The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-06

lants." The beam, on which the bell
hung, contained the inscription: "1776.
Proclaim Liberty"
The following Is the official escort
who arrived with the bell:
Hon. Charles +. Warwick, MAYOR OF
phlladelphia; committee OF councils of
the city OF iladelpbia-Cnarles X.
smith, chairman; common council,
Thomas L.. Hicks, James M. Hibbs,
John M Stratton, Samuel Goodman,
Oharles +. Iseminger, Ellsworth II.
Hults, B. Cortland Horr, William vsn
Osten, Thomas Firth, William w,
Allen. William II. Bris.ow; select coun-
Gil, Edward w. Patton, Joseph 81.
Browp. Henry Clay, William G. Ruther.
ford, Hugh Black, William McMullen,
Joseph Il. Klemmer. James B. Ander-
son, william McCoach, Isaac D. Hetzell,
william b. Brown, Thomas j. RYAN:
veneer Hartman, president OF common
council; James l.. Miles. president of
select council; G. w. Rockersperger.
secretary; Charles B. Hall, sergeant-at-
arms common council; James Franklin,
sergeant-at-arms select council; Elias
T. Smithers. Jacob Will emore, A. s.
Eisenhower, John II. Mccarthy, Thomas
II. Andress, M. D, Harry p. Wilson;
Thomas Purdy. tourist agent Pennsyl-
vsnia railroad in charge Of train; II. 3.
Twlning, Pullman conductor; Sheriff S,
M. Clement, Col. George N. Mccain, of
the Philadelphia Press.
Mayor 8. e. Jones delivered the adj
dress OF welcome as follows:
ut is an old and beautiful custom to
welcome distinguished and honored
guests with formal yet friendly greet
Ing, and to-day in the name of all the
people OF this city, irrespective of class
or condition, creed or color, I most
heartily and cordially welcome you to
Roanoke.
ut is peculiarly fitting that the old
Independence Bell, this relic OF the
American revolution and Its dis
unguished custodians, should receive at
the hands of Virginisns tho kindest re :
ception and warmest welcome, for Vir-
Rinia played no unimportant part In the
colonial history OF our country, stamp
ing the individuality of her sons on the
early history Of this repub lio, perhaps,
as no other State OF this nation,
ct was Patrick Henry who uttered
that brave, patriotic and eloquent SEN
tence, Give me liberty or give me
dea.h, sentiment that rung from his
auditors EXPLANATIONS of treason. It
was Thomas Jefferson who wrote that
braVest OF political papers, the Dsclara-
uon OF indie pendence. 1t was George
Washington who led the colonial armies
from Lexington to Yorktown. L. was
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee,
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison.
Francis Lightfoot Lee, Thomas Nelson
and Carter Braxton, who signed the
Declaration of independence, all sons
of Virginia-out OF ffty-six signers,
seven LOT these came from our own
State. 1t was James Madison who, more
largely than any other, wrote the Fed
eral Constitution, and John Marshall,
pre-eminensly the greatest of iurists,
who judicislly interpreted that oonsti-
tuition. Thus we see that the sons of
Virginia played no unimportant part in
the early history of this republic, and
can say with the utmost sincerity
that the patriotism OF the fathers has
been visited upon the sons to the third
and fourth generation, and 90 where
you will III any land or under any sky,
you will find no more patriotic men and
women than here in old Virginia.
$50, to day,a distinguished cus.odians
OF the Liberty Bell and as represents
tives of the patriotic people of Philadel-
phia, welcome you and | welcome this
renowned relic Of the American Rsvolu-
ton. In l776, from the throat OF this old
bell the notes ofreligious and civil liberty
rung out to q startled world, sending
terror to the hearts of tyrauts. So Ia
1895 may the American psople, the
liberty loving people of this republic,
the haters OF oppression and tyrannical
exactions, hear and hearken to the call
that comes to US from srodden
and oppressed Cuba; and may this mis-
sion of yours, with the old Independence
Bell from Philadelphia to the far South,
awaken in the hearts of our people a
patriotic response to Cuba's call,
again, l welcome you in tho name
of all tho people of our city"
Mayor Warwick. OF Philadelphia,
responded in q feeling and patriotic
speech. he said, as he looked out on
the vast audience, he could SEQ so
many faces that were familiar to him
that he could not help but think he
was in Philadelphia, ana that he was
forcibly stru:k with the thought that
Roanoke was the Philadelphia of tbs
South, and should appropriately BIO
called the City OF Sisterly Love.
The crowd who had assembled re.
minded him Of the Hanging Gardens OF
Babylon There were the great multi
tudes as they rose terrace after terrace
to greet his view. After paying a high
tribute to the magnificent ovation ten
dered by the people Of Roanoke he in
troduced Henry CLAY, a member of the
select council of Philadelphia who said
tn at he had been accorded the honor of
escorting this grand old relic, which is
sacred to the heart OF every true Ameri-
can citizen on every tour It has ever M sde
from Philadelphia. He had gone with
Il from the shores of the Delaware to
the shores Of Lake Erie and across the
Western plains and to Chicago at the
great Worlds Fair, and to the New