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_From the “Chicago Times.”_
MR. GRADY was a loyal Unionist. The son of a Union veteran, proud of his
sire’s part in the battle-fields of the rebellion, could not be more so.
He stood manfully against the race prejudice which would lash the negro
or plunder or terrorize him, but he recognized fully the difficulties of
the race problem, and would not blink the fact, which every Northern man
who sojourns in the South soon learns, that safety, progress, peace, and
prosperity for that section forbid that the mere numerical superiority
of the blacks should authorize them to push the white man, with his
superior capability for affairs, from the places where laws are made and
executed. Mr. Grady looked upon the situation dispassionately and told
the truth about it to Northern audiences.
He was an active force in the journalism of the South, where the journal
is still regarded largely as an organ of opinion and the personality of
the editor counts for much. He entered the newspaper field when the
modern idea of news excellence had obtained a full lodgment at the North
and at one or two places South of the Ohio, and while he loved to occupy
the pulpit of the fourth page he was not unmindful of the demand for a
thorough newspaper.
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