New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
CITY GETS OHIO TABLET.
HONOR or 1857 ORDINANCE
Hamilton Fish ReceiUes Commemo-
rating Bronze from Government.

In the. presence of several thousand persons q
bronze tablet commemoratng the Great ordinance
Of 1851 was formally presented TO the United states
Government by the Ohio Company of Associates
and unveiled the Sub-Treasury Bullding in Wah-
st Yesterday afternoon. When the police ana
military escorts conducted the city and army ofh
cials into the Wall street district the marrow
streets were crowded. In the absence OF WhltelaW
Reid the president of the Ohio Company OF as
sociates Frank R. Lawrence presided, and William
W Mills vice president OF the society, presented
the tablet on behalf Of the donors.
Hamilton Fish, Assistant United states Treasurer,
in accepting the gift said:
On behalf Of the government accept this ms daoiet
as a r7enento of the most significant and faI reaGL-
ing amendment ever passed BY Congress - on Inls
nsf9FiGa s ta Ste II viii BE- guarded and cherished
important a memento deserves. liz ..r
The inscription on the tablet is as follows:
a. tbfs site the United states in Congress assem-
Ped on the d Iaf e fay 81 = ana Independence
the twelfth enacted an ORDNANCE for me gopFrt ,
OHIO, by which it was dedicated forever to freedom @
Under another ordinance passed mere ps s5 gTy 2
ler acting for the Ohio Company Of Assoclstes. an
iTchased from the board of the treasury for settle
mant portion of the waste and vacant Ialas 5 O
heading party Of forty-egt began the first set
ement at Marietta and on IVY ~ i,l1I e Govern
ment in the Territory. From these beglhImIlinggs IIig
sprang the States of Ohio Indiana, illinois, Mich
The amendment OF 1871 was the act which opened
freedom s said General Stewart Weodford in
his address at the ceremony. NellheI SldStI 10
involuntary serEitude, except in punishment, LOT
crime were ever allowed in the territory ana We
have the great State of Virginia, itself slave
holding State, TO thank that she 1reelS gaXe leL
territories with the express stipulation that they
should be forever free s#--
Frank r. Lawrence said in part: ~
The tablet henceforth to stand upon this spot
commentaries a. great event, which contrbllted
largely toward the upbuilding of America. Inc
Sf0v oft he OF
the heroic General ST. Clair, of Generai hufus Put
nam fhe engineer officer of the Revolution and
tie band from New-Eng gland, fortY-eight slrons,
and of their successors Teclainn6. developing ana
opening the wilderness. IS an absorbing I1tnaAGfe
of history, wonderful and more 1hrllllls II
its simple facts than any work OF hctlon.
On behalf of the society Mr.. Mills said:
Al the close Of the Revolutionary War the coun-
trv was in an exhausted condition ana was su1eF-
ing the most acute financial distress The army
had been paid in interest bearing certlcates WIlcn
soon deprecated to onesixth OF their race YaiuSS
TTsiress was at a standstill The country was al
most bankrupt. In that dark hour shattered
remnant Of the Continental army looked hopefully
baVond the Western mountains for homes
where they might repair their broken tortunesi as
they had often looked during the war for a place
anticipated the cheering words OF Washington ~
his farewell: 1.-THE extensive and fertile regions OF
the West will yield a most happy asylum 70 those
who fond of domestic enjoyment, are seeking for
personal independence 1t was at this time that
the Ohio Company of Associates had its origin.
Among the city and other officials who were
nresent were Lieutenant. Governor Bruce, Borough
Treetdent Fornesa aBrigader General Frederick Dent
Grant Colonel Fred A Smith. Chaplain II. B.
smith Colonel Henry D. Tyler, Alfred T. Perry
president Of Marietta College. and the Rev D. L.
PeltOn.