Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-02-18
The Close OF Mr.. winthrops's Pea
body Grafton.

The eloquent grafton of Robt. G.
Winthrop at the funeral of Mr.. Pea
body closed as follows:
And so bid farewell to thee, brave,
honest, noble-hearted friend The vii
lage of thy birth, weeps to-day, forone
who never caused her pain before. The
"Flower of Essex - Is gathered at thy
grave. Massachusetts, mourns thee as
a son who has given new lnstre to her
historic page and Maine not unmind-
full of her joint inheritance in the ear
lier glories of the parent State, has
opened her noblest harbor, and draped
her municipal hills with richest sadest
robes to do honor to thy remains
New England, from mountain top to
furthest cape, Is IN sympathy with the
scene, and feels the fitness that the hal
lowed memories of "Leydenn and
Plymouthn--th refuge and the rock
of her Pilgrim Fathers-should be as
sociated with thy obsequies. The great
and glorious nation, in all its restored
and vindicated union, partakes the
pride of thy life and the sorrow of thy
| loss.
In hundreds of schools in the desola-
| ted South, the children, even now, are
| chanting thy requiem and weaving
|
dreds of comfortable homes, provided
by thy bounty, the poor of the grand
| est city of the world. are breathing bless
| ings on thy memory. The prOudest
shrine of Old England has unlocked its
consecrated vaults for thy repose- The
bravest shipof anavy, "whose march is
| DER the mountain waves, whose home Is
| on the deep,n has borne thee a conque-
ror TO thy chosen rest; and as it pass
ed from isle to isle, and from sea to sea,
in a circumnavigation almost as wide
as thy own charity, has given new
Significance TO the memorable saying
of the great funeral orator of antiquity
OF illustrious men, the whole earth
is the sepulchre and not only does the
inscription upon columns in their own
land point 1t out, but in that also
which is not their own, there dwells
l'with every one an unwritten memo
rial of the hearth And now, around
fthee, are assembled, not only the sur
viving schoolmates and old compaioni
fof thy youth, and neighbors ant
, friends of thy rnaturer years, but vota
ries of science, ornaments OF literature
heads of universities and academies
: foremost men of commerce and tn
arts, ministers of the Gospel, delegate
2 from distant States, and rulers of tn,
! own State, all eager to unite in payinl
! such homage TO IA career of grand bu
I simple beneficence as neither rank no
!, fortune, nor learning, nor genius coul
z ever have commanded. Chiefs of tn
! Republic, representatives of royalty
! are not absent from thy bier. Moth
e ing is wanting 10 give emphasis TO tn
T example. Nothing Is wanting 10 fl
! up the measure of thy fame. But wha
:, earthly honor-what accumulation {
o earthly honors7-shall compare for
e moment with the supreme hope am
: trust which we all humbly and devou
a ly cherish at this hour, that when th
:. struggles and the victories, the panl
i and the pageants, of time shall all |
Al ended, and the great awards of etern
, ty shall be made up, thou mayest
found among those who are moi
n than conqueron, through Him WI
D loved usp
Re And so we bid thee farewell, BRAY
le honest, noble hearted Friend Of MAJ
n kind