The Washington times., 1895-04-03
IN MEMORY OF DOUGLASS
Representative COIOred Men Pay
Their Tributes of Respect.
GOV. O'PERRALL EXcORIATED
The Richmond Incident Furnished DR.. Pur-
Wis al Opportunity to Declare That slav-
cry Is Not Dead-Greatness of the Dead
Leaders Character ElOquently Pictured.
Spokesman for Ninety Killion Negroes.

A national memorial service in memory
of the late Frederick Douglass was held
at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church
last evening. The church was filled
with the representative colored people OF
the District. come to do honor to the mem
ory Of the man who had done so much
for his race
The services opened with prayer i,y the
Rev. r. H. Terrell, who was folio we'd by
DR.. c. B. Purvis with an address npon the
life and work of the late colored states
man.
Dr. Purvis said: "In America more Il an
any other country men mark their progress
by the work OF their hands 1t is the self
made man to whom We do most honor.
Therefore do We honor Lincoln, Grant,
and others of equal pronlinence, but what
shall we say OF Douglass, who began his life
work with nothing, not even owning the
hands TO battle against the world.
In spite OF all obstacles he made his way
to the front rank and staid there dnnindful
OF 81! antagonism or hatred He did not
have greatness thrust upon hiSl; he fought.
and fought hard for il. God always has a
purpose in sending great men into the world.
Frederick Douglass was sent into the
world to right great wrong.
II viii be hard foro race TO do without
him. His death was inOpportune, at this
time. as indeed il would ever have Iten.
His presence, his logic, his guidance, are
as much needed to-day as they we're fifty
years ago.
GOV. OFERRALL CRITICISED
slavery is dead. but its spirit still cx-
lists. It is strongly illustrated in The eorry
exhibition of race pre- Judice made lay GOV.
o'Ferrall upon the occasion of the visit
OF a Massachusetts legislative comnittec,
OF which Mr. Tefford was an honored
member, TO Richmond Whatoccurredl5I that
time is disgrace TO honesty.
Il am reminded by this incident uf Tef-
ford's visitto Lincoln thirty years ago.
'Tefford- said after he had left this great
man, He never once reminded me that /
differed from him in anything
"Ar DOugla IS belonged TO no specil lace
or class; his mission was for mank md, rot
for one, but for all He is not dead His
spirit is still with us, but We mourn lin
because he has gone away.
''He had no egotisn. Once, when speak
ing on the anti-slayeTy question, he said:
There is no mountain so high, no valley SO
deep, and no plain so vast, where can
stand and call these hands my own
Il do not think that he was specials ere
alton, designed for any special work He
was great, naturally, and when his 'a;urse
was run, lac laid down his burden in obeli
ence to divine call"
SPOKESMAN FOR MILLIONS.
Hon. John S. Durham, OF Philadelphia,
who succeeded Douglass as minister to
Hayti, spoke Of his relations with and The
esteem in which he was held by the Hay
tians. He was considered by them 90 be
the spokesman ar 5000. 900 colorAd pco-
Pile He was the one negro in the world
who could take his place with Gladstone
and BiSmarcI
Rev. DIR. A '@xander CrummPu spoke Of
Douglass abil as an orator. He said:
4 have felt , majesty of Webster,
have sat under spell OF Wilberlorce.
and the ma gnifice -ee OF Beaconsfield. and
/ have no hesitancy lu saying that Douglass
was rs effective as any of these. An
orator is the concentrated effort of Il ,sencr-
ton, and Douglass education was of the
kind TO bring out all the latent force in
the man Upon whose shoulders stall
the mantle fallg"
Hon. John r. Lynch. Frederick Barba-
does, Rev. K. Il. Terrell, exGoy. =. B. S.
ffliChhack ana william A. Credittalso Ipad de
addresses eulogizing the memory of Doug
lass