Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-30

| birth. With a love and pride in the new Order,
| that no seeming failure could shake he aided
| IN every way TO bring together native sons
| teaching them those great principles of frater-
NIFTY and charity, the keystone Of our brother
1t would have taken prophetic eyes to see the
| glory that would in after years crown his work
Yet mayhap in dreams that good old man. in his
| qnet Sonoma home, as his strength grew
weaker, and the burden of his years grew
heaVler, saw with clearer eyes of faith this day
and many days yet to come .@and years in
Whlcn the Native Sons oF California will gather
| Win loving hearts about this spot and with
grateful lips bless the noble work of their
founder. Animated with desire to pay fitting
honor to one who has done so much for us, the
Native Sons present to California to-day this
monument, as a lasting witness of a peoples
love, that through all the coming years it may
| speak, as did the prophet of old " For the
| greatest of these is Charity"
1t has been the custom from the earliest ages,
even before the light of civilization broke upon
the earth, for the people to erect lasting mo-
mentos of granite and marble to the memory of
their great soldiers and statesmen. The lives
OF men who sword in hand had cut their way
shrough bleeding thousands, to throne. leaving
Dehlnd them deep and broad scars that even
time would never heal, were held up to future
generations as an incentive 10 them to do like
oeeds others who by willy statecraft were
able 10 Wrest broad domains from their weaker
and less civilized neighboTs were given memor-
lals OF bronze and iron that would stand the
years lWltnouU tearOf decay.
The monument which we as Californians
dedicated, to-dayibearS no suchmessage TO those
VINO follow US. The man we seek to honor did
not attain great wealth or highest stations in the
nation. he has not left the fame of 2 Caesar or
Iallyrund No curse from widows and orphans
made so by his ambition. went up to heaven
when our founder died-rather the blessings of
ms nls u iIlen1s ana the prayers OF all the brother
hood of Native Sons.
General Winn was enc of that noble band
me Argonauts-who did so much TO make Cali
Iorhla What 1t Is to-day. They came from all
over the world, the young and braYest of all
the nations, to seek for gold, which since the
beginning, has been the ultima thule OF most
aIholelons: In that mad rush, after the diseoy-
cry OF gold, and the news spreading around the
globe, lew men had time to devote TO matters of
n charitable nature. But, as we have seen, the
SUBJECT OF this sketch, immediately after his ar
TlVdI, look part in spres ding the noble princi-
pies OF odd Fellowship in the new State Gen
eral Wlnn loved his fellowman, and believe
that %hen the Great AssiZeS shall be held, and I
the dead summoned from their graves when
the evil and the good OF human life is weighed,
and the balance struck for all time no higher
praise can be given to any man, than " That he |
mas done unto others as we would that they
should do unto u.s.
And now, my brothers, the final act has come
Inc mortality of our friend and aOmrade is |
mlnsIihg with the dust OF the state he loved so
Wen; mere IN the city where he lived so long we
nave buried him, and today we ccnSecrate this |
monument to his memory. Stand firm strong
granite, through all the long ages yet TO come
X
summer the harvest home, or the cold wlntrv
rains that beat upon thee
, Ihese all shall come and live and die vet |
nVe again thousand times-but thou shalt |
stand unmoved-aud we who placed thee here |
snail live our little lives al love and hate. fail
or succeed in all the petty things that fill our |
ateetlng years, and die, but thou shall be un-
changed, and thousands yet unborn shall fol- |
low us and pass on TO the pale realms of shade |
ana leave no trace. But thou shalt live
through all the seOns of the ages: bear eternal [
If fafc Fnr
4ty and fraternity, God, and their native land |
REMARKS OF THE MAYOR.
Mayor Gregory spoke as follows
Lddses dild Gentlemen, Native Daughters and Sons.
The ceremonies of 10 day are expressive of the |
profound respect which we. as citizens and as /
members of the Order of Native Sons of the |
Golden West, feel toward the late General A. nj.
Mlnn, IN recognition Of his public and private |
career as worthy citizen of Sacramento in /
being the first Mayor of our city and SIS the
founder of this grand and progressive Order.
HIS Official career was characterized by integ-
rlty 1mpartia ty and public spirit as evidenced
by the record of his universal popularity auoner
the people. Ills constant aim ana mbitiuu was /
70 subserve the interests Of the city and though |
ms ms administration commenced in the year |
lo15-a time When the population Of this city /
consisted OF conglomeration of all classes of |
people, from the honest miner to the reckless /
sdVenturer, who were alike bent upon the sin |
gle aim of satiating their personal greed for |
gOld, and when laWlessness and disregard of |
government was the rule, and not the exception |
yet. during such a time and under such cir |
culnstanceS, Mayor Ninn performed his duties
undinchingly and without fear of consequences
We OF to-day realize the beneficial effects of his
mighty influence, and of the energy he dis |
played and the hardships he endured in placing |
the little city upon the broad plane of progress
and civilization, by gradually causing the elm |
nation of the disOrderly masses which then en-
deaVored TO supersede the efforts of her faithful |
trends; From his example progress began and |
through the influence of his associates-the no. |
PIE pioneers OF Sacramento-commenced the |
development OF the msnifold resources with |
Wnlcn Lney were surrounded, and the beginning /
OF a new era of prosperity for our city and as |
result, we now enjoy lie in one OF the richest
most populous and progressive communities in |
this great West.
His association with the Order of the Native |
Sons OF the Golden West was in full accord with |
the same kindly feeling which characterized |
him as q man of pure impulses of rich sud on |
nobling instincts i'll which fraternity predoui- |
mated. Gould General VIM but look upon the |
result of his handiwork and gaze upon the fresh |
Visor OF youth which row occupies The most
prominent positions in public aud private life
IN our state he would realize as we do, that the |
responsibility which was by him placed upon
the shoulders OF the young men is earnestly ap-
preclated by each, and he would further see |
that the seeds which he had so iudiciously sown
had become deep-roOted and are bearing good
iTult. lie would further become fully satisfied
that the present generation has lost none of the
instincts OF integrity and loyalty which chaTac-
terzed his acts an1 those OF his near associates
All honor therefore to his m mory.
In behalf of the city of Sacramento | take
much pleasure in expressing my grateful ac-
knowledgment of this compliment to our CITY,
to the memory of our parent Chief Executive
and TO our beloved order as being worthy trib-
ute to worthy cause.
Mayor Gregory was followed by P. S Lawson.
President CT the Sacramento Society of Califor-
MIA Pioneers, who made q short, eloquent and
appropriate address, in which he paid high
tribute to the memory of General Winn and to
the Order of Native Sons.
After music by the band and a song by the
quartet benedietion was pronounced by Rev.
j. f. Won Herrlich