New-York tribune., 1874-01-15

ful pleasure In receiving this memen'o at your
hands. BE assured that it Will always be tfoA~
ured up ~ sacred thing by tho sAldren OF Horace
Groeley Ny feelings This occasion will not permit
me 10 speak moro at length but hope that my UnoIr
MI Cleveland. aud my Fathers hoDorad fricni. Mr..
Reid, will express fully tAan can my grateful
appreciation OF yonr Kindness and Of your gift
As Miss Greeley concluded Mr. Cleveland in re-
sponse TO her request, addressed the Committee -
follows:
MIR MAYOR AND GgsrLEsEs oy THE CoMnITTss
The touching and graceful acknowledgements Of Mis-
Greeley leave me nothing TO add IN the way Of thanks
for this beautiful and appropriate memcnto oi nef
departed father. 1 sure that utter only "hat
Will with ready response from each one OF you
gentlemen when ( say that the grost Joufnaisl was
eminently worthy OF any all honor that yon may
bo disposed bestow upon his memory. inoocd.
10 is not too much 10 say that IN hOnorng him you
do at tho same time honor yourselves There
Wero few. perhaps any, .puDHc men
who had moro devoted friends than hr Greeiey-
friends whose regard and affection amounted almost to
reverence cannot be trutbfully said OF hin -
was said Of /, cotcmporary OF bis younger NO.
None named h.m bu, 10 prs~s"
lie wa, 200 much in earnest aud had TOO positive
character ever TO have earned such uoyer'a praise ~
that For While on the one hand. he possessed the gen
t,eness and simplicity OF child with the tenderness OF
a woman. On the other he felt 10 bs duty 70 20
forth into the world and do battlo for man
kind; grand and noole mission ons "ti"
ono which necessarily presents to tho public WOW what
ever there may OF rough edges and sharp angles IN
the character him who assumes such championship
ue had chosen tho profession Of journalism, and re-
gardod, very properly, think will agreo with
In saying. ths newspaper or journal as pubic In
structOr. He tuedoaorei abuses IN the State IN
tho Church. in society, and mad ne not vigorously At
tackled these abuses and earnestly sought their corscc
ton be would have felt that be had come very lar
short OF his duty. Hence in the strife he
made btter enemies, and many strong. Attached.
devoted friends and followers. But IL IL mistake 10
suppose that he sought controversy for t' own sake
He was prominently man Of peace. and ardentiy
desired live in peace and emity with All mahklhd
Yet he FELT that he had mission 20 fu.'Il ipd mo
world Will yet acknowledge that he not only had
mission, but that he fulfilled it snndly. Troublesome
questions would obtrude themselves before
the public and challenge discussion, and ~
teacher he must speak. lie could not avoid u
II he would and where duty called he would not n h"
could lie must speak, no must utter ms Thought 10
must bear MS Testimony, Quaker friends wold
say Being mpeed to speak II he had not spoken The
truth. seemed to MIN the truth, as II presented
the mind AID conscience. he would H0t nave
been Horace Greeley. Now tits very matter to
speak truth which offonis nooody-which II
popuar: but t sometimes requires here
to utter unwelcomc truth that Nnd which ocoasio-
ally strikes at the cherished traditions OF society," u
intreuched class privileges; but nevertheless 1"th
which the public good requires should 10 SPOKEN o1en
truth he uttered uncertain sound, whenever and
wherever there seemed 30 hin to be necessity Tor ~
He spoke 1T calmly and brsyely. and without much
regard to what might the immediate consequences to
himself. for the that he believed IN tuth no
knew that superior u error, that light was greater
than darkness that it Is not ony right but IN th'
long run il i, polite always 10 speak the truth when
one feels compelled 70 speak at all. He had
profound disgust shams IN whatever shape or form
they might present themselves, and reverence for
human rights and justice which was part OF biJ r.
ligOu tie was R'ioTmer ln the best sense OF tna'
muclabused term and had the happiness to live long
enough Of she great reforms for which no
had incessanty and ioyously labored through hfo
brought TO final triumph and notably the aboi
Jshment Of chattel slavery and tho establishments
Of the equal rights os all men before tho law.
Many of US Old enough To remember anS
that without any great stretch OF memory back TO tho
time when. II NAV stood w here ia Now-York ana
publicly called u question the right Of one man to make
merchandise another he theraby took the RISK AT
least OF being saiutcd with uDuorchantable eggs. OF
perhaps other missiles dangerous " life and lnD
But We have got ~ braye.y over those days Ahd
those antiluated notions, that We make 1t grave
charge against Spain that she ocrates slavery 80 near
the Antilles
But did not Intend to pronounce eulocy our de-
parted friend task which should gard myself
quite inadequate, the occasion required twbichn
not. Iii. eul0gy VII be found In his works when
do follow hun. lie Is perfect exempar OF sentiment
which uttered y private letter written 10 friend
some years before hs;deah, IN which he says: In
my Judgment every wlI steadily labors and sa'ri
fees TO aud happier is, in the highest
and best sense. follower OF HIM who went about dong
good" From a somewhat intimate and very protescted
acquaintance with Mr. Greeley regard him asabsoiutely
the unset,h wosker Cox mankind that ever met
with In my life and very confident that he never
knowingly missed an opportunity for doing good,
n d T. ler ~ orf rfoveap tp.3ee
Evef easing the burden. the raes must bear;
fril b, great soul found giai release
Gen. John Cochrane, who was Chairman VI the
Board of Aldermen in 1872, and one OF the original
Committee upon the testimonial, said:
Ordinarily, death bequesths but the relic OF perish
ing mortality corruption, and the worm. In this
stance however, spirit released from It's vestira
OF decay which memory delights DO invest with all the
virtues The civilized world recognized the quality OF
it, greatness. Peal and anthem announced its dc.
parture. and all tongues commkerated tile common
loss OF all. learning emerged from her seclusion to
mourn the dead scholar and Philosophy from her retreat
TO mourn the dead sage. statesman was missed from
the Cabinet-the pilot from the bem. Tie merchant
ceased awhile from merchandise and the poor knew
another pang when Horace Greeley died 1t was hitting
that New-York should celebrate the Ooseques OF such
man. Here where he lived, he loved. The testimonial
Is before This album expresses the magnitude Of tho
public and the depth Of the public sorrow does
more 1t reminds that while honoring ths dead the
living tendery remembered. IL was bid to bear
to the surviving daughters Of Mr. Greeley this evidence
Of the citys appreciation him. and OF its
Oh them. Here, then. with this consummating act the
appointed scene Is closed.
The he.re has passed, the sDel IS uOe
Roman aD- hes AZ Csnstian rest;
Isi eoseLoRsEm oL
AZ the conclusion of Gen. Cochrane's remarks
~. tad Mr. Pei IN for her