As editor of the New York Tribune, Greeley supported reform and stood against slavery. Greeley saw the potential of Helper's book, "The Impending Crisis," as an abolitionist tool, and made copies available during the speakership fight of the 1859 Congress. Greeley was the new Liberal Republican Party's candidate in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. On November 29, 1872, after the popular vote but before the Electoral College cast its votes, Greeley died, the only time a Presidential candidate died during the electoral process. Transcription: My dear Sir: I have query of the 16th _ I ---my acceptance of the Cinncinnati nomination tomorrow. It seemed best to not tell the ---acceptance was certain. After that, ---. It shall not long be withheld. --- Our ---to open the --- with vigor and alacrity. Yours, Horace Greeley