Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-02

A Monument Erected to Their Memory
at Plymouth Rock.
PLYMOUTH, August 1st.-The national
monument in honor of the Pilgrims was
dedicated to-day. The sons and daughters
of Plymouth were here n great numbers,
also visitors from far anG near. The weather
of the early morning was unpropitious. 1t
was necessary to view the parade from be-
meath umbrellas. The celebration began
at sunrise with salute and the ringing of
bells. The morning trains brought vast
numbers of strangers, and great throngs
surrounded the new monument at $50,
when the dedicatory exercises were carried
out by the Masonic Grand Lodge according
to the ritual of their Order.
A band rendered a choral by John K
Paine, following with a song of praise
written by r. w. Thomas Power, and sung
by quartet. Following the song came an
address by the President of the Pilgrim
Society, Ex-Governor Long; the response of
Grand Master Endicott; proclamation,
by Grand Marshal George H. Rhodes read
ing of Scriptural Selections, by Grand
Chaplain A. Skinner; praise, by the Grand
Chaplain report on the examination of
the monument, and ibstons of corn and
wine, by the Junior and Senior Wardens,
followed by invocaGons by the Grand
Chaplain. Grand Master EnGicott delivered
an address. The assembly sang q closing
hymn by r. w. Thomas Power, to the
tune of America The exercises con-
cluded with proclamation by the Grand
Marshal, benediction by the Grand Chap
lain and pilgrim chorus by the band.
In the meantime the procession had
been forming, and at IL o'clock it moved
over an extensive route III seven divisions
At the completion of the parade the Pill
grim SOniefv with tho orator moot i,,
v;ted guests, took their places in a great
tent and the feast that was provided for
the occasion was discussed for an hour
Then Governor Lord, the Chairman, intro
duced the orator of the day. Congressman
w. P. c. Breckenridge of Kentucky, who
delivered an eloquent address. John Boyle
O'Reilly, the poet of the occasion, was then
introduced and read his poem, The Pill
grim Fathers" After the reading of the
poem, addresses were made by Lieutenant
Governor Bracket, on behalf of the State
George Hoar, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
Hon. VIM. Cogswell, Hon. E. A. Morse,
Hon. James G. Blaine and others.
SOME OF THE NOTICES.
Among the mottoes suspended above the
street were the following:
'"The Mayflowers flower was destined for per-
petual bloom. 1t will defy all climate and all
| ages and will eXhale an everything odor and
| fragrance to the end of time "-DlRieL Webster.
THE world is our country, our eountrymen all
| mankind. > William Lloyd Garrison.
"Methinks ! see il now, that one so itary, ad-
venturous vessel, the Mayfower of a ioIlorn
hope, freighted with the prospects of a future
state and bound across an unknown sea-
EUeret.
Here have we laid at rest together, the earth
| carefully smoothed, so that the Indians might
| not count their number-the true, the pious, the
beautiful snd the brave, till the heavens be no
| more. .'-ChOdte.
| Accept the admonitious of the day; they may
| teach US all, whether few in number or a one,
| never TO swerve from those primal principles of
| duty which from the landing of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth have been the lie OF Massachusetts, y
| sumner.
The monument bears the following in.
scription on the main shaft: National
| monument to the forefathers, erected by a
| grateful people in remembranc of their
labors, sacrifices and sufferings for the cause
of civil and religious liberty"
] The monument is situated on one of the
| highest hills III Plymouth, about north
west of the rock on which the pilgrims
| landed and west of the anchorage of the
1 May flower. The cost was about $500, 600
The material, Hallowell granite, consists
of an octagonal pedestal, forty. five feet
| high, upon the center of which stands the
| figure of Faith, thirty-six feet high This
rests with one foot on Plymouth Rock,
holding the right hand upon Bible, while
the left hand, uplifted, points heavenward.
| The pedestal has four large and four small
faces. Upon the larger are tablets bearing
the names of the founders of the colony
and historal facts. From the smaller faces
project four buttresses or wing pedestals.
! Upon each is seated figure in heroic size,
representing Morality, Education, Freedom
and Law. On the faces of the pedestals are
| the representations, The Embarkation at
Delft Haven The Signing of the Social
Compact in the Cabin of the Mayfower,"
The Landing at Plymouth" and The
| Treaty with the Indians"
The memorial was started in 1853 and
the corner stone laid in 1859 with elaborate
ceremonies. The expenses of the monu-
ment were paid by the States of Massachu-
sets and Connecticut and in personal dona-
tons. CONGRESS appropriated $4,000 for
the figure Freedom and its pedestal The
statue of Law was paid for by subscriptions,
coming largely from the lawyees of the
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