New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
STILL OFFERING HOMAGE.
PREPARATIONS FOR HIS FUSERA-IN STATE AT
FANEUIL HALL.

FANEUIL HALL.
fBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRTBUSE.l
RosToN. Feb. 4.-Arrangements for the
funeral Of the late Wendell Phillips have been nearly
completed. 1t will Wednesday at ii q. IN, IN
the old Unitarian Church Hohs-st. where the Rev.
Samuel LongfeiOw, OF Cambridge win Oficate assisted
by the Rev. Samuel May. The Shaw Guards, eolored
militia organization, will q guard Of honor; and
after the services the church the remains win be
corted TO Faneui Hail. where they win lie In state from
to p m They win be Inferred in the old family lot IN
the 3ranary Burying- Ground, near Partst church.
The following VIII be among the pail bearers Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, DR.. Samuel Sewell. Wendell Garrison,
B. p HalloweD, Lewis Hayden and G. whipple.
The Board Of Aldermen this afternO adopted resO
luton expressing regret at the death Of Mr. Phillips, and
appointing the entire board committee to attend the
funeral The Legislature this afternoon Also took appro
pirate action.
The autopsy showed that Mr. Phillips must have been
greater sufferer, for months before his DEATH than
generally supposed
JOSEPH COOKS TRIBUTE AT FREMONT TEMPLE
The Prelude to the Rev. Joseph Cooks lecture in Ire
mont Temple to-day devoted to review Of the life
WORK of Wendell Phillips He said; Z" He whom God
crowns lei try 10 discrown. There lies dead on
his shield IN yonder street unsued soldier Of popular
REFORM spotiessly disnterested champion of the OPP
pressed the foremost orator Of the Rngllsh-speakng
world in recent years. the largest and lstestlet hope
not the lasof the Purans, servant OF the Most High
knded by breath from the divine justice and tenderness
COMBINING NOW WITH GREAT SPIRITS
'wendell Phillips has gone, doubtless to ncalcula
bly, great reward. He Is with Garrison and Sumner and
Lincoln now. He has met wilberforce and Clarkson.
He in the company OF Arstides and scpiO and the
Roman Gracch and Of all the past martyrs who. every
age, have laid down their lives that the darkness OF
the ages might be little ightened What he for
our praise or blamei He cared little for it I'm life Fifty
years hence history viii not ak what Boston thinks OF
Wendell Phillips but rather what he thought Of Boston,
We cannot crown him. The memory OF his career crowns
civilization.
TILE THREE PERIODS OF PHILLIPs's LIFE.
al look upon these periods OF Mr. Phillips life prepa-
ton struggle, victory. His preparation extended from
HIS brth-or from some before it, for he Inherited
merit Of the highest type-o the Boston mob Of
1885, His struggle lasted from 1885 to 1865; that Is
from the time when he saw Mr. Garrison in danger of be-
IN % yo ased i 3gtS ~
eradicate slavery from Our naTOn. His victory
us not without occupation indeed, but with his great
purpose so thoroughly that ne seemed lonely
a soul to the North. who gave it such power
as made the victory possible. WIN all the
nay, without this one leader OF the II Il entirely posi-
bic might have lacked the courage necessary
not too much 10 assert that hut for the
career OF this man. who was himself martyr our liberty
slavery
LABOR AND cAPITAL-uIs EIOoUEScE
You say he didn't understand the relations be-
tween labor and capital Wait fifty years, and
then ask II Wendell Phillips understood the case!
To me Ids opinions on finance seemed TO be
erroneous If l may venture to state the fact |
found them not only but absurd. Neverthe
less, do feel myself at all competent TO that Mr.
Phillips did not understand this subject 1t is poss
bly, which do not He certainly had right In the |
name OF his whole TO put forward singular |
opinions and command attention for them
think that whoever wishes study the best models of
popular eOQuence that America has given TO the
world must spend days and nights what poor remnants
have left OF Mr. Phillips speeches. Here Goals OF
fire lighted by the breath OF God. Let the young men
this altar and light their torches and carry them
out into the march Of civilization Boston mobbed Mr..
Phillips. Let this city proudly revereny. and yet
build his monument His hands clean |
from any stain OF gold. He did not love place self
said that of the gains Of his lecture
given away IN silent phanthrophy. Certain it Is
that the last person whose interest he thought Of
himself"
PROPOSED MEETING OF LABOR REFORMERs.
The labor rerormers of Boston purpose to hold |
mortal meeting Faneu Hall next Friday evening and
expected that the poet Whittier Julia Ward Howe,
the Rev Dr. Miner Theodore d. Weld and John NJ Buff |
FUN viii take part In the meeting
The New-York Abolition Reunion viii hold meeting In |
memory of Wendell Phillips, In the Shiloh Presbyterian
Church. IN Twenty siIth-st. seventhave Sunday
afternoon. AL surviving aboitonsts requested
ba present.