The Washington times., 1895-02-24
Expressive Resolutions Offered
Upon the Death of Douglass.
HOWARD UNIyERSITY'S ACTION
National Council Of Women Send Their
Tribute to the Family-Union League Ac-
tion-Final Preparations for the Funeral
To-morrow-Remains to Lie in State
at Metropolitan a. N. z. Church.


the white people as well as those OF his own
race, was evidenced yesterday in the adoption
OF resolutions Of respect and regret by vari-
GUS organizations.
A meeting of the trustees of Howard Uni
versity was held yesterday afternoon. 1t
was called 10 order by the president, Rev. J.
ID. Rankin who briefly stated its object.
Hon. John Eaton. ex. Commissioner of Ed
ucation for the District Of Columbia, sug-
gested thRt a committee be appointed TO
draft appropriate resolutions, but this
tion had been anticipated by President RAN
kin. who offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That in the death of the Hon.
Frederick Douglass, LII. D., the board Of
trustees of the Howard University has lost
the most remarkable of their number;
man singular in the humility of his origin
as well as his wonderful career as an ora
tor, and a public man recognized
and honored by two continents of the Anglo
Saxon race, the acknowledged representa-
tive and leader Of the Afro-American race,
in the greatness OF intellectual endowment
and in wisdom and in the emphatic and
lasting disproof Of the theory that men and
women Of African extraction cannot stand
unehaIIenged among the great ones on the
earth.
EXPRESSION OF THEIR LOSS.
"Resolyed, That We put on record our
sense OF the value Of the services OF Mr..
Douglass as a member of this board, of the
dignity and inspiration of his presence, and
that as an expression OF our loss and the loss
of the country by his death, we, as body,
attend his funeral services.
'Resolved, That this action be recorded in
our minutes, and that the Hon. John Eaton.
ex-commissioner of education, and Dr. T. ].
Grimke, representing this board, accompany
the remains TO Rochester n. Y, and that
copy Of these resolutions be communicated
10 the widow and relatives of the deceased,
for whom, in their afliction. we have sym
pathY the deepest and NEST sincere.
Similar action was taken by the faculty Of
the university at a meeting held in the
Cheeycr theological room. and Prof. George
w. Cook was delegated on the part OF the
faculty to accompany the remains OF Mr..
Douglass TO Rochester. n. Y.
At a meeting OF the working body of the
National Council of Women. held yesterday,
a committee was appointed to draft resolu-
tions expressing the feelings of the council
on the death of Mr. Douglass. A copy of
these resolutions, prepared by Mrs. J Ellen
Foster, which appear below. was seat TO the
Douglass family, and also q handsome floral
tribute and two memorial poems. letter
from the officers OF the council. which ac-
companied the foregoing, concludes as fol-
lows:
$50, dear friends, we cannot wholly
mourn. because OF the rejoicing within our
hearts, that such life has been, that such
valiant struggle has found issue in certain
victory. Surely the highest honor which we
can show the memory OF him who has passed
from the visible world to the world invisible,
and TO you whose longing eyes are straining
into the impenetrable darkness to follow
him. is TO contemplate his life as an inspira-
fion and to respond to his example by an
answering devotion to human liberty and
human equality.
woMEN's COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions are:
Frederick DougIass-Born a slave nearly
eighty years ago.
Escaped to liberty in the SOS.
His freedom was purchased before the war
by two English women, sisters, the Misses
Richardson.
Enfranchised by the property law of the
State Of New York. which allows q person,
white or black, to vote who had $3.50 worth
of property.
Died Wednesday evening, February 20,
1895.
Resolved, That in the death of Hon. Fred
erick Douglass the National Council of
Women Of the United States, assembled in
triennial session, feels itself sorely bereayed.
and with tender respect and patriotic deyo-
ton joins in memoriam Of the great and good
man passed from the scenes OF time.
We mourn him as a great and good man
gone. as Q great figure Of prophesy. OF hope,
and Of fulfllment in the annals of American
history; but koener is our sense Of loss be-
cause be was so lately in our midst His last
day on earth was passed with US. His
familiar form, his dignified and genial bear
ing on our platform was his last tribute TO
wOman's progress toward higher ideals in
society. in custom. and in law.
His shadow still fingers on our portals:
his words OF sympathetic interest in our in
splrations and our hopes still echoed through
the evening air when the summons came;
out oil life into death he went: ont of death
into life eternal. With reverential thought.
because Of this swift, this unsnnounced
transition, and with solemn exaltation be-
cause OF the possible dignity OF human char
acter and human achievements. which his
life illustrates, We bring our tribute.
Born slave. his human instinct drove him
early to forge his way to freedom Liberty
secured. his robust manhood made for him
self an heroic career OF service to his kindred,
to his race, TO his country. and to the world
The tenderness OF a refined nature sweet
ened his family life and ennobled his per-
sonal friendships. In the army of progress
he was the trusted comrade and respected
leader OF men and women. living and dead,
whom the years more and more will under
stand and honor
He was a student OF books. of men. and of
institutions. He wrote with clearness and
force; he spoke with eloQuence and power.
The woman movement found in him a
friend and champion. His sense of Justice
and mis- soul of honor made their cause his
own. He urged and aided the enlargement
OF their opportunities for education. for in
dUstriaI Independence. and for political
equality. He believed the quality of woman's
service would be as helpful to the govern
ment as il had been blessed in the home.
he stood for temperance and purity and
religion, and personifed the virtues he ex-
toIled.
In him the hopes OF his race were realized;
IN him humanity was digniied. The world
is poorer because he is gone: humanity is
richer because he came. The legacy OF his
life and service attests the truth that God
keepeth watch above His own that He shall
turn and overturn until injustice dies and the
right eternally triumphs.
NAY WRIGHT SEwALL.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
LILLIAN NJ. n. STEVENS.
MARGARET Ray WIoKINs.
]. ELLEN FOSTER.
Rev. ANNA HOWARD SHAW.
EMILY Rowland.
At special meeting. presided over by
President A. T. Hiver. of the executive com
mittee of the Union League. held at 1852
Sixth street northwest Saturday evening. the
following preamble and recommendations
relative to the death of the Hon Frederick
Douglass were unanimously adopted:
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