The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-28
rELEGRAPHlC NEWS
TIE EN- u
The Last Sad Rites Over the
KemGfas Of the Dead
Chieftain.
Text OF Dr.. EvereSt-s Funeral
Address.
Details o. the SOrr0WkuI Xere-
monies.

Details OF the SOrrOWkuI Xere-
monies.
Cleveland, ga succession Of heavy
showers so delsyed the funeral process
sion that the line had TO he broken be-
fore il reached the cemetery and formed
In files on either side Of the avenue for
nearly three miles The military and
civic societies made wsy for the funeral
car. The state militia were stationed at
| the entrance To the cemetery, and on
| either side Of the drive ways leading 10
the vault, where at Mrs. Garfeld's re-
quest it was decided to place the remains.
1'he steps to the vault were csrpeted With
| flowers, and on either side of the entrance
were IN sDchOr of tubar roses, and a
cross of white smilsx aud evergreens
were festooned above. A heavy black
canopy was stretched over the steps from
which the exercises were TO be conducted.
| At 2. 80 the procession entered the gate
way which was srched over with
black, with appropriate inscriptions. In
the keystone were the words "Come TO
rest" On one side were the words Lay
him to rest whom we have learned IT,
love-" ca the other, Lay him to rest
win 1m We have learned to trust" A
massive cross of evergreens swung from
the centre of the arch. The U. 5.
Marine band, continuing the sweet
mournful strains it had kept up during
the entire march, entered first. Then
came the first city troops Of Cleveland,
which was the escort of the President to
HE inaugural. Behind it came the
funerel car with its escort Of II U. S.
artillery-men. Followed by battalion
OF KepstoLe Temple, and the Cleveland
grays, the mourners' carriages and those
containing the guard of honor, which
composed all Of the procession that en-
tered the grounds. The cavalry halted
at the vault and drew up in line facing
it with sabres presented. The car drew
up in frrnt with the mournere' Carriage
and those of the cabinet behind. The
band played NEARER my CD to Thee, .
as the military escort lifted Atne cofir
from the car and carried il into thew ult
the local committee OF receipt al, 5. ere
tary Blaine. NJ -rshhl Henry and one u
two personal friends standing a: either
side of the entrance. None of the Presi-
dents family except two OF the boys lett
the carriages during the exercises, which
occupied less than half an hour.
DR.. j. II. Robinson, as president o
the day, opened the exercises hy intro
ducing Rev. j. a. Jones, chaplain of the
Forty-second regiment, 0 '. l., which
General Garfield commanded, who said
"Op- i,aastrious friend has completed hi
journey, q journey that we must all soOL
make, and that in the near future. Yet
when I see the grand surroundings o.
this occasion, must inquire, was thi:
man the son Of the emperor If the kris
that wore q crown? For in the history {!
this great country there has been nothing
like this seen by the American peopie
Yet, thought perhaps, speaking alter
the manner Of men, that he was prince
4 and this was offered in manner after
!, royalty. He was OF, my friends. 1t Ii
not sn Offering of king. It is net as We
are taught, an offering to earthly king:
and emperors, though he was prince
and freeman, the great commOner o.
the United States. Only few mile:
from where We stand, less than fifty years
ago he was born in the primevsl forests
of this state, and in this county, and al
be asks of you now is peaceful grave
in the bosom of the land that gave bin
birth. l cannot speak TO you OF hI:
wonderful good work. Time forbids
and history will take care Of that, so your
children snd your children's children
will read of this with emotion, when We
have passed away from earth. l do moi
stop to talk about the man that did the
deed. Vengeance is mine said the al
mighty God" will repay" He sees the
terror of scsffold before him probably
and the eternal disgrace that falls to &
murderer and assassin, and be is goiaE
down to the judgment of God, amid the
frowns of the world. Secretsry Blaine
in a businesslike manner, made GU
that there we're about 500, O0O,O00 o
people CT the world mourning tn
!: death OF President Garfield, snC
Offering US sympathy. Where i
be? Verify, all that's left of him, the
grand, the bright and brilliant man. nov
: that soul that loved, that mind that
. thought, and has impressed itself upoI
the world, has come back, for If thought
live, will that precious thought cease Il
be? He believed in Immortality, no
only Of the soul, but of the body, anC
that the grave will give up its dead
He must live, and nay friends that wa
the hope that sustained him. Il was
with him in war, and the enemy never
} saw his back He was fortunate. II
every contest he was on the victorious
side, bat the grsndest fight he ever made
wss in the last eighty days of his exist
ence. He fought not because he himsel.
personally expected TO live, but the doc
Tors tod him to hope. Re loved his wifi
and children. ~ am not afraid to die
but will try" said he, ito live" suC
then be was not conquered even except
by simple exhaustion. It seems TO MT
that no good man by the name Of Abrs
ham can be President Oft United States
and can be long out of Abrshsm't
bosom, for both Of thea have been called
and early, to the paradise Of God, anC
his spirit looks down upon Us to-
day, and he is in the society::9f Washing
ton and Lincoln, and the immorta
hosts of patriots that stood for their coun
try. I doubt whether there is a page
that equals thisin sympathy and love
not only in this country but all over TIT
world. Hsvs you ever read anything
like this? You brethren here C9 tn
south greet you, to-day, and you breth
rem of the north, eas:end west, come le
US lay sll our bitterness up in the cofir
Of the dead man. Let him carry il with
him TO the grave in silence, till tn
q angels disturb the slumbe-s. Let Us low
each other more, our country better
May God bless you and the dear family
and SIS thew coDstftutp g great family II