The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-12-13

ed. This work ought to be done
and I trust viii be done, in the utter
ance of some public memorial ser
vice which will demand and receiv
. mnch wider hearing than / cal
give it. To speak. Of Hor
ace Greeley's worth is unnec
lessary. It has already beel
done. There have been but few Ia
stances in our history where expires
sion of regret and regard have beer
spontaneous, SO universal aad simi
lar These eulogies that pour in Sc
thick and fast from every part Of The
land are not made up Of artificial
rhetoric. They are genuine. The
tears are as freely shed to-day BY
country fresides and in distant cit
les as beneath the shadowing drapery
of this house from which he is SO
soon to go out forever. They repre-
sent the peoples thought and are
twined about the peoples heart,
bearing witness to a career of honest
purpose. And why this reverential
regard for the memory Of Mr.. Gree
ley2 It is not for his mere intelIee-
ual ability, large and undeniable as
it was. 1t is not because he was an
high official, for Horace Greeley held
no official station. The will of the
people expressed through the EIee-
torial College to-day decides that he
should hold no such station. To-day
the will of God elects him to
place from which all human
ones look small and dim. Why is 1t
then2 1t is the magnetism of simple
goodness. Mr.. Greeley's heart was
as large as his brain. His love for
humanity was inherent. He touch
ed all sides of humanity, so to speak.
The hundreds of poor, toiI-worn
msn who yesterday pressed through
the crowd to take last look at that
worn countensnce were moved by no
mere curiosity. They came there
not to gaze upon the face of g great
journalist or politician, but because
ne had always been the poor mans
friend; the sympathetic champion of
The workingman who had struggled
through their experiences and never
forgot their claims. All his public
acts were directed by the same i'm
pulses, and it enlisted him in the
service Of very many causes. Not
only did it inspire his life long war
with oppression, vice and wicked |
less Of every kind, but it made him
lnspeakably generous. Perhaps he
srred on the side of mercy against
ustice, but if a man must err at all,
'hatis good side to err on. What |
sver may have been the mistakes of |
lim who lies dead before us, there
we're no mistakes in the main cur
'ent OF the principle which charac-
erized his life, and therein is les
Ion for us all.
How faithfully he did his work |
md lead his life, it is superhuous for
ne to say. Il was an eminently |
PRACTICAL one. What various inter
'st Of art, of labor, of education, of |
emperance, of domestic policy, Of |
reedOm, go mourning for him to-
lay. WELDING the mighty power
II the mightiest engine of the times,
'laced in the editorial chair that he
vas, it is no light thing to say that
lOwever strongly, some may think
everely, he used the pen as the in
trument Of his thoughts and princi-
les, he never debased it by impuri-
?, ar made it the vehicle Of q single
ocial wrong. While Horace Gree
sy had many antagonists he had few
'any enemies,and may I not without
iolating any Of the proprieties Of
his occasion express my satisfac-
ION that while political differences
e sealed within these enclosed lids
he highest representative Of the ma
Ion to-day here bows his head in
onor ofthe thinker, the worker, the
atriot and man. Attempted ap-
lause, which was suppressed.
The address was followed BY an
nrnest prayer and another hymn,
ever bright and fair" Rev.
Ir. Chaplin then pronounced the
and the choir sang q
lost beautiful and touching chant
D, what is life?'
LEAv- ne THE CHURCH
The procession that started from
r. Chapin's church en- route to
reenwood cemetery was the most
nposing funeral procession, both in
pint Of numbers, representative
srsons and bodies, ever witnessed
this city. The line of the route,
OWN Fifth avenue to Fourteenth
rect, and down Broadway to South
erry, was lined with not fewer than ,
ne hundred thousand persons.
arge numbers of stores and public ,
lildings were draped in mourning.
he following gentlemen were pail !
carers: Chief Justice Chase. Sen
or Trumbull, Thurlow Weed, j. =
hamberlin, Rev. D. Bright, Vim :
rton, D. W. Bruce, Sinclair Tousey, ,
udley S. Gregory, II. ]. johnson, ,
on. VIM. N. Evarts, Jno. E. vii :
inns, Senator FentOn. Hon. Erastus :
rocks, Robt. Bonner, R. NJ. Hoe, !
ster c. Baker, j. G. Lightbody, ,
has. Storrs, John R. Stcrrs. The ,
ocession was headed by Mayor J,
all and Superintendent of Police on
OF. Carriages were driven three
reast and extended four squares.
Grant and Vice President
,lfax rode in an open carriage fol
wing close to the hearse. Shortly !
Ter three o'clock the procession
ached South Ferry. After arrival /
the ferry Presidant Grant and !;
natOr Wilson returned and passed
} Broadway to their hotel. T
About one hundred and twenty :
rriages followed the remains to :
The body was depos- +
ID in Mrs. Greeley's Let. There
re no ceremonies of any kind fur &
er than laying the body in its last !
sting place, !