Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-09

local committee, took charge of the cere-
monies, and after the rendition of the Star
Spangled Banner by the Marine Band, in
troduced Commissioner mcfarland, who
formally welcomed the bell, and said:
I'VE welcome to the national capital to-
day the Liberty Bell. the most famous bell
in the world. Born in England, reborn in
America, it was the voice of the revolution
and typical of the men and women who as
serted in the new land the old rights IF
their forefathers. True to it's prophetic
superscription, it spoke for. liberty from
1755, when it rang as the Pennsylvania as
sembly declared they would not make laws
by direction, through all the revolutionary
period. 'muff1ed and tolled for the stamp
act, free and rejoicing for the Declaration
peace. It's voice did not fail until John
Marshall, greatest of chief justices, last
survivor of the great men of the revolution,
died in 1895, when it tolled for the last time
at his funeral on the Sth of July, the ami
versary of the proclamation of the Declara-
ton of Independence. No poet, no ora.or,
can speak with such eloquence of liberty as
this silent bell, which is the precious SYM
pendence. 1t reminds us of all it's glorious
memories and of all it's wonderful results.
Independence did not mean individual
liberty to all the inhabitants of the land
ultu tHlIly years AFTER LIilS Dell ceased W
speak. But it was certain from the first
that individual freedom must result from
national liberty. This bell rang out the old
order and rang in the new, with all its
blessing and all its promise.
philadelphia. the guardian of this relic,
dearer to US than any other, does great
service, for which we are grateful in send
ing it from time to time for exhibition in
other places. The King Of Bells CTSar
KolokoD, at Moscow, has been converted
into chapel, where the pious worship. Ire
Liberty Bell has become an altar of patriot
ism at which We may renew our vows to
our country. AS it has passed through the
land on this and other journeys it has stir
red the hearts of millions and especially
those in the public schools, who are to make
the nation of the future, to a new venera-
ton for the fathers of the republic and a
new determination to uphold ,heir prin-
clpleS and follow in their footsteps
1t is most fitting that the men and wo-
men and children of this capital, founded
by the father of the revolution, to which it
owes it's existence, should do honor to the
liberty bell. Here in the District of Column
bia is the city of Washington, planned by
him and named for him, and with his monu-
ment as it's most conspicuous feature Here
is the home of the national government,
now grown from the feebleness and poverty
of It's first independence to unexampled
power and prosperity. Here human slavery
was first abolished, and individual liberty
established by act of Congress All that
the liberty bell foretold of national indie
pendence and personal freedom has had
its perfect fulfillment here in the national
capital
THE command on the bell is from the
Word of God The liberty it proclaims is
that which God gives-liberty of order not
of anarchy, for Righteousness, not for
wickedness. Let us stand fast in that lib
erty wherewith we have been made free.
So shall We be able to proclaim liberty
throughout the world and to all the inhab-
itants thereof, by powerful example and
a noble sympathy. We have already given
freedom to millions of the oppressed in the
islands of the sea; we have brought to them
the year of jubilee. The echoes of this bell
have reached them as they will in time
reach all the peoples of the earth, if We are
loyal to liberty and liberty's God"
Chairman Browns Response.
Mr.. Hopkins then introduced Chairman
Brown of Philadelphia, who on behalf of
the Quaker city delegation thanked the
Commissioners and the people of Washing
ton for their hearty welcome. He said the
people Of Philadelphia feel there is more
than the ordinary common tie between
Washington and Philadelphia, for both cities
were at one time the seat of the national
government. All the American people have
a common interest in the precious old relic
and as 1t Is valued in Philadelphia the
Quaker city folks look for it to be valued
elsewhere. Mr.. Brown spoke Of the fine re-
ception given the bell throughout the south
He said 1t was like the tour of hero The
southland appreciates the old bell, he de-
clared, and all through that section there
is a spirit of higher patriotism which guar
antees forever the union Of the United
states. AS was the case with Mr.. Macfar-
iand s speech, the applause of the assem-
pied crowd was most enthusiastic.
During the ceremonies a detail from the
District command of Minute Men arrived
on the scene under Col NJ A. Winter
The men were clad in colonial costume
6rtxy
day. '-Ao
The public schools closed at noon TODAY
In order that the children might have the
afternoon free to visit the bell. PoIiceman
will look after the tots At 5 O'clock this
afternoon the Daughters Of the American
Revolution will visit the bell and place
floral tributes about It,
The bell will remain in washington mill
o clock tomorrow morning when the sne-
cial train leaves for Philadelphia, arriving
there at o o'clock. when the relic will once
more De placed In Independence Hall, on
Chestnut street
Cast in London.
Liberty bell was cast by Thomas Lester
Whitechapel. London, and arrived in this
country at the end Of August, 1852 1t was
ordered by the assembly of Pennsylvania.
Early In September. 1852. the bell was
cracked by heavy stroke Of the big clap
per, and thereupon was recast by Pass &.
H.,
Quaker city. and again hung April IT. 1888
The weight of the great bell then was
1850 pounds. In this recasting the same
metal was used. with the addition of an
ounce and half Of copper to the pound
to make the bell less brittle. The form and
lettering on the original bell were pre-
served. with the substitution of the names
and place and year of recasting it now
bears. The bell is twelve feet in circum-
ference around the lip and seven feet six
inches around the crown: 1t is three feet,
following the line of the bell, from the lip
to the crown, and two feet three inches
over the crown. 1t Is three inches thick in
the thickest part, near the lip, and one and
one-quarter inches thick in the thinnest
part, toward the crown. The length of the
clapper is three feet two inches. 1t is let
tered In line. encircling its crown with
the sentence:
Proclaim liberty throughout all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof. Lev,
XVIII"
Immediately under this sentence also in
line encircling Its crown, are the words;
by order Of the assembly of the prov
ince OF Pennsylvania for the state house