The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-27
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The report was unanimously adopted, and the
same committee was authorized to eomplets tne M
purchase and turn oyer the charge OF the iots 70
the committee on charity. >-5l...s
on the 9th or March, 1859, the committee re-
ported that, the purchase OF the lots mad Deen
concluded, and that they would be enclosed with
The committee also submitted q plan for a
monument. Itwas ~
& Resolved, Tnat the committee on charity be
authorized Co mature g plan and furnish an estl.5
mate Of the cost or q suitable monument, and Ia
report at the next meeting.
June 2, 1870 the com mittee on charity sub.
mitted al plan for monument to be erected IN
Magnolia Cemetery lots; also, letter from the
Plummer Granite Company bearing on the cost.
On motion OF Mr.. Richards'is was
Reso.red, That the subject Of the monument be
referred to the committee ol charity, with Ioll
power to act as in their Judgment seemed best.
The ;totalcost OF the lUts end monument, with
other incidental expenses connected with the
same, will not exceed two thousand dollars
first the tae SeS BODY Of Mr. Esward Norris
o ssrnnserr bern RgEessor1a, Long Is1sI5s suy :;
1859, who died In Charleston, Lay IL; 1870; and
again to receive into its bosom the BODY Oh Dr.
John T. Cole, son or Rev. Jonathan J. e. Z. Cole,
OF NewburypOrt, Mass. who died OF Consumption
in the City OF Charleston en- January 3. is7i' agea
The duties assigned to the committee are now
about to terminate.
Mr. President and gentlemen OF the New Eng,
land Society, here Is your cemetery.eneioSea
mouth ROCK. upon which our forefathers frst.
landed on this Western shore.
There win stand your monument as Boon as
you deposit in Its foundation this jar, conta,a.ng
a COPY OF the constitution and names olth Ionn'
ders and members OF the New England Soclety,
and other relics, with the newspapers OF tae osy.
A granite column win surmount this pase. AZ
this entrance the n. E. S. will inform tne Vislsor
that this is tke nal resting place, IN south caro-
lima, OF indigent and unfortunate New England
ers and their descendants, who die here In
strange land. but not among Btrangere.
lsocfs' Of that band or Kind hearts and noble
spirits, sons OF New Eng.and, that assembled 10
this City or Charles ION on. 19thJanu A. D.
1919 for the twe.f0ld purpose OF Keeping aEEe ID
their minds the Of .1e an9 an o a ser
fathers. Another, 8 higher object With them,
was to organize an efficient system OF renel lor
such Of the SONS Of New England as might be ar
rested the hand Of or cnn o. Se1uIy
sentiments, directed to the same great END. the
different elements Of which onr society Is com.
posed harmonize 10. produce one noble result
And the steady increase OF our numbers. tne cor,
that In emulating the example or our Pilgrim
fathers In all things good, we follow them not
.when leading to narrow and sectional conciu-
sions. ltsf.2
I'M that first assembly we find recorded the
names OF Nathaniel Russell, Joseph Winthrop,
Doddrige Cfocker, David W. Leland. AS Willing.
ton, B. F. Dunkin and others Of q kindred spirit.
or that noble band Of gentlemen. In the provi.
dence of Almighty God, but one remains to Wit
ness the triumphant progress OF the. institution
which they first put into operation. "Deatn mas
been busy among them; Time has laid his hand
on one after another OF the group, and they have
gradually fallen asleep and rested from their good
works below"
Sir, we are permitted this day to see in our
midst on this Interesting occasion, the only sur.
viyipg patriarch OF that band OF intelligence and
purity which brought this society into existence
hon. Benjamin Fanuel Notwithstanding here as
he does, on the confines OF two worlds, the natiy.
representative OF New England and Sou'h Caro-.
lna's representative as the learned urist and up.
right Judge of his adopted State.
The State Of his adoption honoTed him with
the mantle OF her chief justice, and by the purity
OF his legal and Christisn life he has brilliantly
reslected back that honor, by preserving his IN.
tegrIty and the ermine OF his mantle untarnish.
ed. without spot or blemish South Carolina
cIaimshim az her son, In whom there is no gulem
Mr. President In behalf Of my colleagues, have
the honor 10 tender for your acceptance, as the
representative head OF the New England Society,
this cemetery and its monument. May It last as
long as time, and when 1t shall crunble away
amidst the "crash OF worlds" may the kindred
dust of those it represent be terminated and
ascend amongst the redeemed Of she Eternal
World. A. q. HAYDEN,
ID. F. FLEdIEG,
G. r. BREWSTER,
E. w. EDGERToS,
L. T. POTTER,
JAMES r. REID,
ROBERT LEBBY, M. D.
The Hon. James B. Campbell president Of the
society, on receiving charge Of the monument
for the soc,ety seid that. in the naCe OF the so.