New-York tribune., 1890-05-30

% @ american people had been irrcvocaby established. lie
w. tha t'would be implety and dshonor by the
e'V s'ffe OF faction that pure and unsclfsh struggle
Or constitutional rights which, while single hop Re.
naheo had been Loyalty fought out BY great ARMIES
leu oN heroic captains, and sustained by patriotic
'o'"ces OF noble and rcsolue people Ne therefore
promptly cOunselled his old soldiers to look upon the
country thls reunited by blood and iron thor and
TO live and labor honor and welfare His conduct
was IN accord with these teachings
Alter brief reference to the latter par, Of Lees
ie passed in the discharge of his duties as president
OF Washington College, Colonel Anderson ended his
address aS follows:
Let this monument. then teach to generations yet
UNBORN these lessons OF his life Let it stand not aS
''VoIu OF civil strife but perpetual protest against
whatever is low and sordd in private and public
objects Let it stand a memorial Of personal honor
ulat never brooksd stain; Of knighy valor without
thought Of self; Of farcaching military genius un-oi''d
by ambitions of heroic constancy, from which no cloud
OF misfortune could hide the path Of duty. Let IL
stand for rcproof and If people shall ever
sink below the fathers Let it stand
Tor patriotic hope and cheer II day of National gloom
or disaster shall dawn upon our country. Let II
stand as the embodiment OF brave and Virtuos people
ideal leader.
Let IL stand a great public act of thanksgiving
and praise for that 1t pleased Almighty God to bso"
uI"a these Southern States so formed to Tehe''
His attributes Of power, majesty and goodness
NJ the close Of Colonel Andcrs0nS address "enera
Joseph f. Johnston pulled the cord which hciu tic
covering OF the statue, and the ven DROPPED cNpyHs
the beautiful bronze 10 view. when mlgh!y, sivu,
went up, and salute of 100 guns was hie1 pS IL tnr
lst Battalion of Artillery. The asscblage teh sIoWN
dispersed. ard the troops marched 70 tlcu NdlUne
headquarters and were diSuisscd. Nhcl thc Sti,"
was unveiled tie crowd in the vicinity was estimated
al 10000 Those who partcpatSdln IN the pi''tNt,UT tT
numbered 10000 There were 10000 stranger III M l,,e
city during the day. brilliant display Of fireworks
took place tonight. . A.,
The Lee monument is Oh the Allen plat, IN tle
West End The monument Is placed at the Inter,r'-
ton Of two wide avenues, tlc summit oi ascc'nS
grades II Is nclo>ed in circle Of 200 icet III
diameter, with street sixt! five feet in wdti Oh
each side. The pedestal OF the monument consists %
two parts. The base Is formed by rectlnglc WIZ
the surface inclined upward to pa7pet, aTOnhI
which are SIX foundations, upon which statue oi
Lee, generals may hereafter be placed IN tio
interior OF the grouping another inclined surface cins
upward 10 hc pedestal proper. Here the traISilon
from the straight lines Of the rectanglc to tIe Sr'tu
curves of cl iindrical form have been ShulIy mar
monzed. Upon the front and rear are oVu spatt>'
upon which bas relicfs are placed. Surrounded pN a
tIacery in granite of the laurcl the ivy and inc oih
Above "A hons head. ON the sides are four coluiHnn
appearing 10 support the great weight. between wIcn
a bronze tablet appears, with the name oi Lee SNuc'
beneath laurel wreath. The pedcStil ana pas ai
Of white granite. the columns dark bnc me hclsht
Of the pedestal is forty feet and "A few hch'S' ana
that Of the statue slightly mort than twenty ic"t
The sculptor, NJ Mcrcc. Of Paris. has gwen -
the world the picture of Lee a. he appeared upon IN"
battlefield Of Gettysburg. The face Is cam alc ma
jc>tc, but full Of power. The horse wh!'h ne PC
strides has all four feet the ground, yet he appears
"a If i'm the act OF walking General Lees dress j
charac cteristcay plan.