Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-20

The monument. which l. the design Of Prot
BnsiolpA Sscmcrins. celebrated SCULPTOR q
Brriin. II about ~ feet hish rr,sn an oblon<
platform. reached "a four sid~s by n ssrps
symhoiicai o, the n original states rises .
I-ir>,A hsarine an equestrian statue In
hrpnxe % Gen- WashinEtcu The Father %
His Country T. rcprc~rut>f IN n. colonial uni
form 81 the American army large aaIlltary
ei"ak being thrown arount his eornrnaniina
nEurc- Al the four corner< % the platform
ARE fountains served BY aiirTurieai az.
ures Of American Indians. r,p-eS~ntinr fout
rivers. the ne;auarr Huisoa. Potomac ara
Mississippi tn the sisies each q thee fassr-
tsin> i guarir'i - typical American animals.
sish, In al ~ the frUnt and back " "a rel
e-tal sre two slexurieAl xrpups the forgn-r
rcpre~cntinT America -~atssi holiinr in ar~
hani coruneopia. In th@ other tFiesnt ant
having At her feet chains Just cast OF Sh~ +.
In the art ef receiving from her victorious srn<
the trophies % their conls-st. Begow thI.
xroap i an eseie supportin< the arms u the
United stafet
The group In the back represents America
arvu>inx her sons % q s-n~e % their duty R,-
low are the arms "a Pennsylvania On the
sides q the pe'iestal arr tSo bas-r~lief~. one
representing thr march % the Asaerican army
the other a veSt-huund rrnizrant train On eae
Sisi. the Pedestal bar the inscription. sic
>emp-r Tyrannis aad Prr Aspsra Al AssrA -
Taxes rs Way" Surrounding the uprrr pr
,ion % the pe.isStai Is the les~n.i ~Ervcss.i By
the STATE Society % the Cincinnati % Peun-
sylvania
History ss the sesissy ss the Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati forms an inter
e>iins historic link connecfinx our t.un~< With
the reveiatien. Later war~ have prosiuev,i 9th
er >ncteti~~ shtch arr counp.r=s,i - acruai par
uciraats In the evsnts -hieh they cosunarrn.,-
rate. xhrrssS tAe Csnsszzzti earr~lxs-l ~
W NaShinTtaus fellows IN th~ nsti. noe iaeiuies
only ,heir eesr~nsiant< n va foun.s-,i On MAY
n issa at a He-siax u th~ oear~rs q "a. eoa-
tincntal army ~ the Nerri4sk rv>ai-ncs %
the east sher~ ef thr nnai.ou .Nvr aheut a rrli-
above f'tshkiii. y. v. Eaeh resina. NJ ansf stA-
corps sent it, representative. ss.i fnsp- tor
Genrrai ~t>ahen pre<i.isSi To. runssltaiion. er
rather Institution. thr phras- still ceniinu~<.
recounts the happy eis-e q thr war fes insi.-
pen.ience after hieoiy cunrics q eight
yvsr~.~ and sh.n rccii.s A. thr purpoSe q th-
Soeiety.
ITO perrstuafe. a. well the r-rnsmhrance ~
this vast event A. the neutral frirnsi~hifss
which have hrrn formed under the pressure -
common danger. and IN many inS;anerS ec-
mented by ihe hlooi cf the parties the or.csr,
of the American army do hereby IN the most
solemn manner. associate. constitute ami corn-
bine themselves into one society of fFfsns.. %
endure a. lonr as they shall endure % any q
their eldest male poStsrity AMI in failure there
Of the collateral branches whc may he iuaa-e.i
worthy Of becoming its supporter ami mem
berS
The orsocrS of the American army. having
generally been taken FROM the citizens of Amer
lea. possess hiSh vensratlon for the chara ter
OF that iilu>trsous Roman. I.uciuS QuintlnS tin
esnna,uS. ami. bsinx resolved n follow his sx-
ample by returning to their citizenship they
think they may with propricty denominate
themselves the Society Of the Cincinnati
The first officers. werc Gen Washington
president-general. Gen. Gates viee-prv~itient-
general; Gen Knox. secretary general; Gea.
Williams. assistant sseretary-gencral ami Gen.
MacDougal. treaSurcr-gencraL OF cour~- the
names OF members In ,lu ted many distin .uiShe I
revolutionary ofieers such as Grrens sullivan
Lincoln. Smallwoo. Steubsn. Moultrte Schuy-
Ter. Clinton. Wayne. Hamilton. Burr. Morgan
and
IL il an interesting fact that at the outset The
aid Of France was acknowledged not only by
constituting a branch Of the society there. but
by eleeting a. members Counts Dc Astalnr N,
Grasse and Rochambeau. with other Officers
who had served in the French cooperative
forces In a rank not under that OF colonel or
Of commanding oriccr In the French fleets.
The Frcn.h soelety was oryanixei with
the consent OF the king. and Count DE
Estaing sent TO Gen Washington a. a gift from
the ftnth naval otucff0 tut eA&lf OF thr rfttff.
set In diamonds with n blue ribbon. edged with
white. to typify the alliance between France
and America. This has been worn by each sue
eeeding president-general Of the society. Thus
unusual Significance Is attached to the presence
at dedieatory ceremonies Of the French am
bassador Patrenot-e. and the French cruiser
Fulton
Monroe was an original member ard Tresi-
dent Pierce an hereditary member of the socie-
ty. Washington. the nr~t president of the 80
ciety. was succeeded in the once by Hamilton;
he in turn by the two Pinekneys. Of South Caro-
lima while Ogden. Lewis. Pupham. Dearborn.
aud. In isSi Hamilton Fish suceretisi
President-General Wayne. elected last year
Is direct descendant Of Mad An,hony. Ths
vice president general il winSlow Warren. o.
Massachusetts; the secretary general II Asa
Bird a retired army oricer and his assistant Is
Nicholas Fish while the treasurer AMI assist
ant treasurer are r. NJ MeSherry and II. T.
Droune-