The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23

UWTITICII OVIWIUUs TrIIIVLTrI
crafty and softened by nober charity. We
need TO have erected in this republic the stand
ard fixed by the great countryman OF jasper
by Edmund Burke, the greatest OF lFiShueh
that standard which suggests as the mghesl utst
of true craftsmanship "a heart MED
with sensibility We a@ed 10 have
those who l,sNet our laws, shape our
policies and lead public opinion, eXpandet'
and lifted 10 that high plane Of Christian pol
itice, where the golden rule is the controlling
canon of public conduct. II IS not enough That
political opinion shall be earnest and honest
Too often In all the ages has honest opinion be
come the heartlcsS instigator of high handed
oppression. Honest opinion piled the taggotS
around Latimer, and Redeemed this land with
brothers. blood. Honest opinion, in the force
full language of Lanier, is an "lntrguer, gray
with Fuile'and the "Baseborn accident of
time and place Honest opinion let as have;
but let II be the legitimate child from the holy
wedoch of Heart and Head Let its Spirit be
Inagnanimous liberation and its life fraternaI
love
My countrymcn, the occasion which convenes
us invites the reflections which have just sub
mitted and allures us to the contemplation OF
n future Of greater concord and more perfect
unity. On the heights OF Bunker Hill the graf
itude of the North has raised an imposing
memorial TO the heroes who fell there in defense
Of liberty. Here, after the lapse of century
on the lowlands of Georgia, on the birthday OF
Washington, we dedicate this monument to
another martyr who fell in the cause Of our
country's independence. Erected on the same
continent, by the shores Of the same ocean, to
blood were part of the price paid for our com
mon freedom, these monuments should stand as
efectual protests against sectional anlmosties,
forever appealing in their impressive silence for
"A Republic of Concordant hearts, as of equal
States.
THE STATUE UNIV EILED.
At that point in the Grafton where, turn
ing to Misses Brandt and Nesbit, the Gov
ernor said: Let tue monument be I'M
yelled, their deft fingers loosened the broad
silk banner with the harp Of Erin and its
wealth of Shamrock, and the ma
tional colors for which Jasper gave
his life, and they swung free and
statue of Jasper, surmounting its base of
granite, came in view, and deafenlng roar
went up from the throng of people Ladies
clapped their hands, waved banners, and
cheer after cheer rent the air 1t was long
before the speaker could continue his re
marks. Fronting the monument, the Gov
ernor concluded his grafton, after having
spoken half an hour. Hon. p. w. Meldrim
stepped up and fastened an, elegant silken
badge of the Jasper Monumental Associa-
ton upon the lapel of his coat.
THE MONUMENT.
The bronze statue of Jasper, which sur
mounts the granite monument is mag
niticent work of art. The figure is 1919 feet
high and represents a sturdy specimen of
manhood. The left hand clutches at arms
length battle-woFn banner. The right
hand, holding an upturned saber, is pressed
tightly over a bullet wound on his side. The
piece Is strong in all its lines. On
its face is an expression of intense suffering
still held in subordinatiOn to a resolute pur-
pose The details of tho worl have re-
ceivcd careful attention. The fatal bullet
hole is plainly seen, upon the ground is the
bullet-riddled hat of the soldier, and his
hair is waving in the smoke of the battle
The most artistic part of the statue is the
ragged banner futtering in the wind
The statue was designed by the celebrated
sculptor, Alexander Doyle, Of New York,
and was cast by the AmeS Manufacturing
Company at Chicopee, Mass
Upon the four faces of the granite pedis-
tai are BIAS relief panels of bronze. That on
the north side bears the inscription