Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-13

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Herald clubs were represented by ap-
propriate offerings. From the German
Greeley and Brown Club came an i'm
mense quill, wrought in the choicest
| flowers. One of the most remarkable of
camellias and white roses, with ground
SONS. This beautiful design was the gift
of the Tribune employees. Among the
most conspicuous offerings was a mag
nifcent floral tablet, three and half feet
wide, standing about six feet from the
| floor, and presenting the appearance OF
picture, supported by columns, of which
the frame consisted of violets and tea
rosebuds. The ground of the tablet was
formed of choicest white flowers, IN
scribed at the top with the words, 81
know that my Redeemer liveth." On the
reverse were the letters "H. g." and the
motto, -"fn memoriam." The inscrip-
tions were in red flowers. This tablet
was presented by the Tribune Associa-
ton" About the coffin itself were ar
ranged gifts of the choicest kind from
personal friends. The air was full of the
sweet breath of flowers. They were
thick under the foot which trod SO rever
emily as they bore him away. They filled
every available space with their beauty.
Among the significant emblems dis
played at the funeral was simple wreath
of dry leaves, with violets intertwined,
sent by Whitelaw Reid to the Misses
Greeley, with brief expression of SYM
pathy. The Misses Greeley with their
own hands bound the wreath about the
coffin of their father, as from one who to
the last had his confidence and love.
Thurlow Weed was pall-bearer, at his
own request. Dudley S. Gregory, also a
pail ll-bearer, was the man who loaned Mr..
Greeley the thousand dollars with which
he started the Tribune.
At twenty minutes past eleven o'clock
the procession entered the church. The
solemnity of the scene was most impress
sive. The stiffness was such that it seem
ed as though the people in the church
scarcely breathed. Prominent among
those who slowly wound their way up
the central aisle were Thurlow Weed,
William M. Evarts, Mayor Hall, with the
present Postmaster General Creswell,
General Dix, Ex-Governor Morgan, Gen
eral Sheridan, Governor Randolph, of
New Jersey, and a Committee from the
Union League Club.
Rev. DR.. Chaplin opened the ceremo-
nies by reading an appropriate selection
from the Scriptures. Miss Clara Louise
Kellogg next sang, very touchingly, II
Know that Ny Redeemer Liveth," after
which Henry Ward Beecher delivered
the funeral Grafton, speaking substantially
as follows:
When men have filed the household of
God with their presence, it is not surprising
that we miss them, when they leave us for
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present case going from us, and others are
being called upon by means Of heavenly i'm
pulse to take their places in the great cause
OF Gods truth. The occasion, my friends, is
a solemn and sublime one, and we forget the
strife and contest of the world, that strife
that separated US politically in the
affairs of the nation; and join in this meet
ing to weep over the remains of him who is
now in our presence, soon to be taken from
US, but whose memory shall live forever in
the annals of his country Who is this man
whom we are here to-day to commemorate!
the greatest controversy. He was man OF
war, and yet he died without civic honors,
private citizen. And yet we honor him, one
and all. The President of the United States
and his officers are here, and bow in silence
to the will of God in taking from us our
great brother. A little time ago, and we
were in the midst of fierce battle, with the
great dead the leader of one side, and yet he
now lies lifeless before us. 1t is because the
man was something more than professional
man-so good and noble that he had few
compeers. It is for these reasons that we
assemble here to mourn the loss OF Horace
Greeley.
For thirty years he puilt for himself no
outward monument, no estate; but here to-
day, between the oceans, there is not man
who has not felt the effects of the labors of
Horace Greeley. What matters it that, in the
conflict over political economy, he should
be upon one side and you on another l
say it is enough that he has given his life.
blood for the good and to the purposes o.
.nobler manhood. To-day we are all speak
ing kindly and sorrowfu1ly for him. Think
OF those conflicts in which you forgot hui
manity, out of which you have come, and
summon your charity now, you that have
been batting on the other side. After
long and tempestuous voyage, he has
reached shore, and angels will welcome him
to their outstretched arms. Let us hope
that, when we die, angels will open the
gates for us to the glory Of the Lord.
After the address of Mr.. Beecher,
which continued but few moments,
s'Sleep the Last Sleep was rendered in
a beautiful manner by quartette from
St. Francis Xavier's Church.
The Rev. e. III. Chaplin then spoke as
follows:
ent met in this place to express our sympa-
thy with one who sat with pallid face and
quivering lips, heart-stricken mourner
over his wife. To. day, as in the freshness
of his quiet sorrow himself, he is to lie by
her side. The shadow of death, through
which he was then passing has enveloped
him. Such is Providence, that checks all
human operations, and makes life a contin- |
ual surprise. / cannot attempt here to now
unfold the life or estimate the worth OF
Horace Greeley. Such an attempt would on
one hsnd be premature, and on the other
unnecessary. Premature because the traits |
and lessons of great life can but be
reviewed when the grief and excitement
have ceased. This work ought to be done,
and trust will bedone, in the utterance OF
some public memorial service, which will
demand and receive much wider hearing |
than can give it, 70 speak OF Horace
Greeley's worth is unnecessary; 1t has al
ready been done. Thera have been but few |
instances in our history where expressions
of regret and regard have been so spontane-
Gus, so universal, and so similar. These
eulogies that pour in so thick and fast from
every part of the land are not made up OF |
ntiticial rhetoric. Tney are genuine. The
tears are as freely shed to-day, by country ire
sides and in distant cities, as beneath the
shadowing drapery of this house, from
which he is soon to go out forever. They
represent no invisible sympathy, but repre-
sent the peoples tnougnt, anu are IWlneo
about the peoples heart, bearing witness to
a career of honest purpose. And why |
this reverential regard for the mem |
ory of Mr.. Greeley 1t is not for |
his mere intellectual ability, large and unde-
niable as it was. 1t was not because he was |
an high official, for Horace Greeley held no |
official station. The will of the people ex-
pressed through the Electoral College to-
day decides that he should hold no such sta
tion. To-day the will of God elects him to |
place from which all human ones look small |
and dim. Why is it, then? 1t is the mag
netism of simple goodness. Mr.. Greeley's |
heart was as large as his brain. His love for |