New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-05
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIErY.

Tuero ny evening at the NewYo,k Unversty The Hon.
LUTHER BRAnISH in the chair aud u large nu'nber Of
meu.beis present
on THF DEATH DIR KANE.
Arer the presentation Of the usual reports, an the
of his monthly report TIE Domestic C)r'esp md
ing Secretary, the Rev. DR.. OsGooD, said: have to
record the death of that heroic nsvi5scr and truthful
aid stirring historian Elisha Kent sue, and 10 re4
ton to thai sad event submit the following resolutions
ResOed That this Society has leaned with deep regret Of
the dsih DR.. Elisha Kent Ksn- aud ih. we a. hershy
instructive historian and patriotic and humane
Red That the Art Committee Of this soce, be requested
risi OF Dr. Kare Tor our Art Gallery.
Roed 1bss copy Of these e'oouin' he transmitted 70
DR. OsoooD said that the works OF DR.. X ane on Arc
Tic research had taken deep hold upon the public
mind. This brave and talented vGstor had attained
IN hs career the most exalted humanity exhibited
by any Ap@iosn. His fame would live As long a. the
language and bis memory ever be revered by hls
grateful countTyrnen.
Mr. FREpERIcK DR PEYsrER said: When Roman
audience heard the words Homo SUN. humsui nhil
a ne alienum puto Il sm a man. and nothing ths.
concerns a man do deem matter OF indifference 10
met is said that they arose and the theser resounded
with applause Of the noble ns 1presse II these
wclds OF TIE poet. This expression made by PEP
pie whose Temple Of Janus was only for the third inns
shut after lapse Of soven centuries and halt Hap
pity has Virgil described tie results when its brs1en
gaies were opened. give the translation, which does
Lot convey the force OF the original lines:
Here, when the Father. have 2Id.n,d to ~
The consul rich 10 his GGbinian gown
And resSl pail lesls the procession on;
The sounding hinges srsvely turn shout
Rouseh tn imprsond god aud lets the FEtie cut
If people, whose pugaacious qualities a.,ested
b. THEN httorans, could thus applaud sentiment
which Christianity ucucses and procalms as 70 great
precept-" On earth peace. good will toward mon
how much more Is the practical Illustration OF thus
great principle appreciated, when as good resaHS are
exhibited before our own eyes, and their influence
manifested in our own hearts. The fats of Sr John
Franklin officers end cIew-lcst in their attempt TO
solve the Polar querton-w@ unknown; and they
supposed 10 be Imprisoned amid the icy regions,
Of which the glacier and the iceberg the monu-
ments erected by countless age. These gallant sea.
men were citizens Of another land, but OF Kindred
speech and blood and fIuitess hs been the endeayor
10 rescue them nom their dread aboce. Being men.
humanity awskeLed in the heart, Of our people an
earnest effort 10 save them If alive. or to
solve The mystery in which they were developed
Then il was ths, fellow towr OF ours, inpeed
by the nstincts of generous heart e1erlsd his
influence aud by liberal contributions caused eIps-
dion 10 dtpsrt with the aid OF our government and
under the hsg Of the Union, in order 10 rescue ii
possible these long lost men. Nobly was he seconded
by that highly gift and accomplished officer the life
and soul OF the exp diton, whose decease the
whole civilized world will mourn the tdiogs OF his
de a,h spread over land snd sea- i scknowedg that
when / read the following inscription on the vsss
which will be assured by the descendants Of the re-
opient as proud memento OF their philanthropic
u stOTl:
Presented BY the British eoysrnmss. in token Of ther
.rcere gratitude and t. Henry Ornne OF New
Ych through whcse exert ns and munneenc the Anencaa
Arctic Exrdiion search Of Sir John franklin scc and
crew was undertaken and earned into execution
say, when resd this expression OF the ssntiments
Of great snd leading nstioD toward an American Gill
Zen. who, Republican ss Re Is, gave rs hin- my
heart responded 10 tie feelings which these sentiments
vskened and like the Roman, when he eVin'ed his
appreciation Of the exclamation in the play above re-
Tered 70, could have risen TO my FEET and IN me
spirit OF that Romsn audience spplsuded the nools-
hearted GrDnelL The world will never forget that Ne
net Indifferent TO the sun, rings OF his fellow men
Al his name will be forever enrolled among the pull
anthropis;s who dignity and sdorn common natare
Permit me here to add fe< words 10 memory OF
him. whose remains are row their way to their haa
resting place, whom the nation mo1rns az oDe OF its
most gifted cons lest to earh VIC hope bat TO enter
the mansions Of the Savior, IN whom he put his trlt
Not By the iunpbs Of the sword nor BY the splendoS
of wsiks tIpiots, whose trophies are sornki,d with
,be blood Of tbs sisin and wet with the tear Of the
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