacific. Totals...... 4,377,254 40 3,180,685 44 3,669,335 09 34,494,786 69 678,000 00 14,000,000 00 2,780,000 00 358,642,294 50 25,370,000 00 Principal. Amt. Outstanding. 16,604 84 452,997,356 12 16,604 84 Currency .......74-359,279 74. Spec'l deposit held for redemp. of cert's dep. as prov. by law.25,370,000 00 Debt, less cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1873 Debt, less cash in the Treasury, December 1, 1872... Decrease of Debt from March 1, 1869, to December 31, 1872 17,458,000 00 452,997,356 12 2,231,191,026 38 Interest. $40,040,292 65 Authorizing Acts. Bonds Issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, Interest 21. 264,272 92 345,990 74 16,604 84 40,667,161 15 $2,271,858,187 53 Principal Inter't accrued Interest paid by Int. repaid by Bal. of Int. paid 1,067,179 03 902, 174 06 4,684,876 59 476,093 84 358,329 09 388,780 60 $64,623,512 00 $1,938,705 36 $16,570,575 54 $4,006,002 35 12,564,573 19 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's Returns in the Department at the close of business, December 31, 1872. GEO. S. BOUTWELL, 109,605,849 41 2,162,252,338 12 2,160,568,030 32 1,684,307 80 63,561,159 86 $363,210,921 89 Secretary of the Treasury. THE EXECUTIVE. ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois, President of the United States. SCHUYLER COLFAX, of Indiana, Vice-President of the United States. THE CABINET. HAMILTON FISH, of New York, Secretary of State... GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Treasury.. Country. Austria.. Chili.. China UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. France. Great Britain. Italy Mexico.. Peru Germany. THE JUDICIARY. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Hayti. 66 66 66 SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio, Chief Justice.. 66 Salary $8,500 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY, Capital. Rio Janeiro. .Paris. .Florence. .Mexico. .Lima... Spain...............Madrid ..St. Petersburg....James L. Orr, S. C.... Ministers. John Jay, N. Y... James R. Partridge, Md. MINISTERS RESIDENT. Argentine Republic.....Buenos Ayres.....Julius White, Ill.. .J. R. Jones, Ill.......... Costa Rica.. Ecuador Greece Hawaiian Islands. Honduras.. Japan Netherlands Sweden and Norway. Turkey. Uruguay & Paraguay ..Montevideo. Brussels..... .Athens.. .Comayagua.. Hague.. San Salvador. .Daniel E. Sickles, N. Y.... .Jacob B. Blair, W. Va.. ..Constantinople...George H. Boker, Penn. John L. Stevens, Me.. .........Caracas.......... William A. Pile, Mo... .Salary $25,000 8,000 MINISTERS RESIDENT AND CONSULS GENERAL. .Port-au-Prince ...E. D. Bassett, Pa... |