The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-24

last were overlooking with Interesting
details of the opening of the Exposition
at noon the day previous. The Exposition
officers, invited dignitaries, military,
and musicians, proceeded to the Exposi-
ton grounds by steamer, and on arrival
there the Inauguration ceremonies were
opened by
PRAYER By REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
20 Goo, we ask thy blessing upon these
people gathered here from all parts of
this land and all places of the earth, and
from under all skies. Let it come upon
the officers, directors and managers of
this Worlds Exposition. May this day
be the beginning of new dispensation
OF prosperity and brotherhood. May
there 90 forth an incentive from these
palaces OF industry and influences from
these fields OF Industry, which shall re-
suit in the worlds having a more COM
plete apparel and better food, more
comfortable shelter, no thoiough edu
cational advantages.
We pray Thee that this Exposition
may result in spreading out the golden
in motion the sIiert wheels OF our facto
ries, and in starting the pillow in longer,
and deeper, and richer burrows, and in
opening the door TO all the storehouses
of gold, and silver, iron and precious
metals, and in making more demand for
printers types, tAe sculptor's chisei, the
mason's trowel, the authors pen; may
thee core to this whole land a process
of equal. zation By this Exposition,
and the gathering here from Cay to day,
and month to month, we pray that the
last Keeling of sectional discord may van
sh, and that No til, South, East and
West may become four parts of one great
national harmony.
May it prove the uniiication of North
and South forever.
Gracious Godi through tbs EXPOSE
ton solye~for us the agonizing question
of supply and demand. Alas! that there
shall be 50 many hungry in a land where
there Is so much wheat so many cold in
Il land where is so much cotton, wool and
flax!
Eternal God! Come to the rescue of
this nation! Accelerate all our tinan-
cial, political and educational interests,
I u,
the nations that dwell on the face of the
earth, we pray that all nationalities may
impress upon Us a true sense OF consan-
guinity. Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace and good will to men
Nav the clock strike l to-day for new
day of prosperity, and awaken all our
s'umbering industries. Let the HAM
mers sound Their alarms on the anvils for
us from sea to sea! Under Thy guid-
ance may Capital and Labor be c.owned
side by side Let all the the agricultu-
raj, manufacturing, mining, educational
and labor intrests of this country go
forward together.
God of Joshua! We don't ask tina,
the sun stand still for few hours in
order to give our best interests the wan
ing light of day, but we do ask that the
sun may never go down on the prosperity
of this people.
God, be merciful to us, and cause the
light of Thy countenance to shine upon
us that Thy way may be known upon
earth, Thy saving health among all
nations. We have heard that the sal
walton and prosperity of nations have
sometimes FASTENED their overthrow. as
we know that while bauqueting went on
to unrighteousness and the finger of doom
came out of the black darkness and wrote
upon the wall, weighed in the balance
and found wanting" we pray that side
by side with all our worldly
prosperity, may come moral and
religious influences, and that all
our schools, colleges, churches char
liable and reformatory institutions may
prosper and triumph. May our insts,u
lions thus perfected and exalted remain
unmolested by internal strife or foreign
attack until the day when the angel with
one foot in the sea and the other on the
land, SHALL swear by Him that livetE
| forever that time shall be no more.
So may the worlds doom and the
| nations overthrow be simultaneous. ano
to God, tie only Wise, the only Good
the only Great be the glory forever
! Amenr"
After music by the Cincinnati band
Hon. w. J. Behan, as master of ceremo
MES, then introduced Director General
| +. A. Burke, who was greeted with
tumultuous plaudits and waving OF
handkerchiefs. He spoke as follows:
SPEECH OF DIRECTOR GENERAL BURKE.
Mr. Notwithstanding as | do under
the flags of all the nations, looking into
the faces of people from every cline
surrounded by the evidences of industry
from every quarter of the earth, within
sight of magnificent gathering of the
resources of my own country, with the
duty devolying upon me of surrendering
into the hands of the management an
account of the stewardship of those
in whom the trust has been re-
posed, of preparing for this great ma
tionsl and inferno tional festival, | have
no words of apology or regret to express.
have only profound qualification, pro-
found satisfaction that the countries of
the world, that the people representing
the industries of the world, that those
representing the Government of my cwn
country, and those representing the
States and Territories of this Union, have
all We'd with each other in contributing
to the grandeur of the occasion, ard
have worked in the cause with p degree
of unanimity, with such spontaneity as
the world has never seen before In
great undertakings, whether of peace
or war, there have been obstacles. diff
fculties and heart burnings, but | must
say that, in this great work, from every
part of the world, and from every por-
ton of this country, we have had only
kindness, sympathy, and good will, the
world over.
Then with all that to aid them it is
not to be wondered at that we can gath
err under one roof of more extent than
the world has ever seen before.
| owe it to the management to say to
the gentlemen who have labored with
me in this cause that they have been
ready for 80 days. The table has been
spread, the feast was ready. If all who
were invited are not here to-day, 1t is
not the fault of the management whose
doors have open for thirty days past l
will say, in behalf of the thousands of
exhibitors who are not yet in position
that the delay is due to causes beyond
their control. | say to the public, who
are entitled to that explanation that
there is not to-day in all the buildings
under our jurisdiction, 100 feet of space
unallotted or unprovided for, or which
will not be occupied in the next ten or
fifteen days.
Now, Mr.. President, we have discharg-
ed our trust, and now, in the name of
the workers and my associates tender,
and place in your hands the build
ings and the grounds which have been
for this occasion.
Major Burke's speech was followed
by that of President Col. Edmund
who spoke as follows:
PRESIDENT RICHARD sons SPEECH.
Nr. Prssident-The present occasion is
the contamination of an enterprise inau-
gurated in conformity to an act of Con
gress passed less than two years ago, and
the holding of Worlds
Industrial and Cotton Centennial Expo
sition under the joint auspices of the |
United States, the National Cotton |