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Horace Greeley "Go West Young Man" is one of the popular quotes by Horace Greeley, the famed newspaper editor and abolitionist who opposed slavery on both economic and moral grounds and, whose words helped to spur on antislavery sentiments during pre-Civil War years. Born 1811 in Amherst, New Hamsphire, Greeley aspired to be a politician but went on to become one of the best known newspaper editors in the United states. Throughout his life, he worked in many capacities dealing with the business of newspapers. The knowledge and skills that he learned gave him enough experience to publish his own paper; first, the New Yorker and then the Tribune. The Tribune allowed Greeley to express his views and, in the course of becoming one of the most successful papers in New York, also became one of the most influential in terms of shaping social and political thought in the northern part of the United States. Although Greeley would have a few chances to enter into the political arena, he would always fall short of his goal. In 1872, after being nominated for president, he suffered a major defeat. This, along with losing his position as editor of the Tribune, affected his health. On November 29, 1872, just three weeks after the loss, Horace Greeley died.   Here are other links to sites about Horace Greeley: http://www.honors.unr.edu/~fenimore/greeley.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20Greeley,%20Horace http://w.bartleby.com/65/gr/GreeleyH.html http://saints.css.edu/mkelsey/Election.pdf Caution: Very Large File 31.3Mb