The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-09-21
Of a Stature in Honor
OF Com. Perry.
CLEVELAND. September 10.

70. (" ae.la CLEVELAND. September 10.
The weather is clear and cool. The at
tendance extremely large. Masons, Odd
Fellows and military are in full force. Sew
eral companies of Ohio Volunteer Militia,
under Brigadier General Filth, with many
companies from Pennsylvania, Michigan and
New York, are encamped at Camp Perry,
and will join in the ceremonies. Two hum
bred and fifty passenger loaded cars arrived
this morning, in addition to previous arri-
walls. Probably it is the largest gathering
ever witnessed in Ohio.
Among the guests from abroad are Gov.
ernor Sprague and staff, Rhode Island ;
Hon. George Bancroft, orator of the day !;
j. 4. Bartlett, Secretary of State, Rhode
Island, and number of members of the
Legislature of Rhode Island Gen. Gould
and staff, Newport, Rhode Island; Gen.
Dyer and staff Providence; Gen. Scroggs,
Buffalo, and staff; Gen. Wilson, Pennsylva-
MIA, and staff; Governors Guard of Rhode
Island, parading one hundred and two mus
kets; a number of surviving relatives of
Commodore Perry, &c.
The ceremony opened with prayer by
Rev. G. B. Perry, of Natchez, Mississippi,
cousin of the commodore.
The statute was then unveiled by Mr..
Walcott, the artist, and received in behalf
of the city by Mayor Senator, in a brief
speech.
Mr.. Bancroft said The defence of our
country is not burden to be summed, but
right to be asserted and a sacred duty to
fulfill. The deeds of those who have periled
their lives in defense of the moral existence
of the nation, deserve to be commemorated
by works of art, that the evidence of their
virtue may be ever present to the eyes of
the people. By our sympathy we make
their glory our own. The citizens of Cleve-
land, cheered by the zeal of the artist, and
sustained by the energy of the contractors,
have raised the monument just unveiled be-
fore those here assembled-the statute now
dedicated to the Union, and in the name of
the people of Ohio.
Ohio rises before the world majestic
witness to the benifcent reality of Demo.
cratic principles. Younger in years than
the speaker, her wealth is counted by thou
sands of millions, her people, frugal and
benevolent, restless in enterprise, daring yet
prudent, do not squander their accumula.
lions in vain show, but ever 60 on to make
earth more productive and beautiful
Mr.. Bancroft paid glowing tribute to
the State, and spoke eloquently of the gal
lantry and patriotism of Com. Perry. He
spoke of Great Britain as the cause OF the
war of 1872, and referred to its continuance
at the present time in reference to the north.
western boundary question Your voices
to-day give instruction to our Government
to abide by that treaty faithfully on condi.
ton that England will do the same; but the
treaty must bind both parties or neither
must be executed in good faith or cancelled.
Men who honor the name of Perry will
know how to defend the domain of their
country. Has any European statesman
miscounted the strength of this nation
Has any foreign nation listened with credu.
lily to tales of impending disunion? Ev-
cry man of them will tell the calumniator
or unbeliever that the voices of discomfort
are but evanescent vapors of a mans breath;
our strifes but momentary disturbances on
the surface, easily settled among ourselves.
The Union will guard the fame of its de.
tenders, and ever more protect our terri
tory"
He was followed by DR.. Usher Parsons,
of Providence, R. l., surgeon of the ship
Lawrence, who gave incidents of the battle.
The Masonic ceremonies were conducted
by Grand Master Stokes, of Ohio.
Governor Denuison and staff are in at.
tendance.