New-York tribune., 1872-12-05

course upon the character Of MIR. Greeley, tho pre-
cents of his life and the lesson Of Christian faith
and hope taught by his closing hours. de, TOO
alluded with deep feeling to the warfare which mas
inst ended; and when he referred indirectly to the
presence Of Gen. Grant rs sguof kinder and luster
sentiments hereafter there was faint attempt 10
applause, which. however, instantly suppressed
We snbjoin full report of both addresses
ADDRESS OF HENRY WARD BEECHER.
There Is no one that dies whose death Ia not momen
ous IL we but behold ID Gods angels do; and YET
when men have filed the household with their presence
and society has been made beneficiary by their Ahu
nesses and by their wisdom. death becomes sti more
momentOus. Every day hundreds and hundreds are
borne through your streets and laid away to sleep In
yonder Greenwood, leaving behind them sorrow and
tears and many reverent thoughts and yet Of all that
have passed through their way TO their long homo, no
one think, has gone for long time will 90, bearing
with him SO many sympathies, so much kindness so
many tender recoectons, much that should be In
structive, as he who lies here before u.s.
Who Is this man, bearing upon him all the civic honors
that the land couldgiyei Who is this mani One whose
wealth has made him prince in benevolencei He was
not rich in living dying rich. Who Ia this man
Some one gifted with all kindness OF heart and singular
tact OF administration that should make every one MS
friend who came near HIM But he was man OF war.
who for 30 years has filed the land with the racket OF
various controversies, and yet to-day. without office,
without e without place except that OF the humbiest
citizen Government itself stands still, and the hon
sred representative and Chief Magistrate Of this great
people Is bow his head in unfeigned sympathy
Here are heads also OF Departments, and men
OF every style Of thought; here are men who have
scarcely yet laid down the bow from which the last ar
row has been shot-a gathered to-day by one impulse
the business OF the street almost sopped private dwell
hair
gathered in genuine sympathy around about this man
who speak more walk in our presence no MORE
but has gone ont from us forever.
Is 1t thatdeathhas made forget all our differences
We have not forgotten them Is 1t that strained cour
tesy lays aside criticism D the Of death as
something too august for TO trife With But we
differ to-day much in theory, as much in philosophy,
in the best methods Of policy, did month ago.
month ago the whole lard was full OF camor. little
while ago men we're in fierce battle There has been no
change IT, and yet he who the chief mark on one
side lies before you and you press around him In tears
to-day to do him 1t is because the man Is
more than professional man; not the candidate not
the editor The that lay under them ALL is honorcd
and honorable And when the conflicts Of life intermt
for moment, aud you take of your harness, and
look into that which belongs to your essential manhood
you do revere him love him. And since the circu-
stances OF his going wonderfully dramatic, since
stroke after stroke resounded through the land to make
his death one which in every feature is calculated most
deeply to affect ALL you brought together TO express
and your reverence for Horace Greeley
It is given to but very few men, the Divine Jesus
chiefly and in lesser measure to Plato so to think that
their thoughts 20 as Institutions working down
through the generations Such men are the masters OF
men and the masters OF minds, and they but few
Most men great by their circumstances, and great by
the exertion Of powers which have an application By
reason OF transient crcumsances there others who
are great because they have fertile lives and It Is per
mtted them to minge their lives with the lives Of others
This has been done by him who write more and
speak no more For 30 years he has buded for himself
no outward monument, long line OF literary efforts,
mansion but for 80 years that heart that
meant well by every human being ihas been ibeating
beating and giving drops Of its blood to countless
multitudes until today between the two oceans there
ia hardly an intelligent child that does not feel
the influence Of the life OF Horace Greeley. He is lost
in his individuality his work is great the char
acer the currents and the tendencies OF this great
American people.
And now what matters It. in your present thought
that In political economy he one side and you
were ON the other that in the party divisions Of life he
was on one side and you the otheri That which
al this hour beseems yOu and that which s in accord
ance with every mans feeling to-day, is this: Horace
Greeley gave the strength OF his life TO education, 10
honest industry, 10 humanity, especially toward the
poor and the unfrended He feet for the ameJ he
was tongue for the dumb; he for the blind
and had heart for those who had mono to sympathze
with them. His nature longed for love than it
had and more sympathy than ever administered 10
it, The great heart working through life fell at last He
has poured his life out for thirty years into the life of
his time IL has been for intelligence for industry, for
an honeser life and nobler manhood and, though he
may not be remembered by those memorials which
carry other mems down. his deeds will be known
and felt to the latest generations in our land
The husbandman reaps his wheat andait is threshed
md the straw goes back again 10 the ground aud the
chaff 1t matters not how much how little wheat is
garnered Even that pershes Some Of 1t goes 10 seed
again and into the ground more OF 1t becomes the
farmer himself. He holds the plow with his hand: he
gathers In again other harvests with his skill he be-
comes tho IL is no longer wheat; II is the man.
The harvest been garnered and IL reappears In the
schooboy the pioneer settler in the distant West In the
young thriving OF our cities and towns. To these
men Horace Greeey's life has gone out He has been
national benefactor and to-day bear testimony to
these under virtues which made his life conspicuous
We were attracted much TO the politics OF the time
that we notice to those nobler under qualities OF
true manhood in him but to-day think better. To-
day we all speaking kindly OF him-sorrowfuly. To-
day we are asking what things there be said Of him.
and what may addlto praiseihm fairly and justly.
Oh men, is there nothing for you to do-you who with
uplifted hands few short weeks ago doing such
battlei Look at what you then aud what you are
now Are there lessons to be learned no corrections
to be madei Think Of those conflicts in which you for
got charity klndness goodnessi Think Of those fierce
battles almost unto boodin just such you have min
gled, out Of just such you have come. What do you
think OF them now Look here at all that remains of
this man. Did you not magnify the diferencesi Did
you not give yourselves to your malign passions aud
too little TO justice and diviue oharityi As stand to-
day IL is not enough that you should mourn with those
that mourn 1t is wise that you should carry back with
you tempered, and kinder and chastened feeling.
Atlast at last he rests that has been driven