The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-19
SEWARD'S MEMORY.
Impressive Services Under the Aus
pieces Of the State Legislature.
ALBANY IN MOURNING.
An Imposing Procession of New
FORKS Dignitaries.
Brilliant Scene in the North Reformed
n Dutch Church at Albany.
!, A Great Audience Attest the Solcmnity Of the
Dead Statesman's Memorial.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS GRAFTON.
A Splendid Eul0gy on the Life and
Services Of VIM. H. Seward.
tHe Did Not Save the State Alone !;
He Saved the Nation"
MTTSTC. PRAYER AND PATRIOTISM
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS GRAFTON.
, A Splendid Eulogy on the Life and
Services of VIM. H. Seward.
Gle Did Not Save the State Alone ;
He Saved the Nation"
MUSIC, PRAYER AND PATRIOTISM

Slon was observed as one OF great Solemnlty by th
State authorities and as a day Of mourning by
1.-THE people generally. 1t was feared the nigh
previous that the rain storm which had raget
80 furiously all night might seriously inter
dere, II 1t continued during the day, witt
the arrangements made by the Legislature; but
although the sky was overcast the weather was
quite pleasant. The programme originally fixed
upon was, therefore, carried out faithfully to the
end. Flags were displayed at half-mast on all thu
hotels ana public buildings, and many private
residences were draped in mourning. All the
church bells were toled during an hour preceding
the beginning OF the services which fact of itsel
dent additional solemnity to the occasion.
THE TWO HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE
assembled in their respective chambers at half
past nine O'Clock The procession to the church
each member and officer wearing o badge OF
mOurning-started about half an hour afterwards.
The route was dswn State street. through East
Pearl to the church. The sidewalks along the line
fmarch were crowded with spectators. The fol.
lowing was
THE ORDER OF THE PROCESSION:
Platoon Of Police;
.''u'enAn' T TSs senate anu speaker
Clerks Of tn Th se %.ssm snS Assembly.
J s;I.d d SfdesIs Wv
The Mayor Recorder s.r,s, and Common Council
Members OF the Press
Officers OF the Senate and Assembly
THE CHURCH WAS REACHED
at hafpast ten O'Clock, and thanks to the excellent
arrangements Of the joint committee, under the
directions OF Senator Perry and Assemblyman
Clapp, 1t took but few minutes to seat everybody
comfortably. Although there were nearly two
= thousand persons present there was crushing
or confusion, and the best OF order prevailed
throughout. The Legislature and the invited
guests occupied the body of the church and the
galleries were reserved especially for the friends
OF the members OF both houses and were occupied
principally by ladies' The Governor the Lieuten
ant Governor, the Speaker, the Right Rev. Bishop
Cox and the pastor Of the church, the Rev. DR..
Clarke, and Charles Francis Adams, the orator Of
the day, had seats on the platform.
THE MUSICAL PART OF THE CEREMONIES
was under the direction Of Professor J. r. Thomas,
George w. Morgan presiding at the organ. After
the organ Introductory, How sleep'the brave, by
Rookie. twas beautifully rendered by the quartet
composed OF ]. r. Thomas, VIM. Mcdonald, II. r
Humphreys, W. II. Davis, all from New York. This
was followed by prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Clarke. The
1Dead March from Saul" was then given Organ
s0lo) by Mr.. Morgan, after which the Clerk Of the
Senate read the memoria resolutions OF the Legs-
iature. 1.-THE Trumpets Shall Sound" (solo) was
then sung by Mr.. Thomas At the close OF the solo
GOVERNOR DIX CAME FORWARD.
and, after briefly referring to the fact that q
quarter OF a century age, In the very church In
which the Legislature was then assembled, Mr..
Seward had delivereda memorial Grafton on John
Quincy Adams, the father OF the distinguished
gentleman who had been called upon to deliver
the memorial grafton on Mr.. Seward, introduced
Mr.. Adams. The latter Immediately arose. and
amid the profoundest attention began his Grafton.
He said:-
MIR. Adams Grafton.
FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
OF NEW YoRK-You have honored me 10y an invi-
tatien to perform duty, from the difficulty OF
which I shrink the closer approach IL. 1t is in
one Of the familiar dialogues reported BY the
philosopher Plato as having been held by Socrates
with his disciples that the question is gravey pre-
sented whether such union be possible
In one and the same individual as that
Of philosopher ana statesman. What
this combination Is admirhy rem
dered by the latest translator in these words: -
"A man in whom the power Of thought and action
Is perfectly balanced equal to the present, reach
Ing forward to the iuture." The conclusion drawn
rom that conversation was that such q person,
ruling in q constitutional State, had net yet been
seen. More than two thousand years have elapsed
OF the problem, with the added experience OF a
historic ecord embracing the lives OF sixty gen.
over the globe, is still to seek. Has there ever
been such a manS
Mr.. SEWARD'S RANK AMONG THE GkkAT.
Great men belong to one Of three classes. The
hrst and lowest sphere embraces only such as have
exercised their power for personal ends, with
little, II any, regard to the public good This type
Is called demagogue in q democracy. buch
man as Cleon OF Athens, stimulating the passions
OF the Athenans TO the massacre or the male pepu-
tation oil Mitylene. was only working for his own
influence, just as Ashley Cooper, Lord ShAtesDury,
stimulating the treacherous policy OF Charles III.
In Great Britain. This Is, then, the class which
works the fall Of nations
The second division includes those who, with
pure motives and equal capacity address them
selves TO the work OF maintaining the existing
state OF things as IL H. Their aim il TO reinforce
or this type would specify examples Cicero in
antiquity, Sir Robert Wapole Cardinal Mazarn.
Prince KaunitZ, in later times This Is the class
which sustains nations.
The third division consists OF those who posses
sing creative force, labor to advance the cond
tion OF their fell0w-men or such find a type in
Periclea in Gregory l., and In Cardinal Ncneieu
This Is the class which develops nations Measur-
Ing the life of William II. Seward by this scale,
nave ne scruple In enrolling his name In the
third and highest class In my mind bis case bears
analogy to that OF Pericles, with this difference,
that the sphere OF his action was one by the side
OF which that OF the other dwindles into nothing
CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
On this occasion II il not my design to follow the
common course OF purely chronoloRlca nara
tive. That work has been already well done oy
others VINO have preceded me. IL VIII sumce 70
state that Mr.. Seward was born with the century
and issued rom the college at schenectady at the
rye OF nineteen. Three years. passed In tue Gus
tonary probation OF a lawyers once, gave him his
profession and one year more found him married
From that moment he could hope to enlarge the
what he might out Of the intervals OF rest in
busy LIE. Hence 1t becomes proper to assume
that In the lust sense OF the word, Mr.. seward was
never lesTned maR. " the ard0r with winch ~