The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-28
Dedication of the Monument.
Magnificent Military and Ciric Display
Representatives Eloquent OrGtjons, dc.
Special Correspondence ofthe Democratic Advocate

Special Correspondence Of the Democratic Advocate
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. q, 1885.
The ceremonies of the dedication of Wash
ington's Monument, at Washington, ID. c.,
took place to-day. They began in the fore
noon at the base of the Monument with adj
dresses by Senator Sherman, chairman OF the
Joint congressional committee; by w. w.
Corcoran, member of the Commission and
first vice president of the National Washington
Monument Society; by Col. Casey, Of the U. 5.
Engineers, who has had superintendent OF
the work of construction; by President Ar
thur, who received the Monument in the name
of the people of the United States, and by
the Grand Master of Masons of the District
of Columbia. President Arthur was the only
speaker at the foot of the Monument who
spoke with uncovered head He was not
afraid of the terribly cold Northwestern which
was blowing at the time. The services occu-
pied about three-quarters of an hour, includ-
ing Masonic dedication by the Grand Lodge.
The procession started from the Monument,
by way of the White Lot, past the Presidents
House, to the Capitol. 1t embraced three
divisions; the first marshalIed by Brevet Major
| General r. B. Ayres, U. S. A; the second
under the marshalship of Major General fltz-
hugh Lee, of Virginia, and the third under
Harrison Dingman, of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia. The first
division consisted of military from Boston,
Mass; Fortress Monroe, Va; Hartford. Ct;
Charleston, S. c.; Richmond, Va; District of
| Columbia; Medford, Mass; Detroit, Mich,
and Alexandria, Va. The second division
was made up of carriages containing the Con-
gressional commission, orators and chaplain;
| Washington National Monument Society; Col.
| Casey and his assistants and detail of work
men; the President and Cabinet Judiciary;
the Diplomatic Corps; Governors of States,
members and Senators; the District Commits
sioners; officers of the army and navy; Society
of the Cincinnati and other distinguished per-
sons, and the Masonic bodies, numbering
probably thousand Masons. The third dl-
| vision consisted of the Union Veteran Corps,
first company; George Washington Post, No.
1O3, G. A. r., of New York; Grand Army of
the Republic, Department of the Potomac,
with all District Posts; Delegation of Boston
| Light Guard; Delegation of Independent
Order of Rechabites; Survivors of the Eighth
Battalion, District of Columbia Volunteers,
and Germania Mgnnerchor, marshalled by
A. E. L. Reese; Journeyman Stonecutters'
Association; Brotherhood of Carpenters, No.
l, of Washington, d. c., and Carpenters
| Union, No.29, of Baltimore, Nd; Fire De
partment of the District with engines and
truck companies.
1t is estimated there were 1000 persons in
line, and it is said that in diversity of its
features and the number of organizations rep
resented it was the most imposing parade
Washington has ever had, with the exception
possibly of the grand review of the army.
The President reviewed the procession
from the east front of the Capitol; thence he
repaired to the House of Representatives,
which had been made ready for the members
of the Senate and invited guests by the sub
stitution of chairs for the desks. By this
means 1900 people could be seated on the
floor Representative Long, of Massachu-
| sets, read the address of Hon. Robert Z.
Winthrop, who was the orator on the occasion
of the laying of the cornerstone in ]848, but
who was unable to be present from sickness.
Virginia gifted orator, Hon. John w. Dan
iel, also delivered an address. 1t was very
eloquent and elected hearty applause. He
began with these words:
stSolitary and alone in its grandeur stands
forth the character of Washington in history;
solitary and alone like some peak that has no
fellow in the mountain range of greatness"
The closing part of the address, which was
| particularly fine, was as follows
'sLong live the Republic Of Washington!
Respected by mankind, beloved of all its sons,
| long may it be the asylum of the poor and OPP
a. ~
| It be the citadel of that liberty which writes
beneath the eagles folded wings: We will
deny to no man right and justice.
stLong live the United States of America!
Filled with the free magnanimous spirit;
crowned by the wisdom; blessed by the mod.
Grafton; lowered over by the guardian angel
of Washington's example; may they be ever
worthy in all things to be defended by the
blood of the brave who know the rights of
man and shrink not from their assertion; may
they be each column, and all together, under
the Constitution, a perpetual temple OF peace,
unshadowed by Cesar's palace, at whose altar
may freely commune all who seek the union
of liberty and brotherhood.
s'Long live our country! Oh, long through
the undying ages may it stand, far removed
in fact as in space from the Old World feuds
and follies-solitary and alone in its grandeur
and its glory, itself the immortal monument
of him whom Providence commissioned to
teach man the power of truth, and to prove to
the nations that their Redeemer hveth. "
At night there was grand display of fire
works at the Monument, which was witnessed
by large crowds of visitors and strangers