The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-29


republics, knit together in their pride
and joy at their own esta blished free.
dom and in their hope and purpose
that the glad light of Liberty shall
enlighten the world? The genius
courage, devotion and spirit, and in
dOmitable will of the great sculptor
Bartholdi, whose well earl ed fame
justified the trust committed to
him, have together wrought out in
stubborn brass and iron. the artists
dream, the airy conception of his mind
the shapely sculpture of his cunning
hand; here 1t stands upon its firm
base as If a natural playmate Of the
elements, fearing no harm from all the
winds that blow. As with the French
people, so with our OWn-the whole
means for the great expenditures of
work have come from contributions of
the people themselves, and thus the
common people of both nations may
J justly point to a greater, a nobler
+ monument in and of the history and
progress and welfare of the human race
than EmperOrs, Kings, or govern
ments have ever raised. The
sta'ue, on the 4th of July, 1884
| in Paris, was delivered to and accepted
! by the government by authority of the
| President of the United States, dele
gatedtO and executed by Minister Nor
ton; to- day, in the name OF the United
STATES, who have completed the pedes-
| tai and raised thereon the statue, of the
voluntary committee who have executed
! the will of their fellow citiz"ns, de-
| clare, In gour presence and in the pres
ence OF these distinguished guests from
France, and III this august asSemblage
of honorable and hOnored men of our
land, and of this countless multitude
that this pedestal and united work of
two republics is completed and surren-
/ dered to the care and keeping of the
government and people OF the United
States.
At the conclusion of Senator Evart's
speech the signal was given and the
veil was withdrawn from the face Of the
statue amidst the booming of cannon
and the shrieKiDg of whistles from
hundreds of steamers and other crafts
gathered around the stand. This in
deScribable ovation continued for fully
half an hour. Senator EYarts then,
when firing and hooting subsidized, intro
duced Grover Cleveland, President Of
the United States who, in accepting
the statue. said:
The people of the United States &C
cept. with gratitude, from their breth-
rem of the French Republic, the grand
and completed work of art we
now inaugurate. This token of af-
lection and consideration of the people
of France demonstrates the kinship of
the Republics, and conveys to US the as
surance that in our efforts to commend
to mankind the excellence of the gov
eminent resting upon popular will, we
still have beyond the American CONT
nent a steadfast ally. We are not here
to-day to bow before the representation
of a fierce and waTlike god, hlled with
wrath and vengeance, but we joyously
contemplate our own deity keeping
watch and ward before the open gates
of America, and greater than all that
have been celebrated in ancient Troy.
l stead of grasping in her hand the
thunderbolts Of terror and of
death, she holds alOft the light
which Illuminates the way to man.
enfranchisement., We Will not forget
that Liberty has here made her home,
nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.
Votaries will constantly keep alive its
fires and these shall CLEAN upon the
shores OF our sister republic in the
east. Reflected thence and joined
with the answering rays, the stream
of light shall pursue the darkness Of
ignorance and mans oppression, until
Liberty EnlightensEthe World.
After President Cleveland, came NJ.
A. Lafever, minister plenipotentiary
who spoke as a representative of the
Republic of France. He said: I'm
sembly and as prelude to the ceFe-
mony which consolidates the secular
friendship of two great nations, it is an
honor and hearty pleasure to me to
present to you in the name of the
French government and the entire
French nation, the sincere and warm
assurance of sympathetic partlcipa-
ton. The Inauguration OF to-cay
is one splendid with solemn and I'M
preSsiYe import, for 1t is one
of these which form an epoch in his
tory. This colossal statue of Liberty,
mounted by the great artist, would any
where attract attention and Difference.
But here, on American soil, II evlnces
speci i significance, symbolizing the ex-
istence aud development of your ma
ton, during more than 100 years. To
US, Americans and sFrenchmen, Liberty
is not only a common doctrine; 1t IS
also family tie; from the alliance be-
tween the two spang forth manifesto
tons of its expansion and radiance
through lu6 uulN6ISOs IL VIII DC d41
eternal honor to France to have
seconded the efforts of your heroism,
and to have understood in the first
dawn the sublime prospects which were
promised to mankind by your generous
ardour. This symbol, which we in
augurate to-day, is not mere allegory.
| The pledge of fraternal union between
the two greatest republics of the world,
| it is greeted simultaneously by more
than one hund ed millions Of freemen,
who tender friendly hands TO each other
across tue ocean. Among the thouS-
| ands of Europeans who are daily con-
viewed to these hospitsDle shores, no one
will pass before this great emblem with.
out Immediately perceiving its moral
| greatness, without greeting 1t with
| respect and thankfulneSS.
Tie memorial address was delivered
by Hon. Chancey NJ. Depew.
From the postoffice the parade
marched down Broadway to Wall
Street; the throngs of people seemed to
increase at every block; turning Wall
Street the parade wound its way to
Pearl Street and thence to the Battery.
Here crowds of people had gathered to
greet 1t. Every walk In Battery Park
was thronged with eager sight-seers