The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-11-04
STATUE OF LIBERTY,

STATUE OF LIBERTY.
BartkOldi's Statue of Liberty Unveiled and Pre-
scented to the Nation With Magnificent Cere-
monies.
| 1t is est mated that fully IL million peo-
| pie took part in the festivities connected
| with the unwilling OF the statue of Liberty
| Enlishtening the World on Thursday the
IS in New York. The wet pavement. the
mud the chilly atmosphere and general dis
comfort were not appreciable to public en-
| thusasm.
The drapery OF the flags and bunting up
on the city buildings and upon the federal
buildings tlapped iitfuly in the moist air,
while the banners on thousands OF tall
stafis trailed idly or streamed Justify out
| in vagrant pufis OF wind that supplied
| intensity for steadiness i'll their courses.
| Promptly at 10 o'clock the president,
accompanied by Secretary OF State Bayard,
| descended the steps and entered an open
carriage. They were followed by the Secre-
| General Villas, Secretary Of the Interior
Lamar, Private Secretary Col Lamont,
| Rear Admiral Luce and staff and Ma.
Whipple. The procession moved at 1O:l d.
The president ached the review ing stand
! at Madison square at 1910 o'clock. He
was greeted with hearty cheers as he drove
down the avenue and drew up in front OF
the stand. Secretary Bayard rode in the
carriage with him. After the presden t
| had taken his place on the reviewing
stand the members OF the French delega-
ton were presented to him. Most OF the
| space in the stand was reserved for the
| French guests. They were headed by NJ.
Bartholdi, Count de Lesseps, Admiral Jau-
res, Gen. Pelseer Col. Depusv, NJ. Bagol,
Col. d Eusedat and Lieut.. Nillegert. The
| French delegation was in charge OF Capt.
Levy, Capt. Schillinger, Lieut.. Waltze and
| Col. Collins. Among other distinguished
guests on the reviewing stand were Gen.
| Sheridan. and his staff, Col. Sheridan, Col.
Kellogg and Col. Blunt, Gov. Hill accom-
panied by Lieut.. Gov. Jones and his staff,
Judges Brown and Benedict CT the supreme
court and Gen. Rufus Ingalls,.
| Bartholdi, the sculptor appeared, and was
easily recognized by the mass, who
had seen his portrait on the pro-
grammes and in the illustrated papers,
shout went up from those nearest the
stand. The cry OF "Bartholdi" WAS then
caught up on both the reviewing and grand
| stands. The crowds on the avenue curb
| ings, up and down, heard the name and
passed it to the people i'll the park and
side streets, until the heavy air
was shaken with roar of
cheering that must have gladdened the
heart OF the Alsatan, President Cieve-
| land was recognized and again the crowds
| shook the welkin with their shouts, and
| from the house tops and the windows OF
the nearby hotels came shouts and the
sounds OF clapping hands to swell the roar
OF sound.
Alter the procession had passed came
| the grand naval parade, in a dense fog. A
few minutes after / o'clock the gun to
start was fired, and the flagship, Sidney
weighsd anchor, swung around and started
down stream. Close in wake followed the
! squadron OF vessels, all steamers.
At 2 o'clock the flag ships OF the fleet an
chored to the southeastward OF Liberty
island. Here was gathered fleet OF YES
sells that can be better Imagined than de-
scrbed. All manner OF craft were at an
Choir in the waters about the statue. The
war vessels came in for their share OF at
traction, with their tiers OF black muzzles
protruding from either side Pres lent
Cleveland was rowed ashore, then the whist
les were blown, the guns Of the men ofwar
belched forth and colors were dipped.
For exactly hall an hour this was kept up.
Ferdinand De Lesseps was then intro
duced, and was received with a round
of applause. He spoke in French, and
with an energy equal to any speaker OF
the day, far exceeding in this respect Sen
ator Evarts, who made the presentation
address.
Senator Evarts, when the firing had sub
sided, introduced President Cleveland,
who, in accepting the statue, said:
The people OF the United States accept
with gratitude from their brethren Of
the French republic the grand
and complete work OF art we
here inaugurate This token Of the affec-
ton and consideration OF the people of
France demonstrates the kinship OF repub
lies and conveys to lis the assurance that
in our efforts to commend to mankind the
excellence of government resting upon
popular will, we still have beyond the
American continent a steadfast ally. We
are not here to-day to bow be-
fore the representation OF a fierce
and war-like god filled with wrath
and vengeance, but we joyously contem-
template instead our own deity keeping
watch and ward before the open gates OF
America, and greater than ALL that have
been celebrated in ancient Troy. Instead
OF grasping in her hand the thunderbolts
of terror she holds aloft the light which illu-
mines the way to mans enfranchisement.
We will not forget that Liberty has here
made her home nor shall her chosen altar
be neglected. Willing votaries will constant
ly keep alive its fires, and these shall gleam
upon the shores of our sister republic in
the east. Reflected thence, and joined with
answering rays, a stream OF light shall
pierce the darkness OF ignorance and mans
oppression until Liberty enlightens the
world.
After President Cleveland came M. A.
Lefevre, minister plenpotentiary, and
spoke as the representative OF the Repub
lie OF France.
Mr.. Depew, then delivered a long
grafton. A national salute was
then fired by all the batteries in the har-
bor afloat and ashore. Three batteries
took part in the salute OF 100 guns fired
from the Battery at the moment OF tho
unwilling statue. The steamers in the bay
blew their whistles, and the men of-war re-
turned the salute with their guns.