The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22

eeives this monument from the haads Of It's
forth 10 the immortal name and memory Of George
Washington.
The President read his address. in a frua tone.
At rs conclusion cheers broke forth anQ they
were hearty and prolonged.
NAsOSIc-RTTUAL AND EaIBLEyrs.
The Nasouic ceremonies of the Grand Lodge Of
the Disuict Of Columbia which then followed.
that the square. the level and the plumb had been
applied 10 the Obelisk and its corners were found
10 be square, its courses level its walls skilfdlly
NyTon v. Parker then scattered corn aud poured
out wine and OIL, emblems Of nourisnment,
Ielresnment l..:n and Joy. In the course Of the
tain historic relics With whica General Washing
ton was Intimately connected. The gGyel used
ton as grand master pro IN laying the
stone Of the National Capitol on the 18Th day OF
September. LS3; the sacred volume belonging 10
FreGricl1s burg Lodee. No. (. Of Virginia. upon
which Washington took the first VOWS of Masonry
that belonging to 81 Johns Lodge No. !. o. the
city of New York, upon which, on the 30th day of
April, l7S9. he took the oath Of Office as tse frat
Pre- ident OF the United states; the Great light
belonging 10 Alexandria Washington Lodge, No.
D. Alexandria, Va, upon which he, Worship
ful Mester. received the VOWS OF initis tes; the
apron worn by him, which was worked by Mrs.
Lafsyette; golden urn containing lock C his
hair, belon2ing 70 the Grand Lodge OF Massschu-
sets the lesser light" one OF the three sDern
candies borne IN Washington sfuneral procession,
Upon signal from Senator Sherman tie mill
tsry wheeled into line. The civic bodies aud dis
day SOUGHT their carriages. and the procession,
under the marshalShiD of General Sheridan, took
up its line of march to the Capitol.
House OF Representatives issued to between SO
aud 100 persons. who have furnished satisfactory
eylcence OF relationship with the original George
Washington family.
Atprecisely seventeen minutes past l Speaker
Cariisles gayel called the House to order, and
Saturdays session opened with prayer oy the
chaplin, and the journal Of yesterday was read.
Mr.. Dorsheimer offered resolution for the ap-
pointment OF committee OF three members TO
notify the Senate that the House was now ready
10 receive the Senate and proceed with the cere-
monies which were appointed to occur in tne hall
The resolution having been adopted. the Speak.
er appointed Dorsheimer, Tucker and Cameron ss
thst Committee.
At 2lO the National Washington Monument As.
soclaton was announced. and Ii marches in and
took the seats assigned it in front and little TO
t9e left OF the Speakers desk.
Shortly aiterward General Sheridan aud staff
entered amid loud clapping of hands. and their
brilliant uniforms tended to lend an air Of gaiey
TO the scene
The President and Cabinet next aDoesred aud
the large sssemblage rose and heartily soplauded
ss the Chief Executive and his advisers passed
down the main aisle and were assigned seats In
the space directly ia front of the Speakers desk.
The Supreme Court. the judiciary of tne District
snd diplomatic corps followed and hanked the
residential party. and at 2:3O the Sem
ate, preceded by its officers, was escorted
10 the space reserved for il. Its presiding officer
MI Rdmunds. proceeded to the Speakers desk
where the gavel was courteou ~ handed him oy
Speaker Carlisle.
In calling the assemblage TO order Mr.. Eimunds
said: Gentlemen, you are assembled pursuant
10 concurrent order OF the Houses TO celebrate
the memorial occasion OF the first President of the
United States"
The dedication oration prepared by Hon. Rob.
ert c. Winthrop OF Massachusetts,, read by
.G We IY John Long the snthoT being con
oration on the occasion of the laying OF the cor
ner stone in 1S4S.
HON. ROBERT c. wINTHRoP's ADDRESS.
By Joint resolution of Congress, you have call F..
the completion OF yonder colossal monument TO
the Father OF his Country. Nothing less impera-
tive than your call could have brought me before
you for such an effort. Nearly seven and thirty
years have parsed away since IL was my privilesS
10 perform similar service at the lsving OF the
ecfnsr-stone of that monument. II thc prime Of
manhood, and in the pride of official station, it
was not difficult for me to speak to assembled
Thousands in the open air. without notes under
the scorcning rays of midsummer sun. But
what was easy for me then is impossible for me
now. am here to-day, as / need not tell you. in
signed me-changec, changed in almost every
thing, except an 1neXunguishabe love
for my country anu its Union. and
of Washington. On these alone l rest for in-
spiration, assured that, with your indulgence and
they will be sufficient tosustain me in serving as
a medium f0r keeping up the continuity bet tween
the hearts and hands which laid tue foundation
OF this gigantic structure. and those younger
hearts and hands which have at last brought
forth the capstone with shoutings. II is for this
you nave summoned NE. 1t is for this alone /
have obey ed your call.
Meantime, can not wholly forget that the
venerable ex-President, John Quincy Adsms-at
this roof was privileged watcher thirty seven
years ago this very day-had been originally
designated to pronounce the cornerstone oratio1,
the long and brilliant career at home and
abroad which awaited him.. from the
1ndC Of NnCh
enviable distinction I certainly have no share;
but may be pardOned for remembering that, in
Adams, il was borne in mind that had but
lately taken the oath Speaker al his hands
and from his lips, and that thus, as was sug
sested at the time, the electric chain, though
heightened by single link, was stiIl unbroken.
Let me hope that the magnetism of that chain
may not even yet be entirely exhausted. aud that
quickening power, while 1 attempt 10 bring TO
the memory of Washington the remnants of q
voice which is failing, aud OF vigor whicn,
am conscious. is ebbing away.
IL is now, Mr.. President Senator'S and Repre-
sen'aiives. more than half century since vol
project OF erecting National Monument TO Wash
| ineton in the city which bears his name. More
than whole century ago, indeed-in that great
| year of Lord which witnessed the Treaty of
! Peace and Independence. 7S3-CongreSs
had ordered an equestrian statute of him
/ to be executed, Ito testify the love. ad
miration, and gratitude OF his countrymen;"
and again. Immediately after his death
| III l1Ss, NODgIeeS DhQ sOleuuly fOItu n marOle
monument to him at the Capital. so designed as
TO eommemorae the great events OF his military
and political life But our believed country
while yet in:its infancy, and. | may add, in its
indigency. with no experience in matters OF art
and heavily weighed down by the great debt
/ of the Revolutionary War, knew better how
! 10 vote monuments than how TO build
them, or, still more. how 10 pay for
them. Yorktown monuments and Washington
monuments, and the statues of don't know how
many heroes of our struggle for independence,
mado fine show on paper in our early records,
but their practicable execution seems to have
/ been indefinitely postponed
/ .
We are Just entering on q new olympiad of our
National nistory-the twenty-iith olympiad since
Washington first entered upou the administration
Of our Constitutional Government.
Most happy would ii be If the 50th of April on
| which the first Inauguration of Washington took
place in 1879. could heDceforth be the date OF all
future iraugurations,-as 1t might be by slight
anne nCmeDt OF the ConstitutiOn.-giving,a as IL
would, much needed extension 10 the short ses-