Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-29
LIBERTY.
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THE VEIL WAS WITHDRAWN

THE VEIL WAS WITHDRAWN
from the face of the statue amidst the
booming of cannon and the shrieking OF
whistles from the hundreds of steamers and
other craft gathered around the island.
This INDISPENSABLE ovation continued for
fully haitian hour. !,
Senator Evarts then, when the firing and
footing subsidized, introduced Grover
Cleveland, President of the United States,
who, in accepting the statue, said:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
The people of the United States accept
with gratitude from the brethren of the
French Republic the grand and completed
work of art we here inaugurate. This
token of the affection and consideration Of
France demonstrates the kinship of Re-
publics and conveys to Us the assurance
that in our efforts TO commend to man
kind the excellence OF o government rest
ing upon popular will, we still have be-
yond the American continent q 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 Joytuily
contemplate instead our own destiny,
keeping ward and watch before the open
gates Of America; and greater than all,
that have been celebrated in ancient Troy.
Instead of grasping in her hand thunder
bolts of terror and of death, she holds
aloft the light which Eliminates the way
to mans reimbursement. We will not
forget that liberty has here made her
home, nor shall her chosen altar be neg
lected. Willing votaries will constantly
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 ~ofignorance, and
mans oppression until Liberty enlightens
the world"
NJ. LIE FAIoRE's SPEECH.
After President Cleveland came NJ.
LIE Faiore, Minister Plenipotentiary, who
spoke as the representative of the republic
of France. He said: ''In the presence of
so imposing an assembly, and as a prelude
to a ceremony which censolidates the secu-
ular friendship of two great nations, it is
IN honor and a hearty pleasure to me to
present to you, ia the name of the French
Government and of the entire French ma
ton, the sincere and warm assurance of a
sympathetic participation. The inaugu-
ration of to-day is one splendid with SOL
emn, impressive import, for it is one
which forms an epoch in history. This
colossal statue of Liberty, moulded by a
great artist, would anywhere attract at
and Difference, but here, on
American soil, it evinces special signifi-
canoe, symbolizing the existence and de-
velopment of your Nation during more than
one hundred years. To us, Americans and
Frcnchmen, liberty is not only q common
doctrine, tits also a family tie. From the
alliance between the two Nations srrang
forth the most dazzling manifestation of its
expansion and radiance through the uni
verse. 1t will be an eternal honor to
to have seconded the eff
forts ? of your heroism, and to
have understood in the first dawn
the sublime prospects which were prom
ised to mankind by your generous ardor.
This symbol, which we inaugurate to-day,
is not a mere allegory.
1t is a pledge of q fraternal union be-
tween the TWO greatest repuOllc OF tue
world, it is greeted simultaneously by
more than one hundred millions of free
men who tender friendly hands to-. each
other across the ocean. Among the thou
of Europeans who are daily con-
veyed to these hospitable shores, no one
will pass before this glorious emblem
without Immediately perceiving its moral
greatness and without greeting it with re-
;pcct and thankfulness."
The Memorial address was delivered by
Hon. Chauncy NJ. Depew.
The audience sang ''Old Hundred, "and
the benediction was pronounced by the
Rev. Henry G. Potter, d. ID.
A national salute from the guns of all
the forts and all the men of war in the
harbor closed the exercises.