Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-31
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
WALT WHITMAN BURIED.
An Eloquent Tribute by
Colonel |ngersoII.
LARGE GATHERING At THE CEMETERY,
The Silver Men Are Still
Battling.
MEE1IKeoF The VERMONT CENTRAL.
Opening Of the New York
East Conference.
MEETING OF THE. VERMONT CENTRAL.
LAST SAD RITES.

IttSU SOlA1Cl CuCCs
@STHE LAST SAD RITES.
Funeral OF Walt whitman Yesterda,
.-Thousa Assemble at the Gene
I tery-An Eloquent Tribute by Colo.
mel IngersolI, Who Was an init.
mate Friend of thedDead Poet
Noted Men Act as Honorary Pail.
bearers.
CAMDEN, N. J., March 30-The remains
of Walt Whitman, the poet, were inferred
this afternoon in his tomb at Harleigt
cemetery. No services were held at the
house and the mourning procession moved
in silence to the cemetery, while crowds OF
sympathetic spectators lined the walk. AT
the tomb Francis Howard Wilson of Phil
adelphia read selections from the Scrip
lures and the poets writings. Dr. R. NJ.
Buckle, Whitr.an's biogrspher, spoke at
length on 4 life and character of the
dead y s shown by his works. Thomas
BIZ 4 and DR.. Daniel G. Brinton also
dresses, and the ceremonies were
concluded by an address from Robert g.
Ingersoll, the intimate friend Of Whitman.
Mr.. Ingersoll said:
INGERsoLL's ADDRESS.
Again we in the mystery of life are
brought face to face with the mystery of
death. A great man, o great American
the most eminent citizen of this republic
is dead before US. And we have met to
pay tribute to his greatness and to his
worth. His fame is secure. He laid the
foundations of it deep in the human heart.
He was above all that have known the
poet of humanity, of sympathy. Great he
was-so great that he rose above the great
est that he met without arrogance; and 80
great that he stopped to the lowest without
claimed to be lower or greater
than any other of the sons of men. He
came into our generation a free, untram-
meled spirit, with sympathy for all. His
arm was beneath the form of the sick. He
-ympathized with the imprisoned and the
despised, and even on the brow of crime
he was great enough to place the kiss of
sympathy.
One of the greatest lines of our literature
is his. Speaking of an QUEENSLAND the
line is great enough to do honor to the
greatest genius that had ever ived-he
said:
Not until the sun excludes you will exclude you,
"a charity as wide as the sky.
And wherever there was human suffer
ing, human misfortune, the sympathy of
Whitman bent above it as the armament
bends above this earth. He was built on
broad and splendid plan, ample without
to have limitations, passing east
ly for brother of mountains aud seas and
caring nothing for the little
maps and charts that timid pilots hug the
shore with and giving himself freely
:sl~ L.. of TO
winds and tides-caring for nothing
him. And he walked among men, among
writer's, among verbal varnishers and We
neers, among literary miliners and tailors,
with the unconscious dignity of an an
tique god. He was the poet, also, of that
uivlne democracy that gives equal rights
to all the sons and daughters of men. He
uttered the great American voice, uttered
a song worthy of the great republic.
Colonel Ingersoll continued substantially
as follows: No man has ever said more
for the rights of humanity-more in favor
of real democracy or real justice. He was
the poet of life. 1t was a joy to him SIM
ply to breathe. He loved the clouds. He
enjoyed the breath of morning, the twi-
light, the wind, the winding streams. He
loved to look at the sea whe n the wind
Joy. He loved the fields, the hills. He
was acquainted with trees, with birds, with
all objects on earth, and he understood
their meaning and used them that he might
exhibit his heart to his felIow-men. He
was also the poet in love. He was not
ashamed of the divine passion that has
built every home in the world-that divine
passion that has painted every picture and
given US every real great work of art
that divine passion that has made the
world worth living in, and gives some
value to human life. He was the poet of
the natural, and taught men not to be
ashamed of that which is natural. He
was the poet of the human race
everywhere. His sympathies went out
over the seas to all the nations of the
earth. He felt himself the equal of all
kings and of all princes, and the brother of
all men. He has uttered more supreme
words than any other writer of our GEN.
fury, and possibly of almost any other.
He was above all things man. And above
genius, above all the snow-capped peaks
Of intelligence, above all the art, rises the
true man-greater than all. He was also
the poet of death. He accepted al-life
and DEATH He had the courage to meet all
and was great enough and splendid enough
to harmonic all. He accepted and absorbed
all theories, all creeds, all religions and
believed in none. He had philosophy
and q religion of his own-broader, as he
believed and as / believe, than others. He
was true absolutely to himself. He was
frank, candid, pure, serene and noble.
And for years he was maligned and Sian.
dered simply because he had the candor OF
nature. He will be understood yet, and
that for which he WAS condemned will add
to the glory and the greatness OF his fame.
He wrote liturgy for humanity. He
wrote great and splendid psalm OF life
And he gave to US the gospel of humanity
the greatest gospel that can be preached
He was not afraid to lve--to speak hi
thought. For many years he and death
lived neighbors. He was always willing
and ready to meet and greet this thing
called DEATH Cheerful every moment
the laughing nymphs of days remained
that they might clasp the hand of the
yelled and silent sisters of the night wheI
| they should come. And when they die
come Walt Whitman stretched his hand t.
| both. And, SO hand-in-hand, between
smiles and tears, he touched his Journey
end. From the frontier of life; from tn
western wave-kissed shore, he sent us mes
sages of content and hope.
| To-day we gave back to Mother Nature
! to her clasp and kiss, one of the bravest
sweetest souls that ever lived in human
thank him to-day for all the great an
splendid words he has said in favor Q
| liberty, in favor of man and woman, il
favor of motherhood, in favor of father i
favor of children. And I thank him fo
the brave words he has said on the subjec
of death. Since he has lived death is les
fearful than it was before, and thousand
and millions will walk down into the dar
valley of the shadow holding Walt Viii
man by the hand long after we are dead.
And, SO lay this poor wreath upon tn
great mans tomb. I loved him living an
love him still.
THOUSANDS ASSEMBLED.
Il Several thousand persons were assen
bled in the cemetery. The funeral ser
ices took place in a large tent erected mel
the vault with raised platform and pu
pit at one end, near which was the BIZ
draped with black. Green palms oovert
the pulpit and flowers were strewn abol
the foot of the bier The floral offerinl
| included q wreath of ivy and violets fro
/ | Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and tributes fro
Richard Watson Glider. Mrs, Fairchi
of Boston, Edmund Clarence Stedmau Al
others. Mr., Stedman's. tribute, a lar