The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-11-04

which the nation clasped, as it were,
hands in common endeavor to be
glad and joyful over supreme sue
cess. Radiating from the island, on
which rest the feet of her toward
whose fre-illumined crown, in many
decades yet to come, will turn the
eyes of wistful sailors, were long lines
of vessels, biding each its opportunity
or taking each its place as a partici-
pant in the ceremonies that were to
crown the formal installation of the
statue.
THE SCENE ON THE ISLAND.
1t was an imposing group that sat or
stood on Liberty Island yesterday.
Their names are names OF men
known not alone in metropolitan cir
cles, in cosmopolitan clubs, but
throughout the varied channels of the
worlds outworking. Their voices are
recognized in the halls Of legislation.
Their presence is familiar in the TO-
rum, in the Senate chamber, in courts
OF law, in the sanctum and in the pull
pit. Their opinions are quoted as ar
guments by other men. The graceful
lining of the artist, the ponderous
declaiming Of the orator, the forceful
writing Of the journalist, the grave as
sertions of the preacher, the sagacious
predictions of the statesmen emanate
at various times, and in sundry places,
from the men who sat or stood during
the dedicatory services on Liberty Is
land. And what was the interesting
feature thereH Surely not the music,
nor the signal gun, attracting the at
tention of the universe to what would
soon be done, nor the earnest prayer,
nor the charming compliments Of De
Lesseps, nor the eloquent presenta-
tion address by Mr.. Evarts, nor the
unveiling OF the statue itself, nor the
salvo salute from all the guns in the
harbor, nor the short, curt acceptance
by the President, nor the charming
phrases of Levaivre, nor the versatile
talent displayed by Mr.. Depew in his
commemorative address, but rather in
the bomely doxology played By the
band, sung by the assembly, echoed
by the people and carried by the presi
through all the land, indicative of the
universal sentiment expressed 10,00|
times 10000 by more than one mill
! ion of people in this city yesterday
and by more than fifty millions o
people through the borders OF thiI
great land, "well done good and faith
full servant :" universal recognition
on the part of the people that the de
sign and completion and presentation
of this magnificent gift of Barthold
and his fellow-country-men, and it
solid location by the people of tn
country, stirred to patriotic endeavo
=, by the example and arguments 0
THE WORLD newspaper, had found
universal benediction summed up i
words taken from sacred writ, Eve
done good and faithful servants.
q Sentiment suggested the gift. Sagac
. ity selected the site. Practical gene
I osity erected the statue. And yestel
| day the peoples gratitude accepte
the one and indorsed the others.
n UNVEILED BY BARTHoLDI.
: At the close Of Mr.. Evart's speecl
e Mr.. Bartholdi, assisted by Mr.. R. T
II King, removed the French flag, whic
d had covered the face of the statu
n which was the signal for another el
d thusiastic outburst OF the steam-whi
r. ties from the fotilla anchored in frol
s, Of the island, and q national salu
i from the ships-of-war, drowning cor
n pletely by the volume of sound IL
Il strains OF the Marseillaise from I'll
A. band. 1t was full fifteen minutes b
r fore there was sufficient Of silence
o. permit of any more speaking, and the
r repeated rounds OF cheering as Pres
,e dent Cleveland came forward preven
O ed his being heard.
IE ACCEPTED BY THE PRESIDENT.
" He waited quietly with smile {
I'd his countenance, until the enthu
lie asm Of the audience had spent itse
a. and then accepted, on behalf of Il
u nation, the completed statute in t
le following words;
ce "The people of the United States
cept with gratitude from their bret
rem Of the French Republic the gra
" and completed work OF art we here
o. augurate. @This token of the affecti
its and consideration Of the people
It's France demonstrates the kinship
It's republics, and conveys to us the
N surance that in our efforts to CO
fe. mend to mankind the excellence OF
ra- government resting upon popular W
cit we still have beyond the Americ
er- continent steadfast ally. We are l
Die here to-day to bow before the rep
ar sentative of a fsrce and warlike g
tai filed with wrath and vengeance,