The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29


NJ. Depew, of New York.
Is. Prayer by his cmincnce, Cardl-
nrl James Gibbons, archbishop OF
Baltimore.
II. Chorus-"In Praise of God"
IS. Benediction by the Rev Ii. Z.
McCook. of Philadelphia.
10. National salute.
In his dedication grafton Hon.
Henry Watterson said; 1.-The curse
of slavery is gone 1t was Joint
heritage of woe, to be wiped out and
expiated in blood and flame. The
mirage of the confederacy has van
ished. 1t was essentially bucolic, a
vision of Arcade, the dream of a
most attractive economic fallacy.
The constitution is no longer rope
of sand. The exact relation of the
states to the federal government, left
open to double construction by the
authors of our organic being, because
they could not agree among them
selves, and union was the paramount
object, has been clearly and definitely
fixed by the three last amendments
to the original chart which constitutes
the real treaty of peace between the
North and the South, and seal our
bonds as nation for ever.
"The republic represents at last
the letterand the spirit of the sublime
declaration. The fetters that bound
her to the earth are burst asunder.
The ages that degraded her beauty
are cast aside. Like the enchanted
princess in the legend, clad in spotless
raiment, and wearing a crown of
living light, she steps in the per-
fection of her maturity upon the
scene of this, the latest and prondest
of her victories to bid Il welcome to
the world.
Need l pursue the theme? This
vast assemblage speaks with an re-
sonance and moaning which words
can never reach. There is no geogra'
ply in American manhood. There
are no sections to American fraternity
The South claims Lincoln, the i'm
mortal, for its own; the North has
no right to reject Stonewall Jackson
the one typical Puritan soldier of the
war, for it's own! Nor will it! The
time is coming, is almost here, whe
hanging above many a mantel-boarC
in fair New England-glorifying
many a cottage in the sunny South
shall be seen bound together in ever
lasting love and honor two cross
swords carried to battle respectively
by the grandfather who wore the blue
and the grandfather who wore the
gray"
The orator closed with Il wclcom,
to mankind at the Worlds Columbian
ceremonies.
Chauncey NJ. Depcw, of New York
spoke in part:
This day belongs not to America
but to the world. The results of th'
event it cOmmenmorateS are The
heritage of the peoples Of every race
and cline. We celebrate tn
emancipation of man. The prepar
alton was the work Of almost count
less centuries, the realization Wa
the revelation of one. The cross Oh
Calvary was hope: the cross raised OF
San Salvador was opportunity. But
for the first, Columbus would neve
have sailed: but for the second, ther
would have been no place for th
planting, the nurture and tn
expansion of civil and religion
liberty. Force was the factor in tn
government Of the world when Chris
was born, and force was the sol
source and exercise of authority botl
by church and state when Columpu
sailed from Palos. The spirit O
equality of all men before God an,
the law, moved westward from
Calvary with it's revolutionary
upOll olu lhSUIuuClouS, w III
Atlantic ocean. Columbus carried i
westward across the seas. Th
exhibitions of arts and sciences, O
industries and inventions. of educat
ion ana civilization, which lh
republic of the United States will
here represent, and to which
through it's chief magistrate, j
invites all nations, condenscs an
displays the flower and fruitage 0
this transcendent miracle.
1t was happy omen OF tn
position which woman was to hold il
America, that the only person VIII
comprchended the magic scope Of hi
plans, and the invincible quality Q
his genius, was the able and graciou
Queen of CASTLE. Isabella alone o
all the dignitaries of that age, share
with Columbus the honOrs OF hi
great achievement.
Tie mighty soul Of the gre!
admiral was undauntcl by TIL
| ]ingw;.itude Of Princes, and til
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