New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-17
The NORTHWEST CENTENARY
THOUSANDS OF PEolLE IN MARIETTA
THE DAY BEGUN WITH THE FIRING or ONE HUMID
EFD Gr~s-Tnr WOMEN PIONEERS EULoGizED
BY MRS. LIyERMORP.
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Marietta July iG-The roar Of hundred guns
from the wooded hilltops about Marietta an
nounced the beginning of the active exercises OF
the centennial celebration Of the origin Of civil
government and the break Of day. The echoes of
the cannon had not ceased their wild reverbera-
tons among the airy upands before all the beau
tful valleys converging to the point where the
Ohio and Mnskingum Rivers meet teemcd with
people in trains and boats fastening to historic
Marietta. The multitude that came in the morn
ing was entertained by street parade led by
Governo, Foraker and staff and Colonel Kellogg,
of the United States Army, who is in command OF
the regular troops stationed here during the cen
| tennial
At noon Benjamin w. Smith. Of Indiana, one Of
the most prominent citizens Of that State made o
fine address He set forth the achievements of
Indiana men in an instructive, eloquent way.
Charles Rccmelin. of Cincinnati whose reputation
among German-American citizens is National spoke
IN German for an hour to many hundred persons
who were born in the Fatherland. The German
immigrants have played an important part in the
development of the West and Mr. Reemelin called
attention TO this fact in way that was at once
happy and graphic
One of tho features OF the centennial is the Gov
eminent exhibits from the Department Of State and
the Smithsonian Institution. In the latter eX-
hibit are models showing oil the Developments and
improvements that have been made in transporta-
ton by land and water in the last century. Sena-
tor Evarts of New-Yorll, arrived at noon, and is
the guest of Governor Forake His Grafton Will
be the feature Of Tuesdays programme ms
evening Mrs Mary A. LivermOre addressed an au-
dience Of more than 900 persons at the Centennial
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deeds Of American women and pointed out the IN
lucncc that has been exerted by women OF charac-
ter in the civilization and development Oh thc
West. Said she
AS have searched out and studied the his
tories of these immortal forty-eight pioneers VINO
| made their way across the mountains through the
| patljess snow in mdwinter, maniicstng hardy
en- lurancc and heroic fortitudc rarely equalled,
and who found themselves in April, century ago,
on the very spot whore we now stand, without
roof to shelter them. have asked myself What or
| the women associated with these heroes? VINO
| were their mothers and wives, their sisters ana
| sweethearts? As | have followed them IN thelr
| exploits in the savage Wilderness now assaed bg
| Indians who stole their horses, slaughtered thc!r
| cattle tOmahawlicd their men and captured their
| women now battling with the fury OF the ele-
mcnts, and then the victims of the insidlous as
eases that the Dane OF pioneer Ire,
and through all reverses and calamities exhibit
| ing the Same untlinching courage ana the same
! heroic persistence | have again inquired, What
| of the women? For | have learned through my
| studies rs well o. by observation OF life that
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! come 10 fruitare save when they are mated ana
| stimulated by equally lofty traits Of wOmanhood
| History not condescending to fullness Of detail
| when il speaks of the men who came TO Marietta
| a century ago. is very chary of information con-
| corning the associated with them. put
| the War of the Revolution bad ended only five
years previous TO the hegra to the Ohio Valley
! The Declaration Of Independence and the Ordl-
! nance of 1857 cOntem pomneOus ana me
| Convention that framed the Constitution OF tne
| United States was in session when the ordinance
| was passed. The men and women belonged
| therefore to the stirring days Of the Revolution
| No one at this day can appreciate the value OF
| the labors of the pioneer women, to whom TINS
| State OF Ohio is so deeply indebted. They We're
women Of grace and refinement They lacked
no charm OF pleasing manners, were endowed
with strong common sense and quick intelligence,
| and all were devout and religious and unsWerVing
| in their allegiance TO right and duty. Many OF
| them were educated taught at home by fathers
| and grandfathers who were college graduates,
| for there was scant provision for their training
| in schools. They were familiar with the Eng
lish classics and the polite literature of the day
| end studied and assimilated the books Of travel
! history. philosophy. and bellies lettres which
! stocked the few and small family libraries that
| the colonists bore with thcm into the wilderness
Their first care was for the literary and religious
instruction of their children and when a Christian
church was organized and there was Installed
| as its minister graduate of Dartmouth College
| and n relative of Chicf-.Tustice Story, n man OF
grace and sweetness and scholarly attachments,
! the women gave themselves to its nurture with
| devotion Of which those more fortunate are IN
capable Now was the burden lifted from their
souls, for their rude eXtemporized place
of worship became a weekly trysting
place with heaven. From this mount
of vision they beheld afar their glOrfed dead;
baptized with the chrism If immortality. and
gazing down the vista of the future they saw
in part the realization of the hopes and dreams
of their vanished youth and were content with
the work assigned them that of aiding TO lay in
! imperishable solidity the foundation of future
| free commonwealth"
| Mrs Livcrmore closed her address with an argu-
ment for female suffrage Her speech was pol
ishcd and impressive one and it was heartily APP
plauded The day closed with an elaborate dis
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