The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-27

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II all. and the grand men who were at
the forge and the anvil. who welded the
hammers-St. Clair. Gibson. Harrison and
Posey-are entitled to everlasting grail
tude for the work they performed
Honors Given.
True. the nation rewarded Harrison. II
raised him to the most august station
known TO the nations OF the earth. and
then. by a decree OF fate. he pitched his
tent On "rame's eternal camping
ground But what OF the other men
who were his associates in laying the
foundations Of Indiana? The state has
done something TO rescue the names OF
Gibson and Posey frum oblivion tand 9TH
er states have done the same for st.
Clair by comforting their names upon
counties. Indiana has her counties OF
Gibson and Posey and Harrison: Michi-
gan her river and lake bearing the name
OF 81. Clair Is that enough? The pres
ent IL an era Of government reservations
There Is a patriotic spirit abroad which
finds expression tn monuments on battle
fields where Indiana soldiers fought and
fell. The present Is n monument building
era in the United States. and Indiana is
abreast OF the most advanced OF all our
commemorative. The ancient custom is
being revived In all Its glory. Egypt.
Greece. Rome and other lands and peo-
Pies were not more under the influence
OF the desire TO perpetuate the names
and deeds OF their rulers and heroes.
Pyramids were built for tombs and tenn
Piles for gods. Egypt had her pyramids
and obelisks. Greece her acropolis ana
p~arthehon. Rome her pantheon and coll
scum. Byron wrote The legend OF Rome.
~ lille stands the coliseum Rome shall
stand.
When falls the coliseum Rome shall fall.
And when Rome falls-the world"
Rome. Greece. Egypt have fallen. and
all their monumental grandeur is a ruin.
Cheops in the sand by the Nile. II
has stood defying elements since time
was young. and is likely to remain in
tact when forty more centuries are gone.
In this regard the old Egyptians have
had no rivals. In piling up great rocks.
square and ponderous. one upon another.
they solved a problem where others
failed. and Cheops stands 10 keep In ev-
remembrance a race of Tifans
infancy defies the researches or
antiu'~ ~ians- In this they taught a les
son { MODERN u builders which
'hou .sot be disregarded.
The First Capitol.
The builders Of the FIRST capitol o. rnd,.
ina at Corydon. Harrison county seem
o ave had the Egyptian idea Of arch.-
lecture. They built the unpretensious
house 20 resist decay. and there
stands after the lapse OF eighty-six
ears as firmly fixed on its foundation.
- IL was when the first legislature OF
indiana met within Its massive walls.
fears z IL IL a relic OF
I'm its dawn. In the morning OF
he first day Of its triumphal march the
un baptized II In auroral light. Stand
NJ forty fee. square Ia the walls OF
tone tw, and n half Fee thick. there
, no reason why II may not stand n
thousand years. Already this old capt.
Of Is attracting attention. and people are
to reverence II. and as the
ears 20 by this feeling Of vsneration v III
lcreasc and become intensified. IL IL the
My memorial 81 Indiana's early history
= a state. the only souvenir the past has
laced In possession Of the present to
eep fresh and green the remembrance I
7 the birth OF the state. I
Such reflections suggest the propriety Z
T a movement for the acquisition by {
he state Of the old capitol at Corydon r
nd its prerer walton from decay. The
rounds around the building should be- I'm G
roved and art and culture taxed TO The e
tmost TO make them beautiful with walks a
nd fowers. shrubs and trees. This done. 4
/ the four corners Of the park let art 4
D Its best In placing statues Of st n
lair. Gibson. Harrison and Posey. the \
men who for more than 4 y
Of a century devoted their lives
laying broad and deep the Foundation
the state.
The various rooms ~ the building could n
; set apart for a museum where me- N
cntoes Of the early days could " pre- ~
rived 20 delight future generations. End pI
would become n sort 81 Mecca. n
nd In time thousands Of pilgrims would ~
sort thither 20 see the only monument n
early Indiana preserved by th@ stat- pI
perpetuatc memories Of its primitive al
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