Show provo shows ber gratitude JUDGE JUDDS ELOQUENT ADDRESS the remarks made hy the other speakers provos centennial celebration was held in the theatre on tuesday afternoon the place bad been gaily decorated and was filled with people mayor W BL dusenberry opened ane meeting with a few happy remarks appropriate to the occasion and announced the singing of the national hymn by the choir lamy country of thee the hymn rendered under the direction of prof J E daniels was feelingly duag and elicited applause from the audience bev J M jeffreys offered up prayer in which he thanked providence for his divine hand that had upheld this great nation from the beginning the silver band then played hail columbia hon J W judd who was received with an outburst of applause made the following address on thursday april washington in tho city of new york was inaugurated president of the united states of america i it is the one hundredth anniversary of this event my friends thai we are met to celebrate and why why not I 1 ask as well celebrate the anniversary of the inauguration of any other president A correct reply to this question involves a calm and thoughtful betro retro of our history the history of the anglo saxon race is but one prolonged and persistent struggle for liberty their fight has been against barons lords and kings their struggle has been that of the low against the high the poor against the rich the weak against the strong it has been the struggle of the people for individual liberty the democratic spirit seems to have been planted by heaven in the bosom of the anglo saxon people and it really seems that their misson on earth is to establish and vindicate the diviak right of self government among mankind this spirit my friends when fair america was discovered was transplanted to this continent when our pilgrim fathers set foot upon the soil of america the very atmosphere gave to their proud liberty loving spirits an impetus that seemed to gain and grow with redoubled energy and the first but that was constructed formed the capitol and its inmates the embryo citizens of the democratic government whose inauguration we today to day celebrate it were unprofitable that I 1 should abuse beur patience with a recital of the long and painful struggle so heroically barneby bor neby our fathers it was but a repetition jn a different place of their history the fight was upon the one hand the efforts of lords and kings to govern and on the other the right to establish the maxim vox to establish this right they pledged their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor the result of the struggle is familiar to all school children A successful effort found our fathers in this condition they had thrown off the kingly rule and established that of the people but how and in what manner to form a government that should meet tho necessities ef man and at the same time insero the results of their struggle was the problem that vexed them deeply A common danger fromma relentless foe had hitherto kept them bound together and had given to each the protection of all but a new problem had to bo resolved there must be a government the history of mankind is to the effect that people at this point have lost the weary liberty that they fought to gain power is so corrupting and dangerous that it has turned into tyrants those who have given their bloo d to overthrow it confronted with this danger our fathers set about to circumvent its recurrence they invented tho idea of organizing gan izing a government by a written constitution no such thing ha dever before been undertaken by any people it was an experiment the thirteen states sent their delegates to a convention to advise together and if possible solve the problem I 1 repeat the result was to adopt theopres benl enl constitution this was submitted to the stales for their ratification george washington was the man who for seven years had led the armies of th colonies he was the man who when liberty was established sought not to exalt himself but even while almost defied by tho people he surrendered to them his sword and with it his power thus setting tho example for all time to come that the inherent love of freedom and its establishment was the highest exemplification of human ambition this man whose patriotism had caused him to bear tho dangers of war for seven years that freedom might be established in america this man whom the delegates of the american states had called to preside over tho convention which met to organize a government she government was now organized and was now to be demonstrated that jac could be so administered as to secure aim of all this struggle no man so fitting to launch this little ship of state with its people as greorge washington T now comes the grand climax of this human effort to establish that liberty which was the result of long centuries of struggle and pain upon the part of the people that which our fathers had lived struggled for in england that which caused them to leave their homes and emigrate to an untried soil and climate that for which they had pledged their livee their fortunes and their sacred hobor had now been accomplished how they appreciated it let the history of the event we celebrate tall on the morning of the of april 1789 who could by any possible means reach there had assembled in now york city wall street was the place where federal hall was situated here the first president of the united states was to be duly installed into office in the morning the people collected in the churches and sang songs of praise to god and humbly asked that he would send his blessings upon their new government ard ar d their chosen leader it was announced that the president would take the oath of office upon the balcony of federal hall so that the people could witness the ceremony every spot which commanded even the remotest glimpse of the balcony was occupied not merely every foot of space but every window fence tree and house top when the people came out of their churches the military companies were marching to their appointed stations near the presidents house and the city was filled with animated strains of music at half past twelve the signal was given for the procession to move when the president and his attendants had reached federal hall and all things gotten in readiness chaa bellor J administered the I 1 oath and when the words were pronounced noun ced that you will preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states the president said 1 I swear then bowing his head he kissed tho bible and with uplifted head and closed eyes he said so help me god the chancellor then said in a loud voice it is done LOSO UVE washington UNITED STATES at this the suppressed feelings of the multitude broke forth in cne long and continued glad and joyous refrain the flag was hoisted to the top of the cupola at this signal tho bells of the city broke forth their happy chimes the cannons belched forth their thunder and made the very earth to wave in approval and the people burst forth all over the city in cheers of ecstatic joy while strongmen strong men who had faced the dangers of the cannons mouth cried like children and thus men and women of america constitutional government was established and individual liberty secured mr M M kellogg then hear a selection from inaugural address A number of boya from the district dist riot schools then filed on the stage led by miss harrison as liberty decorated in bunting and representing the various presidents of states by badges across their breasts on which the names of the several presidents were printed each of the boys held a nag in his right hand their singing and marching reflected groat credit on prof H E giles and mr J B walton who had trained them after the boys had concluded their singing each one stepped to the front and stated what president they represented the year they were inaugurated how long they served and the principal events that occurred during their term ot office mr joseph E daniels sung the sword of bunker hill hon W H king in the absence of S E thurman esq made an impromptu speech in which he depicted washington as having placed upon columbian Colum bias heights the coll osal statute of minerva the godess of liberty this statute lighted freedom the central light of intelligence that illuminates the world showing them the grandest government ever seen in this age when the cup of liberty can bo quaffed by every man we cannot appreciate the struggles of our forefathers when we are living within the light of freedom we forget the blessings we enjoy and the struggles that purchased them the statue that was planted by our mother government on tho heights of the new world was stricken down and the statue of liberty planted in its stead at that time when our fathers came to this land when they gave unto us the declaration bof independence and the constitution ution it made it possible for man to elevate himself to the highest pinnacle of office within the gift of the nation the doctrine of the mother country was to render to ceaser what belonged to ceaser but the colonies could not see that liberty bo longed to ceaser they said that liberty belonged to human nature what was the result the great struggle for independence occurred and those who fought in it were rewarded for their battlesS Since then the nation has prospered the lord has become the laboring man and the laboring man has become tho lord on this occasion we certainly would lack in gratitude if we did not acknowledge the hand of providence the speaker received an outburst of applause at the close of hia remarks mr john R sang the star spangled banner in aj spirited manner bevy a said that just before coming into meeting an esteemed friend of his remarked that of all places on the geoble h preferred to be in ew york city he felt to sympathize with him for he knew there the outburst 0 en would be great on this memorable day and that there true patriotism would gleam forth from every eye yet he was glad to be m Ut ahlo meet with american citi zen sand shoulder fb shoulder help which the first president p nation was in ho would rather be in utah as citizen of than be one of the royalty in the eastern continents continent 1 ahe believed in every man standing by his native land and hence he was glad to know that he was a new englander on whose rockbound rock bound coast the pilgrim fathers landed why is it that ing tons name is held in honored remembrance mem brance through the civilized world was it because of his transcendent qualities no it was the character of the man that has caused his name to be engraved on the rock of agos he was glad to seo KO many young people and askea them if they knew the responsibility that was resting upon them he asked the parents if they know their duty in regard to teaching their children patriotism so that chaa they gazed on the flag of our country their blood would tingle within their veins and they would eay 1 I too am an american the band hero rendered rally bound the flag judge W prior to one hundred years ago how long how dreary had been the night do we fully appreciate and contemplate the great change how did people go to new york at that time to see george washington some in their senator hams who has been in stage coaches some on foot how is it today to day men now go in their elegant pullman cars now at this moment news of the centennial celebration is being flashed all over he world the change of a hundred years has been wonderful the speaker closed his remarks by reading a portion of tho parting address of george washington benediction was pronounced by H H cauff esq while the audience dispersed the band yankee doodle |