The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-11
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The ChiIdren's Tribute to the &c.
MUS ard Moral Greatness Of
Their Adopted Father.
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a Testimonial of the Tele-
graphers of the World.
HONOR UNTO WHOM HONOR is DUE.
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The Unwilling of the Statue Of
Professor Morse.
Immense Gathering Of the People in
Central Park.
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Addresses by Governor Hoffman, William Cu,-
len Bryant and Tie Mayor.
EstEiuasiastic Denomination 1T
the Academy Of Music.

taaI SCd0ChAy NE
The most important event OF the century found n
fitting voice yesterday IN the Central Fark. There
was no booming Of cannon, 10 torchight demon.
straton, no gathering OF the criminal class for de-
ceptive show; but there was the undemonstrat.vc
outpouring OF those citizens VINO are always III all
lands, their counry's PRIDE namely, the Intelligent
AMI the moral section o. the population. Iii every
important particular the unvclllng or the
statue Of The living Professor Morse yestcr
day wac as consistent with the wcll-studicd
prophecies or the event have been any
or the demonstrations WITHIN the recorded past. IN
the very nature OF The occasion there was nothing
10 excite the INTELLECTUALLY WI gar. The celebra-
ton oi the discovery ana perfection OF telcgraphy
was not IN occasion on which Tao mass OF those
VINO have become accustomed 10 derive their cX-
elements from The records punishment OF gor-
cation Of crime were inclined 10 devote day TO It's
appropriate recognition. More 30 yesterday Than,
perhaps, on any previous day for many
years mental New York, whether found in
the chamber OF The scientist or on the bench
OF the cobbler's stall went out 10 duty 1t owed 10
itscilto unvell the statue Of Morse. without
knowingly getting even shade above the inieec-
tna atmosphere Of The mass OF New York. we mean
10 declare tina, there has never been an occasion
wac without cach-trade Indictment, there has been
larger gathering OF cltMens-o1 men, women and
children, whether citizens Or not-,han was gathered
yesterday under q MONDAY sun, to see the Morse
Statue unveiled.
on EXTRAORDINARY OCCASIONS
We have h1a complaints, aId anon, that
there was no han large enough TO accommodate the
audience desiring to present. There was no con
plant Of that KIND yesterday. There was room
enough, and room 10 spare. but the ear was not
framed Tor the work required by those in the outer
lines The addresses, given below, were listened 10
by all who could hear ana never was there occa-
sion when the compression OF the human form gave
more perspirlng declaration OF desire to hear; and
never was there an occasion when the superiority
OF the HERALD over any human voice was more
clearly eXempllacd than in the difference to-day
between the millions who can quietly read what
was spoken aud the tens who could hear what was
SAID.
During all the time devoted to fitting oralions
there was not single upon
which the speaker could be fltiLely charged
with having violated The higher atmosphere OF
tho august OCCASION. From the MONDAY tribute
attending the unveiling OF the statue in Central
Park to the conclusion Of the later evening demon.
STATIONS there was nothing which could warrant
the declaration that the occasion had been used
Tor Interior effect The addresses from Governor
Hoffman, William Cullen Bryant, Mayor Hall and the
Others purely pertinent to the great oc aston,
and therefore well received At no time have the
dcscrvcdly prominent men OF The City and country
found themselves IN attendance upon public
casion when they could more ftingly have said, II
am here duty; the dignity OF the occasion finds
It's assertion not In my presence but III the event
which caused 1t 10 be- And all that still but speak
ing nature, touched by art, could add TO the appro
prlateness OF the demonstration was but the clean
s.ufsW ri no oh sltruc IN IA a M az
otics now 1ourlshing there; an evidence that
Natures hand was appraised IN the work, AMI that
sprlngnme blo0med and was glad. These were the
conditions, these the associations, these the sur
roundings which marked the event OF yesterday.
SAMUEL FINLEY BREEsE MORSE,
whose name Is now so thoroughly Idle ltiled, as Its
inventor with the American Electro. Magnetic Tele-
graph was born In Charlestown, Mass. on the 29th
Of April 1901 For time reaching far beyond the
memory OF most OF readers he was poor and
unknown to the world at large. His father was
Clergyman IN Cnarlestown. The Rev.
Jedediah Morse d. d., added to his clerical
duties The preparation OF a geography, which is
identified to-day with MS name The work sold
we'll rs 1t deserved to sell, and when we find that
the author was enabled 10 send his now immortal
Eed son to Yale College commencement we are at
hoo.ty to suppose that that ability came from the
sale Of the geography IN other States rather than
preaching the Gospel In New England. Professor
Morse graduated at Yale College in the class Of lsO
then nineteen years Of age. His first indication
OF preference for employment was love Of paint
ing, wnicn induced his relatives to give him
season In Europe for the perfection Of his studies
I'm the art TO which he inclined. While abroad he
Tor one of which he secured the gold medal, with
complimentary declarations, from the society OF
Arts Having gratl1ed his desire for travelling ne,
IN 1915 returned TO his native land, To-
Gated In Boston, where, finding apprecia-
ton OF the fine arts somewhat dull, ne
ancients to those Of the Boston men. lie met with
cheering success There were many wealthy men
in Boston, ami nearly all OF them preferred paving
a good round sum for their own face to The very
finest angel with wings that Professor Morse could
having a taste for "high art, ne, in 1925, deter
mined TO locate himself In New York and pursue his
calling here Soon after his arrival his love Tor art
DRAWING ASSOCIATION
from which grew the present National Academy OF
Design, a now fourishing Institution here For
many years he continued TO he its president, and In
1921. he delivered the first course OF lectures on
while student OF Yale that his mind re-
ceived the Indictment which terminated In
is combined. Under the lectures OF Professor Ben
jamrn Sllliman he became familiar with MI tnat was
then known on The SUBJECT OF eSc.gy IN, nn gec WI
known The only batteries were me PIE ol .olta,
Of Crnlkshank and me Somome as fy, nas s i.
man he subsequently attended course by
Professor Dana, IN which all tbat was known
by experiment, and all that mind talented
IN forecast could nd ate, was learned
10y student Morse. IL here, as IL declared, tiit
he saw the first electro magnet ever SHOWN IN TINS
country, and which Is now in his possession. After
having had bis mind thoroughly imbued with tue
subject, he, In 1929, visited Europe second tnc,
returning In 1882. White on his return voyage
THE INVENTION or TELEGBAruY
first occurred to him, and he devoted his MIND aud
time to II during the entire period or his
homeward trip, and when ne had arrived
he continued the study with an intensity
81 application. 1t was not then, now, that
Inc ciectr0-magnet could be found for sale-for In
met no says mat ITO form my ecctro-magnet was
,plcr the necessity OF procuring from the black
smith small rod OF iron, bent IN horseshoe form.
and of purchasing u few yards OF copper wire,
and of winding upon 1t, 10y hand, Its cotton thread
,,.mlatlon before could construct the rude helccs
o. tls magnet. purchased cheap wooden clock,