, 1877-01-13
The Printers Monument.
From Me 4NcW York Tribri0e,

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taneously from all ranks and conditions
of men came the multitude which fol
lowed the philanthropst, the philoso
pher, and the statesman TO his resting
place. Yesterday the occasion was simp
ler but no one will admit that it was
less impressive. The day was clear, the
winter sky was brilliant; and as the old
friends Of the journalist gathered once
more about his grave, their atfrctionate
memories seemed to bring back for an
hour the warmth and color of the de-
parted summer. Far away the magnifi.
cent panorama of the landscape was fifty
marked by the towers and roofs of the
great city which suggested his "busy
lite" his tireess industry, and the hu-
manity, toil.w0rn and troubled, for
whose release from conventional impcdi-
mcnts he so assiduously worked and
thought, and was always writing and
printing and speaking. 1t was fitting
that those who knew him best and loved
him hest should make this pilgrimage
to his twce.honored grave. The gath.
ering was large enough to show in how
many hearts he is freshly remembered.
There were old men, some of them the
earliest of his friends, and Others whose
presence proved that death assuagcs all
resentments. There were those who had
labored under his direction, and who can
never forget the lessons which he taught
them; while of the many hundreds who
were there we may safely say that there
was not one who did not recall Horace
Greedy with sentiment OF affection and
regret.
The exercises of the occasion were
simple, and in keeping with the charac-
ter of the man who was thus honored.
The poem of Mr.. Stedman was of kind
which Mr.. Greeley would have liked,
nor would he have asked for any higher
eulogium than that his "lite was made
sublime, by service for his brother crea-
ture." A manly, honest elegy, with its
sincerity visible in every line, it hardly
needed the poetical graces with which 1t
was abundantIy supplied. And what is
true Of the poem is equally true of the
short, compact, and vigorous oratien of
Mr. Bayard Taylor, in which everything
proper to be said at such time was said
simply and earnestly. A noble opportu.
nifty was afforded of enforcing the truth
that slime swiftly repairs all injustice"
and Mr.. Taylor well improved it. In
some respects the character Of Mr.. Gree.
ley so often delineated, has never before
been so judiciously presented; and es-
peclalIy may be noted the point that "he
understood as few Americans have done
the temper and character of the Ameri.
can people" This was the keynote of
Mr.. Taylor's address, and the thought af-
lords test by which the intellect and
the achievement of Mr.. Greeley may be
best tried and found most surely not to
he wanting.
Thus passed an occasion exceedingly
gratifying to all who still cherish Mr..
Greeley's memory. 1t was pleasant to
them To see assisting by their presence,
not only the young who may so safely in
the conduct of life follow his excellent
example, but the venerable editor, like
Mr.. Weed, and the venerable lawyer, like
Mr.. Charles O'Conor. Il was equally
pleasant to see so many men and women
of letters improving this opportunity of
showing how highly they respected one
who through native taste and resolute
endeavor won distinguished place with.
in their ranks. Every thing tended to
show the permanent nature Of Mr.. Gree.
ley's good name and fame. Death, which
dims so summarily 10 many brilliant rep.
utations, has only rendered his the
brighter and it was the thought of
more than one of those who yesterday
retraced their way from Greenwood to
the city, that this fair memory has passed
permanently into history. The printers
have shown both good taste and feeling
in the erection of this monument; but
long after the processes of nature have
mellowed the bronze into a suberer an.
tiquity, the life and career of Horace