The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-23

was grocSeu WIN general ma pfoUu&0o Rppm00os ~
spoke in distinct and animated tone, - followss-
FEIow Cmzxss-I accept the auspsoous omen now
presented to us in this calm sunset almost wilAeut
S'oud. Cd. Inc early part Of the day was boistsrcug.
and the completion Of 's' these osTs%eais Z Bds dee
occurrences have terminated as, thank God, Always
ssn,s mas been ma s case In the history Of country
anu empess beset In the morning. tho end Of
tne DAY still clear, bright animating Such 49,
wil ever be the ISSUE Of the gloom and dsrknss hss r
BILE and important duty has been assigned To me al ded
eating this statue of Washington, which is noble pr
standing here this beautiful and commanding poston
States Of he Conederscy and by ysst sssemSase s
o. our fellow citizens civil and military and In fun view
and or the shores Of the ancient Commonwealth which
gave him birth soenly dedicate this statue TO the
immortal memory Of the Father Of his Country. ZAP.
name Of the people Of the North, or the
South, the East, q the West; moi in the
Of the Pacific but in the name Of the whole American
people Of the United States and ndvsibe now and
Sssye1 Sad applause and cries Of "Hurrsh for Old
tuition and the Union for ages yet 70 come. Nay they
stand IKE the everlasting hills against which the tenn.
s@s!s @ long long IS he nam name ' q vsS,nssss vs. sa.
men. lRenewed and prolonged applsase) Nay WsaS-
ngton City, which be founded, continue throughout many
many generations to be the seat of government Of Ss
ruin by dissolution Of the Unien win not me The
ruins Of Balbeck and Palmyra, be merely monumnt Of
cal experiment has failed and that man incapable Of
s Ss na%.n May such v,,s dsu Sa
language Of Solomon at the dedication Of the Jewish
temple, ."May the Lord our God be with ", a. He
prayer Of all present, and may each one return
and determined do his whole duty 70 God and his
country than when assembled here to-day.
The distinguished speaker took his seat amid general
and most enthusiastic applause.
UNWILLING THE STATUE.
Clark Mills the artist, then advanced giving the order
to unveil the statue In the hurry do this the atten-
dants did not perform the duty perfectly and only part
Of the statue revealed cry from some one In the
crowd Of "Tear the shirt off, occasioned much laugh
ter. young man, agile q monkey. swiftly
climbed up the PEDESTAL and eaping the horses back
removed the section Of whsh had partially OBJ
scured the view OF the statue Meanwhile the thunder
ing Of cannon sounds Of music throat sranng cheers anA
expressions Of wild delight, greeted the exhibition The
waving Of hats and handkerche by persons within and
outside the enclosure, a noticeable feature; and
these signs of joy were also made by persons house.
tops, in trees and other elevated points.
SPEECH OF CLARK MILLS, THE ARTIST.
Clark Mills being loudly called for addressed the assem-
bly, as follows
LADIES AND GENrKMES-The lateness Of the hour win
prevent from respassng upon your PATIENCE but per-
NIT me, justice myself to say that this statue s in
tended for much greater elevation than now has It
being inadequate carry out the original design II that
had been carried out 1t would have been forty feet in
pedestal divided into three paris representing three
great epochs our countrys history The first story
presents the country as i vas when first discovered and
dawn Of civilization and the third represents the great
Revolutionary epoch. washingtons generals all
equestrian statue OF the "Fa,her Of his Country" The
cdent selected for the representation Of this statue at
found in Uphams "IMe Of washington page 2la, where
Warrington after several Intellectual attempts to rally
o uhs
balls tore up the earth under his feet and while the
noble horse represented terror stricken the dauntless
hero Is calm and tignied II believing himself the in
strument In the hand Of Providence, to work out the
great problem Of liberty: (Applause The likeness 10
Of Washington, Mount Vernon, 1885, by Monsieur
Houdon This cast placed on bracketover the door In
Washngons library, where Il remained "a until permission
The uniform fac smtte Of the one worn by Washing
ton, which now in the Patent Office The trappngs Of
the horse are from that truthful artist and patriot Tum
dark day indeed when shall forget this vast corcourse
OF persons around me- and should this humble effort meet
your appreciation, my proudes recollection will be the
consciousness OF having perpetuated ia impershabe
bronze the form and Of not only the Hero Of New
Orleans, but the Hero the Revolution whose e and
cbarater has been my admiration. Cheers and ap-
plause
ANECDOTE OF CLARK MILLS.
Clark Mills life ia full Of interest While patiently sub
mtng to the falling rain at the circle and waiting for the
arrival Of the procession prominent citizen alluded
event which illustrates the energy Of Mr. Ms character
and the peculiar force Of his intellectual powers The
association by whom Mr. Mills had been employed TO
make the equestrian statue of jackson, which
stands in Jackson square, had become dshear.ened
doubted the Of the undertaking They refused
to advance further Mr.. Mills TO continue his
work, and Captain Page made statements which i'm
Piled doubt of the power Of the artist TO balance horse
Of bronze upon his hind legs which, though often at
tempted had been accomplished by any European
artist Mr. Mills felt that crisis had arrived In bis his
tory and doubling his capacity TO convince Captsn Page
by discussing the question in the papers, he made
small cast Of the statue. Armed with this
he called upon Captain Page, and, without an
introduction, he asked whether iron bar Of certain
size and length would not li certain weight Captain
Page replied that 1t would. II, said Mr. Mills, tho bar
was double the thickness but still Of the samo length
would not double the weight Captain Page again
assented Then, said Mr.. Mills you have acknowledged
the principle upon which rely for the success Of my
work, and (pulling out his miniature statuc)
horse Of this size will remain poised upon his
hinder legs, will not q horse OF double the size
Captain Page looked on in astonshment He examined
the model m!nu,ey and exclaimed "why, you are Mr..
Mills r Mr. Mills made himself known, and apoogized
for not introducing himself by remarkns that be was
completely absorbed in the work important 10 him.
Captain Page then entered upon number Of absuse CAL
cuatons which convinced him Of the correctness Of Mr.
Mills theory and from that time further obstructions
we're placed in his path. Mr. Mills sta receives the dm
approval Of the artists Of this city, but from all persons
high and low the need Of praise awarded 70 the SELF
taught American artist
The statue faces the Capitol During the erection Of
the pedestal the citizens Of Georgetown presented
monsrance TO the President and requested that Washing
should face Georgetown approaching that ancient
city. The President replied that in these troublesome
times he could mot comply, the Father Of his Country
should face the Capito advancing 70 promote The