New-York tribune., 1874-03-16
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Tho audience y representative ""''
,.,lor;es were crowded with ladies. who nj an early
nopr availed themselves of the priority they eh-
,oved The floor was crowded with merchants
t;,oss mon laborers students, old and young,
,b;to and colored while the platform the flower
of tho wealth culture, and learning of Boston was
well represented :,
The hall was solcmnly and heavily draped in
manning The windows were hung with black
Festoons of white and black Grape depended nom
the galleries Four American flags were suspended
at the corners from the center of the room Whlle
festoons of crane extended from the center piece 10
each of the pillars, which were also sWa,neu
black At one end of the room on each sue VI
nictnre of the Senator were the inscriptions:
Re-, roh 1s11v Died March ii. 1874
With tbiseSceptionuhe hall was without motto OF
device.
On the platform, beside the speakerstwere vice.
president Wilson Ralph Waldo Emerson Oliver
Wendell! Holmes, the Hon. Josiah Quincy James NJ.
Beebee. the Hon. Francis w. Bird, II. W. Long
fellow and many prominent lawyers and clergymen.
The rneetnp was called 20 order at II O'Clock by
Mayor Lincoln. who submitted list of officers,
which were unanimously elected. Mayor Cobb, on
taking the chair introduced DIR. Lothrop, who said:
BEFORE Offering prayer | have been requested by His
Honor Mayor Cobb TO read the opening passage
of the Grafton or eulogy of senator sumner upon
Abraham Lincoln. read from the original manuscript
in the handwriting OF the deceased Senator Tne pass
age reads " In the Of God there are no acei
dents From the fall OF a sparrow to the idll Oh an
empire from sweep Of ai planet all is according 70
that Divine Power whose laws are everlasting IL was
no accile which gave TO his country him whom we
now mourn. The lLord giyeth and the Lord taketh
away. Blessed be the namo of the Lord
PRAYER was then offered by the reverend gentle
man. after which Mavor Cobb proceed to deliver an
address, of which the following are the leading
points
ADDRESS OF MAYOR COBB.
FELiow,CuizEN, : The lfeless.iorm of Charles Sum
uer Is now on its way from the National Capitol TO
Massachusetts in the honorable and aectionate custody
Of his pcers office Boston occupies the place Of chief
His character and fame are the property of
the nation. But in his personal interests and az
fcctions he was and is His father honored
magistrate OF Boston In these squares and alleys Of
the boy, destined TO such emInence, pursued his
childish glmes H. was educated our schools and in
tie university borders. In his youth and early
manhood he sat feet Quincy. Story and
shaw.-Our Adams, aud Webster. and Everett. and
Claiming. Here the future senator received the
Influences from without, and kndled the aspirations
within. that in due time resulted IN that brilliant career
that noble and unspotted life, tthat unwearied, und
vidcd and prominent service for truth aud right FOR
freedom and humanity.
His wllbe another added TO our Shrines Of the
nustrlOus dead, which aud our children and our
tnlOicns CMdrCn ana citizens from Western prarie5
and southern sayannas, aud travellers from foreign
lands viii visit with reveren steps. mediate on de-
parted greatness and worth We to pay our trib
ue-aot the last tribute but the frst-tO sacred
memory OF one oiour best and greatest men. The sol
emn gro Of this hour for the death Of Charles Sumner
reveals to us how much-how much more even than we
kncw-wo did in our hearts honor aud revere him while
living.
The Hon. Richard II. Dana was then introduced by
Mayor Cobb aud presented the following resolutions:
b,,u pleased IN, Anrfiy Msssp % men Dl A.. p,ro..
even 6das bSrs on earth Of Charlie SV%a,P
rs Sen o. b., sai,e town assembled ia this hall sacred the
hcyeolt Hd for h life ami services do unanimously
Gf Th' be public service have penetrated
~ sd viii he m for generations padaed orssus
h.ot 70 a. srea, result affecting humanity itself everywhere
aii g b ~ & ~ ' D IA"i Ge o,' 'sl ana done and
PCS %. g year. 70 the enscocs and heart the magnsniy
hsoff We recall with stsaI satisfaction Li' inexhausblc
,nc nneai' l1e un Of bis private chancier tue ones Of
,ae rn benu, his pjomisble resolution cpacitp Of
,has,' o ugt md indignation against wrong and civil courage
soiei Wle unite With other cleu Commonwealth
p IL such lie and service we have nearer r ea a5
special nieIes; as 1cns h Bos,on the place Of bs birth nJ
mora, easn are TO be etsi We akuovlese the interest
aHd l d re rendered to % bv pen snd tongue counse
b holl' se directed and his powers enfrancse
ot c- ih ralirato9 0f our national s adjustment
% ~ ever i ss pSfe gent IN tSe >e5oe 10 1vs s m osn t
' ni o1.cetol' hor = the o, interests Of our city aud
h. We ba, approve The action Of The State the
l ..r may anie The honor' has been the Of city and
.'iei T'a there houd be erected permanent memorial Of
f Naunfr 'ueh as becomes community Of h
10 -,arii tha, this memorial be all however poor
of r. st te,er age party mss make contributions
M'r rrqne'd sppoHt committee Of cry ei.ea. ''
RiMARRs or THE non. RICHARD H. DANA JR.
Nh n ID, dat-a eli. |
oi Liberty is drapcd the chamber Of DEATH i'm the
presence of fearful eyes and swelling hearts INV
words may well be few. Happy indeed would he the
man who could add thing to tho expression of the
scene.
am aware. Sir that owe the honor and privilege OF
nv post this morning the fact that you and some
,thers remember that have been friend of r Sumner
rom my bOyhOOd tie last. He indeed friend :,
Will not faithful and Just. but partial and Kind
And to-day II is fitting that should restrict
myself to little testimony of what know and
cr and which is not known by the rising generation
On bear witness that in the university his life was ~
iudiou that the Of % he had secured the repu
alton OF scholar and thinker and the respect and Ey
friendship eminent men in Jurisprudence and l,,o
.tters. When he went 10 Europe, at the age Of ii
be bore credentials fromtne first men OF America 70
he first Of Europe, for they knew that he would
Iccess IN all parts OF the Old World was owing
s%d ms hs TsPsd but there are
sny VINO know that in London, and Paris and vienna
nj Rome his days and nigats were as aDorlonS ana
.dous within the walls OF Harvard University. He'
nent holding the most respons ole positions 10
urops They foresaw In him the gt at publeiSt and :
Knew him in varied relations, social Professions
nd literary pass them all by for the consider
on aSap 90 ~ ss He had been inds eren, TO ords ry
-, tics until the antSlavery cause, asslng out OF tue
~, OF moral effort, shaped tseH into M5JyC
9st & "a his chambers in Courtst hat that smaG baad
so qre copyenl,on Of lsss And 1 would pause
neut Sir TO pay my trl3ute Oh ,es ec "a nU1n se KNOW