Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-13
SALMON P. CHASE
Earth to Earth and Dust to Dust.
Funeral Services at Washington
In the Senate Chamber.

In the Senate Chamber.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The Senate
Chamber was hung in black, the doorways
and gallery in the rear of the Vice Presi'
dents chair being heavily drsped, SIS were
also the entrances to the Cham 4er. The
galleries were densely filed with spectators
and hundred of persons were unable to OBJ
tain entrance. The floor OF the Senate was
reserved for specifically named officers.
Among these were full representation of
the 70 -eign Legation, several members of
Congress, Senators Cssserly, Cameron and
others. Reverdy johnson was conspicu'
Gus in the assemblage, being one of the
Oldest and most intimate friends OF the de-
ceased. Seats were also occupied by the
judges of the United States, Court of
Claims and of the Territorial Courts and
officers of the Department of Justice.
At noon the Rev. DR.. Tiffany entered
recitipg the funeral services, and accom-
danied by the pail bearers, among whom
were Montgomery Blair, Whitelaw Reid and
w. w. CocoraD. The casket, covered with
flowers, was next brought into the chamber
by the colored servants of the Supreme
Court, and placed upon cstafalque in the
area fronting the secretary's desk, which
was strewn with floral wreaths, crosses, an
chors, ETC., a large cross from New York
being placed on the Vice Presidents desk.
Next entered President Grant, Secretaries
Fish and Richardson, Robson, Delano, At
torney General Williams, and Postmaster
General Cresswell, accompanied by the
ladies of their respective households, and
the immediate relatives of the deceased fol
lowed by their colored servants male and
Ill ~, rnOY1rninn Tho minis
ter concluded his reading by the time the
assembly was seated. Rev. Mr.. Clsaveland
read a passage faom the Scripture, when
Rev. B. Peyton Brown delivered prayer,
sitter which Rev. Mr.. Tiffany dNlivered
The Funeral Sermon.
he said prince and great man had fal-
len. The late Chief Justice was compe-
tent for the mastery of details, being re-
markably tenacious of their conclusions, as
were most men who arrive at results from
logic rather than from intention. Selected
by President Lincoln as Secretary of the
Treasury, it became his duty to furnish the
sinews of war. An empty treasury meant
no supplies, DO transportation, no bounties,
no soldiers, no success. He did not come %
the post without special training. By his
exertions and skill, an empty treasury was
filed, the armies clothed and vast expenses
paid during a protracted civil war. The
Importance of his work in this department
could not be overestimated. After the war
was over, although the Constitution was
strained in consequence Of the peril OF the
nations life, he afterwards sat on and passed
Judgment on some of his own official acts
as Secretary of The Treasury. Dispensing
thousands of millions of dollars, no one
ever accused him of wrong, and he went out
of that office poorer man than he was
when he assumed It's duties.
The minister then read an extract from
letter written b. Chase on the subject of
the Presidency, in which he said he did not
desire the Presidency, or nomination, nor
did he know, with his views and convic-
tions, whether he was a suitable candidate.
The minister remarked that an impression
prevailed that Chase was a disappointed
politician. It was uDdeniable that no man
saw in his acts indications of querulousness
and bitterness, but Their opposite. Great
among men, but as child before his father
in heaven. Remembering his life and sud-
len Gecease, may we not deyoutly pray
that his falling mantle may rest on one
chosen of God?
There were about so carriages in the
procession mostly private, the President
and Cabinet and foreign ministers occupy
ing their own. All the public departments
are closed to-day, excepting the Treasury
which was open until noon.
At the Cemetery.
In the chapel of the Cemetery Rev. B.
Peyton Brown began the services. TIE
ministers present repeated in unison IL
heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
Write from henceforth blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord, even so saith the sp.r-
it, for they rest from their labor" After
the last sad rites in the chapel the casket
was lowered into one of the temporary
vaults beneath the floor, where it will re-
main till tomorrow. It viii thin be taken
ont, and having in the mean time been in
closed in a case, will be inferred in the lot
of Gov. Cook in the new part of the csme-
terry. The burial will be strictly private in
accordance with the request of the relatives,
only the immediate family being present.