, 1860-09-15
Inaugu ratien Of the Per1y Monument
at Cleveland.
0HATf0.a. OF GE0RGE BANCROFT.

1na1gu ratlCn Of the Fer1Y monument
at Cleveland.
on1Tfo.,- OF GE0RaE B.4NCzoFF.
CIzr1IAsD, stp'enbc1 10th. 1850.
The ceremonies ol tie inauguration ofthe Perry
Mouunert ere noH in progress. There are If
teen military compa1ies IN tbs procession -
Amo1s these ere the Providence Light Infantry,
with tie Providence American Band, Dod-
wuEsh's Band oeNew York, and ten other bands
IRON Bulfa1c, Saucuskr, DC.
01e Thousand Fres M4son8 are in the process
sion. Places Of honor are given to Governor
Spre2ue cf Rhode Island End staff. Bishop
Clarke Of R1oos Island. Mr. Bartlett. Secrets-
r. Of Sale, Rh:de I-lAad, Governor Denn1soa
Of Ohio and staD, o. II. Perry Of Boston, and
Mrs. Eluton, Ne- YORK, {sbe latter children OF
Commodore q. II. Ptrry,) to other relatives
Of the family, and to other distinguished per-
sons.
Sx survivors of the battle Of Lake Esie. and
q large lumber cf the old soldiers 1.-THE War Of
1879 gre IN the procession.
The status was u1vei'ed by Mr. Wa'cott, the
artist, aud vas thus pr scented to the public
amid immense applause. The waving ofhsts and
baabtrs, the roar Of artillery, and The sound Of
martial music.
Net less tsan $4,000 people wcro present in
snt around The public square, and the utmost
enthusiasm prevailed.
The Statue were by Aayor Srn:er Of this city,
Hon. G.0. Bancroft af New York, and By Dr..
Asher PAr.oos OF Providence, one Of the lust
surylvi1g COMMISSIONED officers Of the battle,
and the Surgeon Of the Lawrence.
Mayor Seuter accepted the monument in be-
halt .! the city, an1 EXPRESSED the feelings OF
tue citizens OF eortheEo Ohio in thus doing
honor 10 the memory Of btave men.
Hon. Geo. Bancroft thea addressed the assem-
blcd thousands a fol 0Wg:
Mss CT Quo! FELLOW CITIZENS or TIE
UAlrED H1A7ts!-The defence cf our country
ls NOT 4 burden to bs stunned; but an lnal:en-
eble riy:t v t:ca VIC are to assert, and Eacred
du,y Which We are to fulfill The heroic deeds
OF those who, in manly hattie, have stood up
for the moral existence Of the nation, and Civ
Ell the greatest proof Of their lore for it BY per
ling their lives in lis defence, deserve 10 be
conmemoTated By works OF att, that the eri-
de1ca OF their virtue mty be ever present to
tue eye Of tbs people. u our willing sympa-
thy With Their tdo1ts, We make their glory our
own; by contemplating their actions with love,
We renew III our own Dreasts the just courage
with which they gloEed, aud gain The ennobli1g
consciousness that We, too, hare tha power
within US to initiate their example.
Citizens Of Cleveland, executing purpose
which had its origin in thtir own Municipal
government. cteered BY the patriotic zeal Of m
artist who is native Of their State. and tus->
tanned by the confdlng energy Of their spirited
contractors, have raised the monument which
has just been unveiled. Before the my1iads
here nsss moled this Etatue lB now dedicated to
tie Union in the name Ct the people Of Ohio.
Tie 'rhaoitants OF this Commonwealth are
by their detc ut Of Common blood With nearly
highly civil:z-d c.uat1ies Of The world. The
homes uf their arc+ s:ors are to hs found in the
Old Ut1niniao, nrd all The States to the north Of
it, in ,ha BEitsth les and Ireland, in the 1be-
sian peninsula, in France, in I,aly; and Of all
the Continental States, especially IN Germany;
80 that In addition 10 the mysttE Eious adinity Of
human nature with truth aud freedom, no word
can be uttered in any part Of the cultivated
wcrld for tight aEd liberty, but you may elai1a
1t in family interest OF your own. Il ia the
sens of your forefatheEs Of whom you expect
that the tomb aud the birthplace Of Virgil will
be secured 70 The guardianship Of the Tree; it
isyours b.o'beEa aud Jour Kindred, who Gre to
rtvol1' iouary fathers suffered from the petty
princes Of u nov fallen empire, br melting and
teaching its immortal people to construct free
ard united Germany.
Ohio 1;ses before tho world - the majestic
witnesa to The beEefcent reality Of the demo-
cratic principle. A commonwealth, younger in
reuys than he who Addrc: sea you, not long ago
having no visible existence but in the emigrabt
wagons, nov Eunbers slmost as large pogu-
la-i"u a. that Of all England, when it gave birth
to n leigh, aud Bacon and Shakespeare, and be-
gan is continuous attempts at co!onizlng Amer
lca. Euch Gle OF her Inhabitants giaddens in
the fruit Of his own toll Sue possesses waslth
that must b. computed By thousands Of mil.
lions; gnd her frugal, industrious and bfnero-
tered in the u!e OF their faculties, restiess il
enterprise, do cot squander the accumulations
Of thel1 industry in vain show, but ever 70 on
to render the earth mtrc productive, more
be 2utlfnt aud more convenient to man; master
iaG ior mechanic purposes the unwasiiog lorces
Of nature; keeping exemplary good faith with
their public cIeoi oss; bai!dlug in fifty years
mora churches than all gland has raised since
til cou'isent was aitcovered; endowlng and
sustaining universities and o;her semiusries Of
learning. Conscious Of the dynamic power Of
mind in action as the best OF tortresses, Ohio
keeps Mt st. nding &7ry but that ot her school
tescser*, os within ahe paTs more than twenty
thcus and; she provides 9 library for every
school district; she counts among her ci:iz ms
more than three hundred Thousand men who
can bear arma, sud she has more then twicc
that number OF children registered Is students
In her public Rrhools. Here the purity Of do
mestc morals ::e maintained BY the virtue and
dignity of woman.
In the heart Of the temperate zane Of this coE-
tlnens, IN the land Of the corn. Of wheat and The
vine. tue eldest daughter Of the ordinance Of
seventeen hundred aud eighty.seyen, already
the young mother Of other commonwealths,
that bid lair 10 VIC with her in beauty, rises ia
her toveliness and glory, crowned with cities,
aud challenges the admiration Of the world.
Hisher should cone the political steptic, who in
his despair il ready to strand the ship Of stute
for hero he may learn how to guide It safely
On tile waters. Should come modern TEL
mhchuB. Ecir to RI island empire. touch
these shores, here he may observe The vitaty
and strength Of the principle Of popular power;
take from the book Of experience the Lesson
that in public affairs great and happy results
follow in proportion to faith in the efficacy Of
that principle, and learn to rebuke ill.Rdrieed
eornst liors who pronounce the most mo-
mentous and most certain Of political truths 4
do!u.ion and q failure.
This anniversary Of the great action Of Oliver
lizard Perry. is set apart tor inauEurasing a
monument to h's lame. Who has not heard
how gallautly. forty seven years ago, the young
hero, still weak from wasting fever, ied his
squadron to batter As if khie dsd by 1 bi her
power, he encountered death on his right hand,
death On his lett, ever in advance, ALMOST alone
for two hours, lighting Ills ship, ill it became 4
wreck, 50 that but one OF ,ts gus could be
used any longer, and more than four -tifths Of
his crew lay around hin, wounded Or kille d ;
then unhs1 med. standing as beseemed his spirit,
he pasEed in boat to The uninjured Niagara,
unfusled Lis Gag, bore down within pistol. shot
| Of hts enemy, poured into them broadsides
sta1bosrd and broadsides port, and while the
sun was st,l high ADORE the horzou, let no
office to be done but that Of mercy to the van.
quissed. 1ftho comparison does not seem fan+
c,tu, will call his concuct during those event.
| ful h.urs complete lyric poem. perfect in all
| is tarts. Though be was carried away and
zs:sed aooEe himself BY the power with which
| be vas poFsessej, the passion of his inspiration
WAS tempered by the sercne selfposses.ioa oil
his f4utless courage; his will had The winged
rapidly Of fiery thought, and yet observed
| with dellbera!euess the combinations Of har.
| nosey and the proportions Of measured order
Nor may you omit due honcrs to tho virtue
require consolation, but with clear perception
1 Il he gcry Of their ED. Tho debt Of nature
al mist psy. 70 de, If need be, II defense d
The country il common Obligation it is grant.
ed to few to excbang. life for victory 70 fu1l q
benefits to their fellow men. These are th.
disinteres:ed, UNNAMED martyrs. who. without
hope Of fame or gain, gsve up their lives IL
Testimony to the a}l.pcrvadiuR 1oTc OF country
| AID LEFT TO our atAtes1en the Lesson to denane
Of others nothtrg but what is right aod to cub
NIT to No wIouE.
words Is he reported the result Of the bsttie
And who VAS that "enen,y1" A nation speak
ing auothcs tongue? L dtsto abandoned t,
tho caprices Of dtspotismf A pcorlc inimica
to human freedom7 No! they were thu natio,
from whom most Of u sprung, Using the e.1n
copious language, cherishing alter their fashio,
tbs lore ot liberty, enjoying internally th
freest government that The world had know
before our Own. Uut tho external policy 6
their government has been less controlled b,
| regard Ior right than their domestic adminis
tratlon; and a setiea Of wanton aggression
upou ut, usclees to England. condemned no,
| hF her own statesmcu and Judges n Y,oAtnr