The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-05
TIE GREELEY MONUMENT.
THE PRINTERS' MEWORIdL TO mrs
LONG AND USEFUL LIFE
DISTINGUISHED Men Gathering about his Tomb
In Greenwood Cemetery -Prcsentation aud
Accepinncc Of tho MONUMENTAL Hmsi.

DISTINGUISHED Men Gathering about his Tomb
In Greenwood y-Prcsentation aud
Acceptance Of the Monumental Busi.
The body OF Horace Greeley was buried
four years ago yesterday on bitterly cold day
In his family vault In the heart Of Locust nill,
In the most silent quarter OF Greenwood Gene
terry. Yesterday afternoon his monumental
bust, which was planned by printers as a gift to
the public In his memory, unveiled in the
presence Of large gathering, and the presenta-
ton was made. The bust was wrapped In an
American nag, the folds OF which were also
gathered about the granite base. The FIRST to
arrive of the more distinguished persons we're
Tnurlow Weed and Charles OConor, who took
seats nearest the tomb and talked over Mr..
Greeley's life and work. The next old friend to
arrive Louis Napoleon, the negro, now In
his seventy-sixth year, who elgh cen wears
| with MIR. Greeley, aud then became a noted man
| for his efforts In freeing 5000 negroes. lie is
pcnsioner ON tho charity Of oliver johnson,
| Henry Ward Bcecher. Theodore 1iton, q. Il.
rockingham. thomas ~ Rocker, and others.
ley her husband. her sister Gabrielle. MIR. A. j.
| johnson. samuel sinclair. Joaquin Miller r. st.
master James. j. =. T. stranahan, John J..
Schenck, Thomas &. Acton. AlgernOn = Sulli-
| van +. u. tartenter Gen, Clinton Is Fisk, Chas.
storfs, Douglass TAYLOR, Demns barnes, Cen H..
| \. Merritt. Patrick . Dea, and many old friends
Of Mr. Greeley unknown to tue pullic Irints.
| W htttlaN Neii slipped quietly through Tue
throng ana took a seat at one side. Gen. sickes
| stood IN the throug outside, where many print-
| ers and former journalists stood.
| The secretary. Mr.. W. " pasko. read letters II
| regTct from GOV. Hayes, ". \. Wheeler llHWn-
| ton Fish. T. u. Morgan. Wen9eu l'niilip'. W h,,am
| Cullen Bryant. Geurte H. McIiellan, > W. For
| ney, W. ID. Howell, GEORGE ". Childs, \. NJ,
| thomas Mcclellan. a. ~. tlapp. George William
| Curtis, john &; Mhituer Johh McNlcnr, Roscoe
| Conkling. aud Henry Nard Beechcr. Mr. tonk-
| ling wrote: " TIE printers ana journalists have
| done honor to- themselves by adopting lasting
| mode to memorable aud peruetudtc the indi-
| vidualitv e one II the mos1 remarkable men of
| their Profession
! A. two o'clock Mr.. G. c. Savage. Of the COM
| mittee ~ arr ngeWents, oucued the ceremonies
| ~ iutruducin. Mr.. Lewis Francis to act as pre-
| sid ~ officer instead Of hurlOw Weed. who,
| uerfurm t,s antics Mir Frauci4 ono Uf the
| trustees Of the fund, put IN motion the pio-
gramme with business agity. SAYING that as DR..
| Cuapin. Who was expected To make the opening
| age further delay for him, and therefore ne
would ask Mr. W. II. Bodwcl, the urinters' rep
| resentativc, to make the preseutdton sleVcu.
| Mr.. Bodwell advancing into the shadow Of tue
| yelled monument said:
Mn CHAIRMAN: l. has been thought adv able nat
country with wh9n The project to erect 'ai. menorai
| ne Wnen It J.. remembered that Mr. Greeley was
among teN ~ urst IN tn country 10 ia I've IN a. a'
irc is%t Of sew {oFE typSsreSi,c Union. ii. per;
Nt ,r,ol wi lei Ike pail upon the nation Inc %orS
NIX aprn SapFFes spJn vs OF Sr ersft t
| his country has yet produced, mmc.i'ley ~.
suiiADe memorial 10 Ic'ufy tneir admiration anh
dee. : aioe 10 0e con posed Of 1--WE m is but mat
Material a. soon i.uhd To be- Of 80 persas,nc na
r,siag q l-tsgt anguni OF MONEY ana ior iiHen
Sbac uev iuytiv iooS.a np'n Mr. Cr,eicy =. The iead
INK representative 4 their craft, his tc~. had
been gwen Tor the benefit OF ali casses ald ooua
!sai, 10 ION Win them "a sIsst,as lnls mem, ,l.
anu otter fricnds q Sr t,reeey lie fcsponse
quick and loeral abundant assistance was gwen aud
dOuht me great Editor HIM ,li would have
wiring uon Ills snbject wnen at the Very sensS u
his Us, fu ncss ana innuenc, he said 49,.
d. not Win many others divide ne community
into two oiNetse sharply di-ciinlnaed glasses, an.
IN conception al VINO are OF any account are BON
f,gaerrs sna ssg'ger' wi Sr.'Sa
prTspsrgs th,igsn ISh o,her- p5S.n
and enplvy lns prater, and tho other gent wh9
Present ihl' SG.i Of horace GreSiey to that pubic Tor
ShYss ~Ss s 40 po 30 o ,a,
alter tins granite SHAH have crumoled away, and The
me Iemea'. q sne o lior.ce creelSy WI he eeg
the EuglI-n ansu 80 Is spoten. lApplausc.l
| A thr speaker closed Mr.. Charles Cove-ly she
| sculpt r, tore ~ the Nag that enveloped the
bust. and the sun eustened ON the fresh bronze
features OF the dead Greeley. Iue benign face
was r.dicnt IN the shining night, and it was not
until cloud momeutariy shaded II that the
fun effect Of the artists work WAS felt Tue
face in It's mild expression and iucirient
smile imue lately impressed those who
looked upon ~ ~ clever PHOTOGRAPH of
inc original. Then the careless locks. the
Rged wuisker-, the neglected neckerchici,
the rumpled vest, the protruding bundle
OF newspapers from the inside coat pocket. all
Indicated the faithful nature Of the artists
work. The head looks to tue east, IN keepiue
with the cemetery custom, which Is to lay bodies
with the feet To- the east. that on the morn Of
resurrection day the resurrected may face the
Lord coming from the east. Before there was
time for acute criticism, the Chairman bad in
troduced Edmund Coreuce stedman who read
| . OriltnHl poem.
Bayard Taylor NJ copied the monument In be-
| haf Of the general public. His nddrt-s was A
warm eulogy Of Mr.. Greeley's crrer. Father
furell %! 81 Josepns Il. {. Church pronounced
the beuedictiun.
granite base, which Il eight feet tall = on IFS
eastern face a bronze bas-reiicf represcntirg the
| boy Greeley. COMPOSING suck III hand. a. his
case, and the artist has kent the face true 20
containing these words; Horace Greeley,
born Feb. 3, lsll died Nov. % lS,2. Founder
Of the N'w York Itu91".' On the north end
Of the ta-e L. ID rude plough, aud on the oppo-
site side pen md scroll, both emblems cat Ia
relief from the granite. The bust represents
| Mr.. Greeley a, he was in his prime, ten or m
| ON the scale Of ttn-foot statue. The
bust itself Is four feet high-full heroic
s'ze. Tue whole monument Is sur
i've feet in diameter. There were m ny fiNurl-
ble comments On the artists work as 10 the
faithfulness N details aud the successful repre-
sentation IN brOuze ui the hneness Of the 1c- De-
Louis Napoleon, the old negro friend If STR
Greeley. saii, However. " that's tut thar foI
nim aud IN 90, but II isn't Nj. Greely' cordn
To ny recollection. Ihey'V We got everything thai
exec n that ole look Of his'n.' The ciititl-iu
cXpre. sod rudrlV thnt which was said 10y uliN
diligently name is, that the worN WAS beiter IN
great jaurnali-t AID his ccccutriciiiU- taken ul
together Inc monument cost about 5000.
THE .IRGEAIINE REPTBLIC.