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Last Tribute of Affection, Resect
and Admiration to the Mem
ory of Horace Greeley.
FRIENDS LOOKING ffON MS REMAINS.
The Sad Preparation* for the
Funeral on Wednesday.
The Gkrgynea *f the Gtyr l*i?ill
PiMgyries aai CrMMm m He
Career aai Charut* ?f the
UteMft* hi Chief.
A Tinnhhiig lMifi lyPr. Ch#i ?i Ufa
?mt Friend Mi Parishioner.
Hepwortk, Armitags, Baoshar, Talniaga, Fr*h
ingbam and Others 8trewin* lb?m
of Xloqteaaa Throng* the TTIilij
of His life aai Ontb,
A GREAT AND GOOD GOHE.
The remains of the dead Philosopher lay /ester
flay In the house of his Mend, Samuel 8inclair, 69
West Forty-fifth street. They reelined in the Mack
cloth covered casket in the rear parlor, with a tall
temple of white flowers at the head and the flowery
testimonials of loving bands scattered over the
pall.
J"?.**?1! ?? ? DBFjnriD PATSIOT
looked as mobile and gentle as in
1 ire. The eyes were closed as calmly and lines
about the mouth were drawn as peacefully as in
sleep. The broad forehead was as smooth and
placid as in the most pleasant days of his noble
career, and the general contour of his face, as yet
nnpinched by the chill hand of death, retained the
look or lafge benevolence and childish innocence
that had become its famous characteristic.
THE COFFIN
Is of solid chestnut wood, covered with black
cloth. It is proiusely ornamented witn sliver
moldings, and has three silver handles on each
side and one on each end.
T11K NOTICE IN THE IIBRALD
that the body would be visible to those friends of
the dead Philosopher wlio might desire to look
npon it during the day brought such multitudes of
visitors to the house that the parlors could not
conveniently admit them, and it was found neces
sary to tnrn away all but the immediate personal
fiiemU of the deceased. A policeman was secured
to keep back those who were not personally ac
quainted with the family, in order that those who
were might have the sad consolation of looking
npon his features in quiet. The policeman had a
trasy day or it. Men came who said, "We were not
personally acquainted with Mr. Greeley, but we
baa
A LOVE AND AFFECTION FOB HIX
that entitles us to look upon his body." "I cannot
help it," said the policeman, "only friends nan i>e
admitted to-day." "We were all his friends," re
sponded the bystanders; but the policeman's duty
was plain, and the unknown callers left, contenting
themselves with the hope that they could view his
remains to-day.
A STEADY STREAM OF PERSONAL FRIENDS
passed into the hall and lingered for a moment
about the great patriot's coffin. Strong men
looked npon his faoe with tears streaming from
their eyes, and sobbed like children, and stooped
hnd Impressed upon his calm white forehead the
last kiss of an aflTection "like unto the love of wo
man." Political friends who had battled by bl9
fide in his last great campaign, old heroes of many
political struggles, who had felt and ackowledged
the powerful help of his strong arm and pen in
earlier days, and men who hod battled against
him, came alike to his side and mutely paid the
tribute of love and respect to his memory. States
men have died and had honors paid them, but few
have received such testimonials of
AN UNSELFISH AFFECTION,
ft love entwining itself abont the hearts or men,
a personal endearment that might have been a
thing apart from the colder tributes or respect and
honor. The lireless champion or a universal bro
therhood has been succes*rul rar beyond Presi
dencies and leaderships, for hearts have been
given him better than votes, and a holy enshrine
ment grander than national honors.
TnE OBSEQUIES.
The trustees of the Tribune, at a meeting on
Saturday, appointed a committee, consisting or
Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Reld and Mr. Cleaveland, to take
entire charge or the arrangements for Mr. Greeley's
ftineral. They have fixed it lor Wednesday, at
eleven o'clock, from the Church of the Divine
Paternity (Rev. Dr. Chapin's), on Fifth avenue, at
the corner or Forty-firth street. No special invita
tions will be sent out; but it is already known that
organizations of various kinds are taking formal
iteps for attending In a body. The remains will
lie In state throughout the day on Tuesday at such
place as shall be announced in to-morrow's papers.
TOE EVENT 111 THE CHIRCHES.
Service* at Dr. Chapln's Church.
At Dr. Chapln's church a somewhat denser con
gregation than usual was assembled, In the belief
chat the eloquent preacher who had ministered to
Horace Greeley's religious lalth for twenty-live
yeara wonld enter upon some euloglum of the de
based. There were none of the intimate friends
jf Mr. Greeley present. They were paying the sad
'ites of affection beside his remains.
THK PEW
n which the honored sage had pursued his dovo
iona lor so many years $ the filth of sixth
rom the door On the right hand side of the church
is you enter. On the silver plate over its little door
sthe inscription, "H. Greeley." This plate yesterday
vas bordered with crape, and black drapery fes
ooned the back and front of the pew. Many
aournihl eyes were cast toward the sadly suggest
?e seat, where for so m any years the noble presence
f the great champion was to be seen, in devout
Mention to the words of the eloquent preacher,
he head bent in prayer when the great preacher
?rayed, and even the lips following in mute mtisic
he devotional chanting ol the cliolr.
IN HIS THAYER
?r. Chapin touched the subject that tilled all hearts.
? follows:?"Sanctity to ns, oh Lord, the affliction
hat has fallen upon our people. Sanctify it to
hose afflicted children, that they may t?e able to
ear up under the repeated waves* of affliction that
ave rolled over them. Sanctify It to those with
rhom he was closely associated in the things of
re, and sauctlfv it to the great nation, over
hadowed by its loss.
The sermon was from the text of St. John,
lv, 9:?"Jesus saith unto hlrn, Have I been
o long with you and yet hast thou not known
te, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the
ather: and how sayest thou then shew me the
uther?"
It was devo ted to a theological disquisition on
lie realization of the presence of God in Jesus
hrist, and not until the close did Mr. Chapin refer
p the death of Mr. Urecley. Then he spoke as fol
>ws:?
The realization of God In Jesus is a power to In
ilre men nobly In the work of liie: it is a power
> sustain them triumphantly In the struggle or
eath. It was a power that Inspired and sustained
ur Irlend, our brother, of whom
TWO CONTINKNT8 AHK SPEAKING TO-HAV,
nd of whom ir I do not say much now, It is be
itise I cannot speak adequately and because there |
e occasions that transcend words. More
?mpeteut tongues and pens than mine
ill illustrate the character, will write
e epitaph of Horace Ureeley. His name
ill be honored with reverence and love
id sorrow by dilttring Hps; for it was the pecu
,rlty or this man that he filled many circles of
? man interest and sent a potent Influence
rough them a.I. The homos iill'l hearths ol iho&e
who knew Mm best win keep his acta and words
Id tender freshness.
THE POLITICAL WOULD,
Accordant or discordant, as it may be, with his
peculiar views, will lament an honored leader;
the workman will miss a fellow workman who
labored by his side and for his cause; the freed
man will not forget him until he forgets the record
of his scars and the breaking of his chaius;
THB rati, TUB PKBSS, TUB PLOUUH,
will be symbols of his memory. Tbeie is not a
aobie cause or kind work of man that will not feel
lus loss and Bend its echo of regret. And a great
nation that, when beat, passion and transient ex
citement passes away, Is a Just and generous
nation, will ftx him in his place among the trulv
?Mat and good men. Therefore he needs no
lengthened or elaborate eulogy from me. But npon
oae point 1 may speak?1 ought to sneak here and
?aw, and that fo clone accordance wtth the theme
af thin discourse. Mr. Qreeley was
Or OUR HOUSEHOLD OP FAITH
Ifcia wag hie chosen place of worship. We shall
miaa MM here as one of the moat familiar links in
?araaaDeiatton of the Sabbath and sanctuary. 1
shall mlas hia aa one af the most fMrtHar linka in
connection with this church and people for twenty
ftnfcypsre. Looking through the vlsla of that time
among: thoee af (Mr oemparatlve yaath, who are
now thinning and scattering away. I recognise
MM M among my earliest and truest Wends: lie
wae ? ? -r _ #
no PAi?-w?Arir*a chrmtum,
but was alwaya in sUendaaoe in stem and sun
shine, health permit Una. He was % flUthful and
bumble worshipper. He gave bis ready help In all
klads of charitable and denomtaatiofirwork. He
was not meraly a pewhoMer or hiamt He waa a
sympathetic coworker. Hia was no holiday taith,
worn for a time-serving purpose. It waa not pat
on Mm. It grew oat of him, the earttest ingrain
convictioa of hta yea th and after 1Mb. Had he
aimed at popularity ha would have oancsaMd it,
aa many do, under other names and other lorae;
for, although thta ts
A PAITH or IBB PMOPI.B,
tn a worldly and snperBcial sense, it la not a popu
lar faith, nut even now it is strangely misconceived
and bitterly deaonaced. With hi-n conviction was
an obligation, sad he flxnty believed It aad ex
pressed it: and yet his large aad lKgai table mlad
could not hold its belief In any narrowilmits or cut
it off from the great continent of truth. He was
not a sectarian, bat always said, Bad said truly,
that we In our ecclesiastical position had not put
ourselves ont of the Church, but had been put out
In the cold. But I say with all tbli, this was liis
chief conviction of the Divine Fatherhood. I da not
say too much when 1 say the peculiar character of
his work, the larare-hearted interest In humanity,
came from hia faith in the universal Fatherhood or
God and the universal ? brotherhood of man. Bo it'
was bis inspiration in life we know, thank God,
that it ~vaa
HIS SUPPORT IN D1ATH.
When wearied and worn with liie'a conflict, he
sank upon the field and knew that all his life, of
good or oi ill, was over. His last utterance was
one of simple faltn and trust. Ho he oompassed a
peaceful end. We always listen to catch tne dying
words of great men. 1 know of none from a dvtng
man so simple, so truthful, so grandly triumphant,
as " a ,
* THOSE WORDS OF MR. QR1S&ST.
"I know that my Redeemer llveth.*' That is vic
tory for life. It is true it does not prove the cor
rectness of any mode of Christianity. It may be
no proof of Christianity itself, lint, after all, remem
ber that he did not revert to tbi# jnrtjh in bis weak
ness, but expressed in his hour of aylni~
TIIK WHOLE CONVICTION OF HIS MWB.
He had lived it constantly, and remember, too,
it is this Christian truth after alL There 1b a
power in it that is not revealed in cold phllosopby
or flippant worlcttines*. He who can say in the
worldly conscience "1 know that my Redeemer
llveth" is strong in the faith and the assurance of
God, and strong too in the work of this world and
strong when tho work of this world la by him to be
done no more?"for he that hath seen Me," salth
Jesus, " bath seen the Father."
Mr. Hep worth ok the Great Joarnallat.
The "cold snap" kept a great maay from church
yesterday morning, but at Stetawsy Hall, although
it was not quite full, the services were well at
tended. Mr. nepworth preached from Hebrews,
xil. 9?"We have bad fathers of our flesh, which
corrected us, and wo gave them reverence; shall
we not much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits and live?" At the close of an
eloquent discourse he alluded to the departure of a
great and respected journalist from the earth to
that bourn from which no traveller returns in the
following touching manner:?
THE NATION'S LOBS.
When a great affliction comes we are reminded
of our own littleness. To-day we are here; to
morrow'gone. A death has lately taken place for
which the whole nation mourns. We can speak or
him now because he is dead. I had almost seM
that he died broken-hearted. He has been inter
woven with the interests of this country for forty
years, and Just at the close of of the ?est ex
citing canvasses which we have known this truly
food and great man "shook off this mortal coil."
he turbulent waters are stilled at last, and the
successful candidate receives the prayers or lorty
millions, while the other lies pale and cold in
death. When we forget his eccentricities we will
erect a monument to the name of
A MAN or WHOM AMERICA SHOULD BE PKOm.
He was endowed with a large amount of great
and true moral courage. I believe that his motives
were as pure as any that ever throbbed in a hu
man bosom. We ate forced to confess that he did
what we would not have dared to do. Many men fill
positions well, and yet we never leel their presence;
but every one relt the presence ot this warm
hearted man, who did what he thought was right
and trusted the consequences to the ruture. He
was a thoroughly good man, and his errors
seem to have been those or judgment and not or
heart. While intending to do right he otten did
wroug; but how much you can forgive a man
who tries to do good to the greatest number !
This country will uot iorget the lact that Horace
Greely wanted to pour
THE BALM OF UILEAD INTO THE l'tTBLIC HEART.
How shall you and 1 meet the shadows that are
sure to rail upon us f Take God as a rather and
Christ as a brother and with their gnldance vou
will traverse the dark passage and enter safely
the pearly gates or the palace beyond.
THE EVEN1NU SERMON?GREELEY'S CAREER AND
DEATH.
In the evening the hall was again crowded to
suffocation, a rumor having gained circulation that
this discourse of Mr. Hepworth would be upon the
death of Mr. Horace Greeley. There was not a
seat available alter seven o'clock, and chairs and
bcncUes were ranged along the plat.orm to accom
odate many who were unable to obtain scats else
where. The hymn
Through the va'ley and nhndow of death though X stray;
Since Thou art my guardian, no evil I leer.
Thy rod shall defend me, Thy otatl'l>e my stay.
No liarin can befall with my Comforter near
having been sung by the enormous congregation
the speaker selected for his text, Acts ill., ?!?"The
work whereunto I have called them." lie prefaced
his sermon with an exhortation to the young men
or New York to prepare lor the luture world, and
retiring to the death or Horace Greeley, he said:?
THE GREATNESS OP THE SORROW.
It Is well lor us to stand still a moment in the
presence or u great event. It is right and proper
that we should learn the lesson which that provi
dential event teuches us. A great sorrow has
ralien upon this land within a few days, and rallcn !
upon it unexpectedly and suddenly. We never |
kiiow how much we love and honor our great ones
until we see them lying in their coffins: wc never
know how :o measure greatness untlll it has bidden
us "good-ly" and gone rorever irom our midst.
While it Is here we And rault; when It departs we
gratefoll.v remember that it was with us and that
It pleased us. The young men of this country can
learn a very important lesson from the life or that
great man, that good man, whose light has gone
put and who has left us for another, and w$ trust a
better world. The flags all over the Continent ai
hair-mast, the tribute or a grateful people to ac
knowledged worth, the bells all over the land tolling
out their dirge, are signs ol the sorrow or many
thousand homes througHon* jand. Three weeks
ago we uttered harsh criticisms, but death stops our
tongues: three weeks ago we were In the midst or
S partisan conflict, our prejudices excited,
our passions rousci'; we were ready to attribute
to anybodv, to everybody on the other side all
possible bad motives, and ready to forgive any
weakness ir it was on the side where we stood; but
to-day our gladiator has won the victory, and we
hope c;od will crown that victory with ten thou
sand blessings, and that a whole nation may be as
gratetul for the victories of peace as it is slready
grateful for the victories or war. The other lies
on his bier?his race is run, his battle is over?de
feated doubly-doubly defeated, I say, by the victor
in yonder distance, and by that other victor who
never lowers his lance to us. Let us loos at that
life lor a moment. Ilad he been born on the
mountain top and kept the even tenor or his wav
along the royal ridge he might have lived and died
almost unnoticed, but our hearts are tiound to him
with peculiar affection, because he began flrty I
years ago where jou and I are working now?away i
down in the depths or the valley, with nothing ;
but a large ambition and a good dream |
in our hearts; our eves fixed upon that
lorty pinnacle which we hope to reach at some !
time In the ruture. You look at blm and say he
was lormcd by circumstances. No. You are
wiong. Circumstances were against him; but he
fought them and conquered. He had no better
chance fllty years ago than nine out of ten in this
congregation. Not half the obstacles which stood
in his way stand In your way to-day. How did he
win T By right down honest work, by physical
temperance, by self-control, by self-poise and by
self-direction; by having an aim In life, a high and
lolty purpose, and by determining never to ylcla
until lie had won the fight; and before he died he
was, I think, if not the strongest, at least one or
the strongest Influences in the land. Agree or dis
agree with the conclusions or his mind, that lact
remains uncontradicted. He exerted an influence
that was felt in evcrv hamlet tills side or the Rocky
Mountains. Men loved him who had never seen
him. and the influence, the Illustrious influence or
that mind flashed its presence over the whole
Continent, senates were influenced and dlrccicd
by him.
HE SAT n?ON NO THRONE;
only upon the common chair of the editor or n daily
journal, and yet he was the power behind the
throne, which is sometimes greater than the throne
Itself. I shall never forget the Independent*, the
moral courage of his curly life, ami though in later
dayB we look upon his career with a suarper criti
cism, yet >ou and all friends who rose and who
fought against slavery in the name of the New 'ies
tament and In the name of God cannot to-day criti
cise as we stand i>y his bier tne man whose face
was always lilted up against the chaius of tho over
seer and the slave owner. Thank Ood for tnat
American manhood so lull of courage that it dares
stand alone and say an institution is wrong and
must be given up l No one knows how much of the
victory which freed the slaveB was due to him.
Through a thousand Intricate raintflcatious that
persistent thought went, kindling minds and kind
ling hearts until men learned to love liberty
ana to hate slavery. He was again loved
and trusted by the whole people, only a
common man htmBelf. Yon and I thought or him
with reapect, even when most we diftered from
his opinions. He had a warm place In the great
American heart, and twenty years from now I
think the placc will be warmer still, and we, for
getting his eccentricities, forgetting his errors of
judgment?which. nerhaps, were many?shall
bom a monument to
THE IT RIGHT MAM AND 1U* HONBBT SCHOLAR
whose heart was always true, even when his brain
waa wrong. 1 must speak just a moment of his
amMttM. Id his later days a new dream seeing to
have come to him. l have no doubt thai he
wantedexceedingly to be President of the Halted
States, and I have no doubt that he waa wlUia? to
sacrifice the ease and comfort of his life In oroer
to attaia the position, but I believe also that he
wanted that high office not so muoh for any per
sonal honor or emolument that might accrue
- therefrom, bnt with the hope that, standing la a
high place, he Might heal the bleeding wonnds of
his native land. Vou and 1 saw the necessity for
that, so rou and 1 felt that the time had come when
we shoaM lorget the old wrongs and start afresh
in oar grander career. The war, with all its blood,
has gone, and we, wno wore the uniform, were
ready to forgive if only we could secure the
guarantee of a free future, and that was his wish,
bis only wish, 1 think; bnt wan, be it said with
sorrow, entangled and enmeshed beyond any pos
sibility or liberation. The judgment of the Amerlcau
people waa right at the laat, and though they loved
and honored and respected the man, they would
not iavor him as a leader. That is the whole story,
and yet there is no young man hero who cannot
learn an exceedingly Important losaon from that
life. You, my brethren, hare been called to do
your work. No one knows what may lay before
you. You shall achieve your ambition if you labor
long aud hard; but If you would achieve the high
est success?such snecess that when weighed lu
the balance you shall not be found wanting?you
must live every day by those eflbrts and by those
principles which the Lord Jcww Christ lifts revealed.
Th? Death at' Mr. Greeley?His Mfc-A
Lover Burled In the Coral Bed o* the
Deep Ocean and a father and Mother
Alao Clone Betforo?Affecting Sermon?
The Congregation <rf the Filth Avenue
Bnptftct Church in Tear;?Discourse by
the Rev. Dr. Arinitsago.
The sermon preached at the Filth Avenue Pres
byterian church by the Rev. Dr. Armitagc yestcr
day morning was one which will long be remem
bered by those who heard it. The discourse wus
based upon the loss by death of Mr. Horace Gree
ley, and at its conclusion there was scarcely one
among the congregation whg }$<! pot been affected j
to tears. An extempore prayer, however, which
the preacher delivered prefhratory to his sermon,
waa perhaps the moat touching and affecting of
all During its delivery be said they were there
tnat morning mingilng tears with their grati
tude and offering with their thanksgiving many
of those deep feelings for the bereft which
nothing but the great omnirotencc of God could
creute in the bosoms of mortals. He had taken
in His wisdom one much rcspected from among us.
Our great publicist slept in the image of death; the
man whom we had loved for years, whose name,
influence and power had been a life among ns, was
stretched out in the image of death. Why He only
knew; but out of the affliction He would caune
rich and noble efforts of righteousness to grow,
and they would sec hereafter what they then knew
not of this Divine medium. Those of them who
bad progressed into middle life felt that the afflic
tion was personal. Some of those in this city
began their career as public men or private clU
aena, as men following certain
PR0FE38I0K8 OF lKTKLLKCT,
or might follow equally honorable positions of
manual toll and commercial business, ami they had
measured their terms of activity alongside of their
fellow citizen who had departed tliis life, and God's
visitation upon him had struck home to all their
hearts, some of them remembered when he came
to this great metropolis poverty-stricken, unsur
rounded by friends, lonely as a stranger, yet trust
ing as a child. They remembered the struggles of
early lite, the obscurity, the toll to educate the
great mind that seemed to shape its own course
and destiny, and they remembered with thanksgiv
ing all the peculiar circumstances that gathered
about Ills life and made htm what he was. They
thanked Cod for Ills poverty aud his struggle*, for
the bent of his noble nature, for the power of his
Intellectual mind, for the endurance of his seusi- j
billtles and for the purity of Ms life. They |
thanked Him lor the correcting lessons that he
gave them In the great structure of their usetul
government, in the jurisprudence of the people and
for the sweet and noble communion which he held
with nature, and man's higher and uo'der sphere
through which we drank kindred views and feel- j
lugs, and lie would hallow aud sanctify his lite i
that his truth should follow his name in genera- .
tlons to come, as being dead he would bo unable to
speak. They stood that day silently before Hod.
for they found that the great, the venerable and
the wise were mortal like themselves. He had per- i
mlttcd to come upon Mr. Greeley, while he was old, I
ascites of crushing calamities; and. within the \
period or one moon, a lovely family circle that was
unbroken, save as a link that had been taken years i
ago, and to a bosom that waa unwounded save by |
the scar or old strokes which had been left there,
He had broken the family arch, broken down the >
altar of the house, and visited it with great !
anil apparent severity?an affliction by which
father and mother slept together that dav and a
lover lay at the bottom of the ocean sleeping In the !
coral beds, an affliction by which the trlultv or the i
link that bound and united them had been lnoken, i
and tne principals been taken away In a moment, i
They prayed that the sweet lessoup?purity, j
nobility and honor of his life, and or Ids parent
age?might abide with his daughters as legacies
that should be a treasure to encourage them, and,
above all. that the cross of our U>rd Jesus thrift
might dwell In their hearts, that the hope of a i
glorious resurrection should arrive when tne be
trothed one, and the lather and mother should .
conic forth, when the sea should give up her dead
and the cartu no longer conceal her slam. Then ,
might these two ratherless and motherless girls be
reunited with the departed majority ol that house
who had gone so soon before them. They blessed
God lor
the manner of his death,
as well as for tho means of his life. Ills death had ,
been slow and comparatively painless, with an ob
liviousness or many or the distressing phenomena
about it. They thanked Hlui that lie had spared
him the wringing or the heart by the rending or
the last tics, and that He had taken him In insensl- |
blllty or all the transactions of earth to Himself,
and yet they thanked Illm that, He did give that
great heart and mind lurid moments In passing
away, and that he uttered the noblest truth that was
ever told to the universe?t4I know tliul iny He
deemer llveth." IJlenscd be God's nauie that the ?
nubllclst, the Journalist, the statesman, the emperor i
could trust In this precious declaration, and they
praved Him to permit the Iobs of t^r Grceleyg, I
their Rewards and tneir Lincolns, the noble men
of all their spheres?make them a bettor ptopie.
The preacher then selected as the text 91 l|i? iKf- |
mon the eighth verse of the tliirty-flccouu psalui, 1
viz."f will lustruct thee and will teach thee in
the way which thou shouldst go." He said they j
must pardon his weakness on the occasion; he
tolt almost inadequate to conduct the service. 1
When he learned of the death of this great states
man his heart bounded back to a pcriou of more :
than thirty years, when he met him a 'ittle vounger J
than himself, but both young men. In this city, j
and It seemed to him to be an admonition to be .
ready also: for the thought brought back tho mem- .
ery of those times with very great vividness. He ,
(the speaker) came to this city a yonng boy, empty- j
handed as Hoisce Greeley, and at about the same .
period as he came, ills lirst knowledge ol him ;
was as
EPITOR OF THE NEW YORKER, ,
and some other periodicals followed that, and last
01 all a little evening paper called the Tuttur. He
presumed there were few persons in New A one
who remembered it. In a conversation with Mr.
Greeley a lew months ago he said to htm, "1 have
read your paper from its first number, and even |
before It was Issued, for months." He asked, with
a pieaaunt smile, what I meant, and I said, I
drew out of that penny paper of yours, tlic
TittiU-r, a wonderlul little sheet, lor its condensa
tion, its power and Its influence." With some de
gree of surprise he said, "lleally. 111 m surprised
that you recollect It. i have not heard the name
of the paper mentioned for years and had-entirely
forgotten it." True enough. It was the father or
the Tribune. Stern and James Gordon liennett
had also departed from the old vete
rans of the press. They left, no one
except Mr. Uryant and Mr. Hrooks, who were the
only surviving editors of the dally papers which
were In existence when he came to New >?r"
Raymond and others followed them, aud they were
gone also. When he looked back on those thirty
years he naturally felt that the words of the text
should create in his mind the inquiry, should he
next be led to the close 01 the same journey. The
text said,'? I will instruct thee, and I will teacn
thee In the way which thou sfiouldst go." Men
sometimes said that It was a solemn thing to die,
and so It was, but he believed that a little re
flection would show that it waa a still more
solemn thing to live. It was only
TIIR THOUGHTLESS ANI) THE INCONPIbERATE
that rushed through lite carlessly; men of more
caution remembered that every tread of the foot
was one tread nearer death. He earnestly en
treated all young men to take an example of the
manner In which Mr. Greeley died and to put their
trust Id God. He doubted whether Horace Gree
ley could ever become what he was but lor his ad
versities; it was the lessons he had learned
through his struggling life that made liitn consid
erate to the poor and the down-trodden, and these
ever were dyiug of starvation. What made him so
earnest in his desire to see the young men of his
country become noble, patriotic and prosperous
but the trials which he had had to encounter in
his youth and early manhood? He, indeed, naif rea
son to dread prosperity more than adversity.
Prosperity was the ruin or some men, and be had
seen wonderful changes come over men when
they became prosperous; prosperity beat down
upon them. Horace Greeley wore laurels that
day, but they were not granted to him as a young
man; he wore them as a man of sixty, after the
trials, alter the battle, and after the conquest.;
and so did their President; be was crowned with
tibnor, marked with respect, endowed with
responsibility. And whsre, he asked, did his
honor spring from r It did not come to Mm
walking up and down th? street lu ribbons ana
Klumes; it came to him when his ankles were
idilen in blood, among the shouts of the con
quered and the groans of the dying. These were
TUB HBALt yp |JM BTJUiaUMMf.
Honors could only be won by action^ such as those
of men like Kranklln, Greelev or James Gordon
Benuott, no matter whether their business was
simply putting up types, in the harvest, or by
wort at the anvil. He could never forget the
scene when he Went to Mrs. Greeley's iunerul,
to see the venerable old man, bent beneath
Me weight of years scarcely able to hold his head
from his breast; vet every now and then th? iorti
tude and strength that betokened wondertal reso
lution with him caused him to raise Ms head,
weeping, and he wiped bis hands across bis checks
to dash away the tears. Little did he then know
that in a month?one short month later?-and poor
Horace Greeley would sliMber at her side. But
had he not been bereft of' his senses how happy
might lie have died whan he looked upon thai
daughter?that Attentive nurse?kneeling by his
bedside, caring for his requirements, and displaying
withal that strength and resolution that God had
given her to enable her to pray for him, knowiug
so well how near he was to his end?how near, lu
dejd, lie was to being lost to her ft>r Hie.
Mr. Beccher on th? Death of Mr. Or?el?y.
Mr. lJceclicr at the conclusion of the sermon
prcacheil last night, a nummary of which appears
iu another column, Minn referred to M*. Greeley's
death. In applying the truths of his discourse Mr.
Becchcr said"It is time, brethren, that we should
tnlnk of these things. A pall of death hangs over
the community. The heurt of one wlio was the
light of our dwelling Is now unconscious. A man I
whom l greatly loved; a man who was greatly
charged with great power; a man who had a very
commendable ambition, even if it were not the
most wise one; a man of enormous energy; a man
who did not undertake anything cxccpt that
which in his judgment was to benefit the
generation in which he lived; a man who
has gone successfully through a rough and stormy
liie and lived to a good old age. He would have
clasped a worldly honor which was uot attainable
by htm; he clutched at it and fell below It, and
died of a broken heart?a man who lived iu stormy
times, and whose heart and soul were always on
the side ol the best things. With well intent he
sought a more eminent honor and missed it. B.v and
by, when the excitement of the time has panned
away, men's Judgments will be clciiror, ami we shall
bim' everything that was unwise in that eadeavor in a
duVerenl dii(Y cfcSTfr light. A better bifchiaccd
judgment will be formed than cap be formed now;
we snail see much?In policy, in ea(^fty9!'S> iw wru
Ing, In speaking?that we cannot see clearly now.
One tiling wo may bjc now?this death has brought
death nearer to the thoughts of men. Death steals
on ub at all t.mes. A wise Providence has take n
away a kind heart and a good man. Death spreads
its gloom over us. This news to-day makes nil
men's thoughts and conversation turn into one
channel, and warns all men of the uncertainty of
life. Death draws near to all of you. Entrusted
to you is not only the administration of worldly
trusts, aud when yon tail In this be assured by the
truest assurances that you will be received into an
eternal happiness. Toil so fearlessly, live BO
wisely, by resolvcL-so taken day by day, that when
you work your work Is so easy and ho well done
that you shall be asaarcd that when the door shall
stand open your name shall be called and vou
shall have an abundant entrance into the kingdom
of heaven. Woe Is It to you If you waste It, woe If
you neglect It, woo if you take care of the body
and neglect the soul, woe if you live lor this world,
woe to have an interest in all that Is temporary and
not In that which is eternal. Put yourselves in the
hands of God in all storms and trust Htm to the
CIMr. Beecher offered a short prayer, and after the
slnirimr ol a hyroa the benediction was pro
i nounced and the Immense congregation was dis
missed.
i The Death of J * or ace Greeley and Its
Lemons* to lJ*?rnry Mon?Ills Uft *n
Example for the Straggling?Mr. Ori-e
ley'i Remarkable Statement to Mr.
Talmage?An Eloqncnt Tribute to the
Dead Delivered In the Brooklyn Taber
nacle.
Mr. Talmagc's sermon last evening was on the
death of Horace Greeley, and its lessons to literary
men and others. The Tabernacle was crowded to
Its utmost capacity. Mr. Greeley was a warm
friend of the pastor of the Tabernacle, and took a
deep luterest In the lay college connected with the
church, belore which he lectured last Winter.
The preacher last evening spoke for nearly an
hour. An abstract or the discourse will be found
below. The text selected was Zecharlah xl. 2:?
"Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen."
Horace Greeley is dead! The caricaturist diops
his pencil, the author his pen, the merchant his
yard stick, the laborer his plekaxe, the student his
book, the lawyer his brief, the nation its sorrow,
the world Its culogium. There ought to be, in the
life of tills man, a lesson of hope for the struggling.
But young men sometimes think they have no
chance, no money, no elaborate education. You
have as much chance as this boy had. Look at the
lad In Vermont, In homespun clothes, dyed with
butternut bark, helping his father get a scaut
living out of a poor piece of ground. One who,
with bare leet and tow shirt, helped Ills father to
raise a living lor mother and sisters has a right to
publish fifty boons concerning "What He Knows
About Farming." See
TUB WHITE-HEADED LAD
antting off the Albany towboat at the New lorK
flattery, moneyless uud friendless, and sitting on
the steps of a printing oillcc waiting for the "boss"
to come. Then look at him occupying the lore
most editorial chair of the world! Have you no
chance? He who lias got a good, industrious
mother, graduates from a university higher than
Berlin or Kdlnburgh, with a diploma in each hand.
God starts us wltn at least $100,000 of capital.
Your right arm is worth $6,000, surely; your left as
much; your reason is worth $20,000, certainly,
and vou would not want to sell your sjuI
for iflii.ooo. That makes lor every man that starts
In lite a capital of $100,000. Many are
waiting for Institutions to mak=i them, and
for friends to make them. Fool! why dou t
you make yourself? Columbus was a weaver,
./Ksop was a slave, Hogarth a carver ofpewtcr
uots, Horace Greeley entered New ^ork with ten
$10 76 In his pocket. You say it was genius
and eccentricity. No, it was work. Many
a man has tried to co;y Horace Greeley,
but pot nothing but his poor handwriting
and his slouched hat. It was work that made the
man. This providence ought to be
A WARNING TO OVKK-WOKKKD L1T?RAKY MBN.
Mr. Greeley told me ten days belore Ills nomina
tion at Cincinnati that he nad not had a sound
sleep In fliteen years! Brethren of literary toll, we
ba<l better slow up?put do^rp brakes. You who
ire going Wit!: tti<Ttss truln, at sixty miles an
hour, had better take the accommodation at thirty
five miles au hour. It Is this night work that is
killing our literary men. The brass heads of the
coffin Ud are made out of gaslight. First the devil
tries to stop the useful thinker by
lazy; but, falling in thai, he stands iu the editor
room, or the artist's studio, or the minister s
study, saying:?"Do four times the work you are
doing: wrife two books this ySdr; go out and
deliver fifty lectures at $200 a night." Men of In
tellectual toll, you are careful 01 tne candle to keep
It burning brlghtlv: you had better begin to look
after the candlestick.
We find In this solemn providence the doctrine
01 brotherhood. All parties leel It. We arc ftt the
close of the meanest chapter of personal vitupera
tion. The moment this death was annouueed It
hushed everything. When the nation next week
follow Horace Greeley to Greenwood you will not
be able to tell who were republicans and who lib
eral republicans. All the States will vote lor liliu
as a man worthy of honor, and by
TnE ELECTORAL COLLEGE OK TIIE WORLD
he will be proclaimed President of the great re
formatory movements of the last twenty years.
How quickly the nation has grounded arms! The
trumps that sounded the victory or his political
opponent will deepen Into the grand march ioi
11 Webcam from this providence that newspaper
men. like other people, will have to meet God. it is
a vast responsibility to set type or sit in an edi
torial chair; the audience is so vast, tne result so
Infinite. If any man ought to be a high-toned
Christian it Is the editor. Now, the editor In his
columns says "we" aud "us," but In the last day
It will be "I" and "you." I congratulate you, men
of the printing press, on the splendor of your op
portunity, ond I charge vou, be careful how you
u?e it. Alas! Tor those who prostitute an opportu
nity In blackmailing and eularging their subscrip
tion list by pandering to the appetite or
BAD MEN AND WORSE WOMEN
poisoning the air with a plague that killed a
nation. Mr. Talmagc referred to Mr. Greeley as
the champion of temperance principles. He was
tne ft>c of all Intoxicating drinks, from the rve
whiskey that throws the sot into the ditch to tlic
wine cup that makes a fool of the fine lady In the
parlor. Ho saw the ruin intemperance had
wrought among men In bin own profession M<1
heard the Knapping heart strings of widows and
orphans robbed by the (tend that squats in the
rum bottle and sweats in the brewery, the smoke
of its torment ascending forever and forever. I
think all the decauteis In the grogshop rattled
fester day with gladness when it was told that
Ioracc Greeley was dead.
This sad cireuinstauce teaches us that the last
moments of life are a poor time In which to pre
pare lor eternity. What
THAI' MAN'S HKLK110US IIOPKft
were I am not informed, bnt the last days of his
sickness were passed under mental aberration. 1
don't suppose there were teu meu in the United
States 01 abetter physical constitution than Horace
Greeley, but death Is an old besieger and boasts
himself of the strength of thejatephe cftrles.
Mr. Talmage in coaciadlHf said:?llush now,
all m people I Let the nation uncover tts brow
and carry forth its illustrious dead. Along the
streets where he once trudged a weary boy, and
afterwards a weary maa, let hte? be carried. Hang
out signal* black and white?black for the woe
and white for the resurreatlon. Across the river
bring him Into our midst, where he was always
welcome, and then ?a to Greenwood. Toll Jong
and loud the bell ?l the rate. Then lay hiia down
to rest under the snow?
rut iiut oooo man
he haa had in thirty years. Peace! I pot no
wreath upon hie crave, not e*en a daisy or a
blossom, but this oae scroll I place there:?' 1 am
the resurrection: and the lite?he that believeth in
Me though be were dead yet shall he Hire."
Bloqwsat Trihat* ?? Hsnut OneMy hf
ttee R?t. O. I. Prethtagha*.
December's opening Sabbath, bright with sun
shine, though bitterly oeld, was greeted by an un
usually large attaadaace at the services yesterday
morning at Lorrie Hall. Rev. O. B. Frothlngham
preached. Ills sutyeet was "The Lore of Qod," and
Ms basis the words of 8t. Paul, "Not that God Is
loving, but that God Is love." To say that God is
lore and love Is God was, he began, the same
thing. The great feature of the divine law, as
manifested by the early Christians, was God
sending His Hon into this world to snatch
meu from eternal damnation. Following out this
Idea of the amount of saving Influence required to
rescue one frotn the influence of the devil, Theo
dore Parker, instead of a Trinity, made out a qua
terulty?the fourth one being
TIIB DKVIL.
Having dwelt upon what would be the effect t<f
hanlsh the devil from the world he proceeded to
say tlia*. it was dlfllcult to define what the love of
God is. Unltarlanism of every degree stood upon
this basis. Think of this all unbosoming atmos
phere giving vitality to the smallest Insect alike
with the greatest saint, and bearing on Us broad
bosom-all living things. Think of the stars,
Forever tlnalng an they Rhine,
"The liana tha' made us la divine."
Look upon the insect world tuil of wondrous life;
dive into the depths of old ocean, where small
fishes disport amid the majestically moving whales;
walk lorth into the grand primeval forest; look
upon the snail In his tiny cover; look upon the
polar bear; look upon even the great centre of
magnificent forces; go far beyond the stars visible
to us into new regions where new stars have been
flung into space; look everywhere, anywhere and
the universal cnorus comes forth, "Uod is love.''
Alter nil, the
EVII. OF THK WORLD
Is iusigniflcant when compared with the amount
ol good there is. If men would but simply
conform to the laws of virtue and truth
things would bo greatly different. The great
shadow then would be removed from Provi
dence. Why will men be so blind aud stupid
as to act contrary to what they know to be for
their best good ? Ah! there iB
THK URKAT PROBLEM
of this our wondrous lile. Nothing satisfies man.
The Insect drinks in the morning dew and basks in
the day's sunshine and dies content at eve. Man
is insatiate?never content. Picturing at eloquent
length the fl ults or this insatiateness and discontent
or man he showed how different the world would
be ir men were less ambitious, less restless and
more contcut. From tnls he went back to I'ntta- I
rlanlsm, which ho summed up by saying that tho
Unitarian was an optlmiBt. Hlshop lierkele.v do
clared that the only substantial thing was talk.
Quaint old Dr. Johnson answered the argument to j
Hoswell by saying. "Try him with a stick." Was it !
right that there should be so much crime? Was it |
right that judges should be ldlersV Was It right that
it rew men In wall street should ruin manyf All
things that arc arc in their causes Just?so says
pope. All things work together for good?bo says
Paul; but he adds?to those who love God. Darwin
tells us or the law or selection, by which, in
TUB STQUUULK F0H LtFK,
the strongest survive All things do not work to
gether far good. They only who only love God sur
vive. This is the law of selection. No matter what
the voluptuary or the worldling, or the cold, scien
tific man says; hear what the honest and Just mun
says? what he sa>s who strives to do his duty to
the best of his ability. Poverty may clothe him in
rags, may put out his flie; business may be blight
ed, calumny may rouse suspicions against him?
this man never repines. The Puritans did not re- j
pine at Providence; they found love in God. So do j
all truly brave meu. In this connection he re- ,
ferred to
HORACE ORERLF.Y.
Ills death had caused a general chill, or his
career as a public man he would not speak. He
would neither allude to Ills private character.
This must be left with the Searcher o! Hearts. It
wasonly of the drill, of lile they had a right to
judge, speaking for liimseli aloue, speaking Irom
a life-long conviction, the life of Horace Greeley
illustrated the enthusiasm of humanity. He was a
born cicmoorat, a republican In the grain, a man
thoroughly human. He had been poor*, he
knew what it was to be cold and thinly
clad, and to l?c neglected and nobody
in society. He had grown rich and powerful and
an associate of the wisest and best of the nation.
His broad humanltarianlsin early showed itself lu
his bitter opposition to slavery. He pleaded !or
peace; he pleaded for popular education: he ursert
the absolute divorce between religion and the
State. He said frankly that this was not a Clu Is
tiau Stat;; that here meet on equality ail creeds.
He contended zealously for the rights or all
men and also of all women. All his so-called allu
sions aud scnutnnntalismscanie H orn his humanity.
In religion he was a Unlv<'vsallst. lie became a
Unlvorsabst from conviction. He believed that
God was love. lie died 111 this firm belief. A great
teacher, an earnest reformer, a stimulator of honest
thought had passed away, lie owed Ills death to
fidelity to the same principles that .made his life
illustrious. The tolls or being staudard bearer for
his party were too much for him. The storm of
abuse and calumny bursting upon him was too
much. And then there came the defeat?the first
crushing blow, which, with strength exhausted by
his night vigils at the bedside or his wire, was more
thau he could stand.
?:
A Spiritualistic View of Greeley's Death.
The services or the Progressive Spiritualists at |
Apollo Hall were well attended yesterday, despite i
the sharp air and the slippery condition of the
sidewalks. During the evening exercises the lec
turer, Mr. Thomas Cales Forstcr, briefly alluded to |
the death or Mr. Greeley. The subject of the dis
course was "A Response to the Charge Recently
Made that Spiritualism is Heathenism Revived.1' j
The lecturer desired his hearers to know that the
heathen mind of ancient days entortalned the idea
of God, in whose infinite power they believed quite
as fully and evidently as sincerely as the pro
teased believers of the present time. It
was mere arrogancc lor th se now living
to claim that Christianity alone entertained
the true beller in the divine power. The lecturer
cited numerous passages from the writings of (
Illustrious pagan authors in support or his pre
mises, and said that the aristocratic religion of the
present day was simply JudalBm galvanized. He |
claimed that (Hindoo literature bciug his authority) |
Abraham was a Urahmin, and, moreover, that he .
was an avowed Spiritualist, a believer aud a !
medium, 'ihe heathen of old clearly understood j
the relations existing between man and the angel
world. Mr. Forstcr spoke at some length to show
that many of the learned pagans were Spiritual- j
1st* and that heathenism In Its higher sense, as
judged from their works, was something of which
no man need lie ashamed. All the better testl- |
monies of the religious world showed that
TUB HI-IRITCALI8TIC IDF.A
was eternal and natural. In th? present age much
nud been done to advance Its growth; but It would
doubtless require another age to pass away before
the whole universe should accept spiritualism as i
the one true religion. The lecturer urged all to
seek the true and pure spiritual light: so that
when their spirits should take the flight to a
brighter and higher life they might say with that
great and noble spirit which had just entered the
spirit-world, "1 know that my Redeemer llveth."
The speaker said that spiritualism taught thai
every mau must be his own redeemer, and then
tho spirit world would be to him all brightness aud
all beauty forever.
In the morning Mr. Forster's theme was
??Thanksgiving Day." In the course or the lecture
the speaker gave a history of public thanksgiving.
He said the noblest act done on our last Thanks
giving Day was periormed in this city?a ctt* so
notorious for crime. The act was providing food
to io.ooo destitute human beings, and it made no
difference whether thosi who participated in the
charity were saints or sinners; the act was a noble
one and all concerned in Its performance would
have their reward in the blessings and RJ"*t'tude or
the recipients of the charity. The lecturer said It
was a commentary on the religious Institutions ol
the country that the President felt obliged once a
year to toll the people that they should be grateful.
Kvery day, Bald the speaker, should be a day of
gratitude. Tho Spiritualists had especial cause
to be grateful. They knew that although there
might lie vacant chairs at their family altars on
th* recurrence of Thanksgiving Day, the family
circle had not, neverthelesH, be?D broken. They
know that their departed are
NOT JN ANY lilt KB/* WOOD-?
not nnner the sod?and tliey also know that Ood
never separated two heart.* that attraction or
affinity had united. The Spiritualist knew that
thlii lire wan only the llrst link in an interminable
chain ol life. Mr. Forster said, In conctnsion, that
although spiritualism w?h growing, it was often
obliged to drag Its way along. lie "urged hla hear
ers to push on thi work. Sp ritualism was either
everything or nothing. If everything, an he be
lieved. every possible effort to advance It should be
made liy Its (Uncipies, if it was nothing, It WM the
most superb fruud known to all history.
"CBUMBS CF COMFOET."
Mr. Greeley's Private Secretary Dcaitl
the Story Relative to Mr. Held.
A reporter ol the Hebald called ou Mr. Whltelaif
Eeld, editor of the Tribune, to ascertain his con
struction of the story published In a morning paper,
which stated that Mr. Reld had written a certain
article In the Trltrune to which Mr. Oreeley had
written two disclaimers which Mr. Beid had pur*
posely left otit of the paper, and that this blow
killed Mr. Greeley.
Mr. Held said that he would take no notice of the
article and would make no statement as to Its as
sertions. Mr. O'Dwyer, Mr. areeley's private
secretary, who knew all the circumstances of the
affair, was atterwardM seen. He made the ap
pended statement. It snows that, while there
was a basis of truth in the article spoken of, the
facts hod been perverted in such a manner as to
be totally false.
MR. O'OWYKR'H STATEMENT.
When Mr. Greeley saw the article. "Crnmbs of
Comfort," be wrote u brief paragraph explaining
that the editor '(meaning himself) did not write It
and disclaiming Its general tenor. This he had
"set1' in minion, showing that be did not attach
much importance to the whole matter, and when
the proof of it was brought to him he drew two
strokes across It and wrote another paragraph, in
which he treated the matter with still less concern
than before. Calling his secretary he told him to
liave the fl"Ht set aside and the second paragraph
"set up" Instead. His secretary simply enclosed
both, without any remark, to Mr. Held,
as he was accustomed to do with every
article which Mr. Oreeley sent lor hla (Mr.
Keid's) consideration or to have amended
according as later news might warrant. When Mr.
Held received at night the two paragraphs he
wrote to Mr. Greeley saying that the matter which
ho (Mr. Greeley) had sent lor his consideration ho
would hold over until the morrow: that tho
papers approved of the article, but still be would
act as he might desire. Next day Mr. Greeley
expressed no wisn to have any reference
made lu tho TrVmne to tue article and expressed
his satisfaction with what Mr. Hold had done. It
Is said be came no mote to the offlce alter he wrote
the paragraph in question. This is grossly incor
rect. He wrf c there on Friday?the day after?the
article "Our woollen Industry'' Inserted Saturday,
the Sth, and came tlier.s again Monday, the day after
the Doston lire, and wrote two articles, which were
lU?erted. 'the brotherly Intimacy and warm affec
tion which always existed between him and Mr. Kied
were not interrupted for a moment. He always gave
Mr. Hied the widest discretion in regard to modi
fying Ills articles or leaving them out altogether,
and II an article was necisHarlly held over for
even a week he never lelt troubled about It. His
last act wus a glance of recognition toward him
and an effort to extend to him his almost pulseless
hand. Mr. Sinclair was perfectly familiar with the
facts at th'j time and coincided in Mr. Reid's
action, so did Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Greeley's brother
in-law.
[From the Star of To-day.]
TUe Fight Over the Body.
The death of Mr. Creeley seems to have lifted the
lid from the journalistic caldron, and out jump
the long-cooked enmities, prejudices and malice,
which for mouths or years have seethed in un
natural restraint. The feeling entertained by the
Sun corps to Mr. Whltelaw Reid, late editor and
present managing editor of the Tribune, is similar
to that felt by a free-b!oodod Apache for a neatly
painted Sioux, circumstances placed Mr. Keid in
the chair more ably filled by Mr. Dana, and thero
he was forced to exercise a somewhat arbitrary
policy in dealing with soma lf the gentle
men now associated with th')V Sun. Why or
wherefore the hate we know mV but there it is
bitter, relentless, cruel and savage,Vith a purpose
well defined and a plan not ta be deviated from.
Hardly had Mr. Greeley dropped Uls head upon his
pillow when the Bluiubering fire broke forth, and
the fiercest flaming* of the .vim sought to con
sume and ruiu Mr. Keul. It will be remembered
that the Tribune published some weeks since a
manly card Iroru Mr. Greeley, in wldcli he an*
' nounced his resumption of the editorial control.
On the same dav Mere appeared a jocose, rollick*
inn article entitled, "Crumbs of Com tort," which
put In comical phrase the laughable side of
a delcated candidate's relief troin the bore
dom of politlcul applications lor position.
Perhaps the severest standard or good taste
would have adjudged the uitlcle broad and undig
nified, but no one could read it and fall to catch
tlie point, laugh with the writer and be prepared
thcncelortlt lor the good-naluivd give-and-take,
for which the Trlbun< lias long lieen noted.
According to the nun nils article created great
indignation in democratic and republican circles,
aud gave Mr. Creeley a tlioak Irorn which he never
recovered. lie desired to disclaim its authorship,
and wrote two short ;u tides to that effect, which
Mr. Reid suppressed, thus adding to the detection
and melancholy already in the mastery of his mind.
. lu other words', it would appear irom the report
tliat Mr. Greeley begged the poor boon of explain
i lng that lie wus not the author or the "offensive
1 article," and that Mr. Reid cruelly and ungenerously
: reluscd him even that consolation.
i It seems to u.- there are two ways of looking at
this, uiiil in either Mr. Reid uppers entirely justi
fied by the facts.
1. There is no proof that the Sitn's assertions are
based on fact, so lui as Is known Mr. (Jreelcy may
have written the article or he may have approved
it, and no one in the Sun has shown or offered the
least evidence that lie ever desired a correction.
I 2. Whether lie wiote it or not lie was clearly non
eompos at the time, as the unhappy tacts since
obtained unfortunately prove. ir lie wrote the
article and desired to take it back it would liavo
been tolly In Mr. Iteid, knowing, as he did, his con
dition, to permit it. II he did not write it and tie
slred to have that fact known it was a matter of
discretion with the editor in charge, the editor
who represented Mr. Greeley suue and not Mr.
Creeley prosti ate, whether to yield acquiescence
; or rerusc it.
The Intimate, almost filial relations subsisting
bet ween Mr. Greeley and his lieutenants are well
Known. Implicit confidence and entire trust ruled
their daily Intercourse, and, wise or foolish, it is
very certain that (lie conduct of the puper was a
matter about which unfriendly discussions were
never had. It would be much more probable that
the Sun shonld pretend to reveal a scandal wholly
Imaginative than that Mr. Reid sliould insult,
annoy or offend the icclirigs of his chief.
The Worhi, too, sliows its hand and teeth in de
fence of Mr. Creeley Horn the ghoulish criticism of
the Times. The World has published several arti
cles In re Greeley. 'I tic Hist was very babyish and in
flicted a beery lamentation ou the public, for which
but few of the Initiated were prepared. Yesterday
it launched Into tli;* "iat-witted brutal Jeuuings"
and the "thrifty Joitcs," with sharpest lance and
heaviest bludgeon, aud in a second assault drew
blood freely in the most approved and scientific
manner. These Journalistic amenities over the
dead body of an associate are ruiher unsightly,
and the singular:) brutish demonstrations or the
Times liavo excited the disgust of every reader,
professional or lay. The generous tone of the
llEKAM) is in rich, marked aud Honorable contrast
to the vulgar tirade of the l'ost aud the orutal in
decencies of the Time* that none can lull to notice
it. Mr. (Jreelcy was a fighter In tils time, but he
never sought a triumph at the expense ot his better
natare, and would have scorned an udvautage
gained in discussions with the dead.
It is a nasty quarrel as it stands, and before the
Winter is over will lead to something besides jed
Ink.
ACTION OP THE ABCADIAN CLUB.
Resolutions of Regret and Respect?The
Members to Attend the Funeral of Mr.
Greeley In ? Body.
At a special meeting of the Executive Council of
the Arcadian Club, held yesterday, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted:?
Whereas the Arc adlau Ohib is again called upon to
mourn the loss of another leafier in American journalism,
and that within so brief a period aiu-r the demise ol the
pioneer journalist of Sew York, James Gordon Bennett;
thercloro _ ?
Resolved, That In tho death of Horace Oroeley, the
lounder ami editor of the N? w York Tribute, the members
or the Arcadian Club recognize, m common with their
fellow citizens, the necessity ol paving a proper tribute
lo the memory of a Howl, true and upright insn, and es
pecially deplore III* los* to a profession which his integ
rity still adherence to principles so steadfastly adorned.
Kt solved, That not ahme does journalism sustain a kiss
In lit!* death, but that, a* the dcteider ol the oppressed
and the friend of common humamtv, his taking off has
b< en a lose to Hit those who sympathize with the better
instincts of mankind.
Ilcsolved, That the Executive Council and the members
ol the Arcadian Club attend the itinera! id' the deeca-rd
in a body. II EN 11Y O. STKKH1SS, 1'resideuV
UkoncK W. Hows, Recording Secretary.
THE FEELING IH NEWARK.
The absorbing topic of discussion in Newark ever
since Saturday morning has been the melancholy
death of Horace Greeley. Thousands who but
yesterday, as It were, impoverished their
store or language In reviling aud abusing
one of the fathers of American journalism
arc now seemingly among the deepest
mourners. Pity and heartfelt sympathy is ex
pressed on ail sides, not only lor "poor Horace,"
but for the two poor girls who are now so terribly
reall/.lng the poetic axiom thai "misfortunes coin*
not singly, but lu battailous."