The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-29
HANCOCK STATUE
UNvEmEDwIrH IMPOSING CERE-
MONIES AT WASHINGTON.
President Cleveland aud senator Pal.
mer Euloglzo the Dead General

INV NNANnieN AAN NNAA kNtANAAAs
With imposing ceremonies the heroic
equestrian statue Of Major General
Winfield Scott Hancock was unveiled
at Washington, ID. O., Tuesday after.
noon before an immense gathering,
which included President Cleveland,
Vico-President Stevenson and repre-.
sentatiyos Of tho supreme court, the
diplomatic corps, both bodies OF con-
gross and army colleagues Of the great
general.
The unwilling was preceded by q
military display. -Four companies OF
artillery, marching as infantry. four
companies Of marines with the Marine
band, Light Battery O, Third artil-
lery, squadron from the Sixth cav.
airy, the full District militia and nu-
merous military organizations, includ-
ing tho Second army corps, at the
head Of which General Hancock
achieved bis greatest victories, partici.
pated in the parade.
The exercises opened gith q prayer,
after which President Cleveland made
a brief address in which he said:
"a grateful government today pays
tribute to the memory Of one of our
country's noblest sons and bravest de-
Tenders. Willingly prompted by pa
triotic inclination, we have assembled
to witness nations appreciation OF
valiant deeds in time of war, and ita
recognition Of civic virtues in time Of
peace.
"We give this monument to the
dead; but the dead endows our gift
with a significance which makes it OF
priceless value TO the living. 1t is an
open book constantly teaching the les
son Of sincere and steadfast love OF
country. Those who look upon its
grand proportions in years to come
will be reminded Of such sacrifice and
service as have made our nation great
and our people happy. With
this monument before our eyes,
those in public station who
are charged with the peoples
interest aud with the making and exc
cution of their laws can hardly forget
that honest effort to secure thu public
veal and a stern insistance, at all
times, upon faithful and unselfsh
discharge of public duties in the
places they occupy, are essential to
the safety and preservation of all that
Americans hold dear, as bravery and
heroism on the field Of battle.
The perpetuity Of our popular gov
eminent depending upon our fidelity
to the principles upon which it rests;
the vast interests Of confiding people,
promoted and guarded only by honesty
and faithfulness in their service; and
obedience to those national obligations,
which our membership in the family
of nations exacts, should be sufficient
to enforce upon those entrusted by
their countrymen the lessons which
this monument teaches.
''Let us all, however, open our
minds and hearts to the sentiments es-
pecially appropriate to this occasion,
and let our sense of public duty and
our patriotic aspirations be quickened
and stimulated by voice from the
grave, admonishing us that our obli-
cations as servants Of the people are
made more sacred, and our incentives
to vigilant citizenship more impressive
because we have in our keeping the
fame and gloryof our country's heroic
dead.
The principal address was delivered
by Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois,
major general of the United States
volunteers during the war. A salute
was fred as the unwilling of the statue
took place. Seven hundred invited
friends gathered at the scene, includ.
ing many relatives and friends of the
deceased general.
Senator Palmer's address was devo'
ted to eulogy of the manly and sol
dierlv qualities of General Hancock,
and contained beautiful tribute tC
his wife. who was his biographer.
The statue stands in the heart of tbs
business district of Washington. 1t i
the work of Henry J. Ellicott, TIN
noted sculptor, and its total height i
33 feet s inches, the distance from
plynth to the top of the hat is IA fee
6 inches, and the height Of the pedes
tai from the ground to the plynth j
10 feet Q inches. The proportion 0
the rider is such that if standing cree
he would measure 10 feet in height.
Sons of Veterans Adjourn.