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m •• . tis - . " ss.* -. 4'", . • 'EVENl~D: S l\ . ( · E ~."1'1."". ! OFUING OF LIBBllTY PARK. ' --~---'l'RR l'R(l\)88UOM-THE PAllK J..1IlD ; l'j.VILLION-'I'BB CRII'IIIIoWfEB- ' TOR Wl'irnClIES IN FULL. 'rms morning O.p6Qed with. clout!. \all sky, IUld the a:.="='!:...-;. ~at alreadY ~t!ntloned, to r.ue.\t~ .. ...... far Ja due to tbe InteJIIgent lupervl. ! ~-' . '* tlthe nrioo.l .8&a&ee rr-ntor•• _~~ . ~. ;..-. tr+1 ... be- . - . '- The ,.1IfI;~ " , "Ibl~ ·.CU~ OOOQ~ the-·.....1lJoIi rt.e (rom u.. froRI; _~· ia t\ilfTSew 9l u.. ......... fIoa -- . .. --L C&rdicee :;s:.-" \ ~ up a&-~""II.-~. ~-opeIl ~. -~ .ll..?.. ~ -~~ ........ _ • .u _ aw..uC8 ~~~'ecI ~ Ilarahal ~ _ OroDll'!I8U...... BlDcI hIlcieiNd .. "'GoWIn," in aplendld It1'1.. At Lilt< lIead W&8 the United. States d~ Lor oe by omoer. HelamaJl Int.! J&lIl~ E. Malln •. Ned ("nUl Croxall's Sliver Band, then a IlIfTlai!:e with Mayor JeI,l.IlIIlp, exM.yot Little, Hun. ~'llford Woodl'~H ruff Ilod Gen. D. H. Well._ Tbele Were followed by lhemnnlo.lp&l and oounty otftoia1e. Ned the 8Lxth Infantry Band In t.he Jolla D.-n OlDlII1.ot.d band wagoo. The GoyllDOf aDd 8eerewyor tbe Territo"., with General MeCook and O.lhtf ·federal otHoen. Fol\Qwec! by eX· oClclIUs of the city and ooanty. Ned the.peabrs otth. day and Lb. Editor or lbe NEWS. TenlloriaJ oftIoen • . Hooe. Brlghain Young and Jacob WeUt-r. . Fort Dvugl... o!!loere. . MarOaI &.nd, led by ~C6IIOI' Eo B.ley. O&rrlaiea con Lalnlng well known eltIIanJ, ~ to. . Tn. ItNetl were lined with pedesI.rllht, nllll:17 ot the atorea werfJ c1oled, and the .tara awl .tripeI ibowed in vi.rioo.I ' pJ.&ce~, gl\'J~ IIlhnatJon to the toGO. . -. Al 10.15 the ~10ll .t,arted from the City Hall DlOYiDa west.to ldaln 8Uee t, theaeel SoIrlh 10 &venUl South Street, thence east unill t.he .treet le&d~ south &0 U1e Put Wail reaobed. A larg'e «;noourtle wu ...uembled at the Itch ..i,the entran.oe. Tlw proce&' lion JlIIIjlied ~er the ~h .eoth-~~ YW I.t u-e . grove., 'I' .'. rAol6(}tIMtlraro .and . u.ortli~ "ltd: ilMOolt tn _ ",;_1- .. _ ... H . _ _trillion prootedlngt. the:alllmNjlutd8racl_omaoed th.~'" Of ~om... which ..JedIon" Depal1 Reoorde: B. 11. Wella Uum read the rMObatllloA of tbe CUy Oocmclltla "latlc to tbe openlDI of the ParIl. . -" BeUMI Ken," TbtA toUowecl lbe dedloatory pnyer ~ AldInaaD A. H. Ra1eJah • .'l'be 8ldh 1z6atr, . .Band, Jed by Prot. L. $IC-, perfOUDed "The World'. Peace Ju~n.." 'WIth rugnlficeoS effid. Next came the tollo"lug oraLion: T. Do LEWIS. Mr. · l~.ultAl CMd F(/ww CWctne: One of the mud momentous .....DI.I rec»rOId $A th. annaII of the modern world. 'WU th.t O.f the war be'w..n the .A.merlean oo1oDJes OIl the ODe aide, and the molher coantrr-GrMt BrltaID, on the ot.bQcoDlJDOllly ImQwn at the war O.f Amer1C&Zl In<Mpendence. Thf! 11N tbal-burnec! in the bearll or those who. tou&h~ lor thJe Indepcdence &pIntt a proud and poweltnJ (oe, "'AI .iDdled npon the pIalId of Oouoord and Lulnlltoa, and belllnd the redonbtB ot · Bunm Hlll. That of the J&s& zwmUooed having tranJpfred on the 11th day or Jgne, 177'-Ju.8' one bundndand MftI.l yearl ago &o-day. 1"88, Qne hllDdled and &even years ago, 4emocracy wu born In thle Heaven (nore<! land o( Amarlea. I \hint the Hon. Mayor and gentlemen compoe1ng the Council or lhll beailutul tnland cUy, thlt city the pride of the Terrltod.., the queen ~ ibeae everJastlng(ort~ redocabM thrown np nnder the dlr.ctSon. of Him -.00 planll the battles of ~ tOl'Oel ot D.ature and dilectl the movementJI of men, could not have .Ieoted a mdre 8Dltable day, upon .blob to open thll attr.ctlve porUon of OW' city, with appropriate ~CC!lteB, t.o ita app.~~""" cHi..u.a; and here,' In . the preeenoe of thllltlllleD1bly dedicate and CIilnBe· crate tb1I @pot to' the sacred name of Uberty. A apot rendered more dear in our heart., when 'We appreatate the (aot .tba& pQD troDl WWoh thle min· iature 1'oreIt b.U POWD,W&8 brought tl'Iml • t"1l Jands, aarosa broad ~~ by weary marohe8. Al.eW ~a,cQ.lQld till. was an un· u.e ~Ced·~ ~t;~"'ko · p1onMl'ed thl» laJ1d, WlUi' tiM)r r.ooo.eto~ed fore· \hQCJ&b.tdsJOl~ (orwar<! to I!V.('ll A plal'''', and prepared the of this OeIlU tlru I grov jtrlt.hln whose lh>llgutfol tlbad e, i ~~me and held liw~t llltt!r('~u:;: IW "O.ur (ellow men. TbHO Ir I ~~~ In the early blstoru ~. ~!', ~ We ooro· memorate. Events big with 1m· , portanoej ooculrlng as they did In \ the very twilight or that stUpell.W>· · • underlPoklng in theRffatn ot men, that not only teTolatlonlzet.l a 11111lion, uut revolutioDIzed the tbooght or tLts then, tuture WQrld. it may be worth your time IUld alten\luo Qn thle ooea,8lon, to tulter Into a retrOll~Uon o! the put, to dwell (or a &4I&IIOn upon the oondl- , lions and clr(1umstancea O.f tile peo. pie that stoo:l at the roundatlon or i our Repnbllc and grupeome of the caUieil that Impelled them on to Q Ile1leB ot acllons that fesulted In 80 IIIltlafactory 8 iuccua. A au~ that le~t 10 those who Oilme arter tl1em, a government, republjcan In :form, full of proIll1se. broad anti comprehtlDSlve, re'plete with power to aecure anll prot4!ot all individual .rlghu, even to the age of prO.greslive Idus and liberal thoUCbt, aod it the same time POIUI4leslng a power to maiAiain th. «ll'tsreigntJl ot government In the bour or jnlerD~ oammotlons ant.! tbe dll'e8t agll.atlon •• This iUOO88e cam .. at the clo!!e ot a 100£ and bitter .trlte. A struggle under &he most aDenoouraglng clr.; CIIDlItanC8.!l. But the reaulLi were oorop1ete, grand and glorloWi. Let as traoe tome O.r the many caUtl88 thaUed to Lb La strugg Ie' ~rohanCt'J While 110 doing we may t:;;me animated with the t:ame splrtt ot pure devoUon to thOle lotty princlplH that Inspired them, Rud catch. U DUY be, IMlme of their characteristlo saal, and, I may uy, ull8ullIed ' Ipltrlotlsm; and with thllt O.Jd hie~~rl(' determination, crut.d llDew . Q us, II8ek to perpetuate th()@e heavan desosnded doet!ine!! or tr~ ,thought lind ('(luaJ rights, ant.! by ..woe of tbe IItre.ngth re<>.elved from their .a~ne8ll, tranemlt them to our poeterlty. The moat po~nt oa:u~ pt!IieD ted , to my m!nd, ! tWQ8 lila' found" In I the language or the h!!t.odan,' "1 n i the Datural dlspo&lLIon and lDI1t!r it- 1 INl character of the c{)Jonlsts." : - The rt!U{)n8 offered , . by th,lr fa1hers,(or HMnlng Europe and rom. log to this We.&tern world, madEl 110 enduring Impl'M8lon uJ)QJ) ltJem. The remembranoo ot 'he manyacll of unkJuduM8 and oppr~O.n (bey had received had no tendelJcy to Induct -luto their b~t. a Jove (or EuropeRD Imtitutloill'. "For six generatJom t.h.y had managed Ule.lr own aCfill'll," IlDd tht\lr slruatiOO and surroundlog~ would nat.\itaJly lead thf m to a republlL'8D or democratlc form of gowrnment. : . Tb«1r tatbert had left &.he land., of kIng'!! and poteotat88. The broad : AUantlc Jay between them and the j ~~r~on88 of mO.naroh.. Their e~ I The U-.u GIMClub, led by Prof. J. Tb~ _".ee~ IaDg "Hat l lDQ the pains &11(1 plrej un the day wbJch e. , time (Of .(Aken to make tblll day a 8UOO6a8 • . Long may tlley !lVd lu the hearts ot the ueopls. We reaJlt~ llJlAt all wl.w IUd preMDt, and th08t! who. Olily oome &!ter, Ceel that hers, on thla ground, &8 well ,,~eJBewbs - e in all tblll ~ land, We! are a (ree people, apprecl. ating the ImlUunlU. ot that liberty purchl8ed Ilt tbeooit Qf blood of . hODored and lJooorable IllenJ iOme , of whom eanoatted the 11011 or Blln- 1 1:er HUI. ) The day is appropriate Qn &OOI)lln \ . ot tbe though hi and teel1ng1 a&5Go ! dated with the event. that U&ns· atW.. . . Joyful wilbon' wtrlneel oppres,Ive bl'at. The day seleoted tor the openIng o( the fille park whlah the elly ha'J wlael..Y MOlUed tor pWlUo pll'MUl'e gt'OODds, althougb uaally II bully time, w:u ~ery appropriate, beIng tlle anniversary of • period Tll Y PBOOaSSIO.N. · slon of our present popul~r Mayor, ', :and bls. moet aotlYe and 6llergeUc I I predeoes.sor, afs1.ated by tbe ableand I irepreMDtative men or til" <.;Ity \ 'Council. To :.llem we tender our ipteful a.cknowJedgemlilnta and ex. . plt11!8 our thanks to tile cOlUmiUee ·of epeolal a !f1Wge.menh O.f thla dAy'8 ~ wtUl &be 8tarI and StrlPM, • liM NaUaDal dq anced the ~':r:1~oall4wi (Imou8 In the annalll O.f AmerlGan liberty-the day O.r the beWe O.f ..ilWlker Hili. CrQwda O.t ~~ tiIUIl8 In trom the; &ett..lementa J.u &It lAte anJ D,." Oowdiu, and • tan early hour th.prlA~pal atreeta ""eN Ulronged. . .~ The beat oarr~ in the city were prEMt;d Into the pablW Mlvlo8, iDd sbortly .n.er 9 o'clook prooeed4Ml to lbe ...sdenae. or lnvited IUMtII and MDVeyed them &0 the CILy HIli, where the Bag or our oountry n"eJ from tlle Uberty pole. Here wu (ormed, under the c11reotkm of Mal'llbalA.Bor\and b.a. aJdeI. ar)." phlC8 of f6lK)rt (or We of our IlltltrQpo)lil alldou~ 01, __ '.I who mav vlIlH U9. 'rhe pros- ' ft e w > . _ pIl'lty ant.! iUOC8U Qf tbl.e work, thus t.h~B : ~~' . . . ~w&~ ~. 1*r1ng the ·, .... ~ik· brJcbt IDn,blne, .lleamlng cIowu upon IlOUa<l-pliu.. lIltly mo18t.e1led by the r.oeahalI1l. mAde every\hfna look brilliant &ad or d Oleane expended, In addition to I fOundation I i I I