The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-06-26

has ELAPSED since tho work was proposed, its
first and greatest benelactOr has passed
AWAY. and with him the other earliest and
largest contributors to the statue, our late
respected and liberal fellOw.citizen', John
wellcs aud Samuel Appleton, and the two
noble brother patrons ole every public spirit
cd and philanthrOpic undertaking, Amos
and Abbott Law renee. One half OF the cost
of the statue was betrayed by these five de-
parted bcneGactors-thc residue is the more
recent donation ofliving contributors. The
tsslcstal of BEAUTIFUL rerde antique Is the
contribution Of the family Of the late DIR
Warren. For whatever Of interest there Is
in this OccasiOn-lOr whatever OF satisiac.
ton we enjoy. in seeing the first beloved and
youthful victim in the cause OF American
liberty restored to us in enduring marble,
we are indebted, in the first instance, To the
larre-hearte,l, wa-m-hcIrted men, whose
names | have repeated. They have all
raSsed away; and with them hasalso passed
away another hOnorcd associate. the friend
ofncarly half century, who would have
cnioycl a silent but intense qualification in
this DAYS proceeding, the late hmenicd DR..
John &. Warren, the nephew Of General
JJ~pph Warren, whose warm and active in
tcrcs; i'm the cOmmemOrltiOn OF the lIth
of June, lTT5, trlnscending the limits OF
name and kindrl. led him 10 cOnsccrate
the strenuous cxcrtiOns OF more than thirty
yrlrs, not merely % the erection OF the
monument. but 10 the Illustration Of all the
memories that cluster round Bunker HILL
And il NAV be permitted TO me, sir, rs the
only survivor OF the first committee appoint
ell to procure subscriptions in ls2j. aud OF
the executive committee clothed with tie
full powers Ut the directors, IN the construc-
structiDn Of tho work. 10 state, that
anon. all the Jealous, pcrscyerlng and Ju-
licious friends OF the Bunker Hill Monument
there was none who from first to last con.
tributcl more effectively TO its successful
prosecution and final completion than DR..
John &. Warren.
Nor let it DO thought, sir, that in erecting
;he statue Of General Joseph Warren and
bcstowing the honors of this day exclusively
upJn him. we forget the services Of the brave
men of whatever rank, who partOOs, with
like courage and patriotic deyOtOn, the
uerils of that ever memorable 18th OF June,
lT1j, whether with him they gave their
lives 10 the country, or survived for other
fields Of danger and other calls Of duty. To
honor without attempting to enumerate or
cumulrc their names, to marx 10 the latest
rrn ration the spot where they stood sid by
SIDE through the live long hours OF that anx-
iols tuilsome night and that tremendous day,
and brayel in their most terrible form.
md most of them for q c first time, the perils
pf the batilc,-is the object Of the time-dc-
yin. work, which crowns the hill ON which
Ne stand. IL cOmmorates no individual man
pr State. IL stands indeed ON the soil of
Massachusetts, where the battle wis ioagbt
but there il sands equally for Connecticut,
New hampshire, and Rhode Island, and the
yuuuser sisters of the New England family,
Vermont and Maine, whose troops shared
with ours the dangers and the hOnors OF the
law. IL stands for Prescott and Warren,
but not less for Putnam, and Stark. and
Green. No name adOrns tho shaft; but
ages hence. though our alThabets may be-
come as obscure ne those which cover the
monuments OF Nineyah and Babylon, its un- /
inscrlbcd surface (Onwhich mOnarchs might .
b. proud 10 ungrayc their titles,) will per- I
petuatc the memory OF the 18th OF Juno =
Ii is the monument of the day, of the event, .
ofthc battle OF Banker Hill Ofall the brave .
bnCn who haired its per.ls,-alike of Pres /
colt, and Narren,-thc chiefs Oi the day, \
|ind the cO.Orcd man, Salem, who Is reported
b. have shot the gallant Pitcairnas he noun !
I'D the parapet. Cold rs the clods on which .
it rests, still as the silent heavens 10 which /,
it scars, it is yet vocal, eloquent, in their un.
divided praise. Till the pOnderOus and well
cOmpactcd blocks of granite, which no force
I1ut that OF an earthquake will heaye from
their bearings. shall fall asunder, il will
stand to the most distant pOstcrity grand
Impartial illustrltiOn-(naturc'so own mas
siyu llthOgraphy)-Of the noble page second
10 no other in the annals of America, on
which History shall write down tho names
and the dee Il Of the 18th Of June, 1875.
But while the Obelisk, unapprOpriatcd TO .
any individual name however brilliant, for.
,etrul Of no individual merit however hum
Bile. towers in serene simplicity, the one i'm
partial monument Of the daY,-it seemed
Proper 10 the muniiiccnt prOpOScr OF the
work we now Inauguratc, and 10 his liberal
associates in the undertaking. that Begin
ing should at length be made Of u separate I
cUmmcmOntiOn OF those, who rendered
Especial service IN an action which gave
character to the whole succeeding contest
a battle in which the loss of the enemy OK.
|recdcd two.lOld that OF Saratoga Monmouth,
W. Yorktown. or OF any other conflict in the
war, and which. Disgusting disastrous de-
icat with the name Of victory, was, in the
Language Of Gen Burgoync, who witnessed
the engagement, the loss OF the British En-
pirc ia America" Oonc, I am persuaded,
will think it EnjnSt that the first statue has
been erected 10 Warren; no one but what
ii. tks,3 .h,,.lN
b. followed by those OF Prescott Of Putnam,
of Gardner. OF McClary, and Of whOmsOevcr
else grateful pOs'crIty may deem worthy
b. De associated with them in these postum
|muus hOnors. need not tell YOU, sir. that
it has long been in contemplation to erect u
permanent lodge on some portion OF these
cJnsccratcl grounds, which shall Afford IN
appropriate place Of deposit for the archives
lDi the ASSOCIATION aud for the relics and me
morials OF the battle, and there it is probable,
IL this design is executed, that the statue we
this day nauguratc, will be definitely sct up,
10 be surrounded, let u hope, with the busis
and statues of many Others of the brave men
who stOOlO Tell in the cause OF the country
ON that mUmentOus day.
In these ways and by these works-by the
mliestic structure which points its unin-
scrib,d shaft 10 the skies, and by the mOnu-
mental statues which we dedicate 10 indiyid.
ual merit, grateful pOsterity will seek to
honor those to whose wise and bravo coun-
sells, to whose tolls and whose blood, we are
indebted under Providence Cor this rich her.
itagc Of public and private prosperity. OF
thcse-in this part Of the Union - there is
no name 10 stand before Warren's. tru-
l.pf r..s,lute T.ayt.Ss Nj ,.,f thirty-fva
years age, hS was in reality, as President
of the Provincial Congress OF Massachusetts,
and chairman Of the Committee Of Safety,
the efficient head of the patriot cause IN
New England. In addition 10 these impOr-
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