The New York herald., 1872-12-10
HORACE GREELEY.
The COlorcd Citizens Of New York Join in
Tribute 10 the Dead journalist.
Eloquent Addresses by Henry H. Garnet and
Alexander Crummell-Horaoe Greeley as
the Emancipator Of the Colored Race
Greater Than Franklin Tho
Co'ored Race Mourn the Loss
Of Their Truest Friend.


The cOlored citizens OF New York held meeting
last night in Shiloh Presbyterian church. corner OF
Prince and Marion streets, to pay their tribute OF
respect to Horace Greeley. The meeting was
largely attended, and included almost all the promI.
nent colorea citizens OF the city. Many brought
their wives, sisters and mothers, so that
BOTH SEXES JOINED IN THIS TRIBUTE
to the illustrous dead.
Mr.. CHARLES B. RAY called the meeting to order
and proposed Henry II. Garnet as Chairman. Mr..
Garnet was elected and took the chair He said:-
FRIENDS AND BRErHREN-We have assembled to-
night, without respect TO party or sex, 10
pay tribute to the memory OF Horace Greeley.
There were four men whose names loomed up In
the last forty or fifty years and who reared up the
temple OF our liberties. The first OF these four
men was John Brown. the true hero; the second
was Abraham Lincoln, who was martyr to the
principles OF liberty; another was William H.
Seward, the great statesman and the one OF
whom shall now speak was Horace Greeley.
We are not here tonight to examine for one
moment the political relations OF Horace Greeley
to the country. He was friend OF the young he
was
LOVER OF UNIVERSAL LIBERTY.
No matter II man were white or black II he found
him oppressed or down tro dden he always sought
TO lberate him or at least TO raise him up. ! re-
member in 1863 that the mob which threatened To
XIII Horace Greeley did SO because he was our
friend. lApplause.) We come tonight to throw
our chaplets upon the grave OF the great and hon
Oreu dead. lie was great indeed. He was
friend of everything that was noble and good
He was friend OF universal suffrage. His
OF liberty and humanity. Do ameliorate the con-
difioD OF his fellow men and OF our race-this was
noble was wavs tae and
friend OF the poor, the young, the oppressed.
we are here to express our sympathy with his
MILLIONS OF HEARTS
mourn with them. How much has the country not
shall ask the Secretary TO read the resolutions.
The Secretary read the following
Wherea. has pleased the Almghty Disposer o human
Greeley and to remove him to his eternal rest and
whereas I'VE we deem II . be our meianeholy duty 10
5he family and friends OF the departed reiormer ana phi
Resolved That in the death OF Horace Greeley the
cause Of MA and equal rights to all men
ance movement one OF Its most ardent ana consistent
Resolved That shall ever be gratitude
TO Goa Tor gyng e the present age such man. who for
rrAn,Ess aI,,'as, CHAMPION Or Eau4t SUFFRAGE,
Resolved That tender to his aicisd iamly our sin
cere sympathy in their sorrowiul together
with millions throughout our country.
and Secretary. =
Inc resolutions were received with applause.
The Rev. Alexander Crummell, in seconding the
resolutions, said:-lt is with satisfaction, min
gled with melancholy, that l rise to second the
resolutions which have just been offered for adop-
ton. l am indeed glad OF the opportunity to come
forward and express my admiration OF the very
many sterling qualities which went to make up the
great character who has been recently removed
from the streets, the charities the earnest poti-
cal life OF this city. have not had to wait until
man, great advocate Of the negro, OF the FORE
most humanitarians OF the age, great seeker
after excellence,
MAN WITH LARGE AND MIGHTY SOUL
the possessor OF o prOdgiOus braln Mr.. Greeley
was man OF strong, robust, substantial elements,
OF fibre, full OF muscle, with great sentiment ol
soul, whose nature yearned for everything real
grand and good tApplanse.) Horace Greeley was
Tess lihdef@ the guidance Of monetary innu-
ences. His nature was more stimulated by
moral and spiritual principles. He lived
sal moral reform. The only man IN history
who could be compared with Horace Greeley Is
dictator this Country ever had ama u that ' Was s
Horace Greeley. There were two or three critical
periods In the later history Of this country when
but almost like sovereign; and when senates
and even President had to give way to him, and
when the people followed implicitly his downright
utterances. One OF these periods was when he
wrote his celebrated letter to President Lincoln
demanding immediate emancipation-a letter
THE BATTLE AXE THAT CLEFT SLAVERY IN TWO.
Believe me, that achievement was as much Horace
Greeley's as it was Abraham Lincoln's, If not
more. l am sure you all remember how often he
saved our people by his protection and advocacy
from many murderous riot. The colored people
ungratefui OF people If they can ever forget the
noble services, he has rendered our race.
dss lie wss Ms Always Ur a
which seemed perfect, ideal. Most men say
"Let well enough alone.'' But, my friends, where
found it. He declared warfare against lewdness,
intemperance, dishonesty. l do not hesitate to
say that his lie was chaste as that Of the purest
maiden. How he labored for his convictions
What a lie OF TOLL OF incessant struggngl Where
can we 6nd another man like him, who always
FOR THE GOOD FOR THE PURE FOR THE NoBLE2
He taught legislatures their duties taught parties
their policies. Surely he was great man. II was
ut and proper that SO noble and good man
should have ambition. Many of the best and
lesson comes from the grave OF Horace Greeley,
that 1t II good to be one OF the benelactors OF man
kind. Their faults are buried with them, their
Mr.. Charles b. Ray also delivered an address.
He said:-A great man has fallen. The man
whose memory we commemorate tonight was
indeed great man. In intellect there were few
none in this country who surpassed him. Once
when he was boy sitting in tavern he was called
upon to decide q dispute in regard to the date OF
Congressional act. The boy said both men were
wrong, and told them the date and purport Of the
act. No man has surpassed him
IN HIS ARDENT LOVE FOR HUMANITY
In his deep-elt sympathies for every race and
every man. lie WAS great also as u JOuTHalSt. III
the Tribune We see the man, and the man we see
in the tribune.
GREELEY IN 1S40.
He was great in his regard for God and his good
ness to man. Has he done anything for our race
II Is here that his memory has special claim upon
us. l have known Mr.. Greeley, perhaps. as
long as any of us. My recollect0ns OF him date
back as far as 1910. At that time published
paper and exchanged my paper with his Nec
Yorker sterling literary paper. There are some
OF us here who took the first copy Of his Tribune.
am one OF them, and knew already then what he
thought about us. Whenever the question OF
emancipation came within his reach he insisted
upon our freedom and
Tho wbSir bS marty was " nrosnerons and NJ Greeiev
was one OF Its advocates. In pursuing .is course
he leavened 1t until the whig party became an
anti-savery party; until IL dissolved and became
the republican party, whose cornerstone was the
emancipation OF our race Our race became lree
and equal before the law. In 1s47 the constitution
was to be amended. There was a clause eniran-
chising the negro which was specially voted for.
There are men here who will remember how he
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