The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-05-20
WASHINGTON In BRONZE.
The Cord Which released the Yelling
Over the Statue Of the First Ruler

OF the Republic Drawn BY President Nc
Kinley. lts Latest Ruler-Many Dis.
ting uished Men of the Country Pres.
ent-Address by the President
PHILADELPHIA, May 17.-Here, in
the city which first placed on his brow
the laurel crown of achievement, the
memory of George Washington, the
soldier. the statesman and the man,
was honored Saturday in monumental
bronze.
The cord which relaxed the swad-
ding fugs from the figure of the first
ruler of the republic was drawn by its
latest ruler. Surrounding him were
men in whose veins runs the blood of
those first patriots who battled shoul.
der to shoulder with Washington and
with him made possible the scene en-
acted Saturdays scene conceived and
planned by those very comrades in
arms; executed by their sons in peace.
It was a notable gathering and rep
resentative of the country, including
the president the vice-president and
the cabinet officers, its defenders in
the officers and privates of the army
and navy; and its best blood, in the
direct descendants of the moulders
and the makers of the nation. Maj.
VIM. Wayne, president of the Society
of Cincinnati, who formally presented
the monument to the city, traces his
lineage straight to Mad Anthony |;
and VIM w. Porter, the orator of the
l. &c H. -
house Porter, twice governor of Penns-
sylvania, and a great grandson of Gen.
Andrew Porter, who was on Washing
toms staff in the revolution.
Thus no historic interest was want
ing to stimulate enthusiasm. The
actual unveiling ceremony was i'm
pressively simple. Bishop Whitaker
opened with prayer and Maj Wayne
followed with an appropriate address
Then came the unveiling by President
Mckinley, and the resultant clamor,
augmented by the national salute OF
81 guns by the artillery, and by the
foreign and American war vessels in
the Delaware. This concluded, Presi.
dent Mckinley spoke briefly, as fol-
lows:
PRESIDENT M'KiNLEYS ADDRESS
FELLOW wCITIzEEs:-There is . peculiar and
tender sentiment connected with this me-
mortal II expresses not only the gratitude
and reverence Of the living. but IL . testi-
monisl Of affection and homage from the
dead.
The comrades Of Washington ojected this
monument Their love inspired it Their con-
ent share In its completion and future genera
tions will profit by its lessons.
AZ scommander.in-chiefo Of the colonial ar.
mics from the beginning Of the war to the
proclamation OF peace. a. president OF the
convention which framed the constitution Of
the United States. and - the flrst president
Of the United States u nder that constitution,
Washington has Q distinction differing from
that Of all other illustrious Americana No
other name bears or can bear such . relation
to the government Not only by his military
gontus-hts patience his sagactty his cour-
age and his skill-was our national independ-
ence won, but he helped In largest measure TO
draft the court by which the nation was
guided: and he was the first chosen OF the
people to put In motion the new government
His was not the boldness Of martial display
or the charm Of captivating oratory, but his
calm and steady judgment won mems sup
port and commanded their confidence BY ap-
pealing to their best and noblest aspirations.
And withal Washington was ever so modest
that at no time In his career did his per-
above the temptation OF power. He spurned
the suggested crown. He would haveno honor
which the people did not bestow, an interest.
ing fact-and one which love to recall-is
that the only time Washinton addressed the
conventiontion during all Its sessions over
which he presided In this city, he appealed
for larger representation Of the people In the
national house OF represent atives and his ap.
peal was instantly needed Thus he was ever
keenly wstchful Of the rights Of the people In
whose hands was the destiny Of our govern
ment then and now
his civil administration commands equal ad.
miratton. His foresight Was marvellous: his
conception Of the philosophy Of government;
his insistence upon the necessity OF education.
morality and enlightened citizenship to the
progress and permanence Of the republic can
not be contemplated, even at this period
without filling US with astonishment at the
breadth Of his comprehension and the sweep
Of his vision. lkp
His wks no narrow view OF government
the immediate present was not his sole con-
cern, but our future good his constant theme
Of study He blazed the path OF liberty. He
laid the foundation upon which we have
grown from weak and scattered colonial gov
ernments to united republic whose domains
and power as we'll as whose liberty and free
dom have become the admiration OF the
world distance and time have not detracttd
from the fame and force Of his achievements
or diminished the grandeur Of his life and
work Great deeds do not stop in their growth
and those OF Washington will expand N IN flu-
ence in all the centuries to follow. -.
The bequest w Washing ton has made to civili-
zstton Is rich beyond computation. The obli-
cations under which he has replaced man
kind are sacred and commanding. The re.
sponsibility he has left for the American peo-
Pile to preserve and perfect what be accom-
plishsd ID exacting and solemn Les us rejoice
In every new evidence that the people realize
what they enjoy and cherish with aRection
the tllustrtous heroes OF revolutionary story
whose vslor and sacrifices made . nasion.
They live In u and their memory will helD NJ
keep the covenAnt entered into for the main
tenance Of the frsest government on earth
The oration was then delivered by
Mr.. Porter The formal prose ntstion