New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-31


made the Introductory address. He referred to
the institution of the plan TO erect by contribu-
lions from typesetters a monument 10 Horace
Greeley as an evidence of the esteem In which
the great editor was held by those Of his home
craft. Then followed selections Of National
hymns by the band, with a cornet solo by +.
Bent
The presentation speech was made by George
II. Moore chairman of the Horace Greeley Statue
Committee
THE STATUE REVEALED.
The statue had remained enveloped in Ma
tonal flag and the string drawn by little
girl named Winifred Burke. the granddaughter OF
William 7. Ntzhugh, quartermaser of Horace
Greeley Post. When the statue revealed
to view there great applause. continuing
Cor several minutes \ tribute to the sculptor.
Alexander Doyle. was offered by Mr.. Niles. Dis
trict-Attorney John r. Fellows then intro
duced 10 make the speech OF acceptance OF the
statue on behalf Of Mayor Gilroy. who was un-
able 10 be present because Of other engagements
associated with Decoration Day. Colonel Eel
lows. as is well known. was Confederate SOL
der. and 1t is due 20 him To say that he paid a
most fervent tribute. on behalf Of the people Of
his section 10 the goodness patriotism and uni
versal love of his countrymeD manifested by Mr..
Greeley in the yearc which followed the close Of
the Civil War. He spoke OF slavery thing
which retarded the development of the Nation.
and Of the unquesuored value to the country OF
the results of the war. The speech Of Colonel
Fellows spontaneous and hearty. eloquent
in its diction. and received with great en-
thusiasm by his hearers
Then the singing societies. still grouped around
the statue. sang Mairs How the Wild Rose
Blooms in the Wood
AMOS j. CUMMINGS TRIBUTE.
The Grafton Of the day delivered by Con
gresham Amos J. Cummings. formerly mem
Der of The Tribune staff. He spoke in part
follows:
Comrades: The names Of those who saved the
Republic are forever linked with the names OF
Washington and jefferson. Adams and Franklin
were prototypes Of Seward and Greeley. The
phiianihropis united in planting the tree OF liberty
on American SOIL ant were united in preserving II
OF their co1nirymen. All are to-day honored In
Gladstone once said that from the people Of the
thirteen colonies. at the close OF the American
might defy the whole history Of the world to beat
them in any one State ana at any one time. Such
We're the consequences OF a we-regulated and a
masculine freedom" There the great EnglIshman
stopped He should have said more Behind this
thors divines. orators. editors. inventors. artists
ton Of the world Both groups have passed into
history. In the second group no figure stands NOR
Greeley. None filled tn eye Of the nation more
completely ana sn5 NONE Po et ae more sG
For thirty years his bToad-brimned mar ana "h'te
overcOat familiar objects In Amcrl'a as
were the cooked hat and brown surtout Of Napoleon
He was ever before the public He ectured on
temperance in country churches and before rather
Mathew societies. He spoke at agricultural Iaiis'
and attended philanthropic ana ponucah Gghi
He mixed with mankind. sympathizing with the
poor and struggling cheering workingneI. WIN the
co-operatve and other suggestions ana oiten leh9
ing helping hand TO those least deserving OF u,
What wonder that he was idolzed py speculative
minds go , ,..o-.
tha he became truly great. A sincere Republican.
he had fought tyranny at every point. In me
promise TO mankind Italy. Hungary. Franc
Germany. downtrodden lreland-the world naeli
and Kossuth. Garibaldi. Schurz. Meagher ana oiher
patriots were fugtiyes. his purse was always OPP"
All tnis time slavery more horrible was recog,
nized and legally fOstered IN MS own country. Al
heart thorough Abolitionist, ms sympathies were
at first chilled by his devotion TO MS parry nv
Whig President pricked him into resistance 10 The
extension Of the slave power: rms resistance was
nromlse' II was not uniil the death OF Henry Gay
and of the Wing party organzaton that ne VA, Wass
slavery was the canker worm Of the Republic.
When the flag OF Sumter fell his pre-emineni
99rec at the vas of the confedcracy renons
emancipation proclamation Wa ony Inc a Drg,TSS
completed by the pen Of Abraham Lincoln Inc
ratification
result OF MS aspirations ana cndeavors. IL ta,se1
II made him colossal figure In popular estimation
No loved his country and MS S2untrym men
more than he. When the war closed. MS was me
hIst hand outstretchcd 70 his vanquished DrelhIen
Ills appeal for universal amnesty rang Throughout
The jaHd on tho morning after Lees surrender.
Needless Of his personal interests. ne "aa
President Of tie Confederacy. Maddened by thc as;
sdssinatloc OF Lincoln the attention Of his political
friends was diverted from the intent 81 me act TO
the untimeliness and incongru'iy OF It, ie Wa
and cured by them from one end OF inc country u
darnned and unpopular act Of Mr Grrc!ey's life Is
to-day the most maGnanlnous ana pislhHI5slfu ~
II reveals his Puritan ndepcndoncc, his ln,ense pas,
sion for Gsce to every nan Sg ms IS rcconc the
sections undoubtedly led 10 his nomination for ne
Presidency in after years when the nobility and Wiz
dom Of his conduct began 10 be appreciated. lie
looked for political preferm.nt ne wanted 10 , be
only ONCE that could fiji the sum Of his am6 ton:
could eeyaie honest labor and purge The public ser
vice OF corruption From ne Day n. he vent on
ne sought % save the country from the evils that
trained IN the wake Of f., the d srda eSrs At twenty
grandeur Of his wonderful attributes They were
Both aimed at TIE ngh political station, e GregTy
be- but sincere Tn. heads Of The Nation
bowed over Greeeys eoain Appa,reny The men men
greater. but lndispuably these striking contrasts
New Hanpshirc'S miGhtiest sons ana among
the Nations greatest idols
Comrades men are great practically and great
theoretically. Mr. Greelcy's mind was not eXecu-
tive II pre-eminent!y speculative. His ex-
ceptional mental power and his sympathetic heart
were the motors OF his life There were no currents
in his carly ne to bear him into the iron realm Of
religious bgotry TO coninc his great heart within
the TrOw domain Of seliishness.
Fellow feeling was hts guiding star He abhorred
intolerance. His conceptions Of right and wrong
were rooted In a sympathetic heart and nursed by
an analytical mind The logic OF events alone could
change them. He once said that the reading OF the
DemcfTiuS Armenian "a
member or the Inlversalst denomlnat ion. He was
a born Inversalist The sentiment OF Kindness
perIneat ted his whole being and niumined his life.
The FIRST Franklin is the patron saint OF the
Typothetae. They honor his birthday and admire