The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-02
DUST TO DUST !
FUNERAL OF GOV. BROUGH,
Impressive Religious Ser
vices.
STATE OFFICIALS In ATTEND.
ANOE.
COncOurSe Of Sorrow
ing People.
Appearance Of the Corpse.

with clouds which sent down, hardly with
out intermission during the day, floods of
rain. Nature sympsthized with man, and
put on sackcloth and bsthed the earth with
tears, in mourning the loss of the distin-
guished man whose mortal remains were to
be committed to the grave. Owing to the
forbidding state of the weather, the order
of exercises was somewhat varied, and
hundreds were not able to be in attendance
because of the impossibility of procuring
carriages. The city wore q solemn aspect,
and the streets were hushed. Flags at va.
rious points dropped at half-mast. Bust
ness was entirely suspended, out of respect
TO the memory of the deceased, About
half-past ten o'clock, Governor Charles
Anderson and staff, accompanied by the
following noted men of the State, took car
riagss and proceeded to the residence of the
late Governor, No. 80 Prospect street:
Hon. N. h. swsyne, U. s. Judge, Major
General ]. D. Cox, Judge ". B. Thran,
Judge Jacob Brinkerhof, Brigadier General
B. R. Cowen, Adjutant General; Colonel J.
T. Mercer, Assistant Adjutant General;
Colonel R. Burr, Q. N. General; Colonel
James A. Wilcox, Provost Marshal General;
Hon. G. Volney Dorsey, State Treasurer;
Hon. E. E. White, State School Commits
sioner; Hon. W. H. Smith, Secretary of
State; Brigadier General W. P. Richard
son, Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, Colonel
Royal Taylor, Colonel Ewing. DR.. Wm. E.
Awi, DR.. Jas. A. Williams, Lieutenant
Wallace, James Williams, Esq, CD. Wet
more, Esq, John Russell, Esq , W. G. Tar
ris, Esq, L. Curtis, Esq, s. s. staley, Esq.
D. C. Cox, Esq, H. ]. Cox, Esq, Gen. Joseph
H. Geiger, Cyrus H. strahl, Esq, WIN. H.
sheib, Esq.
This distinguished party was soon fol-
lowed by the Mayor of Cleveland, City
Council and other city officers, sll in car
riages. About half past eleven religious
services were commenced. They were con-
Quoted by several of the pastors ofthe City,
in the hall of the residence of the deceas-
ed. Rev. E S. Gillett, of the NJ. E. Church,
read a number of appropriate passages
from the Scriptures, after which Rev. NJ. A.
Hoge, of the Presbyterian Church, made
the following remarks, which were listened
to with profound attention by all present /:
ADDRESS OF REv. N. A. HoGE.
We stand to-day in the presence of Death,
that great l~eveller, who, by his impartial
stroke, teaches us the needful lesson of our
common humsnity-high and low, rich
and poor, pond sld free, and of our com
mon inheritance of q nature subject to
frailty and suffering.
In one view, this is but an ordinary
event, since every hour witnesses the de-
parture of one or m IRE of our fellow NOR
tails from the scenes of earth to those of an
untried world. And as Christians we bow
submissively to the decree which calls
away our friends, accepting the Apostles
solution of the mystery of death, that "by
one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin, and so death hath passed
upon all, for that all have sinned." Under
the government of the ALI Wise and in
dnitely just Ruler, the infection of the pen
atty is positive proof of guiltiness on the
part of the sufferer. Subsection to the
common lot of mortality is evidence also of
involvement in q common nature of sin.
Human tribunals may err in the infection
AcouiescfnS. tb5eeffefd5fhss, ID bniEHERget H il HHRst 5f Z
sentence, we find our comfort in the further
Apostolic revelation, that "as death hath
reigned by one, even 30 doth life reign BY
Oue-Jesus Christ" For the counterpolse
of this state of sin and disorder and suffer
ing, we look to a state of holiness and joy
to be revealed hereafter, when the Great
Restorer-who is the Resurrection and the
Life-shsll reign in righteousness forever.
But in another view, the occasion is one
Of more than ordinary interest. We bear
away to his burying to day, The honored
remains of the Chief Magistrate OF the
State. Remembering the Republican sim
plicity of his tastes and habits, it is with as
little of pomp and p~agesntry as may be;
vet the presence of this c%oncourse of people
and of these officials Of the State and Ma
ton attests the widespread relations ofthe
honored dead, personal n public, of
friendship and of duty. And The tribute
yielded is not only that given to personal
merit, but that with which a grateful ma
ton crowns official fidelity.
This is not the time for more than the
briefest hllusion to the public services of
Mr.. Brough. In former years he mingled
much in political life, and served his State
in offices of the greatest responsibility, and
always with such fidelity and success as to
secure the highest need of public approba-
ton. But it is the stand he SO promptly
took with regard to the great national crisis
through which we have just passed and the
devotion of his unusual powers of mind and
heart TO the work ofssying the country and
maintaining the integrity of the Union,
which have most endeared him to the
heart of The Nation. He was one of the
chosen instruments, in the hand of Provi-
dence, and one of the most efficient, t5o, in
winning the victory for the Nationalc cause.
1t is worthy of notice that those by whom
it has pleased God to lead us on to success,
have not been the men who, by special cul-
kr-o arI lauokTnn IN afoNaana n1iEa mr..
suits, seemed the best fitted for the under
taking, both in the civil sud the military
departments. They have been men for the
most part before unknown 10 fame, and pos
sessing but little of what the world would
call culture or greatness, but at the same
time men of unquestioned honesty, of the
purest patriotism, and of unconquersble,
sublime devotion to their country. You
may contend hat it is but the order Of ma
ture that stormy times, such as those we
have Just passed through, should at length
bring to the van of public aff1irs the men of
clear mind and strongwill and steady nerve,
and you may therefore discern no special
Providence in the setting forward of these
Men of the Times. 1t is true that strength,
skill and courage will usually in tn end
prevail. But does history show US that it
IS ordinarily the strength of the good that
holds the mastery in this world, rather than
that OF evil DID the french heVolut-On
bring to view, in the persons of Robespiere
and DantOn and their followers, such Ro-
man virtue and unselfsh patriotism rs have
been displayed in many oft leading men
of our day No. History teaches us that
a power of evil, and 9 skill of cunning and
craftiness, are often dominant in the world.
But our own national struggle has convinc-
cd US that q nations real security lies in 1.-THE
recognition of God, and that deliverance in
the day of evil is due to the protecting
shield of the Almighty. His providence
has furnished us with men who, though not
laying claim TO special piety, have not, at
least, Stunned TO recognize God as the Sow
ereign of Nations, and have feared openly
to confess the hand CT His power and grace
in the successes they have achieved. By
Gods ordering professed politicians have
been in a great measure set aside, and men
of the people, representing such republican
simplicity and honesty and reverence as
characterized the nation in its earlier days,
have been chosen as instruments of success,
and as opponents of the great principles
which underlie our system. In this whole
struggle God has taught US that integrity,
intelligence and religion must characterize
both rulers and people, if We would pre-
serve our institutions against the machIna-
tons of evil-minded men.
Mr.. Brough ives in intimate sympathy
with our lamented late President. In many
respects he was like-minded with that
good and great man. Honest, patriotic,
entertaining mistaken faith in the recti-
tude OF their cause, and in God who main
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