New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22
A TRIBUTE TO SIR. GREELEY's MEMORY.

A TRIBUTE TO 5iR. GREELEYS MEMORY.
EXTRACT TnQN MI. BlYAGD's SPEECH on SATURDAY
~ TIE SENATE a REPLY TO A DIsEEsPECTFUL
ALIU,ioy ~ MI. CoNaIING-rIIE PARAMOUNT
Dtsl.. OF SIP. GREELEY AFTER TIE SURRENDER
ID LSAJGUaAT- AZ LIZA OF PEACE AND GOOD
WILL
~ TrIFGrAPH TO TIE TEIBUVE.l
WAsuSlrJN, March 2!.-In the course of his ad-
mrabe speech on the Louisiana question yesterday
Senator B4ya-d gave feeling and eloquent tribute
to tho memory Oh M Greeley. Il was Ia reply to a
coarse alusiou by lir. Conkling during his speech
On tie same su Jet several ago, in which the
names OF Gov. Warmo.h and Nh Greeley were
compiled. Nr. Combine, as be has sometimes done
before did not allow L. worls uttered to 90 into
IL, record. but saop.c1-d altogether lis ference
TO the deceased. The following are the remarks Of
Mr. rayaId:
L was once ny t'y 20 stand IN po.l''ca' convention
composed almost emf eiV az Z3lUus adfp"Ies FOR the
nomination FOR iAe Pri-L'ury " Horace Trtthy' phd
tlcre o. EXPRESS view. IIjcpHn. 'ut thinker
3lt u-I 'hA '.'',I q. an A,'',' .,,'y III ~
Gnaltct..n OIL Loi - yea opp',l,',H pr.
Va.iius sentiment OF tHar .ho snrrptHdt ne. IInr
his 10 come deSrer enaled ~ judge % tie correct
ness ~ .hat then sall az aiy~ei, ana nave DO
other rrt IN tn treroac' man 10 cX rs- NY pres
ct or what his c0uatrv owes to-ity % me great
this louisiana qIes 1u wcrts ago IN sch d!sre-
spectflI association ~ II. mater Ton NcW-1 crA ME-
Tie nomination o. Horace Greeley had its impulse
ions ana pr ilcet ~ TOT NOR '"1 ~, u-e @
been sTCus array q ac l.I-i lin. Ih"rt hti 'en no
representative % tao pIsr re signalY the Opp0.
urut OF what my called tLe southern system ~
thought Id potca action, than Horace ri'"itV lie
had .lyrd - tntt system utterly OVetturO"n ana
rcvOilii0uZsI by fJrO OF arms, md ID tIe wreck hls
ear caught tae ot human misery ana sorr'w thdt
acconp1uIa sweenng changes IN society ana
his k.ui warm heart T,co-nzru the appeal. From tAe
Surrender 81 .Lc ufheru q Mos uh lac grAyt GOscd
over 5rm, believe The paramount oJ"ct OF Horace
Greeeys ne vas TO briIg nls Ielio" iIto
better understanding Win eacn other Ann uau ate
an era peace and good VIII waich should eemeut our
IN! 9u OF states ana make ncrcan cl.zcn-hlp "a Tie
or lraternltE 10 al sect ons ~ tue country
To accomplish THIS, he sked much THAI he vaned; he
braved great pecuDiary Os the indignation OF his for
mer political aud personal allies the angry denulcll-
mons OF official power aud partisan press. To
his country men the bonds VI mu udI Kindness and
good WILL. severed tue bands % parry Organization,
and the leader Of pOtica forlOrn nope, Tar
a tie fate OF the immediate canvass Was concerned
And he died. Bat the seed rOSed IN a gOOd life
dd die; II is to-day h1uTishlng In the hearts II
people Nearly three million voters IN 1874 OF
HON over 20 per cent were Democrats responded 10
the sentiment Tor which Mr. Greeley struggled Men
looked into each Others With trust and not disrust
Tue hands Of former political opponents met IN friendly
clasp aud secliopa patgeds and geographlcai lines
were Oberated from the hearts aud memories O those
VINO heard read the and patriotic speeches made
by him IN the Summer ana Fail VI l57L
izeus, ho ia tue forum battle won distinction
The civic crown OF all the most GLORIOUS and was
awarded TO hun VINO had saved the ne OF N MAJ cil-
To whom could the AmeIlt an peope more lustIy
award the civic crown 10 Horace Greeley, Woo u
he gained not the laurel Ut the copqueror surely de-
fved the oaken leaf Of tie pach;atOr Tue Grecians
constructed all monuments Of civil strife VI wood, that
the memories should not be lasting. while enduring
victories over foreign Zoe Is tue les
son that lie, in this that snail save country and
Horace did seek To lnstl IL into toe hearts ana
minds OF his country men, believe he was their Denp
factor and for this our own anu iuuIe W
Americans shall rise up and call him blessed