Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-01

.EOnOM1uS ghOf utiNdiiluS VI LILY -stdtuc,
the. llowing ode, by GEoRGE p. PRENTRcE
Of stthas Eoaispillea ,JoarndI THE lifeslong
friend and supporter Of Mr9 gLAY,a and who
still adheres to his pSrincipie les was sung BY
aVast chorus, with an orchestra accom- pa
niment of one hundred Instruments. .Tssm
THE UNvAILING OF THE STATUE OF
aEsfH HENRY FsteSsc scttAAYAko ttAAYAko a
yHkqRY,qFF 0sep1fD p m sREsNFF1oFi sNFF1oFi a7WA
OF him. the nobiesto of our race
We seen g aisi1g s;. e ysSssjAW
To hear the stirring words once more,
with W5e, ssSt ssds9ss Rsssd TT
-fsa. Than thandeIsof the battle- ld.os gsai 'sd'
SD bra ,bapo7z 10 ssras 7sst sSsva5 voz 70 9sl
-.-Loi that calm. high msi site look. s1on tsos
Isi az !as fsts en- ssss shesk
ia 1STha traitors ON Whosesdais itfeiim 51s .1Cs
eHas Z once ashd of power %
kGAAnd scatter far the storms of strife 'su'D ca
ssasiThato'er ourcOuntrS aarkiy fower.zoIH8 81
ssd vet 4 again s 70 e u '3a =
Each Others widest wrath defed- d. .r,f5s
ed Sseep Scr our half wicked ship Of state,
land thereseem none with with and strength an
FosaYe her from her awful fate! read a,ii e
-ihBut thou. majestic imegs thou s-a a'1ot sdi 81
many aS1iy Rsad RaSi H GaS Bow ss,'i = i.
as ss5isS az bsloIeS e siSs Piids dsw be
ga 1far bsneash old Ashland's sod.sd s-sdt
hearts toe g SosSiiy and C. God 'ai rs
Weissk on thee. we look on tbee.sr sr1na yss i;ir
Proud @ statue q e g!oEisas aad y q dsublimssA VOL
on zAnd leavs Us in bis grand old timel nlA siF
on hs vas born e bless our race uisl1s7r IN Ion
rusWs see the image Of his facet .nea,S17u 1ss
qoij Earth has no image of hislsoult5 nvi4g1gr 81
ba Proud statasF If the nations life 9ia els /
ssa FOrWhieh hetoiied through All his years. i'm
A1styauish in our wicked strife li;aIh 'EsIs sE
yf III to ansfsSs s. Ss gwen. 1aa oeoa Aae 'sA''
He'll turn away hiseyesin heaven, d2U 1d -5T
And Ger thee we viii cast thy Yaili .lfi =, %
After this, an impressive prayer was
Badesby Rev. George @. Larimer, of the
Walnut Street Baptist Church, .9s7s9ss SnfEra
j. Martin, the Grand Masterof the Ma
sonic fraternity, proceeded to dedicate the
statue with the usual solemn and impress
sive ceremonies of that Order, and certify
ingsto, the appropriate design and position.
After which, in a briet address, he present.
ed-as, he had been requested by the, Presi-
dent OF the Couhcfl-the statue to the
May yoraahds General Council of LouisyiiIes
and their successors 10 hold in trust for the
Mayor Tomppertreeeived the statueffom
the Grand Master in a brief and pithy
speech, promising that he and Ehis success
sorsbawonld1 faithfully this trust.
closing with the remark that the Almighty
had made bat onelH Henry Clay a His say ing
that be would u'.rather; be right than be
PRESIDENT could hardly with truth be re-
peated by any of the distinguished men
who now1soeeupy seats inUthe National
Congress. --s..-.' ,,-.-
Tie dedieat6ry ceremonies having ing been
completed, the procession filed through the
Court House and 1disbanded. The vast
croWdzthens assembled aarodud the speak
er's stand, which had been erected in front
or the Court House, to listen to the follow
ing Grafton, delivered by Judge w. F. Bull
lock, of Louisville:
aHoRA7ION BYE JUDGE w? f. BULLOCK. Y
That statue is the work of a, Kentucky
: artist The gifted sculptor, with q true
conception ofshiss ,subitSes,s has achieved q
triamphDKofthy ofliis tfaaseendehtge genius.
All that was distinctiSeLia the great orig gi-
nal has been reproduced with lifelike effect
in enduring marble. ssfHsni thH ssss5 lie sin
Weuldst God 4 could portray withequal
distinctness, or present as true and just a
conception Hof his intellectual and moral
charaeter.s5T The orare combination which
made him what he was and distinguished
him from all other men Of his day and gem
GRAFTON rend ders the task Of truo ielineation
difficliIk II not impossible. 10 qsE .roG H
The true ideal of that great man can not
be reached by referring to any single yir-
tue, howeverstrikihgs er,to any single act,
nOsmatter how marked or Distinguished
A character SO grand and colossal must rest
on.a broader basis, and to be understood
and appreciated, requires patient add faith
Mr.. Clay was born in the midst OF our
revolutionary straggle, and his early char
acter was formed soon after the National
Independence had BEEN achieved, and tie
Amerieany Governm mentl fully established.
Anardent love of country. rendered more
intense by the fresh memories of the past,
were among the first pulsatious ofhis young
hearth These lsentiments,i which ripened
intodeep eenKietionsin his early manhood.
formed i,the,sbasisr0 OF his scharac ter as an
American statesman n. 3 The love of country
andfof civil Hbertyswa the burning pas
sion Of his SOUL His patriotism, sanctified
by the common struggles of our heroic
ancestors, was as comprehensive as il was
intense.N .ssTos1J - s4,ota3 - = : ~
AlFhfs lessons Of political wisdom were
derived from the sages of the Revolution.
His teachers re-Ihe architects of the
American Government, who not only, un-
derst0oa It's great design. but thorou 9 hi y
coniprehehded and dearly Cherished the
blessings it was intended to confer.
The effectof such lessons, by such teach
ers, s,1upeHshis ardent nature and susceptible
and vigorous Intellect, must have served, in
no little degree, to give scope, strength and
consistency to the principles of his future
life. This was the broad, firm basis on
which he rested, and from which no mo-
tives of self-aggrandizemeEt or personal
ambition could ever drive him. Through
out his eventtul life, and in, all the lvieissi-
tudes of our national existence, he was the
same bold defender of the Constitution,
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