The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-29

trees by day and in the halls at night, at Mount
Vernon, Lafayette gathered from Washington
the gospel of freedom. Il was to sustain and
guide him in after years against the temptations
of power and the despair of the dungeon. He
carried the lessons and the grand example
through all the trials and tribulations of his des
perate struggle and partial victory for the en-
REIMBURSEMENT of his country. To-day, in the
gift by one and the acceptance by the other of
this colossal statue, the people OF the
two countries celebrate their unity
in republican institutions, in governments
founded upon the American idea, and
in their devotion to liberty. Together they re-
ioce that its spirit has penetrated all lands and
is the hopeful future of all peoples.
The sentiment is sublime which moves the peo-
pie of France and America, the blood of whose
fathers. comminging upon the battle fields of
the revolution, made possible this magnificent
march of liberty and their own republic, to COM
memorate the results Of the past and to typifY
the hopes of the future in this noble work of art
The descendants of Lafayette. Rochambeau
and De Grasse, who fought for as in our first
struggles, and Laboulaye, Henri Martin, De
Lesseps and the other grand and brilliant men
whose eloquent voices and powerful sympathies
were with us In our last, conceived the idea that
has received majestic form and expression
through the genius Of Bartholdi.o
The orator touched upon the monuments and
symbols of other nations and times, and added
But they were all dwarfs in size, and pig
mics in spirit, beside this mighty structure and
its inspiring thought Higher than the monu-
ment in Trafalgar square, which commentaries
the victories of Nelson the sea; higher than
the Column Vendome, which perpetuates the
triumphs OF Napoleon on the land; higher than
the towers of the Brooklyn bridge, which ,ex-
hlbit the latest and grandest results of science.
invention and industrial progress this statue of
Liberty rises toward the heavens to illus
trate idea which nerved the three hun
dred at Thermopylse and armed the ten
AN1 - IN -
from Rome and aimed the arrow of Tell: which
charged with Cromwell and his Ironsdes, and
accompanied Sidney to the block; which fired
the farmers gun at Lexington and RACED the
bastile in Paris; which inspired the Chartists in
the cabin of the Mayfower, and the Decla-
ration Of Independence from the Continental
Congress-"
He concluded as follows: IT devoutly believe
that from the unseen and the unknown, two
great souls have come to participate in this cele
bration. The faith in which they died fulfilled,
the cause for which they battled triumphant,
the people they loved in the full enjoyment of
the rights for which they labored, and fought,
and suffered, the spirit voices of Washington
and Lafayette join in the GLAD acclaim of France
and the United States to Liberty Enlightening
the World"
Then the audience sang "Old Hundred" and
the benediction was pronounced by Right Rev.
the guns of all the forts. and all the men-ofwar
in the harbor closed the exercises.
The President left this city by a special train
on the Pennsylvania road at 5:33 this evening.
He went straight from the festivities on Bedoe's
Island on board the Dispatch, in the company of
Secretaries Lamar, Bayard and Whitney, to
Adams's Express Pier, and walked to the depot
where the special train was in waiting
Bartholdi and the French guests were enter
tanned tonight by the Chamber of Commerce. at
Delmonico's. The dinner party was large one,
members of the press being invited also
Delmonico's banquet hall was gaily decorated
with the tri-color and the stars and stripes, and
presented a brilliant spectacle. A large model
OF the statue of Liberty occupied a conspicuous
position III the center of the room, and appropr-
ate notices of welcome graced the wall. James
e. Brown, president of the Chamber of Com
Bartholdi, NJ. Ney. General Pelsier, Admiral
James and the eminent Frenchmen whose names
have become so familiar during the past few
days there were present, as guests of the Cham
Der, Governor Hill, Mayor Grace, ex-Mayors
Edison and Cooper. Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Cy-
rus W. Field, George William Curtis, Hon. S. s.
Cox, David NJ. Stone, of the journal of
Commerce, Hon. Levi P. Morton, Hon. r. p
Flower, F. r. Condert, and many other promi-
nent Americans. Leander's orchestra provided
appropriate music, in which the French national
airs figured largely. After the cloth had been
removed, toasts we're offered and responded to
follows: 'The President of the French Re-
public" M LIE Faivre; "Our Guests from Beyond
the Sea- f. r. Coudert; washington and La
fayettee.' George William Curtis. NJ. Bartholdi
name, and Mr.. David NJ. Stone responded for
i'Tha PrHSa