Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-09
Ashes TO ASHES !
| |qHELAST TRIBUTE
IMPOSING OBSEQUIES.
Eloquent Eulogies
.9HB FUNERAL SERVICES.
The Cortege to the Tomb.
THE MILITARY PAGEANT.
The Dead Laid to Rest.
A SALVO AT TWILIGHT.
OBsERVANCES ELS WHERE.
THE MILITARY PAGEANT.
The Dead Laid to Rest.
|. sALVO AT TWILIGHT
oBsERvANCEs ELSEWHERE

OBsERVANCES ELS ERE.
ATLANTA, March s.-The day opened
cold and cloudy, but before noon the sun
sb9ne out, and visitors and soldiers
oa the later trains found "A warm and
pleasant welcome.
The Cliueh Rifles and Clarke Light In
hntry, Of Augusta, and the Amerieus
Light Guard arrived early this morning;
also several cOlOred companies. The Sa-
yannah. Macon and Columbus companies
arrived at noon, and were escorted 10 the
cate City Guard armOry, where Captain
Henry Jackson had fine lunch for all,
and where "Open house, was kept all
lgr. After refreshment, the soldiers scat
tered about the city, many squads visiting
the capitol and paying tribute to the dis
tnruished dead. Nearly every town and
ciry in the state sent delegations, and
all classes were represented in the funeral
ceremonies. Federal, State, county and
city officials were present IN numbers.
THE MEMORIAL MEETING.
representatives Hall was packed with
ths largest audience ever assembled with
ia its walls. At 10 O'Clock the procession
came in the main entrance, escorted by
Lisutenant-COlOnels Burke and Printup
ofG0yernOr stephens staff; Cows. BOyn-
CON aud COIquitt, arm in arm, followed by
Gems Gordon and TOOmbs, Judge Craw-
ford aud Attorney General Anderson, Col.
q. G. Jones and Senator Brown. DIR. y, V.
n. Miller and Judge Underwood, General
Evans and Ex-Governor Bullock, General
Jackson, and a few others, who occupied
the only seats reserved on the right Of the
Speakers desk.
The hall was deliberately draped in all
parts. including the portraits OF the dead
G0veraOrs. The pressure was so great in
the lobbies from the crowds outside that
could not get in, that quiet could not be
secured for some little time.
Governor COlquitt presided and intro
duce,l Rev. VIM. Adams, OF Augusta. who
oEeIes mp a most impressive and appro-
pirate prayer, after which Governor Col
Quit announced the object Of the meet
iug. which he said had gathered under Il
pressure Of deep sorrow to pay tribute,
not to great light eXtiTguished, but re-
moved 90 a higher sphere. The dead
statesman needs no words Of ours 10 en-
h3uce his fame. His life of struggles ana
uiumphs leaves only the work to us OF
chroniclers. We come 10 pour out our
tears and express our grief. Where is to
b. found his equal in all the great rGilE in
all these great Statesf"
General Gordon, Chairman, read the fol-
lowing resolutions prepared by the Citi-
zens' Committee:
EeSOlusd. That in the death of AleXan-
der Hamilton stephens Georgia has lost
her best beloved and foremost citizen. the
Union one Of its most able and enlightened
statesmen. and the world an example of
benevOleuce and humanity.
ReSJIrei. That his catholic sympathies,
embracing as they did all classes, cOlOrs
and conditions of the whole family Ofman,
render his life an inspiring example Tor
tle imitation 0f ourselves and of those who
are to come after us,
HeSflUed. That not only with admiration
uut with astOnishment do We contemplate
his lifelong struggle against adverse cir
cumstdnees, beginning with his career at
college and ending only with the repose
uf the bier: he cOnquered poverty, debility
and disease, and with skill unsurpassed
and courage invincible he gathered inn
perishable hOnOrs in almost every sphere
Of Intellectual activity. and fell at last a
nero IN fun panOply on the field of his
fame and al the post of duty.
EeSOIred. That the readiness with which
le broke with political parties when in
bis judgment they bad wandered from
lle Constitution Of his country, and his
brave support of the rights and privileges,
as De conceived them, of all citizens,
whether cOlOred or of his own race. for
eigu BORN illustrate his courage of con-
tictlon, which never failed him. and
which is worthy OF emulation by the
young men Of his State and country.
RsS0ired. That while we do not present
MI. stephens as infallible, we 10 point
with sincere pride to the many-sided In
tellect Of this remarkable man; TO his
vast and various requirements, all discl-
plned to usefulness by a superb, practi-
cal wisdom, and sanctified by virtues of
everyday Christian life; to his pre-emi-
hence everywhere in speculative as
well as practical life-at the bar,
ON the huStings, iE craftsmanship and
an the wider field of letters-thus render
lng him a match for the mightiest and
most accomplished man. His fame VIII
take care Of itself. He built his own
monument in the heart of every Georgian,
and his name Will be cGnOniZed on the
hearthstOne Of every house in the State.
Gordon spoke in terms of praise of the
life Of Mr.. Stephens.
THE EULOGIRs.
Judge Crawford was the first speaker,
anu read a brief tribute TO his almost life
long friend. How often, he said, have we
been called to gFieTe over our first ana
t0remOsti The Reaper goes forth and one
after another is taken. Cobb, OF mighty
brain and loving heart; johnson, too, the
grand old Georgian; Benning, the able
Judge and heroic soldier; Linton Ste
phens, who gave himself an hOnOred
name; Warner. one of the most eminent
Of modern jurists. Our grief has hardly
subsidized over the death Of Senator Hill
When our Governor goes TO meet IN
Heaven the mother he loved, and whose
memory he fOndlV cherished all his life.
de had no fear Of death, for he had
hied for death as well as life, All the
events Of his life clustered about his BIRTH
udy and he anticipated that his death
would not be far from il. Twenty-one
gays after its observance in Savannah he
uled He lived a useful, unselfsh life,
t1t cut all his talents and left none 10
rust He felt more for those he could not
Sl0 than for those he helped. IL Is pleas
an 70 remember that he lived out mans
appointed time and died in peaceful slum-
-~-aAt AoDlllIo yFcetA eA-Nt
uite a stir in the audience as he ascended
s4e desk with tOttering step, but when he
s.einpted to speak, and falling burst into
SIs, there were few dry eyes present.
tsIlter a few moments he falteringly said;
come to mingle my tears with yours,
lu chronicle not eulOgize, for his acts
81 e written in letters Of gold. More
my life was spent with the
82ISeeased than with any other man.
IN s me and character was transparent 10
~. tt lie was more child of his country
~ ftIan any man who ever lived. His hum
"; "; early life forbade. his aspiration 70
Hsisher positions, but4e worked hard, and
@I eII.le and money came from. it. He left
-. He lormer to his country and gave the
5f -J5.ef to the poor. To clothe, feed and
b;1eSle poor young men was
@ Ls delight. He administered upon his
,,,e Omh estate. In an departments of life he
- ~ - nrst and foremost among the greatest.
~ scandal ever attached 10 his name. He
as the pride Of his party, and had more
-ashds and less enemies than any public