Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-26
HONORS TO THE HEROIC
DEAD.
Unyeiling of the Farragut Mon
umenf.
Eloquent Grafton by Hon. H0C-
ace Maynard.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The statue
of Admiral David G.. Farragut, re-
Gently erected in Farragut square, at
the intersection of Connecticut ave-
nue. at Seventeenth street, was un%
yelled this afternoon with appropri>
ate ceremonies. The procession
formed at II o'clock a. NJ, near the
capitol, and moved at noon up Penn.
sylvania avenue, Fifteenth street,
and Connecticut avenue to the square,
in the following order: Detachment
of police, Grand Marshal Commodore
o. II. Baldwin, United States Navy,
and staff, Naval Academy band, Naval
cadets Naval division, Capt r. w
Meade, United States Navy, COM
manding, and staff; Marine band,
battalion of Marines, three battallons
of sailors, battalion of Naval light
artillery; Army division, Col. A. C.
III. Pennington, United States Army,
commanding, and staff; band, five
batteries of light artillery /; militia
division, Col A Webster, command
ing, and staff; band, Washington,
Light Infantry, Washington Light
Guard, Union Veteran Corps, band
National Rifles, band. Butler Zou-
ayes, Capital City Guards. Wash
lngton Cadets, Lincoln Light Guards
Light Battery A, District of Colum
bia Militia. -...........
At 1886 the Presidential part.
arrived at the statue, and soon aftel
the ceremony of the unwilling too
place. At the moment of the I'm
yelling salute of seventeen gun
was fred. President Garfield 500
appeared upon the speakers stant
and in a few words paid an eloque1
tribute to the hero whose statue ha
just been unveiled. Ex-Postmastel
General Maynard then delivered tt
Grafton as follows:
They who visit the wondrous pile of Sal
Sophia are taken to remote corner of OF
of the galleries, where, inserted in the paw
rnent, is q small tablet incribed with Il
name only, Henricus Dandolo. Here, L
tradition is. and the general belief, W
buried the blind old warrior Doge of Y
nice, and hither, from year to year, cor
thousands, Christians and Moslems, TO g.
upon the honored name, and TO do reVe
ence to the memory of the renowned CO!
mander.
Venice is discrowned the bride of t
Adriatic no longer celebrates her annu
espoussls; upon her towers and paise
time has stsmeped the ineffacesble mark
decay; but, after nearly centuries, the faI
OF Henry Oandolo is undiminished as
conspicuous actor in the worlds affairs
Great men-the great In thought an
still more, the great IN aetion-are t
2fn olJe 0'hau .
the peculiar riches first of their own Ian
then of the age in which Trey live; las
of the race. It is we'll, then, that tn
lives be cherished and their noble dee
recorded in the alcoves of the library,
inscriptions for the public eye, in nor
mental bronze and enduring granite.
So thought the American people VIII
full ten years ago, they followed to
grave the remains of their great admir-
BY their chosen representatives in OK
gress they invoked the assistance of art
embody and preserve his priceless ne
ory. III odels of designs were submitted
many of the most gifted and success
masters, each emulous to connect his ma
indissolubly with the undying name of
naval chieftain. After much discussi
and long deliberation, full-length p
trait figure was adopted in preference
more complex-some of them highly al
gOrical-designs; and maiden artist Y
eSiSCLed at tl6 iIlSLduC6 OF WIDOWED
ton, which detected in her handiwork
most exact reproduction of the loved a
idolized original. The result is tbs asse
blage here to-day.
It would be vain, perhaps indeEcate,
enter the domain of art criticism and
tempt to decide beforehand what must
determined by the agreeing judgment
men. We here and now delicate our VIC
to posterity. We leave posterity 10 p
upon its merits.
Not the symbol, not the sign, but
thing signifed, absorbs our present ate
tion-the great character which, in
fullness of its reputation. has passed il
history.
The professional life of the naval off
is, by its very conditions, withdrawn fr,
the public eye. At home only on the wa
he passes among his countrymen almos
stranger and unobseryed In this regs
he is like his own great ships, which Sd
their mssterful powers not at anchor q