The Pagea nt of —— 1816 f 1916 OF T HE T OWN AT T HE T IME WHEN FOR TWELVE YEARS I T WAS T HE T ER RITORIAL AND T HE S TA T E CAPI TAL OF INDIANA . 1 BY WILLIAM CHAUNCY LANG DON IN F R ONT OF T HE OLD 1 1 JUNE 2 and 3 , 9 6 3 3 7 C s L R G Pa ge an t o fCo rydo n 18 16 4 9 16 M N THE INDIANA HISTORICAL COM ISSIO . l l n vern n i n x ll n am . Ra o r a a His E ce e cy , S ue M sto , G o of I d , Presiden t e H l i l . W nn Vi . a o w n e S a Frank B y , ce Pr s r L d y, ecret ry Ch arle s W. Moores D w ’ Ch arity ye L e . M . O Bannon l M . F Samue oster James A . Woodburn THE R D N A ANT MM TT CO Y O P GE CO I EE . h Wil n e d n t A h Ri h e T eas u T omas J . so , Pr si e rt ur c rt, r rer H W. n S a D e es . A wee e r . Gudg eo , ecret ry . O. e s , Vic P w ’ M . Bannon Le . O r . M ill w M s R. L e r Ed ard G . Keller T A A N T HE P GE T DIREC ION . n n William Ch auncy La g do , M aster of th e Pag eant ll Di h Ch arles Diven Campbe , rector of t e Music FOREWORD HE Pag ean t of Corydon is to comme morate th e - wn wh e it time of th e pre eminence of th e to , n a 1 2 5 th e was for twelve ye rs , from 18 3 to 18 , first Te rritorial and th en th e State Capital of In diana . He re in 18 16 met th e Constitutional Conve ntion which formu late d and voted th e first Constitution of th e State of I n diana . Th e h istorical inte re st of th e villag e of Corydon centers nat r ll i l 8 2 a H u a y in th e Old Cap to , e rected in 1 1 s a Court ouse and appropriate d to th e use of th e G o vernor an d Leg islature w t n h en Corydon became th e capital in 18 13 , and in h e Co w nvem stitution Elm , be neath h ose sh ading branch e s th e Co n w me h tion met in 1 8 16 . Th e Pag ea t ill be pe rfor d on t e Public Square in front of th e Old Capitol . ra The music , played by th e Indiana Uni ve rsity Orch est , is most of it from th e music o f th e Pag eant of Bloomington h r iv a and Indiana University, compose d by C a le s D en C mp l . w B be l Th e Hymn to America as compose d by rooke s C . Pe te rs . Corydon is tak en from th e old Missouri Harmony and orch e strate d by Dr . Campbell . In pre senting th e h isto rical material a ce rta in free dom h as nece ssa rily be en exercised for th e sake of dramatic clar n I n in h n a h e ity and effective e ss . n ma y stance s t e la g u g e of t dialogu e is in th e actual words of th e ch aracte rs repre sente d . a h w m in i a l n h a a It h s, o eve r , see e d adv s b e to i dicate t e se p ss g es n or by quotation marks , on account of th e fre que t n ece ssity f kin ma g sligh t ch ang e s , o missions , or a dditions in th e word i i n n ng to suit th e s tuation a s re pre se te d . So also in produci g th e pag eant certain omission s h ave been de eme d a dvisable wh ich it did not see m nece ssa ry to eliminate in th e printed of h a an . form t e p g e t W. C. L T OUTLINE OF THE PA GEAN . Prolog ue : Th e Welcome of Old Episode 1 : Th e Completion n h a al Episode 2 : Corydo , t e C pit Episode 3 : Th e Con stitutional Episode 4 : Th e New Capital Epilogu e : Th e Blessing of th e Years . F inale : Centennial ! The Pagea nt of Corydon ThePioneer Capital of I ndiana 1816— 1916 PROLOGUE : THE WELCOM E OF OLD CORYDON . Th e Bell o f th e Old Capitol is rung a h alf h our before th e in n p ag ea nt performance is to beg , and ag ain fifteen mi utes l n before th e h our . Th e Be l is rung once more for th e beg i n ing of th e Pag eant . Th e orch estra plays th e Hymn to I n diana . Wh ile th e r h e a is ill la in le of ld o c str st p y g , peop O n m in m i i n s n l n n Corydo co e fro various d re ct o s , i g y a d i l i f g roups , attracted by th e soun d of th e be l an d th e mus c o h e t orch estra . Seeing th e a udience, with inte re st and some surprise th ey comment upon it to each oth er . Th ey evidence th eir appreciation of th e importance of th e occa sion an d of a mbl n n th e sse e d a udie ce , a d seve ral of th em con sulting to e h er a ee to all h e ve n ne al William Hen g t g r c t ir Go r or, Ge r ry i n v l . Harr so . F our or fi e of th em g o to th e door of th e Capito v Th e door opens and Go e rn or Harrison appears . He talks wi h h is n i h n in h w m t e g bors , sta d g in t e door ay a fe w mo ents , an d th en cordially come s forward at th eir sugg estion toward th e people of 1 9 1 6 on th e g ran dstan d an d addre sse s th em , wh ile the oth e rs of th e pe ople o f Old Corydon stand variously i l h i Th v l g roupe d a l tt e be in d h m . e music plays ery soft y as h e speaks . ARR l l H I SON : Our we come to you al , g ood frien ds ! I bring l l Th e we come of O d Corydon itself . ! ! Y o cr Hell th h e ! We e n h u y o, e ous op t e door A nd a nswer Welcome ! Th e latch - string h an gs ! outside . A re ye surprised to se e us h ere ag ain ? ‘ B ut wh ere else sh ould ye fi n d us if not h ere ? — - l At h ome It is not gone th e so cal ed p ast . ’ Tis only th at abstraction with th e pre sen t h in h a Obsc ures to your eye s t g s of ot er d ys . Still must ye h eed th e th ing s of former days A s ye do h eed th e th ing s of days to come Or blin d a n d vain th e labors of today ! Th e se walls seem o ld to you ! th ese elm - tree s old ! - Th ese timbe rs weath er staine d . A h undred years H i ave beate n on th s roof, you say, and on h l w o h w lie Th e moun ded s e te rs h ere y u t ink e . B i n l ut look w th o ur eyes , a d yo u th e m wi l see ’ l h - w A stately pi e , fre s h e n from Nature s rocks , B uilt strong to last foreve r, built for you Wi h o r mall me n n am l ab il t u s a s a d p e l or , bu t F or you an d for your ch ildren ! Do but see ! Th e Commonwealth we dreame d h as far surpasse d Th m l e easure of o ur bo dest , proude st h opes ! B x ut a e and g un in h an d , it was for you We ame n h i o b il in an to e ll dre d, a d t s ld u d g st ds t T ali h e qu ty, th e courag e of our dream n of r il i h i h b i A d ou to .