Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-19

Mr.. President: rise, at this time, to dischare
q sad, yet plensurable duty.
! Yesterday afternoon, in company with a larg
number of sympathizing friends, | attended th
funeral obsequies of departed friend and broth
Ellis Gray LOring, in the Church of the Diciple
In this city. The services were highly nppropri
ate and impressive. After everything had beer
said by Rev. James Freeman Clarke, that needed
! to be said, in mer'ted praise Of the deceased
" hose remains were before US, ready to be convey
ed to the shelterihg tomb, an invitation was kind
ly extended by him to any in the audience wht
desired to say anything more, to do so. Their
were many present whose hearts were overhuwiny
with emotion, add who would have found no lacl
oe words to give expression TO their feelings bu
after the additional tribute paid to the character
our departed brother t5 Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr.
"A tribute full of pathos and beatty, as well &:
eminently just nothing more seemed called for
and so, for one, | was silent. Yet here, on the
platform of the New England Anti-s,avery Con.
vention, where our friend, az the earliest perioe,
was wont to take his stand, II seems not only de-
sirable but duty. that we should say at least q
few words, by way of giving him parting trib-
ute Of respect love and gratitude.
In the first place. if it were in my powtt, by
anything could say, would like to tighten the
load Of sorrow which must be resting upon the
hearts Of the beloved wife and only child who
have been so suddenly bereit of the one nearest
and dearest in all the world to them. l rejoice to
hear, however, that they are sustained under this
great bereavement by Divine power, which
makes their strength equal to their day; that
through tho gloom that surrounds them, they
catch glimpses of the heavenly light ; and hence
nothing is needed, on the part Of any of ue, to
make them feel that God has done all things we'll
1t may SAVIOR something of personal egotism, if
| refer to my early acquaintance with Mr.. Loring;
but do SO on his account, not on my own. Twen.
y.seven years ago, became acquainted with him,
then standing, as | did, solitary aid friendless,
in my advocacy of the cause Of the suffering and
the dumb, b,'-scarcely knowing where TO find n
friendly hand, or hearing, in any direction, a
friendly voice. In that hour. my departed friend
till then stranger to me, came forward and gave
me his hand, and his heart in his hand, gave me
his warm and cordial support, t,-bade me God speed
in the movement for the emancipation of those in
bondage, and from that hour until the day of his
death, was q fast, firm, and attached friend. His
position, at that time, one full of temptation
to induce HIM to ignore so unpopular and despised
an enterprise. Like myself, he was young nan,
but full of promise, looking to professional life for
success and fame, and occupying highly respecta-
ble position in society. Moreover, he was consti.
fitted rather for retirement than for any
public controversy; a man Of extreme modesty,
always unnecessarily distrusting his own powers
as public speaker instinctively shrinking from
and wishing to do what he could, in
his own quiet way, without attracting to himself
any special attention. He was made up of the
finest elements of eharacter-full of womanly ten.
derness, delicacy, and refinement Of soul. Yet,
under all these circumstances, with much at
hazard he dared, with rare moral heroism to stand
in his lot, when the boldest were afraid, and pub
licly to declare, Il am for immediate and uncondi
tional emancipation, and was ready to take the
of the declaration.
1t is impossible for me to tell you the value of
Jsb;,, sot hat mp dc
now, would be as dust in the balance in compari'
son; for now, our cause spreads over the whole
North; we count its friends and advocates by tens
of thousands; every where it is marching on, con-
quering and to conquer; 10y and by. and at no
distant day il will not only be easy, but popular
to be an Abotionist and then there will be no
special virtue or moral herosm in such p<ofes
sion.
Mr.. Loring was an early subscriber to the Lib.
orator, and helped to insure its continuance-al-
lowing his name, up to the last number to appear,
from week to week, as one Of its Financial COM
thus never shrinking from public
identification with it, though doubtless finding
in its colums things objection.
able as matter of taste or sound judgement.
But its fidelity to the Anti-Slavery cause ever COM
manded his respect, and secured his warinest ap-
probation.
lie was one Of the little band who assembled,
IN the evening of January 1st, 1884, in the yes.
nv of the colored Church in Belknap Street, to
consider the expediency of organizing New
sn gland Anti Slavery Society. 1t was a memo
able occasion to those who were present. After a
ery full and free interchange of sentiment, we
ound ourselves divided in opnion-alas too few
o be divided against itself. The Constitution
hat was submitted for adoption contained the
doctrine of immediate emancipation, as the one
o be set forth and proclaimed in the hearing OF
he nation. Among those who deemed it at least |
nwise to insert the word Immediate before
was our amented friend; not, as
remember that he objected to it on principle,
at rather because he thought, if it were omitted.
Ye could go on quite efficiently, and induce
,any more to join our standard than We should
therwlse be able to secure; so that, on that oc.
aston. he was not prepared to become member
the Society. without further deliberation. But
lmost Immediately, his good sense, aud great
and sympathy for the slave
anne TO the rescue, and he saw that immedidfeism
as the very sheet.anchor Of the cause and that
itbout it, nothing could be done towards bring
,g this nation to repentance. or emancipating
loce in bondage; and from that hour he became
ne Of the most conspicuous and most valuable
embers Of the Society. lss