New-York tribune., 1873-04-17
TRIBUTES TO MIR. GREELEYS MEMORT
ONE OF MIR. GREKLEY's PEDESTRIAN TRIPS.


To the EdttOr OF Phe Tribune.
SIR: inclose my check on the National
Trust Company, n " for SIS, for the Greeley statue
fund assuring you that IL affords great pleasure to
contribute TO object that will perDetuate the memory
OF one had so long loved and honored.
My personal acquaintance with Mr. Greeley was quite
limited, having met him the first time when was bpt
young in the Fan OF 1874, at the stage office In NIL
ford Pike County Penn. After supper, we took the
stage coach for MlddetOwn N Y, whence we Travelled
by the Eric Railway TO your city In the evening after
crossing the Delaware River at Port Jerys and ut the
the mountain he proposed to me TO walk up with
him. remember well one OF the stories he told me on
that occasion Some years before he had been travelling
in the West and as the time drew for his return TO
NewYork he took account OF his finances, and found
that he had than S. and between 400 and 500
miles from home With this amount he could not ride,
and his only way was to go foot He started out in
the morning. cut walking-stIck and Travelled toward
home. His would not allow him 10 stop at hotels
and of he compelled to take plain tdre such
az he could get private houses When hunger or night
came he called at farmhouse that looked inviting,
and asked for PLAIN meal, and when about to leave al
ways asked how much he should pay. Only IN few
cases was nc permitted to pay anything He knew no
reason why would take any thing from hlm unless
1t was that he always tried TO make himself nseui sou
he could mpart. lie also remarked that he OBTAINED
much knowledge that was valuable to him. When ne
stage-coach aud arrived with something like dollar Of
his five lett The moral which he wished 10 impress was,
the adaptation Of means 70 ends.
Having read THE TRIBUNE more than % years dayl am
sue Ihaye spent more time with him than other man.
and mourn him as an honest and good friend who has
lived largely for mankind. Would II not Oe OF interest
10 the many contributors and sanctioned by them, to
have a memorial volume, with names, residence, and
amounts contributed, with steel plate engraving OF
Mr. Greeley, aud also OF the statue to be erected
should prize such memenO, and Will ask you 10 bring
the matter to the notice OF your committee Inns volh
may he published ia more than one style OF plhdln ana
given out In accordance with amount OF suDSerpohs'
Believe me, your .ruly. Nm H. RICHMOND
Cdr5OHddie, Penn, April 1, 1873.
CONCERNING THE MONUMENT.
To me razor Of The Tribune.
SIR: AS / am a reader of THE TRIBUNE
(which think Is now as ever, the best newspaper In
the word) take interest in the Greeley statue
To represent Horace Greeley simply printer would
be to take one-sided view OF multiform character
He was than printer, though preemnent as such
He was known to the world as public writer, the
greatest that presided over weekly journal; as
one who took strong interest in every theme and enter
prise affecting mankind. His marvellous application,
his unparalleled usefulness, aud benehcenG power nave
made him one the recognized leaders OF men and ex-
ponens Of advanced thought He will rank in history
with aOest thinkers ana benefactOrs OF the race WIN
the Luthcrs the Fenelons and the FraHkns He touched
humanity at many points as any man OF the century,
and az powerfully as any. He Is known not On5 as
printer but as a thinker, statesman political ecou-
omst and an orator as an atatOr educator OF the
eminenty AS model OF unsellsh intense devotion TO
Aerght, or rigid honesty OF speech ana Of action and
OF transCendent purity OF character. statue Of him
should therefore, blend these universally recognized
characteristics grand eXpresslOu-shOuld BODY
| them fort h IN one familiar attitude. ID. c. i.
ANN ir6Or, Mich, April l, 1873.
MR.. GREELEY's AUTBIoGRAPHY ~ THE SCHOOLS.
TO the Edft0r OF the TrtGUHc.
SIR: Seeing your notice in THE TRIBUNE
of the new edition OF Mr. Greeleys Autobiography about
to issue from TIE TRIBUNE press, was reminded that
some time ago, while making up small library Of best
books ior my school, sought in vain through publish
crs' catalogues Tor a cheap library edition OF this true
brother to me Autobiography OF Franklin. lf there Is
none i'm market. what better service incidental 10 the
great work OF publishing THE TRIBUNE could you render
the future OF country than bv putting into the
the rising generation, through the tens or hOu-
sands Of school district libraries the record Of 50
splendid an example! j. Lockwood.
BrO06igH. y. J. April 7. 1873.
HORACE GREELEY AND ROGER WILLIAMS.
To the EdttOF Of The Tribune.
SIR: am an old man and have been a TRIB-
uNU reader from TIE Log cabin uD 10 the baling OF
Davis and for the past year our friend Greeley
the Republican party what Roger Williams was to the
Massachusetts, Colony and shared about the same fate.
/ mad to stand silent. lonely spectator through the
Presidential and my noble friend prosecuted,
and could say no less than: Lord, tp- give then for
thcy know not what they DO" Ike TIE TRIBUNE AMI
n of as friends. N. *
HeHfy, H., March 30, 1878.