New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-05

tyur,oon limo sonnets OF his own composition and
when the proof read not Il typograpmcal eriOr
appeared ,,.,,,,.,, :,
rh. statue OF Garrison is the gift Of william II.
,wascy a publIc-sprited citizen Of Newburypor,
y.l,sc admiration for the great rcfOrmor suggested
fin. idea that "A statue OF this distinguished hhuFe
~ Ncwburyport, who fought for the slave "h'h IL
wa, not only unpopular but unsafe to 90 So shouu
be placed in one OF the public parks. Inc s'a'ue
va, designed by d. VI. French, Of NewburyPor''
The head was modelled from photograph taken III
1879.
The statue proper +, eight feet high Garrison
f. represented r. a close fitting frock coat In the
attitude Of speaking His right arm Is slightly raised
rs II emphasizing some point Will" the lell H'ls'
gracefully at his side without The customary scroll
The pedestal Is composed Of four pieces, the uhu'r
block Of granite being feet square. IL inches thick
the second block feet square and 10 lhcheS
thick: the die Is 3 feet squire and 4 feet hlgh'
hshy polished and the granite cap surrounding 'he
whole Is feet square and - inches Thick Inc
foundation IS 10 feet high and weighs about eleven
tons The casting was done by TN, Henry Bonnarn
pronzc Company Of New Ork, where have been made
MANY famous hr0nzcS
The statue /, erected in Brown square. opposite
CITY Hail. and appropriate" spot c0uid not nave
been selected. Within fcw hundred feet of the spot
he once addressed a large crowd after being shut out
Of the old North Church. and among those assembled
wrr, many who only cared for an opportunity TO 10
bodily harm to the speaker. The old hou," In school
= in which Garrison was born Is still standing, In
a historic locality ON side is the Old south
Church whcr. preached George Whcteld. the great
g., evangelist that ever hhorcd I'm New England.
and I'm th. house on the SOuthcrly Side the great
prco,ler ended his day.. The old homestead has
been handsomely decorated and the procession to-day
passed hy il.
The procession included several companies OF mill
.ia secret ORGANIZATIONS. socrtlr, of cOlOred men
rro,, Eo-,on Providence and Newport. There were
no, far from POO coor,d men IN the procession.
The march was OF Two hours duration. and ended
n,4iY t.. statue. aIolnd which had collected about
l5Rp people. The >taiu" was draprd with the
Am. ricln nag. Among the 300 people who occu-
pied seats Tho platform w"r" william Lloyd Cur
If on a son OF the great ,manclpator; Congressman
C.y.v,Il and Manor Ia,ley. OF Portsmouth. " II.
After Il -, lection by the New burypOU tadct Band
Mayor ,,nrncy introduced the Rev. John VI. Dodge,
wa, read hv r. e. adams. Of the High school. and a
aouhl, uunrtet sang. Ihc Rev. :. T.. Heane, on
,,,buf oi Mr.. >wHKy. whO erected the statue. pre-
.cri.d II 10 the city, and little Bessie. daughter of
BENJAMIN q, D!li- pulled the hnlyard> unfurling OF
Tag and exposing the statue 10 View. Mayor Journey
rr1, n,cd In behalf ~ the city. and the Grafton
delivered bv ~ Congressman Frederick T. Grceniagc,
al I,we Il wa, an eloquent tribute t. the character
and work ~ the rrf,rmer. and WIS atcniivrly lis
tened 10 by The audience.
At a dinner In IN" cts Hall. given after the cN-
ord~,s Sprrchcs made by william Lloyd Gar
rl-on. Pnrhcr PillSbury, General Cogswcl and Mr..
ttrrtulIlgr.