New-York tribune., 1895-02-25
FOR THE FUNERIL or MR. DOUGLASS.

IT WILL BE HELD TO-DAY IN WASiiINGTON-THE
BODY not To PASS THROUGH THIS CITY
Wasnington Feb. 24.-The funeral Of Frederick
Douglass will be held tomorrow in the metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal Church. The body VIII
be- taken to the church early in the morning and
will lie In state for view by the pubic uhth
o'clock at which hour the services Will begin
They viii be conducted by the Rev. D. d Jehiier'
pastor. bishops Turner and Wayman Will take
part ana John W. Hutchinson. the last OF the
famous Hutchinson family OF Abolition singers ana
a lifelong friend Of the deceased viii sing 500
The sermon viii be- preached by the Rev Dr. Jenl-
fer AMI brief euogistic remarks VII De mao "a DS
the E,v Dr Rankin, president OF the hy"aLn sh
University. the Rev. Hugh + stevenson; or "ie
Grmke l..
! COX f. . Mee.er = b : P.nchback Or 6. =
rut Leon4rd g baiey Jo6n Il Hro9sr 8srbsioit d rs
captain D. l. Ptcher B. + Mes.er and George w.
% hoi I b. sent 80 Roches,cr 4 - over
the Nrthcfn central Kailroa1 ana j. scheduled 10
sinl. fh. committee which was appointed at the
rnAss.rnee,lne on Friday night waited on the Mayor
with ihc request to have the body of FREDERICK
douglas. lie In state n The city Hall io-m9rrow.
frcnt. f.f tht funcral and the body VIII not pass
through New-YorK. bur 20 direct - k9chester 1y
way ~ Haiilmore Arrang aments are beins mhle
- ho.I memorial services ln this city In the near
'u'ur.
\ PICTURESQUE HISTORICAL. FIGURE.
tn. Re-, pr Louis 4 Ranks. OF the Hanson
place Methodist church Brooklyn. spoke last
evening on "fr,.lsrick Douglass. the eloquent. the
,,,s, ,,i.,ur.seuo historical figure in modern times
Ausong other things the speaker said; III were
osxrl what person ln the present century ha'
fought ax,ln.f the greatest odds and won the strus
ele 81 fc az most points. should answer rreue'-
lex Douglas. We have hay an abundance OF e'o-
oucrc, concerning Abraham Lncoln's rise from the
ulr. o, rail-spil,ter % ;he Presidency. Of General
Grant. career from the tlnnery 20 the position OF
the ar.t American citizen. and Garnelds from the
,owpath 90 the White House. but none of these
mon nor all n, them put together had to make
Mes race with such handicap or facing such olds
a. Frederick Douglass
Here ls q man who learned to read and write oy
stud, .ng ont thu chara tors made by the carpeh-
fer I'm the Baltimore lumher-yaris who became
able hy MS own efforts % speak the Englsh IAN
guaqe with an elegance and an eloquence equaI 70
Charles sumner or Henry ward Beecher TN their
br.t days Here is q man who dd not Know VINO
his father was. who never saw his mother out a
few times ana then 10y moonlight or by ghmpses
caught bv a tallow Dip In a log cabin. who came To
te tne bosom friend - John Bright, the Intimate
councillor Of Abraham Lincoln. the boon companion
Of Daniel O'Conncu and Father Mathew who came
I, be- loved los wendell Phillips and william i'oyh
, Garrison and held in highest honor ana most Yen
der r,parl b, many ~ the noblesi women ot poth
coufnenfs. who came to be the undisput"1 leader
of his race 10 be- known wherever thc Ent'ish .hi
pIagc ls spoken ami TO be- respect,i oy 'nf Wmo,, @
rtyi'z.I world The story OF his llfe Is ~" most
ro,uaf.,l. OF all mOicrn times. No man began 50
low a.id climbed So high ~ he. ,.,
IL had in remarkable degree that terrloie' tioi'
irrrsl.i IT, power of the toer lie had great tisaS
lie u,t.r compromised with himself Tor any
less han the best that possible: II" was uorit
I'm th. mds. Of that enforced tendency To esssly
yicour passion and uuholy appetite that springs
from the word the ac=h and the devil put III spl,e
OF II an he developed strong. robust mann0ou
which ne kent clean and spOtess throughout hail a
century lived IN the public gaze FREDERICK p0ueI'ss
1id mo- greater thing for his race than that -,
IN. sneaker cited he extraordinary actol "i tnr
House ~ Representatives Of North 'aro'nh IA az az
int..inr I'm honor cf Frederick Douglass on feoclN-
ING m, news NJ his death last Thursday In CLOS
ing Dr Banks said. ~ career IKE that OF , rnic,
TX pouglass IL nj once honor ana an lnSpifh-
iion 10 humanity In such man the kihsh'p ~ "'
races ls demonstrated