- -. ^ LINCOLN ROOM UNIXTRSIT^' OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY MEMORL-\L the Class of 1901 founded by R\RLAN HOYT HORNER and HENRIETTA CALHOUN HORNER ^fMSS^S£^^,^!^m^m wi^mm- '^^"^ 1. i^ 'o^^xaM^ \ //^rfr^'<^^ i^~^^/£^ rjVlimol nywuty itflWallxlHi >« Bmy lift: J.RRri & C* BiMulwri. M Y MEMOEIAL ov HOEACE GEEELET. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE TRIBUNE ASSOCIATION. 1873. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 18T3, by THE TRIBUNE ASSOCIATION, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Bakkr & Godwin, Printer'*, PrintinR-House Square, New York. INTRODUCTOPiY NOTE. The death of Horace Greeley called forth, a nniversal expression of sympathy and homage, such as has rarely been manifested on the departure of any public man, how- ever exalted in position or noble in character. From every quarter of the country the tribute of a people' s grief has been freely offered, with the heartfelt commemoration of the virtues of the beloved dead. The Press and the Pulpit have vied with each other in celebrating his worth, and honoring his name with affectionate admiration. A large number of the friends of Mr. Greeley have expressed the deske to possess these memorials in a per- manent form, and in compliance with theu' wishes the pres- ent volume has been prepared, under the direction of the Editor of T7ie Tribune. It consists of a selection from the numerous articles in various journals, together with notices from the pulpit that have been suggested by Mr. Gree- ley's death ; an account of the proceedings of several public bodies in relation to that event ; and a description of the funeral ceremonies with which the remains of the departed were borne to the tomb. The volume is committed to the friends of Horace Greeley, who comprise so large a portion of the public, with the assurance that they will find in it a just, although inadequate, memorial of one who loved the people in his life, and was faithful to them till his death. Office op The Tkibune, New York, February loth, 1873. .. CONTENTS. The For>T)EK of the Tribune. pabe AlvN'OrXCEMENT OF HIS DeATH 7 Moral of his Death ; 17 His Last Hours 20 Resolutions and Proceedings op Various Bodies— Tribune Trustees 22 The Apollo Hall Democracy 47 Meeting of The | Meeting of the Editorial Staff. 2:3 1 The Liberal Club 47 Employes 23 The Lincoln Club A Tribute from the | The Press and Mail Rooms 26 The Arcadian Club 49 U. S. Congress—Proceedings in the House The Union League Club 50 of Representatives 27 The Herald Club 51 New York Common Council—Action of the The Lotos Club 51 Board of Aldermen 29 The JeiTerson Club 52 Concurrence of the Assistant Aldermen. 30 The Tammany Society 52 The Brooklyn Common Council 32 The New York Typographical Society 53 Long Island City Common Council 34 The Young Men's Universalist Associat'n. 56 Action of the City Council of St. Louis. 35 The American Institute 57 The Troy City Authorities 36 The Farmers" Club 59 In Poughkeepsie 36 The Rural Clnb 61 The Constitution Amendment Committee The Associated Press 61 at Albany 37 The American Press Association 62 The National Democratic Committee 39 Typographical Union. No. 6 63 In the Senate at Albany 40 i The Westchester County Bar 64 By the Presidential Electors of New York 41 Board of Public Instruction 66 In the Massachusetts Legislature 42 Temperance Organizations 67 The Liberal Republican Gen'l Committee. 43 The United Nationalities 68 Kings Co. Liberal Committee 44 Honors in Vermont 63 " " Democratic General Committee 43 At Elizabeth. N.J 70 " " Republican General Committee. 46 In the Town of Greeley 70 Voice of the Pulpit and the Press- Remarkable Public Recognition 71 A Leader of Men 103 Mr. Greeley's Religions Belief 73 Honored above his Associates 106 A Great Philanthropist 75 One of the best Representatives of his An Ingrain Republican 77 Country 107 His Life a Lesson of Hope 80 A Good Samaritan 107 The Fruits of a Good Life 82 The First Journalist of America 198 A Man of Power 83 The greatest Interest excited throughout The People's Servant 83 the Country 109 A Touching Personal Tribute 84 The Greatest of his Time 109 The Great Work of a Noble Life 88 No Stain upon his Memory 110 He Fought a Good Fight 93 No Speck on his Character Ill An Honest, Fearless Man 95 The Faithful Servant of the People Ill A Man Without Enemies 96 Most Honorable of his Time 112 The Loss too Great to be Realized Now. 97 The Foremost Reformer 112 A Nation's Loss 98 Great in Public Worth and Noble in Pri- His Place in History yet to be Fixed 99 vate Virtue 114 A True Hero 90 Great in his Generation 116 Great and Good 100 The Cromwell of his Time 116 No E'v-il to Live after him 102 Always a Sincere Man 118 VI CONTENTS. PAGE PACK The Best Known of Americans 119 One of his Country's Great Men i:J3 A Lover of his Fellow-men 120 Intensely a Republican 134 A Great-hearfed Man 121 Best Loved of Americans 135 A Great-souled Man 123 The Noblest American 135 Great and Generous 124 The Foremost in Love for his Fellow-men. 137 The Friend of the Million 124 The Opponent of Human Injustice 138 nip Greatest Lesson 125 His Death Hard to Realize 142 A Representative American 125 Most Prominent of Americans 142 " I Know that my Redeemer Liveth " 126 His Life Fruitful of Good 143 He has just begun to Live 127 One of the Best and Greatest Self-made A Good Man and a True Patriot 130 Men 143 A Nation his Mourner 131 Greater than his Generation 144 His Place Secure on the Rolls of Fame 131 The Most Missed by his Countrymen 145 The Fukeral Arrangements— Official Programme of the Common Coun- At the City Hall 150 cil 146 In the Governor's Room 151 Other Preparations 149 The Multitude 154 The Closing Ceremonies— The Funeral 159 The Last Act 181 Address of Henry Ward Beecher 164 The People 181 " Dr. E. H. Chapin 167 The Police 184 Prayer by Dr. Chapin 174 Public Mourning 185 From the Church to the Cemetery 176 The Church 187 At Greenwood 178 The Flowers 188 Distinguished Mourners 178 The Lesson of the Day 190 Press and Pulpit Tributes— A People's Silent, Heartfelt Sorrow 193 An Inspired Worker 212 A Grief too Great for Pomp and Pageantry 194 The Chief of Journalists 213 Why the People Loved Him 195 Always in Earnest 213 The People Mourn because they Loved him 197 He Sowed Good Seed 214 The Apostle of Freedom 199 A Blessing to his Age 214 A Spectacle Unparalled in History 201 Good Friend and True Hero 215 A Noble and Good Citizen 201 Full of Great and Noble Qualities 215 His Life Complete in Greatness 202 The Good be has Done will Live after A Moral Giant 204 him 216 Journalist, Philanthropist, Humanitarian. 205 One of Nature's Noblemen 217 A Great-hearted Champion of Human A Great and Good Man 217 Rights 205 One of the People's Preachers 218 A Veteran Protectionist 206 The Fruits of a M'orthy Life 222 His Name his only Epitaph 206 The Injustice of Politics 223 A True and Exalted Patriot 207 The Master Journalist 225 A Noble Victim has been Sacrificed 208 Lessons from his Life 226 The Friend of Humanity 209 A Great Citizen 230 A Great Loss to Journalism 210 A Life Better than Precepts 231 Best Known Man of his Time 211 Horace Greeley and Journalism 2.32 A Model to the Youth of his Country 211 Mr. Greeley as a Man of Letters 234 Letters of Sysipathy— A Tribute from Bayard Taylor 2.37 Rest at Last 243 | Letter to the President of the U. S. 244 His Example 234 | An Open From the Poets— Before the Burial 245 I Gone 249 A Pure and Faithful Soul 247 In Memory 250 Child of Genius 251 The Dead 249 | A Biography 254 v-f^ ! THE FOUNDER OF THE TRIBUNE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH. [From the Tribune, Nov. 30, 1872.] In the unexpected event which has clothed our columns in weeds of mourning, a profound sorrow has fallen not only upon the circles of domestic intimacy and friendly attachment in which the face of the departed had shone for so many years as a gracious benediction, but ujion a wide-spread portion of the American people, by whom his name had been fondly cherished as the devoted advocate of generous ideas, and the earnest prophet of the advancement of humanity. Few men in public or private life in this coimtry had gathered around them so large a host of admiring friends. He was the object not only of profound reverence, but of tender aifection. The splendor of his intellectual powers had called forth enthusiastic homage, even from those who differed most widely from him in opinion ; but the qualities of his heart had inspired an almost roman- tic love, " surpassing the love of women." In this hour of softened remembrance, how many eyes will be wet with sorrow as they read the lines that announce the departure of that noble spirit from his wonted sphere of grand and beneficient activity For some time past the health of Mr. Greeley had been seriously impaired, but not to so great a degree as to awaken the apprehen- sions of his friends.