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_From the “New York Star.”_
THE death of Henry W. Grady is a very much greater national loss than
the public will at first concede; and while his death will be regretted,
not only by the Democracy of the country, but by all patriotic citizens,
few will recognize that he was one of the few prominent young men, who
were children during the War, who labored to obliterate absolutely the
animosity it engendered. We believe that if the circumstance of his
prominent position had not silenced Jefferson Davis, who died almost
simultaneously with this youth, he, too, would have been found
advocating the truth that the Union of these States is homogeneous, and
that Union is worth all the sacrifices it cost.
The young Atlanta editor has, during the past few years, done as much as
any other public man toward the accomplishment of perfect reunion and
for the prosperity of his State and section. His later addresses had
been specially characterized by a broad grasp of political and
industrial problems that entitled him to high rank as an accomplished
and far-sighted statesman.
There have been few more interesting personalities in the life of the
country in the past decade, and there was no man of his years with
brighter prospects than Grady at the time of his last visit to the
North, which will be memorable as the occasion of his most comprehensive
and effective address on his constant theme of American prosperity
through fraternity.
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