Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-31

I'Eahle Tan In me thicaf1 Poet
A statue Ia 10 DO erected 10 Horaco Greeley
IN Now York That Mr. Greeley does not
deserve public recognition, the Table-Talker
docs not for q moment inslnuaie. But he Is
amazed beyond measure at the form which
the national gratitude 10 the apostle of pro-
tectlOn, prize strawberry plants, wood ashes
aud abolition Ia TO assume. A statue Of all
thlngsl There are ouly two or three breeds
Of statues known 10 the dcfacers OF Cnrrara.
Modesty ioTblds the entertaining Of the sup
position that Mr.. Greeley will permit himself
10 20 shivering down through thousand
winters hablted In a scanty dog-chain like
Mr.. Powers Greek Slave, or on the hsli-shell
like the Venus Anadynomene. Mr.. Greeley
never was even brlgadier general Of mllitla,
and so cannot be represented on derry un.
tanned thrcc.legged steed, stumbling over 0
bombshell. He never sot squadron In the
field, nor the dlylsions OF . battle knows more
than splnster. # ..~| .. .H
His only refuge Is therefore 10 DO found In
the cloak and scroll sacred 10 miscellaneous
heroes, whether Of the forum, the Senate or
the study. But Mt. Greeley never wears
ness Tor tho truth (Which abidcs not In any Of
his political opponents) Is too strong 10 let
tue sculptor tall a lie with his little chisel
We may therefore look for somotbtng hide
ously realistic, and after the manner ofYlnnic
Reams burlesque Of Lincoln. Mr.. GreeleY's
Wuto nat, us CIaNht WOIn Jhuntil uuucT tue
left caro- "a Calcraft, his trowsers gracefully
fcstooued about his ankles, bis coat which 70
worship would Involve no breach Of the Deca-
logue, since II resembles nothing In heaven
above or In earth beneath, or 10 the waters
which arc under the carth-all these must be
reproduced with all attainable accuracy.
I The bland sage Of Chappaqua thus pre-
scented 70 the gaze OF generations unborn
may be certain Of attracting notice, II for
nothing else, for bis lifelike resemblance to
an automatic elothes-horse loaded with the
contents of q secondhand Chatham street
Rlop-shop by the summary process OF pitch
forklng at the hands OF q blind man. The
liable !Talker" believes that the pedestal Of
this unique statue should be In the form Of q
loaf OF the bran bread which Mr.. Greeley al
ways recommends but never eats, or 4 pillar
Of Onondaga salt On three Of the faces
thereof should DO inscribed familiar quota
lions from tho Heratian philosophy, such as
"You lie, you villain, you lle;' Heaven
h,ess William NJ. Tweed and take Mrs.
Abby Sage cFarland aud go Wesl." on the
fourth should DO engraved the sages auto
graph. .as - o. ra.# 81 E-1..E
When the day c0mes--as come Il will
that now republic arises which knows not
the TSribuns, when the names Of Mr.. Greeley
and even Whltelaw Reid are n unfamiliar In
mems mouths as those OF the kings before
tho food, 1t will be amuslng 70 behold from
tho spirit world the amazement OF Macau-
lays New Zealander, valnly endeayoring 10
datermiue whether tbs statue represents the
mortal foe OF Aladdin, who, Consequently
was not one OF the AlRyea OF the Tammany
ding, or tho wife OF Franklin, who persisted
with koaciusko, In tho vain attempt to dis
cover the pole. NJ ...-