Iron County register., 1890-06-05


rear of the twelfth and last division.
From beginning to end the parade was
| nearly three miles in length.
| Is was after two o'clock when the head
of the procession reached the base of the
monument The greensward immedi-
| ately in front of the grand stand had
! been reserved for the veterans of Gar
fields regiment, and as soon as they
came into view, Mrs. Garfield, who was
attired in deep mourning, rose with her
! children to her feet while the veterans
| gave her round after round of applause.
| Her eyes suffused with tears and it was
with difficulty that she restrained her
emotion.
| The Presidential party was announced
| with the blare of trumpets. Preside ent
| Harrison took a seat to the right of the
| chair on the extreme front edge of the
| platform. with Vice President Norton
General Sherman and Schofeld, ex-
| Postmas ter-General James Bishop Gill
more. the Garfield family, Bishop
| Leonard and Congressman Mckinley
completing the circle Members of the
Cabinet were directly behind the Pres
ident. After the hymn America" had
been sung by the Memorial Choir, ex-
President Hayes stepped to the front of
the platform and spoke as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: James Abram Gar
field, born and bred in Ohio; a brave and
patriotic soldier Of the Union army; an ora
tor. Il state snan. 4 schol ar Pres dent of til e
United states, having died in the path of
duty, his cOuutrymen OF all parties and all
sections of every state, of every Territory
and Of the District OF Columbia-and esDe.
cfally his friends and neighhors of the city
Cleveland and of the Western Reserve, aided
by many good people OF foreign lands-have
built this impres Siyc and enduring monu-
fnent to perpetuate to future generations
his name and fame and memery.
"his noble purpose has, by the eminent
architect, Mr. George Keller, Of the city of
Hartford Conn, been fitIy embodied in the
memorial structure-which We are about to
dcdi! ate in the presence of this uncounted
multitude of people-tEi5 cloud of approv-
ing and sympath izing witnesses. Upon this
ceremony, upon all who take part in it and
upon all who observe it, the divine favor and
the divine blessing is invoked
Prayers were offered by Bishop w, A.
Leonard, and Hon. Jacob d. Cox ex-
Governor of Ohio, was introduced as the
orator of the day, and spoke as follows:
Nh FELLOW CITIZENS: We have come
here to dedicate this memorial to one of our
countrys WORTHLESS. Our task is not the
mournful one which filled the streets of our
cities with funeral pagcants nine years
ago. II our thoughts take a tinge of solem-
nifty from the memory of the tragedy
which brought the life of G lrteld to an un-
timely end and shocked the whole Nation
by the causelesS enormity of the
crime, it will only make our retro
spect the sober and thoughtful thing il
ought to be Time heals all wounds, and
it is privilege to think of the departed
statesman, who was once friend and
ncghbor, character already his
toric one; anaIyzng his character with
quiet pulse, not tortured by grief too
poignant, and recalling his great qualities
and his Dig-hearted human sympath les in
"reminiscences full of real, il sober, pleas
urcS.
This structure and the statue it covers
means that GarfieldS cOun trymen in
him. and what he did, so much that is
worthy of imitation, and worthily exhibits
and interprets the critical period of our
National life through which we have just
passed, that they have wished to cmbody in
imperishable stone the memory OF it. They
desire that it shall teach many generations
to emulate the good qualities which fitted
him to lead in right directions and to seek
that honor in good mems memories which
comes by subOrdinating selfish ends to the
common good. They have built this memo
rial in the belief that all shall be better
for learning well and wisely this lesson, and
that he whose memory it shall help preserve
is Il fit teacher OF faith IN institutions
and in our courtry's destiny.
The speaker then traced Garfield's
life from boyhood up, and, after refer
ring to his war and political history
said:
His elevation to the Presidency rather
the evidence of his couLtrymen's admira-
tion of him as Il Legislative leader than
significant part of his own
reer cut off prcmaturely. his administra-
tion had no opportunity to carry out any
large policy. The large grasp and ability
he had shown in every other part of his
life is sufficient warrant for our faith that
it wogld have been marked by broad
craftsmanship and manifest power; but it
was Gods will that his work legs lator
should remain the thing which will ever be
distinctiveIy his. The rest is among the
mi ght have -beens,' big with many grand
possibilities, not to ripen into full frution.
In conclusion the speaker said:
Men of all parties have united to build
this memorial and to place this statue
upon lbs pedestal to commemorate
here forgotten. Cynical
carping has no place here. The
good, the great the strong, the wise and
the patriotic were aII abundant in him |
that out of him the young of the coming
generations may construct ideal on
wh ch to mold themselves. The weakness, |
the limitations, the iDperfectons incident |
to human nature, and which every man |
must numDly acknowledge ms share IN, |
may here be dropped from view, and the |
model to be initiated IL made up of those
noble and. generous qualities which were so |
marked in the man we honor to day.
The people of this land, far and near, |
at this very hour decorating the graves of |
tt III fallen, patriots and heroes with affec- |
tionate and heartfelt love and reverence |
Our task is part OF theirs. We join oar |
in the loving duty. This me- |
mortal is a permanent decoration of the |
tomb where lies the body of soldier and |
patriot. whose services to his country We're |
so great and brilliant that the dig |
nifty of this structure and the durability of |
this monument gives fitting express
to the solitIity, trust, honor and regard with |
which the American people cherish the
of such as he May it be to and |
our children the continuing lesson i'll patr-
Otic endcavor which it was designed to be;
and may coming generations, rs they look
upon it, find it stimulating them to that
noDler manhood which shall develop
free institutions into all they ought to be.
Again the voices of the choir fell
softly upon the beautiful city of
the dead, this time with Metzke's
beautiful hymn 20, Weep for the
Brave" AS the last notes died on
the air the. officers of the Grand
mounted the four corners
Of the upper balcony of the monument
and as many buglers blew a ringing
blast to the north, south, east and west
Every head was barred and many bowed
when Sir knight l. L. Van Cleve. from
his position at the entrance to the
chamber, delivered fervent