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party papers. As originally intended, the 
Herald
has always been
independent in politics, although inclined to be Democratic. It supported
Fremont and the Republican party, and was one of the staunch war papers.
Mr. Bennett has been described as being stern and disagreeable in his
manners. In this we do not fully concur, and in view of the large number of
employes who have grown old in his service, we cannot but feel justified in
this belief. Horace Greeley and James Gordon Bennett, the two leading
New York journalists, but how different. Mr. Greeley had a larger personal
following than the 
Tribune
; the 
Herald
had a larger friendship than did
Bennett who was the power behind the throne. Journalism lost no lesser
light when the great 
Herald
editor passed away June 1st, 1872, than it did
six months later when Horace Greeley passed from darkness into light. As
Mr. Bennett was a life-long Catholic, he received the last sacrament from
the hands of the renowned Cardinal McClosky.

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