Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-19
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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,
"Sleep the Last Sleep" was rendered in
beautiful manner by quartette from
st. Francis Xavier's Church.
The Rev. E. 81. Chaplin then spoke as
! ollows:
One month ago, many who are now pres
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 contin-
ual surprise. l cannot attempt here to now
unfold the life or estimate the worth of
Horace Greeley. Such an attempt would on
one hand 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 be done, in the utterance of
some public memorial service, which will
demand and receive much wider hearing
than l can give it. To speak of Horace
Greeley's worth is unnecessary; it has al
| ready been done. There 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
artihcial rhetoric. Tney are genuine. The
tears are as freely shed to-day, by country fire.
| sides and in distant cities, as beneath the
shadowing drapery of this house, from
| which he is soon to go out forever. They
| sent the peoples thought, and are twined
about the peoples heart, bearing witness to
career of honest purpose. And why
this reverential regard for the men,
ory of Mr.. Greeley 2? 1t is not for
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
ton. 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 lovefor
humanity was inherent. He touched all sides
Of humanity, so to speak. The hundreds of
the crowd to take last look at that wern
countenance, were moved by no mere curl
| osity. They came there not to gaze upon
the face of the great Journalist or politician,
but because he had always been the poor
mans friend, the sympathetic companion of
|
their experiences and never forgot
their claims. All his public acts were di-
recteo by the same impulses, and it enlisted
him in the service of very many causes. Not
only did it inspire his lifelong war with op-
| preston, vice, and wickedness of every kind.
but it made him unspeakably generous. Per-
haps he erred on the side of mercy against
justice, but if man must err at all that is a
| good side to err on. Whatever may have
been the mistakes of him who lies dead be-
f0ra NO fhar rxyaC No rriSfo oil in, fha in
current of the principles whichcharacterized
his life, and therein is lesson for us also.
How faithfully he did his work and led
his life, it is superduous for me to say. 1t
was an eminently practical one. What
various interests of art, of labor, of educa-
ton, of temperance, of domestic policy, of
freedom, go mourning for him to-day
| WELDING the mighty power of the mightiest
engine of the times, placed in the editorial
chair that he was, it is no light thing to say
that however strongly some may think that
severely he used his pen as an instrument OF
his thoughts and principles, he never de-
based it as stimulus of impurity, or made
it the vehicle of single social wrong
While Horace Greeley had made many an
tagonists, he had few, if any, enemies. AND
may not, without violating any of the pro
prieties of this occasion, express my satisfac
ton that whilo political siao-onoas lay
| sealed within these enclosed lids, the high
est representative of the nation to-day here
| DOWS LIS utdu Ill lOHOF VI Lie bulHheI, Illt
worker, the patriot, and man.
| attempted applause, which Was sup
pressed.)
The address was followed by earnes
prayer, and another hymn, 'tAngels Eve
Bright and Fair"
The Rev. Mr.. Chaplin then pronounced
the benediction, and the choir sung ;
most beautiful and touching chant, 20
what is life?" after which the procession
moved down Fifth avenue, the polio
having previously cleared the roadwa.
from curb to curb.
No music was in the line. The proces
sion, as it slowly moved down the avenue
presented magnifcently imposing ap
pearance.
The door steps of all the houses alon,
the avenue, without exception, wer
thickly crowded. The windows an,
balconies were full, and the hotels, club
houses, and public buildings of all kind
presented sea of human faces. TIL
gathering was greater than the multitud
which welcomed the Grand Duke Alexis
or watched the funeral of Abraham Lin
coin. From DR.. Chapin's Church t.
Madison Square, distance of just mile
the avenue was nearly bloekaded. Oh
the outer edge of the sidewalk the crow
was huddled two and three deep, and o.
the walk within there was barely room
pass. In Madison Square and on tn
space before the Fifth Avenue Hotel, th
concourse was still greater.
All along Broadway, from Fourteent
street, through which the procession
. moved, to Hamilton Ferry, there was
dense mass of people. About Bowlin
Green, the Battery, and the ferry-house
: the crowd stood patiently waiting.
On the Brooklyn side, the same scene
were repeated. Along Union street t
Fourth avenue, and down the avenue t
the cemetery, stretched the wonderfr
double lines of watchers. At Greenwoo
, there was still more surprising sigh
, Here an enormous concourse had gathe
ed, standing about the entrance gate
and fringing the winding roads, and col
centrating about the open grave, so tht
the mourners, when they arrived, had th
greatest difficulty in following the hears,
About one hundred and twenty ca
riages followed the remains to Greer
wood. The body was deposited in NJ
Greeley's lot There were no ceremonie
of any kind further than laying the bod
in its last resting place.