New-York tribune., 1906-10-19
OHIO TABLET UNVEILED.
First Settlement IN Northeast Ter
ritory Con1anenordted.

Marietta. Ohio, Oct ia tablet commemorating
the nrst permanent settlement in the old North
west Territory was unveiled here to-day on the
eoiese campus, in the presence OF large gamer
ing OF well known persons from all parts Of the
country. Whitelaw Reid. the Ambassador to Great
britain. is president of the Ohio Company Of Associ-
sees which, although organized IN 1856, was not IN
oorporated until 1902 and the present memoral was
prepared under the auspices of that society and un-
yelled by Mrs. Nicholas Longworths daughter Of
PRESIDENT Roosevelt. Homer Lee. first vice-pres
iaent of the Ohio company, was selected to make
the formal presentation OF the tablet Mr. Reid being
unable to be present. Mayor Leeper of the city OF
Marietta and President Perry OF Marietta College
represented the city and college IN accepting the
tablet Governor Harris and Vics-President Fair
Ishks spoke The historical address was by Pro-
fessor Albert Bushnell Hart Of Harvard University
Mr. Lee in his presentation address said, in part
pat IL is nearly century and quarter since those
, Sey,oufonary officers, under the lead of General
S63o eGn in Boston on Ap l7sS and organized ths
fnat meeting has been OF inoalcusbIe value this
a.IoL a Inc Great Ordinance OF 1fS7 for the gov
Pn Peen passed in its final form had It not been for
the The settlement at Marietta aid
e9t uepGe M @ Of these pioneers shaped the develop
their are worthy Of eTerastns TemaSsanos
pets, saaA IL group Of sons Of Ohio. desiring to per;
beosma osm association under ne old and finally
the the laws of Inc State Of New York. as the Ohio
taTapp tTp@Iy OF Associates. This company has under
from from the period when Ohio was vacant terri
nor oo in ano order s the lesson s5aef Of
Impressed upon he SSs Of may om dsePs ply
mpersbaabhGa ahG SSo:2ins generation These tablets of
perpetual PRESCRIPTION and care viii be- asSarsd SIs''
walls Of the Da9s II the @ first 6a tablet hs
abIet was unof nsss5 shs site Of the oq q
most mo- fatteri9g auspices guard Of honor from
FTederoK s dsTK f1d b 9 2ay Commandsd By Major general
was wsfs GeReass IN as5ePSqRce I'D The qe99
thfong filling Wall street The tablet was acesptsi
On behalf Of the United States by Hamilton Fish,
New To Goyernor Bruce, the acting Mayor Of
The iGts site for tSy the ena seS9h9 S5hsri sab,,.
Anal .ne hrst settlement IN Ohio the home and
eE. and his comrades whose bodies T lie custeTed
yonGe1 der snce1t conica mound The most ap
odaa MsTa d so sBS GSsgo e. xhGh g has seo0ms 6e
COMPANY oadng the oDs qsooss q t
the he C;orrysspondence e; y OF General Putnam 0
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Seo obo Sf8s@sP eo%Pan! i u RfassFsa q n New ss
Marietta College Which viii be @ its sinss5S oustoda ah1 this
80 o ne fbs b4Xe faa true men hS d the
Its intended purpose and quicken the patriotism
tions of young people IN this commonw eaith
Professor Hart brought out in his address the
influences Of the West upon the East, and noi-
dentally the Influence Of New England upon the
Western states. His paper was largely historical.
containing many comparisons OF Ohio and New
England conditions. Professor Hart pointed out
the reason why Western people are found in the
East twofold first that they discover opportunities,
and, second, that they able to them. East
ern men. he held, go West for precisely the
reason.
Professor Hart said that the West had an i'm
portant educational influence upon the East ''It
WIS the success Of the Western common schools"
he stated however crude imperfeotly
ganized which probably stimulated the Eastern
states, 50 that fifty years from the founding Of
! Ohio every Northern state had general public
schools. and in academies in few girls high
schools and IN higher institutions Of learn
ing opportunities for advanced instruction began.
It the West which first recognized the pos
sibili,y Of a college education for girls. 1t is i'm
possible say how far these things have
acted upon the older part OF the country but 1t is
significant that the Mosely commission Of English
experts a few years ago pitched upon the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin the typical American
university.
But a larger. more direct and more easily trace
able influence of the West upon the East has been
in the development Of the government and political
methods Professor Hart held The great
tribution Of the West to American government
in the extension Of the suffrage, which sprang from
the desire 20 stimulate immigration. This flame
of popular government" swept backward across the
mountains and within forty years of the planting
Of Ohio had practically overrun every New Eng
land state.
Another influence of the West upon the East,
Professor Hart said, was the Development OF the
idea Of rotation IN office.
Professor Hart in finishing. said:
After all, is not the great reason for the jnfu-
ence OF the West New England the earlier infu-
ence OF New England the West, which still
goes on unchecked and unmeasured? If the West
sends men, wealth, ideas and ideals, New England
sends ideals. IDEAS wealth and men. In the world
of the mind, IN the realm of action, there is no
longer East West. or New England
it might be said, Bacon said OF Rome, "It was
not that Rome upon the world, but the world
came upon the Roman, and that is the sure way Of