The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

spec.ive states were admitted to the
union, with the governor of each state ct
the head of the troops. The crowds that
lined the streets and filled the Windows
ana housetops we're unprecedented even
for New York. the march was sim sly an
ovation along the cut re route both for
The troops and the president.
AT THE sUB-TREAsURY,
The sub-treasury steps we're the Mecca
of thousands from an early hour. At 8
O'Clock it was almost im possible to pass
through the streets for a quarter of a
IN lie around, while n the imm sdiate
aelghborhood of the sub-tressury sight
seers We're packed like traditional sheep,
nd on the stand proper people fortuna g
enough to possess the necessary tickets
OF admission We're packed Almost as SOL
diY as they were in the street below. As
suon as the presidential party reac ned the
platform a shont of applause rose from
the assembled crowd. Archbishop Corr
gan, wearing his scarlet robe, was on the
platform when the party arrived. He was
introduced t. the president, vice. presi
dent, Governor Hin, Mayor Grant, Doc
tor Storrs and others.
Hamilton Fill opened the exercises BY
introducing Elbridge I. Gerry as chair
man.
Mr.. Gerry then introduced Rev. Rich
ard f. Storrs, who delivered an invocation.
Clarence B Dwen, secretary of the oenten-
nal committee, was next introduced, and
read poem by j. G. Whittier, com posed
for the occasion, the following being
few verses:
WHlTTIER'S IAMBICS.
Our first and best his ashes lie
Beneath his OWE Vlrginian sky.
Forgive, forget true and just and brave,
The storm that swept above thy sacred grave!
For, ever in the awful strife
And dark hours of the nation life,
Through The fierce tumut pierced his warning
word,
The fathers voice his erring children heard
The change f which he prayed and sought
In that sharp agony was wrought;
No partial interest travis its alien line
Tnixt north and south, the cypress and the pine!
Oqe people now, a i doubt beyond,
His lame ehal be our Union bond;
We lift our hands 10 -avel, and here and now,
TAKE on our li,js the Old Centennial vow.
For rule and trust must needs be ours;
ChIu7~r and chosen Do are pc ,er5
Equal in service Is in lights; th4y claim
Vi duty rests on each ald all the same.
Then let the sovereign milIons, where
OR banner floats IN suu and air,
F.em tho arm pam ltnds t. aska's cold,
h-peat with US he pledge century old!
At the conclusion of the reading the
assemblage gave Mr.. Whittier three cheer
aud Tiger.
Honorable Chauncey M. Depew, orator
of the day, was then Introduced. He Re-
ceived hearty greeting and then deliv-
cred quite long and eloquent Grafton,
from which the following brief extracts
are taken:
DEPEw's GRAFTON.
We celebrate to-day the century of our
nationality. One hundred years ago the
United States began their existence. The
powers of government were assumed by
ne people of the republic and they be-
came the sole source of authority. The
solemn ceremonial of the first inaugura-
ton, the reverent oath of Washingto the
acclaim of the multitude greeting their
president, m 4rkt d the most unique event
of modern times IN the develo pment of
free institutions. The occasion was
not an accident but result
IL was the elimination of the
Working out by mighty forces through
many centuries of tue problem of self
government. 1t WAS not this trinm ph of
u system, the application of a theory, or
the reduction to practice of the abstract
ms of philoso phy. The tins, the coun-
Try, the incredibly and environment of th5
people, the folly of its enemies, and the |
uob Q courage of It's friends gave to libsr
ty after ages of defeat, of trial, of expert |
ment of partial SUCCESS and substantial
gains, this Immortal victory. HencefUrth |
1t had refuge and recruiting station. |
The oppressed found free homes in this |
favored land, aud invisible armies
from it by mail and telegraph, |
by speech aud song, by precept and ex-
ample, to regenerate the world.
Puritans IN New England, Dntohmen |
in New YORK, Catholics in Maryland, |
Huguenots in South Carolina had felt the I
tres of persecution and were welded to |
liberty. They had been purified I
in the furnace, and in high |
iebate and on bloody |
osttleields had learned to sacrifice all ma |
terial interests and to peril their lives for |
human rights. The principles of consti-
,utional government had been impressed
upon them by hundreds of years of stru
gle, and fer each principle they could
point to the grave of an ancestor whose
1eath atte-ted the ferocity of the fight and |
The value of the concession wrung from
powrr. They knew the limita-
ions OF authority; they could pledge their
ives and for unss to resist eDcroacOmeuts
j pom their rights, | ut it rt quired the les
son OF Indian IN .ssacres, the invasion of |
The armies of France from Canada, the |
tyranny of the British crown, the seven
Jears' war of the revo uton, aud the five |
years of chaos of the confederation to
evolve the idea, upon which rest the power
Add permsnency of the republic, that
liberty aud union are one and insepara-
DE.
The traditions and experience Of the
,oionists had made them alert to discover |
md q aick to resist any pril TO their liz
rites. Above all things they feared and |
listrusted power. The town meeting and |
The colonial legislature gave them conf