Excerpt from One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Horace Greeley: First President of Typographical Union No; 6; New York Theatre; February 5, 1911 It is to be added, in enumerating the sources of Mr. Greeley's strength as a journalist, that after the Tribune became well established he made a large number of lecture tours. He addressed lyceums, agricultural societies, mechanics' institutes, chambers of commerce and other bodies in various parts of the land, and in addition did his share of stump - speaking here and there. He was thus brought into personal contact with the people and gained, at first hand, an insight into their needs and aspirations which addedsensibly to his practical efficiency. He was proficient in few of the arts of oratory and still was a popular speaker - your mere elocutionist, how ever accomplished, is not listened to as attentively as the man behind the gun, although the man distinctly falls below Demosthenes or Cicero. \vhen Mr. Greely rose to speak, his hearers said to one another, We will now hear from the man behind the Tribune. I have said that, although not an orator (in the academic sense of the term), he was, nevertheless, a popular speaker. Andrew D. White, the distinguished ex-president of Cornell University, said of' one of Mr. Greeley 's speeches which he was privileged to hear (and Mr. White was a good judge of such matters) I never heard a more simple, strong, lucid use of the English language. That was Horace Greeley, with tongue or with pen - simple, strong and lucid. 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.