Frederick Douglass, the Orator - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection
260 LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
Harrison, to take part in the dedication of the
soldiers' monument, he being one of the honored
guests at the Cottage banquet at Ontario Beach,
we may well exclaim, 'The world does move.'
" The struggles and trials, and they were legion,
which Frederick Douglass endured for seventyeight
years, are to-day crystallized into a grand
prophecy, of which this hour is the beginning of
the fulfillment.
" The appreciation and love we, the women of
Rochester, bear toward our friend and coworker
cannot be better expressed than by reading the
resolutions passed at the meeting of the National
Council of Women in Washington."
Miss Anthony then read the memorial adopted
by the Women's National Conference at Washington
on the death of Mr. Douglass.
DR. GANNETT DELIVERS THE FUNERAL ORATION.
The Rev. W C. Gannett, pastor of the
Unitarian Church, was the principal speaker of
the occasion. In part this is what the eloquent
clergyman said: —
" This is an occasion of grief, but perhaps more
of pride. This is an impressive moment in the
history of our city. There was a man who, when
he became a fellow citizen here, lived in one of
the humblest homes of the city; a man whose
color exposed him to insult and rebuke, and a