New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-17
THE ROGER WILLIAMS MONUMENT
DEDICATION AT PROVIDENCE.


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE Monument |
SUMMARY OF TIE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE /
APOSTLE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
FROM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRIBUNE
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 16.-The day de-
to the dedication the Roger williams monument
decidedly apd threatening. but the exercises
called out large number Of peOple-nOt less than
thousand should nii k attractive feature Of the
the Of about fifteen hundred schO,
children. and good music by orchestra in which the
city ~ Proyiden taxes special pride. The idea OF
raising special monument to Roger Williams was
considered a hundred years a-o. and year
before the burning Of the Gaspee the rermen OF the
town passed formal resolution TO that effect but
never carried out until years Miss Betsey vii
.iains uea descendant OF Roger, eGueatned to the
city the same estate which distinguished ancestor
has received from Milan lonomc for his manifold kind
Offices tho shy Narragansetts The estate is
situated on the southern Of the CITY, close by
the track Of the sOnngton Railroad, over one hurdrcd
acres IL size, aud fairly adapted for the purpose OF
park 10 which it was devoted ly the city. The
will II Miss williams contained the condition. that the
said city cot Proyideuce shall erect monument % the
memory OF Roger Williams, in the Aforesaid Williams
buryne ground Con the estatel, at cost OF no, less
than $500" This condition carried out
10 n. letter between the little monument In the
williams famy cemetery and the anci, Mt Williams man.
sion on slight Elevation aud surrounded by pleasing
Il
was unveiled to-day II is che lcst work Of the kind N
the city, aud r superior the somewhat dreay though
more elaborate monument VI the Soldiers sud Sailors
near the ailr0ld station.
rho monument was designed BY Mr. Franklin Simmons
now Of Rome, and best known by hi, Naval monument
IN the Capitol grounds. Washington. He has made
Also a great many nusts Of prominent in the late
war aud L tue London Art Journal ia sufficient author
NV his Mother OF Moses has given him
thing Of reputation in Europe. Ills Roger VII
iums monument cost the city about S25.OOO
ia gold IL has been four years in mis- hands, de-
sgued ia Rome, and cast IN Munich. The granite work
WAS doue aitr his design, at Westerly, OF this State
Tue monument consists OF a broad granite base with
steps Using one above another. supporting Land
solne granite pedestal, and surmOmted by
bronze figure OF Roger Williams, seven and
hall feet high. while on the steps stanci History, a
draped figure in bronze. and hall feet h. writing
tle name Of Roger Williams the pedestal IAis com
binaon %, figure above another Is altogether novel
and has been pronounced bold in the extreme b. tho
monument, az il stands, makes pleasing and entirely
satisfactory PRESTON and gives great pleasure to the
most cultivated people Of Providence
Tue ngure of Williams ideal, no portrait Of him being
exant He is clad IN the historic cOstume o. the Purl
t.ns showing the entire throat and uecE the coat collar
ia tied with RIBBON, the jerkin and swell clothes OF
the time are there, and tue shoulders rests large
Genevan cloak, which lends much dignity TO the
whole figure, aud displays unusual grace in
the Gowery folds The left Laud holds a
large Bible pressing very gently against his heart
willie the night slightly raised as IN persuasive dis
course The is extremely bcngnant, combining tie
Puritan expression with great spirituality The eve Is
shcly raised to heaven. The forehead il sngulay
noble The hair flows down IN mellow lines nearly upon
the shoulders The figure OF History classical in
tune and hair tom, bat not attitude and the beau
tfu II cure oil the a Striking contrast to that
OF the uIIn above, u whom she pays reverence
The address tue occasion made by the Profess
sor OF History in Brown University I. Lewis Dinan
Tue orator gave a carefully prepared summary ot the
life and services OF Roger williams. OF the
circumstances winch led To his expulsion from the
Massachusetts, Colour, and tue founding OF Providence
The cause OF Lis bausament WAS the brOaching
and dlvu ging and strange against tue
t0rity OF ua strates" chief among whcI the doe
ttne that Church aud state should SEPARATE and tat
nlaEIsFcs infant -ot Puh'sh 'loi"to"s Of 'he s"'-
balm" Tue speaker said;
int Roger Williams completely solved the difficult
problem g.. Tie rcisiOn O CAurcn and s-te do not a
IL. . TLt problem Ii more conpbX thdn De suppOsod
auu since hs Oal % has assumed uslccts ~hrh ~ dd
Lot cuusd.r but hr staten i mort .iell9 ma ID r"u
brcn slated by earl writer ana more than antc
patcL J-r'my Iayior H. cleared ne pain "hIcG even
n ,,sc.use.ts ueon coufens 80 uead The piincpic
,n.n a down - no" liz accepted thd iuula-
mrual maxim 81 Amcurau peAdts. Moe th"n
tnls hs distinctive m'llt lies lh me poihi th"I
lie uol only a.. endeu II - du gus.iact principle.
bat LImstl carried a. into success lul 'p,iaton la te
ranks col sovereign honor L"d b"co' 'a-hs me Iist 10
Ia, fIua rs OF ctalo, ID thU strC
SENSE % cann"i' lcfhap, Dc ulmeH '"i ho-ei VIII
Hams that he was even tnc founder ga COl hyOi Nas
A ur,rrurr Tor which lie Possessed 40 gal authority
mad wcn formed pult OF hs Or llnal plan. but since
tur sell rent "a iGruce ths crdilun be-,
M ~ t. and crA ~iaiIlIZ around s great ideas. and at
Ia. twe r eat r, Cation 10 las dIsinte estr labor.
G may DaoA reyrronuy to him as the author oi 10
eNla.rntt.
The day, trust II long past when one ia the position
ia VIII Ia / to- day, 10 expected 10 FlnIica.c au
IN. oflca character frm every clArFe Oi that sort Uf
h.t1,al ,cuuIsr We lave had Ia England, more
than cnougn We have ceased % INK tIat IA .e days
Of ne atnrrs only angels were walking tae earth Let
~ then gruut without hesitation. uit Roger Williams
w.. a man ike other Let us conceie that lis
many precious parts coupled III tbe early part OF
his ca Ger with an Unsettled Judgment, that LIS well
approved teaching Was fnkeu VILE "nA' socisu W LIE