Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-06

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end Of the next hundred years
! IL is a singular coincident that thii
: exhibition, with only few years
= interval, will be the centennial o
. the first international fair. Nothing
has more clearly marked the devel
Opment Of this extraordinary Centu
~ than the growth OF these interna
tiOnal exhibitions. Steam and elec
tricity have made them possible
and the inventions have enriched
, them beyond the dreams Of ali th,
ages since the dawn Of history.
Prince Albert opened the great
Worlds Fair in the Crystal Palac,
in 1851 with the declaration thai
the time had come 10 prepare for :
great exhibition,
NOT MERELY NATIONAL
in It's conception and benefits, but
tumprelensive Of the whole world
10 q eaIne SIX millions OF visitors
In 1851, again, London vas the
scene Of another exhibition with six
millions two hundred thOpsand OF
visitors. The French in 1857 held
their exhibition, with stillincreasing
numbers and interest and the
worlds last effort at Pafis in 1889
was housed in buildings costing
eleven millions Of dollars, with
thirty millions Of people cTOwding
their booths and avenues. The most
successful OF the exhibitions since
1928 showed a handsome profit, and
the most disastrous, that Of Vienn
in 1879. on account Of the depression
| caused 10y the panic OF that gear,
resulted in n deficiency Of 50, 0JO, OOj,
which was made up by the govern
ment, but the Austrians and Hun
garians have ever since regaried II
as the best investment ever made by
their country, because it brought
their products into notice and
opened tUr them the markets 0f the
world.
The Columbus duairi-centennial
solicitation will D. the only one
within recorded time la which the
whole world can cordially and fra
ternally unite. IL is not sacrilege to
say that the two events TO which
civilization owes its advanced posi-
lion are the introduction OF Chris
tiani;y and the discovery Of Ameri-
ca. The dynamic forces u our
Christian faith, in the destruction
Of the buttresses Of bigOtsy aud OPP
preston, and the leveling up OF the
masses To- Comrtton rIshls. could nev-
or have worked such marvellous re-
suits except for the opportunities Of
a new country and
An USTRADrELED POPULATION.
When Columbus sliled from Pa
los, types had been discovered, hut
Church anu State held intelligence
bY the throat The campass he'd OXEN
! "a The pathway across tne seas, hit
feudal!sm had its foot upon the neck
OF commerce. Hopeless ignorance
and helpless poverty We're so bur
denei by caste aud customs, laws
and traditions, that liberty Iay
bound and gagged within impreg-
nabie prison walls. but PuTitaus
and Catholics, HugueuOts and Lu-
thcraIs. English, Dutch, Germans,
| French, SwedeS, most Of them fee
ing FOR liberty to worship God ac-
COrjing b the dictates Of their own
COusCienCgS, willing 10 sacrifice
every material advantage and
every earthiy prospect for = civil
and religious .iber,y, ami all Of them
seeking commercial freedom, fol-
I lowed the track OF Columbus 10 the
new world. Here was neither Sing
nor noble, neither cast nor privilege.
| Tie distance was too graf for pa
rental supervision. and self-gOveTn-
ment became the absolute necessity
Of the colonies. With 10 guide but
God. and no constitution but the BIZ
bic, they worked cut upon this CONT
neDt, after many harishipS ami triai-
and tribulalion-, the prOuiem Of the
equality n all men before the law.
They founded Institutions which
have withstO0i the test of foreign
Invasion Of political passions, Of
party strifes, OF individual ambition,
aud the shock Of tlie mightiest civil
war the world has ever seen. The
| influence OF their successful expert
inert. following the lines Of fra
terRaI blood lack to the countries
from which they came, have fevO-
lutiOnized and liberalized the gov
ernments OF the globe. The tri-
umph Of the principles Of civil and
religious liberty upon this continent,
the beneficial effects Of the common
school, ami the universal diffusion
Of education, have done more than
all other agencies in uplifting man
kind to higher planes Of
INDEPENDENCE AND IIArPINEss.
The chilIren, the grandchildren
and the greRt-grand-childrcn Of
Great Britain and France, Of Ger
many and Italy, Of Spain and Rus
sin, Of Scandinavia and Of all the
nations Of Europe, will say TO their
kindred i'm the fatherlands: Wei
come, thrice welcome, to our States
and homes; come and see and learn, =
and then will the era Of peace and
liberty dawn upon the world.
New continents beyond the ocean
which should become the seat Of
great empires, aud whose wealth
would redeem the Holy-Sepulchre ut
Jerusalem from the infidel, and
evangeliZe the world, were the
dream Of Columbus. Sustained en-
thusiasm has been the motor Of every
movement in the progress Of man
/ kind. Genius, pluck, endurance and
faith can be RESISTED by neither kings
nor cabinets. The triumph Of Co
lumbus is 4 superb practical iIlustra-
ton Of the Apostle Paul's.tribute 10
the power Of faith. His lofty spirit
and great purpose was undismayed
10y obstacles, defeat was an incentive
~ new endeavor, and he so carried
his poverty that in the most bril-
liant coart in Europe it seemed n
decoration. While following Fer
dinand and isabella in their cam
paigns against the MoOrs, seeking
an audience and n hearing for his
grand scheme, small indeed seemed
the battles, the sieges and the vie
tories which absorbed the attention
Of the hour. The armored chivalry
ofSpain, her marching squadrOns, her
gorgeous court appeared TO him the
petty pageantry which stood be.
tween the royal ear and the dis.
covery ola world. The most roman
tic picture Of the period was BOabtil,
last OF the Moorish kings, coming
out from Grenada and the Blended
knee suTrendering to Ferdinand and
Isabella the keys Of the city, while
cross rose above the crescent upon the
towers Of the Alhambra. While all
Europe was ringing with acclaim
over this expulsion Of the Mussul
man, to one proud and lofty figur,
standing alOof and unmOved, II
seemed OF trivial Importance com
pared with the grander conquest s.
clearly outlined before his vision.
IT WAS A HAPPY OMEN
Of what America would do for wo
man that when statesman and pre-
late alike had rejected. the appeal o
Columbus as visionary and the kin.