The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-03

there were not far from fifteen thousand.
Perhaps that figure was not reached, but
it was very near it. Add to that the num-
Der OF the older people and the crowd was
OF vast proportions.
At 1918 ex-President Harrison left the
governors parlors in the state house and
with Mayor Sullivan stepped out upon
the platform provided for the occasion.
Superintendent Jones mounted the staRe
and directed the chorus in singing
America" 1t was a noble anthem
which pealed from the thousands of
throa:s, swelling with the patriotic words.
and the music rolled upward in one
mighty wave of melodious sound. 1t was
grand and powerful.
After the music ceased Mayor Sullivan
introduced Mr.. Harrison as follows:
The committee which prepared the program
did il for the children of indianapolis. Ii is
my duty only to announce the numbers. /
have the honor to introduce a gentleman who
will say few words TO you. There is no gen.
tlemsn in this nation better fitted TO speak
upon this occasion. He comes from q family
that had much to do with the making of this
BELLS history. 1 mean our fellow-townsman,
Gen. Benjamin Harrison.
When Mr. Harrison stepped forward
there was tumultuous cheering, and after
it died away he said:
Gen. HarrIson's Speech.
Ny Young FRIENDS AND FELLow-CITIzENs
Il am glad today to be citizen of Indianap-
oils. am glad to participate In that worthy
pride which we all feel at being able to make,
before these distinguished visiting strangers.
such magnificent exhibition of our Indisnap-
oils schools. | think | should first, for you,
most sincerely thank Mayor Stuart of Phila-
delphia and the gentlemen who accompany
him for their kindness in enabling the citizens
and aGnaciaIlv tho nhildran NJ cnho0la IN
see this great relic, the Liberty bell. We are
grateful to them for having so gracously
yielded to the request of our citizens to give
each of you favored opportunity to see this
most interesting relic. 1t is only bell and .
dumb bell ct that. IL has spoken its great
message to the world and is now forever silent.
! 1t is not the material thing that we shall look
upon with interest; il is that which it typifes.
| 1t 10 the enduring thing for which 1t stands
| that kindles our hearts and our enthusiasm to-
day. Cheers. IL the old men and the old
women of this country shall lose their senti-
ment and forego the exercise of their msgina-
ton, those great things will be preserved among
the children. / rejoice that there is q Re-
Nuisance of patriotism in the United States.
| | rejoice to believe that in our own hearts the
| flag means more today than ever before in our
history. Cheers. There are more people
| that love it. and the generation that il coming
/ on will love it more fervently than that which
| is passing of the stage. Cheers.l | rejoice
4 mat the American nag 10ats over more OF our
] schools OF instruction for the young today
than ever before. Cheers.1 l have read with
interest. within the last few days, OF the
| lifting OF the flag the Navesink High
lands of New Jersey, so that our own people,
returning from foreign shores, or those
worthy immigrants who seek home among
us. shall catch sight of the starry banner when
| the land lifts itself above the horizon. En-
| thusiastic cheers. The flag of the highlands,
the Bartholdi statue lifting the torch of liberty
| In the harbor, are good objectessons to those
| who come to be American citizens. had un-
| feigned and lasting pleasure in the fact that
one OF my last public acts was to lift the Amer
I lean flag over great steamship In the harbor
| of the city of New York. 1t was liberty this
! bell proclaimed. liberty throughout all the
| land, to the people thereof; and how wonder
| ful that nearly a quarter OF q century before,
when the committee of your legislature selected
| an inscription fo- that bell. they uneonsoiously
| foretold the great act it was to perform. Let
US never forget that the liberty which this bell
rang out was a liberty regulated by law
| [cheers]- Ia liberty to be free TO do as each
I one pleased only so far as the rights of others
were not invaded Let us learn again this
great lesson that no worthy object can be pro-
| NOTED except upon the lines of social
order and lawful submission to pub
| lie auth ority. lCheers Not labor, not
the church, not those who pretend TO seek with
unauthorized hands the ends of public justice.
can promote any of these causes by acts OF vio-
lence. 1t is the law. casting its shelter over
every household, armng every man in a pam
! oply that should be impenetrable that makes
our home life possible and these schools what
| they This old bell was made in England,
but it had to be re-cast in America lenthusi-
astic cheers before it was sttuned to proclaim
the right of self-government and the equal
| rights of men. And therein it was type OF
| what our institutions have been doing for that
! great teeming throng of immigrants from all
| lands, who heard its voice the great
! waters, aud came here, subjects to be re-cast
| into American citizens. Cheers. l want to
! thank you for your patient attempt to hear me,
and to beg that you will excuse me from further
speech, In order that you may promptly see
] that for which you have assembled-this old
bell which, if you will but open the ears of your
hearts, will tell you the story of our heroic
ancestry. Of the origin of our government.
more eloouently than any speaker can do IT,
| lCheers
At the conclusion of his remarks the
! cheering was renewed, and when il ceased
Mavor Sullivan introduced Mayor Stuart
of Philadelphia, who said:
No Money COnId Buy 1t.
We pass through your city carrying the most
sacred relic in the United States. Many of you
will see il today for the first and last time.
While that declaration of independence OF
| which Mr.. Harrison just spoke was being acted
upon in Independence hall, Philadelphia. his
| paternal ancestor presided over the delibera.
| tons. l could not give q more patriotic ex-
preston than one which | recently read.
"rhere is not enough money in the world to
| buy that old bell. There are not enough people
in the world to capture il. The people of Phil
adelphia, of Pennsylvania, of Ohio. Indiana, of
the whole union, would shed their blood and
| lay down their lives for it,"
This closed the exercises at the state
house, and after singing THE Liberty
Bell, !" the children began their march down
| Tennessee-st., which was continued until
| oftar II o'rlOok