Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-20
Clnr etntnn InnnrnratIon.

The Statue Of Henry Clay, sculPturod in
Florence, BY ths Americsn artist, J. /. Hart Of
XIV, for the Ladies CLAY Association Of Vif-
ginia, was inaugurated at Richmond April
18th, with appropriate ceremonies. The pisee
selected for the statue is the ground attached
to tho Capitol, within a few feet Of the statues
of Gen. WashingtOn, Patrick Henry, Madison
aud Jefferson 1t is Of finest CarraEa marble,
and is pronounced a magnificent work OF art.
Mr. Clay Is represented in the attitude oil
speech, the leii hand resting on pedestal, the
right hand slightly extended, and the Likeness
is excellent
The weather was fine, and some twenty
thousand people witnessed the Inauguration
ceremonies The military pageant was good
aud over two thousand ladies were seated on
an immense platform in the Capitol grounds
ThelLadies' Clay Association, EE-PTesident Ty-
Ter. Gov Lelcher, and distinguished strangers
were seated On tho Speakers stand, the whole
preventing mcst brilliant spectacle. EI.GOv.
Barbour pronounced an eloquent orati0n. The
following arc the opening and closing para
graphs:
Genius aud patriotism have always found
their truest and purest human reward in the
love and sympathy Of Woman. History tells
US that the women Of Athens were scout Jmel to
croxn Perieles with garlands attera successful
oration We remember that the daughters Of
England raised a commemorative statue to
Wellington, composed Of the captured cannon
Of his splendid Victories-and Southern mat
rons and Southern maidens, pleading through
the graceful eloquence Of a Northern orator,
have rescued Mount Vernon from dilapidation
and decay, and made it the trystlng spot OF
the nation.
In beautiful accordance with these examples
the women of Virginia are about to witness
the full realization of their efforts 10 honor a
great and fearless patriot-elOquent as Peri
cles, brave as Wellington, and, next to Wash
ington, the foremost man Of all our country.
Here, then, in these beautiful grOunds-un
der these proritious heavens, as cloudless as
his own fame on the soil Of his native State
on the very spot. perchance, where be once
stood poor, friendless, unknown bOY-lp th6
presence OF this vast multitude, assembled from
all parts of the Union-on his birthday gleam'
ing in the calendar, and bright in the memory
of millions, we inRugurate the statue Of th'
1 patriot statesman, Henry Clay, and dedicate j
y to the great cause of human industry, progress
/ and freedom. Here let it stand, themodel ant
3 the monitor Of his countrymen-that men MAJ
learn from it the certain honors which awai
benifeent genius, ardent patriotism and spot
less integrity-that envy, hatred, unhallOwe'
10 ambition, civil diseord and sectional strife, ma.
= ay abashed from It's presence as Alaric, tn
~ pest of nations, fad frightened from the Aero
Lo polls, under the quai ing gaze Of the statue Q
7, Minerva. And let this be our parting and ami
at mating hope, that when generation after gener
!. alton, and age after age shall have passed ava
when myriads of ireemen are rePosing Il
P peace, prosperity and happiness beneath tn
Of canopy OF our countrys greatness, it shall ati
! be the pride aud pleasure, and perfect Prlvileg
of the pilgrim of every cline, to gone here a
re to shrine, to bow the head in honor Of tn
in great men whose efiigies surround him, and t
n bend the knee in gratitude to the God who CAV
a them.