The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-05

A1Vet tue huuEeaB OF Mr, BeeCnef
which continued but o few mo.
mentS, "Sleep the Last Sleep" was render
cd In beautiful manner BY by q quar-
tette from st. Francis Xaiviers Church
Rev. 3. q. Chaplin then spoke as fol
lows: zone month ago many who arr
now present. met in this place to expres
our sympathy with one who sat with pal
lid face and quivering lips, Q heart-strick
en- mourner over his wife. To-day as II
the freshness Of his quiet sorrow, himself
he Is to lie BY her side. The shadow o.
death through which he was then pass.
Ing has enveloped him. Such is the pro v
idence that checks all human oper,
ations, and makes life o continual
surprise. l cannot attempt here and
now 10 unfold the lie or estimate worth
OF Horace Greeley. Such an attempt
would on one hand be premature, and on
the other unnecessary; premature because
traits and lessons Of great life can but be
reviewed when the grief and excitemen,
have ceased. This work ought to be
done, and 1 trust will be done in the utter,
ance Of some public memorial service
which will demand and receive q much
wider hearing than I could give It; tc
speak OF Horace Greeley's worth is un-
necessary, because It has already been
done. There have been but few instances
in our history where expressions oil regret
and regard have been so spontaneous, SO
universal and so similar. These eulogies
that pour in SO thick and fast from every
part OF the land are not made up ol ar
tiicial rhetoric. They are genuine.
Tears are as freely shed to-day BY coun-
try fresides and in distant cities as they
are beneath tho shadowing drapery Of
this house from which be Is so soon to 90
out forever. They represent the invisible
sympathy OF the people and how their
hearts were twined about the deceased,
bearing witness 10 career of honest pur-
pose. Why this reverential regard tor
the memory Of Mr.. Greeley3 It Is moi
for his mere intellectual ability, large as II
was; It Is not because he was an high Off.
cial, for Horace Greeley held no official
station. The will Of the people, expressed
through the Electoral College today, de,
cided that he should hold no such station
The will Of God elects him to a place
from which 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 humanity was inherent. he touched
all sides Of humanity so to speak. The
hundreds OF poor, toil.worn men who yes,
terday pressed through the crowd 10 take
last look at that worn countenance were
moved by no mere curiosity. They came
there not 10 gSze upon the face of q great
journalist or politician, but because he
had always been the poor mans friend
the sympathetic champion OF the work,
ingman, who had struggled through theiI
experiences and never forgot their claims
All his public acts were directed by the
same impulses, and 1t enlisted him
in the service Of very many causes
Not only did it inspire lifelong war
with oppression, vice and wicked
ness Of every kind. but it made
him unspeakably generous. Perhaps he
erred on the side Of mercy against Justice
but il man must err, or whatever NAV
have been mistakes ot him who lies dead
before us, there Is no mistake in the main
current of principle which characterized
his life, and therein is lesson for Us; also
how faithfully he did his work and led
his life. 1t Is superfuous for me to say it
was an eminently practical one. What
various interests Of art, of labor, Of educa.
tion, of temperance, Of domestic life, poli
tics, OF freedom 60 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 nc
light thing to say that, however, strongly
some may think severely he used his per
as an instrument Of his thoughts, he never
debased it as q stimulus Of impurity, OF
made it vehicle Of asingle social wrong
While Horace Greeley had many antago.
nists he had tew, if any, enemies, and
may | not without violating any pro.
prieties Of this occasion, express my salts,
faction that while political differences Law
sealed within these enclosed lids. the
highest representative Of the Nation to.
day here bows his head in honor Of the
thinker, the worker, the patriot. "a mar
attempted applause, which was suppress.
ed]
The address was followed by an earnest
prayer and another hymn, angels ever
bright and fair"
Rev. Chaplin then pronounced the bene
diction and the choir sang most beauti.
tul and touching chant, 10, what is life.'
The procession, which started from DR.
Chapin's Church, en- route to Greenwood
Cemetery, was the most imposing funeral
procession both in point OF numbers, rep,
resentative persons and bodies, ever wit
messed in this city. The procession pass
ed down Fifth Avenue in the following
order, the police having previously clear
ed the roadway from curb to curb:
Mounted police, Broadway Squad, Super
intendent Kelso.
Mayor Hall, Inspectors Dilks and Wal
ling.
Fourth precinct police, Capt. Ullman, 10C
members.
Fire Department, under command O
Engineer Shay.
Rev. DIR. Pullman, officiating clergyman
at the grave.
Pail Bearers:
Chief Justice Chase, Senator Trumbull
Thurlow Weed, ]. Chamberlain, Rev.
Dr.. Bright, William Orton, D. W.
Bruce, Sinclair Tousey, Dudley 8.
Gregory, q. ]. johnson, Hon. W.
N. EVarts, John E. Williams,
Senator Fenton, Hon. .Erastus
Brooks, Robert Bonner,
r. N. Hoe, Peter G.
Baker, ]. G. Light.
l body, Chas. Storrs,
H. John R. Storrs.
~ Hearse.
Ida and Gabrielle Greeley and othe
| mourners in carriages,
The President of the limited Statna Viz,