Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-05-02
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fres government In the name ot thu nr,,
o,eieh or order and by 70 establishing ths1r
sway Hear l. rd Rrsklne, thea most
iaqOus OF hnglish advocates; '.Yrli ara ths
OILY ne'ng for whom have an ewful rsver.
gneo hsmemoer ihs tribu'e OF CHARLES
ylmrs FOX, thn greatest part nantary ora.
tor who eyar swAysd the Hritlsh hnnss ~
oommonsi Illustrions man, baiore whom
AL borrowed greatness sinks into insign1H,
esnce: Contemplate the character Of
tora byouHnAm, pre.amiuent Tor two pen.
ereuons In every department Of hnTna,
settvitv and Thought, and then In,nra.,
upon rue memories OF your children hls
usnnera,s ludgment;' Until time hall be no
more VIII y test OF tho progre,s which o,ir
race has made 10 wisdom aud vlrtus he Az.
rived from the yenoratinn paid 10 the i'm.
mortal panna of WashingtOn.''
We STAND To-day upon t1e dividing line
DotWben tbs 1rrt Rnd second nnnturu ~
constitutional government. Tiers ara no
ciouds overhead aud no convulaions under
our fset, We revsrentlV return thanHs IA
hiniRhty uod tor The past, ah with onl.
ground towards the fntufe. Tbe aimnis
facts OF these hundrad vaars para, y ina
tmARinAtlon aud We Contemplate the vast
aconmulR'toLs ot tho century with ave and
pride. Our population has gro IN feom
dWD,'OO ~ 81 100000. it, cantre nnoyinp
westward b0D miles slnce 1859, ia eloquent
with the 4nndlng Of cities aud the birth Of
etatea. New settlements, clearing thu for.
osts aud suodnlng tue prairlos aud adtinp
5000 600 to the few thou.ands Of farms
which were the support OF wAshlnptou's
vepnolic, create one OF the gseat granaries
OF the word aud npsn eXnau ,tlaS. RACER,
volrs Of national wealth,
The infant Industries, which the 1rst act
u our hret administration sought 10 en.
courage, now give ramnneratlve employ
msnt 20 more peOplA than inh 9btted the
repuhlio At The beginning OF washIng'on's
presidency The grand total Of their annual
output OF seven thousand millions Of Dbl.
lars 10 value plgrss the Ulltad States lltst
tmopg the manufacturing countties of the
Arth, One-hAlf tho total mileage OF all the
railroads, and one-qrArter OF all the 70 a !.
graph lines OF the world Within our bU1d III.
testiiy TO the Volume. variety and Yi4,ne OF
An Internal commerce which makes these
sAtes, X need be, Independent and aelf.
Importing. These hundred years OF de-
sveiopment under iavorIng political oohd,-
lions have brought the sum OF our national
wealth to lgute which has paasei the re.
suits OF Thousand yearA for tina mother.
lam. hersef. otherwise the Richest o..
modern empires.
Du Jag this generation, n civil war Of mn
equaiso maRui ude caused thu expenditure
lars, and killed Fix hundred thousand and
Permanently disabled ovsr million Young
Iqsp, and yet the impAtnous progress ot tue
North and the marvellous lndustrial do.
vel 1pmant OF the nav and FREQ South have
obilterhted the evidences of destruction,
and made the war a memory, aui Lave
stimulated production until cur annual
surplus nearly equals that OF England,
france apd Ga many combined, The tseE.-
ing millions " Asia til the patient eoil aud
Work the shuttle and loom IA their fathers
have done for ages: modern Enrone has
telt tue fu1nsnee IL d recaivt a the benefit
OF tne iDcslcnlRhle multiplication OF fnce
by Inventive genius siuce the Napoleonic
warri and vet, only 269 years aitsr the little
hand OF Pilgrims landed on Plymouth
nNok, our neop'e Numbering lass Than one.
fifteenth cf the Inhabitants OF the globa, do
one.thrd OF Its nihine, one.iourth OF Its
manufacturing, ens-fiitb OF its agriculture
and own one-sixth nf Its wealth.
This realism Of material protr gritty, sur-
passing the widest creations Of the ro-
maOoers who have astontahed and dslighted
manhind would be fnll ~ d niger f,r the
present and menace for the futuFe, II the
vir,us. intelligence, and indHpepdsn 9 of
the peop.e were nor equal TO the wiss regu.
latiOn fits uses and tho stei prevention Of
Its abuses. But following the growth and
power uf the great factors, whose Rggrega-
tion apital made possible the Iremen-
dous pace OF the snttlrm mt OF our nAtionAl
domain the building OF our great CITIES and
the opening OF the lines OF communication
which have unified our country and created
our resources, have come national and
state Legislation and supervision. Twenty
millions, q vast majority OF our people Of
INTELLIGENT age ,aek 40 wledginR the author ~
OF T. " several churches, twelve millions
OF children 10 the common schools, three
huodrsd and forty a 20 universities and col
legs for the higher education OF Men and
two hundred fJr women, four hundred aud
ffty institutions n learning for science.
law, medicine and theology are the despair
OF the scolfsr and the demagogua. aud the
Arm support OF civ. li2 itlon aud liberty.
Steam and electricity have changed the
commerce not only, they have revolution
izad also the governments Of tue world,
They have givsn TO the press Its power aud
brought all races and natlOnalities into
touch and sympathy. They have tested
and are trying the strength u all systems
TO stand the straiu and conform to the con-
dItlons which follow the germtnsting iniin.
snses OF American Democracy. But TO day
the American people, after all ths Dazzling
develonmsntH Of the century, are still hap.
PLY living under the government OF Wash.
.ngton. The constitution during all that
period has been amended only upon the
ZINES lhlu uOWu ~ tno oEtkiuht iu7ttuuFua
aud In conformity with the recorded opin'
ions OF the fathers. The first great add
tion WAS the Incorporation Of a bill 81
rights and the last the embedding into the
constitution Of the immortal principle a
the Declaration OF Indrpeudencn-dt The
equality OF all men before toe law. NJ
ctlsis has been TOO perll5us for rs powers,
no evolution TOO rapid for It's adaptation
and no expansion beyond liz easy grasp
ard admins ration, Il has assimi afeh
divorce nationalities with warning tTadi'
tions, customs, conditions and lauglngei,
imbued them with tts epirit and won thalr
passionate loyalty and love.
Tue spirit NJ Washington Oils the e1ecn'
tive office. Presidents may not rtse 10 the
full measure OF his greatness, but they
must NOT fall below hts standard OF public
duty aud obligation. Bic life and character
eonso.entiously studied and thoroughly un-
detsr0od by coming generations. Will &c
sor them liberal educatlon for private lie
and public station, for oft sn.ship and
patriotism, for love and devotion to nnton
and iin.-iy. With their inspiring pRst and
ppIendid present, the peopis OF these Uniied
States. hhlrs Of u hundrsd years maxwell
DUSTY rlcn 10 ell which adds to the glory
and greatness Of a nation. with Rn abiding
trust IN the stability and elasticity OF THEFT
constitution, and an aboundiDg fam y
themselves, hall the coming century Will
hope and JOY,
THE pREaIDEET.