Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-09

have vet been filled In ono OF these the
State should place the statue of General
SITTER, executed IN ll. SIZE in finest mar
, bic, by the HGSt gifted scUlplCrS TO OBJ
. tain such Il mcrited and graceful tribute of
consideration TO the name OF the founder
of Il State. tbs association pledges its earn
st efforts, and invites the cooperation of
sister societies throughout the State and
cigzeus generally. With the bercaved wife
and family oI our deceased brother we OK
press orr sinccrtSt sympathy, and trust
they will tiuG some consolation III the many
tears that mingle with theirs, and still more
in the reflection that he whom we lament
died the death OF the righteous after we'll
spent and useful life, full of year, and
honor.
IN response to toast in honor of General
Suffer at the organization of The California
Pioneers in New York, February II. 1879.
Willard i. Farwcli closed his remarks IN
hctolinWing eloquent language: so long
aS the rivers shall flow down from the
SitrrgS to the sea, 50 long will The name of
Suffer haunt wish pleasant memories the
fertile valleys which they water and adorn.
The glory Of his fame shall be rs lasting rs
the eternal bills which opened their golden
boSomS at his bidding, and gave their
boundIcss wealth 10 enrich and iructify the
world, and the spcediier development of
human progress
The following poem was written by
Henry Numford
sCTtEg.-IN slEnOEIAy.
The Sn0G> Of seven and seventy years
Laid thick upun his hOuorCd bead
CD Pioneers we have no tears
That our first Arg9naH is dead.
We hold linn truly douhly blessed,
Thus lyfn.- White and cold to-day:
l,N angel hands his brow C3irtSSCd.
While on his eyes heavens star-bcams play
What have those dim old eyes not seen,
So far away and long ago,
Nfca Baden fields were fresh and green,
Or rose the SwtzcTs hills OF Snow?
When Bourbon Charles had lost his crown.
And even Swiss Guards couid rot avail
To save what France would trample down
Ills flag &ud lilies, god and pale.
And then. rs nobler, better far,
He sought the California shore.
.ind found It. through the great waves war;
Through d'n%oTs clouds and factions roar,
lie proved the hcaV@n-bcrI rulers might
To our great wcaith--to hold command,
To do. q speak. 10 Judge 10 fight
Al power was given Into his hand.
Aud then the privilege was his
one day. with IFcmonts welcome aid
To SET a state where now il is
Beneath our Constitutions shade
He did It; aud thar CUT right,
ta.he quick ana sUre-tO first behold,
IneA rive th9 waiting mortal sight.
The nuggets OF the Iaui Of Gold.
What il, for tj'a he poor hcc,uac:
Nao! i the man Who millions held
Was l0nt'ad and pruD;.ed--a WORRIES foul shame
~ bicn al l,rDie hearts rsbe!lCa"
N!ier il they broke that great grand heart,
Ald made him old before his time?
Men OR have played Is base = part,
And hstor! scored IS black Il crime.
lie was not left 10 staryc-nct So
\ pittdnce from the lation' s board
Broke ifs could not check, the blow,
And kept S,arvation from the board.
What more could even he demand
Chan this the lot OF human clay?
He asks fuI less, where, white and grand,
lie lies, in Gods great peace, to-day.
John Suffer- Brave First Argonaut
The debt of human life is paid
Iierceforth your place in human thought
Is lovingly and surely made.
Schlaf Nohl The night of death is short;
The day of coming life is near,
When he. once king of suffers Fort,
Shall find the due denied hiA here.