, 1869-02-21
ERNEST: JONES.
Ednund neals.,. 0Fasloa aS'tho Grav'
Of tbs Deceased IA xor41tr.


requested to address you few words On the
present occasion-a request thai could not
hnd Ii ia my heart 10 decline to comply with;
But III had consulted nT own feenn2s
should have remained quiet, under TIC In,
preston That when the Almighty N His viii
Eas taken from rs = dcaz friend In The fuiness
oi h!s power, his capacity. and bis strength,
the best testimony of our feelings u terefent
te.pect and silence, leaving HIM. as II were,
alone In hls glory, with his God. ho"ese!
much our oKn hearts may thfillinxls rcspoud
to the beautiful words that We have just beea
listening to. Death has no sting and the
erave no Victory over lin who sacrificed
himself for the good Ct Gthefs- And also
should have been silent uLdet The cons.c-
tlon that no words Of mine could do Justice
to him who had been taken from amongst
us- HE could only himself Aith his own
ferv1d eloqueace and decp p.thos, hare done
Justice to himself. Nor could any Words OF
mine, / am coLyfnced, imprint lac memory
Of Esues. Jorei mare deeply upon the minds
and hearts and souls Gt the men OF Manchester
ttau 1t Is smpriaicd at this moment; fueA,,
heat-1 It has been said We should SPEAK
no.lio. Of lie dead but what u good. IT.
has teen ka!d on the contrary IL others,
"Ercak Of tho dead nothing but what "a
true, whether |. be good or bad-' Well, IN
this case We ean obcy-I can from my heart
ohey-hoth 81. .ings. have nothing hns THAI
which Is guod 10 speak Of Ernest Jo2es, aaa
shunld speak ali tlat Is good, 1cansaJ moth
| Ing but Whist is deeply t!ue. In him Eng
| land has lost ons Ct her tfuest and puTcSt-
/ Eea1ted pa,r;.,ts. [siras.l The men Of Great
| Britain and 11elaed hare lost one Of their
fsmest, Iuess, met .1lthiul and Most con-
| s11r friends 1hs cause Of freedom acd Of
progress throughout al the world has lost
onr Of it, most eloquent and und.unted
| champions. Hear, hear. In him you had
| combined TIE c1lAii{on Of the scholar, the
grplus Of the poet, the feEyid elequencs oftha
| orator, and the courageous soul md trvld
spirit Of the und2uated patriot whom no per.
his principles, WhiAt no temptation o.
t6featened loss Of fortune could tempt
| was the same from the beginning to
the cid. His lile was . lie OF beauu-
h,l consistency; ae VA ne eazae when, n
German home OF Els childhood, and N.
found in the depths Of the Black Forest,
| ptoddiny h,. way 10 help the Poles in theli
struggle for liberty. liz WAS the same when
in the streog. Of hls manhood, and aiter ht
lad becn-to the eternal dis91 acc Of the GOV.
| c1uEsnt that then ed.ted--petsecutedf for hi,
political opinions. and con.igued to tn
depths Of = solitary dungeon, wlthot psn, ipl
or paper, be wrote poem With his pWn blood
to sokce his solitude and feed tho aamt 0
LIS undJing genius. He ~. The eauae agai.
ssh a, na s5s! hi a1 5 5ayi1s .,ns sRsa .n' n'
| AUbA VI +A4k CE4l AVA DAtAAE49 AAl
l suffering. Re WAS carried to the hospital, ant
offered his freedom Il be would abandon hi
political principles, and he refused tic 9fer
prtIctrinl nlarlyTdom to dishonor. ae va
the tasue when, In later geArs, ever ready, n
opportunity offered, to raise the b1nucr OF 70
boring with Us OF the Reform LA&gnh TO sdvo
cate with his matches eloqnenee befor
hosts Of his ENTHUSIASTIC couatryman thoe
principles which have KtYen us goTctnmcn
The most favorable to freedom and prog1cs
which We have ever lno*h in this country
ue Was the eame from the bess!ning TO th
end. We may hare feeling Of sad regret 10
| tac moment thAt.he wAa takEu from amonEs
| Us even At the very time when You, the me-
Of Nancheatcr, by the result Of a
Important ballot, EsEe strong tessi
mouy a1 TO how you appreciated bis virtue
hoped to haze .crn him and 70 have hear,
him within tho walls OF Parliament Eiyin,
! uttcra1ce to those principles for the genera
| welfare OF hla country and the human sacc
which he had 30 ably aud 80 boldly Adyo
cated beiorr enthusiastic hosts Of his couu
NC must femcmbcr that, whilst We survivor
raaJ deeply feel bis loss, he had done hi
work For, II we are now = very dint1ro
uAtion from what We were even twrut
I | Year. aSo-if we cannot have such thing
done ~ were done 10 Mr. Ernest Jpnca i
, / 44sA
that ue ue indebted fot wha. We no,
possesa. [uear, hear It Was sat
that when Cir, John Elliott WAS d.
,, ing by inches IN tho cell 70 whic
. the tyr1nt Charles had oondssed him, .ha
! he VAS the nobtest coniessor for polite.
freedom IN thI. country. MJ fdcnds 20
!, | have had nobla coutessor of political fres
. ] dom pscseat amongst you-oulF lx{el]
!. through th4 will Of The great God, take
from amongst ua, but - havs 4 peftet
Ch1suan conviction TO Kloriou, inherltane
thai ID ever prrserTea Tor those who lire f
the u.lfase Of others. For tha great n
! good be has left Eoblc example behind hlu
, ! Though he is dead be silll lives EHea
hear He uyes In the memory Of \
! thfunchout the length And breadth Of Gre;
> Britain and lrc1snd who loved honesty n
/ freedom, add be lives In the memory u =
, throughout tia world who could aAmA
the undau1sed patriotism and the 6rulA
uyss amongst Us to bid those who adui
hin GO and do lkcvise-" [aear, heaF.l