Daily national Republican., 1865-10-31


With great regard, am yours, truly,
EpwN N. STANTON.
Col. ULRIo DAnLeREN.
A hne photograph Of tho deceased was
resting on a stand at the head Of the coffin.
At half past twelve O'Clock the body was
taken from the Council Chamber and con.
veyed to the church, the procession being
formed as follows:
THE ESCORT,
under command Of General George W. Gile,
V. R. G, consisting Of tho Eighth Hancock
Veteran volunteers, under Lieut.. Col. W.
Mank.
Dctachments of the Veteran Reserve Corps
composed of the following regiments: 7, 10,
IA, and IS, under Major George Bowers,
numbering about two hundred men; 1876
Pennsylvania and 2l4 Pennsylvania, under
Lieut.. Col. Bear, numbering about four hun
dred men.
Captain wASDs, A. A. A. General.
PAIL BEARERS,
consisting Of tho following named officers:
Brig. Gen. D. P. Dewitt, 10th V. r. G.
Brig Gen. D. B. McKibben, 2l4th Pa.
Brig. Gen. s. d. 0liphsnt, l4th V. R. G.
Col. J. W. Fisher, l95th Pa
Col. r. e. Johnston, 9th V. r. G.
Col. Charles Y. johnson, 18th V. R. G.
Col +. K. Fierce, 9Th u. S. w.
Col. John B. Calls, 7th G. R. C..
CORPSE.
Carried BY eight Sergednts.
Admiral Dahlgren and Son.
The President of the United States, with
Secretaries Stanton, Harlan and Welles, and
Attorney General Speed.
Tho Mayor Of Washington, and T. E. Lloyd,
Esq, President Of the Board Of Aldermen.
Officers of the Army and Navy, and friends
Of the deceased.
At twenty minutes past twelve o'clock the
procession entered tho Church, headed by
Capt. Wands, A. A. A. G., Department Of
Washington, when thel marine band, under
Professor Scala and Professor Hayden, at the
organ, executed dirge in an impressive and
excellent manner.
Tho corpse having been placed in front Of
the pulpit, the following order of exercises
was observed:
Invocation by Rev. E. D. Neill.
al heard voice from Heavsn''-Choir.
Reading seriptures-Iev. J. L. Graves.
Prayer.-Rev. DR.. Nadel.
"I Know that my Redsemer liyeth''-Ars.
Butts and choir.
SERMON OF Mr.. BBEcHKR.
Mr.. Beecher took his text from Acts TX,
part Of the 25th verse:
Neither count my life dear unto myself"
By nature what is dearsr to men than their
own lives? and yet this is true, that mans
life is that which is the least worthy In the
face Of his manhood. Be generous, have
purity, fidelity, truth, courage, kindness,
and magnanimity. These are the attributes
of true manhood.
Mr.. Beecher eloquently depicted the beau
ties Of the true life, and counseled the young
men Of this age to have noble aspirations and
perform noble deeds. In these constitute
true life. Many young men although living
were really dead, and they did not know it,
They think that life consists in lots, stocks,
houses, and worldly goods. They have been
taught secretly to believe in truth and JUS
tice, but never to speak 1t openly. They
were persuaded to consider interest inste d
of being living men. They attempt to seem,
and not to be, and so the tinsel is put in the
place Of gold.
It pleased God to give us deliverance and
to snatch from this terrible peril our young
men. / regard the civil war as having
blessed the nation in almost every oonoeiv-
{.
Rain is good for the roots Of trees, but blood
is good for the roots Of men. We have been
watered, and We have been profted by it,
The whole nation have been made to feel that
the war has not been war Of the Govern
ment, Il has been war Of the people.
For four years this nation stood stretching
out its hands saying, take our money, take
our children, but give US . country-a land
Of liberty and freedom. [Applause ] We
have learned to admire qualities which we
never had before. Our young men are hav-
ing new conceptions and will have new
future. Though there has been much cruelty
and intemperance, yet, in my judgment, the
moral state Of this nation has never been so
good as It is to-day. We will have better
times hereafter.
How many of our young men have faller,
who can estimate? Can one say how many
have laid down their lives unhesitatingly ,
Wait, those men were planted; they are yet
to come up, and you shall sec how glorious
the harvest shall bo. cannot bear to think
how many hundreds are heapod in unknown
graves over whom we shall place no tomb.
stone, but their memory will ever be held sa.
cred and dear in the hearts Of the American
people. There is world where there are nc
tombstones, but where all is glory and hap.
piness. Peace returns, but how many never
come back again? There is many an house.
hold whore no door will bo opened to welcome
back that loved son or father, whose lives
hayej been cut of in the morning of their days.
How many who have fallen; in the service
of their country whose name is trumpet to
make every one who staid at home be ashamed
every time the name is spoken! 1t is given
to men sometimes for one moment to stand
upon the mountain Of TRANSPORTATION, and
there for that moment to glow in all glory
and then to die. Go from end to end In
the north and ask is there a household in
which there is not now sorrow. The sadness
which naturally spreads itself over the minds
of men is alleviated when We come to
consider that we have gained by dying.
Thank God there were so many in this ma
tion who were willing to die. Their names
will ever bo remembered, as long as memory
holds place in the human being. Though
! deeply Sympathi1e with those who mourn,