New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-21
IN MEMORY OF JOHN JAY.
EXERCISES IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
CONCERT HALL.
Tributes PAID BY JOSEPH II. cHoATE. +. L..
PIERCE. CHAUNCEY NJ DEPEw AND

PIERCE CHAUNCEY NJ DEPEw AND
BISHOP COKE.
There was a large gathering Of men and women
interested in the Evangelical Alliance for the United
States last evening in the Concert Hall OF Madison
Square Garden, the occasion of memorial eN-
crcises in honor of the late John Jay. President
Seth Low OF Columbia College one Of the vice.
presidents OF the alliance, presided. Win MIN Oh
the platform wee Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coke
Of Buffalo: Edward l.. Pierce, Of Boston, Chauncey
NJ Depew. Joseph H. Choa,e, Josiah strong ana
several other prominent men.
Mr. Pierce spoke of the career OF Mr. Jay as
reformer and described the trials which attended
the ant-slavery movement, before the war; in when
Mr. Jay had been prominent He also spoke OF
the service which Mr.. jay had rendered to the
cause OF civil service reform in the later years OF
his life
Joseph II. Choate speaking of Mr.. Jay as
patriot said. in part:
Mr.. Jay was born patriot; The strain came clear
and true from the first Chief Justice. OF whom
on the shoulders OF John Jay 1t touched something
Jess spotess than itself In the last two months
the rescue of a great State Mr. Jay was ardent
in his work for good government He was ardent
schools. We have seen the removal OF the schools
from sectarian influence As Minister 10 austria ne
lent dignity to the Office. As have more or less
OF men like John Jay. will the character OF this
nation be raised or lowered.
Chauncey NJ Depew. introduced to speak Of John
Jay a Man" said. In part:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: There are two methods Of
estimating the character and qualities, as a man. OF
distinguished public personage-one from intimate
public record. As a Westchester County man. with
my family traditions running back TO ITS hrst
of pride and interest in it's distinguished citizens
Westchester County associations brought me early
I'm life In intimate personal contact with Mr. Jay,
but account of the difference in years ! cou %
| I'm m
possess for nearly quarter Of century ms coria
ac9uanahhce From n tns GU n y Climate at Of me
man lie was fine example of the iniiuenee o oI
had been exi:ed from France at the, time Of the
revocation OF the Edict of Nantes The tragic re-
sn Of na' h bood 'c OF the uguenot
| generations 1t was the Huguenot strain and rs
In n his articles in The FederalIst and in his
@ ne the of Of the sne sae Of Sew
York to secure an expression IN inc Ia IN tba
| afcr years of his life "A singular premonition that
this principle might be In danger ana nust t " p bo
petualiy guarded. Any act Introduced in,o w
! legislature any movement upon the common schools
! which seemed to commit the state in any way 70
any sect found in him At once an alert ana slso'ou
aiarmist II is easy. a understand his pass anu
that Of his ancestors. TO unIers.anu WY al b',si
ness boycott of his time by becoming an aooutioin,
The principles which he mad nner,ed ana ehv Of
human beings in bondage a crime and slavery SIN
John JAY young LAWYER WIZ , limited mea oS
I
| p1rtuntles that from his high fanny az. an'
social position lost the qualification OF MS aplilo
and the rewards of political dstinctioh anu ,n
the social position which he has inherited py pupHc.
! lv taking ND ana nghtng the Ddtlie VI
freedom of the slave John Jay for nine successiNe
wears a. A representative in the diocesan cohNen'io
~ IN. Epscopal Church, after the bishops ana the
M r,,v ard th. laty had sClennly reasserted the uoc
tr,urs of the New Testament ana the love Vi 'ou
fnr man and men for each other, Would rise anu q
, nttinp supplement to his speeches, present RESP
| luton that the delegates from the African thu.
| ~ :, Philip be admitted to seats instantly ths
ny.I he.
! th. lavmen arose in indignant and angry pro'est
| and The resolution was shelved or defeated. -.
As we in later years saw this refined ana sensiti.e
gentleman. the ornament OF every social ciiCte III
which he moved, the pattern or PROPHECY anu nun
bic devoutness in the church To when ne peiohseu
the most dfcrential ard cons.derate OF men 10 uhe
f~elinrs and opinions OF others, the most conclna-
tory and vet the most firm and convincing OF ulpio
! mats il was almost impossible TO understand lna'
| IL was the same man, unchanged VINO STOOD un-
moved amid the fierce passions OF the anu,s,aNS ~ ,
| excitement and as "A trusted and recognized leader
| ia on. of he acrimonious and |engetul con
,as ever waged-a contest which ended In civil wal
! and vas settled only by hecatombs of slain and
rivers Of blood. Lincoln. and seward ana odulnes
| and Wade. and Phillips. and Garrison, ana Greele!
| and Chase, and becchcr, ana Parker, accoiu,Is u
their lights and their services. Will command the at
tention of posterity Ii IL our delightful duty aho
our supreme pleasure tonight to lay the wreath oi
! our love and YrIsc upon the memorial OF TINS the
| sweetest tn geules the most loving ana yet one
| OF the most efficient Of the apostles or liberty.
Bishop Coxr paid eloquent tribute to John Jay