New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-04
DAUGHTER UNVEILS
GREELEY STATUE
Throng Pays Tribute to
Great Seer's" Memory
at Chappaqua.
SPEAKERS PRAISE
HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
Bronze Figure, Which Cost S22,'
600, Was Erected by His
torical Society.

lOIlNdl GUILTY..
ON the Old Pines Bridge Revolutionary
Road. az Chappaous. the monument 20
Horace Greeley erected by the Chappaaua
Historical Socioy was unveiled Yesterday.
the lOsd anniversary Of his birth
The statue. which is % life size, In
bronze stands on pedestal of polished
eranite facing the railroad station. but
the gaze Of the great seer rs Mr.. Greeley
was characterized by the speakers YES
terdav. seems 10 travel over the station
to the concrete barn" he built on his
country estate on the ridge beyond
Two thousand people stood IN the emily
rain with barred heads yesterday to 90
honor 10 Mr. Greeley, as his daughter
Mrs Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin' are"
aside the American faC that unveiled the
statue to their gaze.
THE unwilling followed a prayer by her
husband the Rev. Dr. Frank Monrose
Clcndenin.
Dr Clendenin began by reading text
from what he said nc believed to he the
only copy I'm the world Of the New Tesla
ment for which Mr.. Greeley set the type
i'm his printer days. In the prayer Dr.
Clendenin said
We thank Thee for the life and work
Of him whose image and memorial We
here this day unveil. We thank Thee Tor
his stainless and upright life, for his
clear vision OF duty. for his fearless
LOYALTY to what he believed TO he the
truth. for his unflnching devotion TO the
cause of the slave and his undying hatred
Of all tyranny and Of all injustice ana
wrong.
we pray Thee, Almighty God, that as
This memorial shall stand here through
the years TO come, men maY see IN u 'he
image of an honest and fearless he ana
that discouraged hearts, as they pass by
NAV find new courage In this silent pres
.nce and may see in it how neither pow
ertv nor obscurity. loneliness nor mlsun-
derstandinc. need dsmay man VINO
strives for the best, in the fear OF COO
and with the gifts that God has given
him"
John /. d. Bristol. president OF the
Chappaqua Historical Society then de-
nvered an address telling OF the place OF
Mr.. Greeley in history and of the move
ment that resulted in the erection OF lhe
monument.
",Tbe man whose earthly immortality we
are seeking to-day TO perpetuate' ne
said "bv the unveiiing of this magnlncen'
monument gave utterance TO many great
truths.
From his twenty first year. in 1854 Wnen
the first number of The New YORKER
was issued, down through the seven years
subsequent TO April 10, lS4l, the birthday
of The New-York Tribune, and especially
in the columns of that widely known pub
ucation. the intellectual and moral suprem-
acv of Horace Greeley was manifest In
utterances that were peculiarly his own
and these utterances had much to do with
the real progress that humanity mas
made.
"As the mind of Horace Greeley was
chiefly manifested through its higher fac
ulties. his talents were naturally assoc
ciated with the great economic reforms OF
the day. Had Mr.. Greeley lived In our
time, we feel that ne would have been
chiefly noted in two directions-the radical
reformation of our currency and as an
advocate of universal peace"
The monument, which cost about $1,000
10 erect was carried out without govern
ment aid, said Mr.. Bristol, being the re-
suit Of the love and reverence of almost
two hundred people. In the list OF con-
tributors. hs said. were folk from all over
the country. rich and poor young and old.
men and women, and both native and for
eign born citizens.
Marsden @. Scott. president of Big Six
Typographical Union, praised Mr.. Gree
ley for the advice he gave TO his printers
10 form a union. Edith Dorothea Bcdell,
Of the State Suffrage Association, spoke
OF Mr. Greeley's advocacy Of woman suf-
frage Perry Brevoort Turner. six years
old expressed the thanks of the Chappa-
qua school children for the memorial
other speakers were Jacob Erich. Al
bert +. Henschel the Rev. o. Z. Barnes
and Richard L. Day, representing the
State Historians Office
Mr. Day announced that 800 had been
appropriated by the state for the purpose
Of printing the addresses al the exercises
the history of the memorial, and pictures
in book form TO be sent to the libraries
of the country.
The sculptor Of the statue was William
Ordway Partridge. and the pedestal was
designed by William Henry Deacy.