The Washington herald., 1913-07-01

Before a large gathering OF senator .
Representatives. and Michigan people
the heroic statue OF Zachariah Chandler
one Of the greatest sons Of the wolverine
State, was unveiled yesterday in Statu-
ary Hall in the Capitol.
Practically the entire membership OF
the Michigan Society of Washington at
tended the ceremony. as well as mem
bers of the House and Senate from the
honored State and neighboring ones
Uncle Zachs" career as Senator. Gov
ernor. Secretary of the Interior. member
of the committee on the conduct Of var
and friend of Lincoln and Grant was
reviewed. and glowing tributes were paid
by the speakers to him whose likeness
now adorns the hall OF the nations IL
lustrious.
Senator William Alden Smith of Michi-
gan presided, and Rev. Henry n. Couden'
of Port Huron, Mich, chaplain OF the
House pronounced the invocation. 1he
statue was unveiled by Chandler Hale
former Assistant Secretary of State. VINO
is a grandson of the Michigan celebrity.
The presentation of the statue on be-
half of the Chandler Statue Commission
was made by Arthur II. Nandenberg' OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, chairman OF the
body. who delivered an eloquent address
on the life of AIichgan's son.
The presentation address generally was
regarded as an exceptionally dOIe eiho1 l.
Tribute TO .'OId Znch.''
The Commonwealth of Michigan today
challenges the attention of the nauoh 10
the quality and fiber of Michigan man
hood and citizenship as typited in one
of the strongest characters illuminating
the page OF nineteenth century Amerlcan
history" said Mr.. Vandenberg.
I'VE have come from our beloved state
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Zachariah Chandler. and to ask the peo-
pie of the United States to accept from
MS this heroic statue which shall stand
through unnumbered years as the test1-
monial of a people who are free ana ma
tionaIly unified because such democratic
nohlemen as he dedicated their surpass-
ing talents to the common good.
1T was wise national legislation which
brought this Statuarv Hall into exist
ence-here. in a Capitol building that
breathes liberty in every stone and col
umn: to perpetuate the memory of cru
Saders for humanity and good govern
ment.
Probably no man other than Lincoln
himself was more Steadfast, unyieldinC.
crimly courageous. and unhesitatingly
defiant in his opposition to slavery and
sece ssior. What this nation owes to Lin
coin for his leadership. partaking of
SOS il owes in proportionate measure TO
Chandler for his lesser but terribly po-
tential work.
"Chandler il was who early practiced
the tenets Of his faith in abolition
through liberal support of the under
ground railroad of which Detroit was
cDe of the most important terminals
chandler ii was who led the party of
anti-slavery as its nominee for Governor
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recognition.
Chandler it was who headed the Mich
isan delegation to the first Republican
national convention where. as a dele
gate. he was one of the five who first
voted for Lincoln as a Vice Presidential
candidate.
chandler il was who went to the
United States Senate as the successor of
Cass when Michigan demanded that her
representative at Washington should re-
feet our sturdy faith in the perpetuity
IF the Union.
Chandler it was who Immediately be-
camc the chieftain in the historic pre-
.in'inary legislative battles which pre-
ceded the civil war itself. He knew
from first TO last no faltering. no doubt.
n" fear and could never bring himself
tC look with patience upon any proposal
for Compromise
OH"IG'eT II "''S VINO NOlCcu lhe lndlg-
nation OF the patriotic North against
the immortality notorious LecoUpton con-
for Kansas Tt fixed Mr.
Chandler's position definitely: not only
as it demonstrated his ability. but as It
raised him in the far advance of radi-
csiiSrl in the Senate, a position which
he never deserted and for which he never
apologIzed.'
Chandler il was whose personal
bulwark of the cause of the nation when |
ruffians staggered, buIled, |
and assaulted those who differed with |
them in principles: and who by their |
very impudence subdued a large por-
ton of the loyal membership Of Con- |