. The New England magazine . man born in Scot-land, who had buried Lovejoy the firsttime, had charge of this removal. Some-where among my papers I have his re-ceipt for money paid for burying Love-joy twice. He told me that some bitsof bone and handsful of dust were all hecould find. The second grave, whenI first knew it, was marked by an oldtombstone turned upside down, across theupper edge of which was written in redchalk, Lovejoy. At a later day, whencircumstances, needless to mention, madethe great principle of free speech andfree press very dear to me, I placed uponthe grave the present s
. The New England magazine . man born in Scot-land, who had buried Lovejoy the firsttime, had charge of this removal. Some-where among my papers I have his re-ceipt for money paid for burying Love-joy twice. He told me that some bitsof bone and handsful of dust were all hecould find. The second grave, whenI first knew it, was marked by an oldtombstone turned upside down, across theupper edge of which was written in redchalk, Lovejoy. At a later day, whencircumstances, needless to mention, madethe great principle of free speech andfree press very dear to me, I placed uponthe grave the present simple monument— a scroll of Italian marble, resting upona pedestal of New England granite, andbearing this inscription :HIC JACET LOVEJOY. Jam parce sepulto. Here lies Lovejoy. Spare him now that heis buried. A longer and better epitaph might andwould be written now, but then these fewwords seemed to me appropriate andenough. Before doing this, however, I 1 The monument was erected in July, 1863. LOVEJOY—HERO AND endeavored to communicate with Love-joys son, Edward; but my letters andinquiries never reached him, or, at least,were never answered. Consequently, Iwas obliged to assume that neither henor other relatives had any objection tomy labor of love, and I have heard ofnone from any quarter since. The heirsof Major Hunter cheerfully gave me adeed to the lot for the purpose to whichit is dedicated. Taking into considera-tion my non-residence and the necessityof having some person, or persons, to ex-ereise the rights and perform the dutiesof ownership when I have gone over tothe majority I formally transferred allmy right, title, and interest in the lot andcontents to the colored people of Altonin August, 1885. It was accepted bythem, and they are now the legitimatecustodians of that sacred sod; yes,sacred, for Such graves as this are pilgrim shrines — Shrines to no code or creed confined;The Delphian vales, the Palestines, The Meccas of the mind. There have bee
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