The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27


almost here, when hanging: above many u man
ste-board in fair New England gioriiying many
cottage III the Sunny south-shall be seen
bound together; in everlasting love and honor.
two cross-swords carried to battle respectively
by the grandfather who. Wore the blue and the
grandfather who wore the gray.
cannot trust myself to proceed. We have
come here not 80 much, o recall bygone sorrows
and glores as to bask in the sunshine OF pres
emit prosperity and happiness. to Interchange
and. above iii, TO meet upon the Threshold the
SIT anger within our gate. not az foreigner, but
AS q guest and friend, for whom nothing that we
have Is too good.
WORDS FROM DEpEw
After the singing by the choir of 'Star
Spungled Banner and Hail Columbia,"
Chauncey N. Depew was introduced; lie
said: ~ tE4rs "a
This day belongs not to America, but to the
world. The results OF the event it commemo
rates are the heritage OF the peoples OF every
every race and c;imeA We celebrate the emanc
patton OF man. The preparation was the work
OF almost countless centuries. the realization
was the revelation OF one. The Cross OF Calvary
was hope; the cross raised on San Salvador was
would never have sailed; but for the second,
there would have been no place for the plant
Ing. the nurtu e and the expansion OF civil and
record OF unstable civilizations. Each reached
ITS IT.! zenith OF material splendor. and per
lsnsd The Assyr1n Persian Esyptan
proofs OF the possibilities and llmita-
lions OF man for conquest and intellectual de-
velopment. Their destruction involved a sum
OF misery and relapse which made their creation
rather q curse than blessing. Force was the
factor i'll the government of the world when
Christ was born. and force was the sole source
and exercise OF authority both by church and
state When Columbus sailed from Palos. The
wise men Travelled from the east towards the
west u;der the guidauc, OF the Star Of Bethle-
hem. The spirit of the equality OF all men be-
fore God and the law, moved westward from
Calvary with its revolutionary Influence upon
OLD institutions, to the Atlantic ocean. Column
bus carried it westward across the seas. The
emlgrants from England. Ireland. Scotland and
Wales. from Germany and Holland, from
Sweden and Denmark, from France and Italy,
have. under its guidance and inspiration.
moved west. and again west, build
ing states and founding cities until the Pacific
limited their march. The exhibition Of arts
and sciences, OF industries and inventions, OF
education and civilization, which the republic
! of the United States will here present, and to
which, through its chief maglstrate it invites all
nations, condenses and displays the flower and
fruitage OF this transcendent miracle. Absolut-
ism in the state and bigoted Intolerance in the
church, shackled popular unrest and impris-
century. The divine right OF kings stamped out
the faEtest gimmer Of revolt against tyranny;
and the problems OF science, whether OF the
skies or of the earth, whether of astronomy or
geography, were solved or submerged
lsy Ecclesiastical DEGREES.
The sum OF human happiness has been in
fuite!y increased by the millions from the old
world who have improved their conditions in
experience has intellectually enriched the father
lands. The divine right of kings has taken it's
place with the instruments OF medieval torture
among the curiosities OF the aatiquary. Only
the shadow OF kingly authority stands between
the government OF themselves, by them selves,
and the people OF Norway and Sweden The
the symbol OF Teutonic power and the hope of
German liberalism. The petty despotisms
of Italy have beeu merged into. q
ts n its ancient capfe
on the hills OF Rome. France was rudely reused
from the sullen submission Of centuries to 1nto-
service in the American revolution. The wild
orgies of the reign Of terror were the revenges
and ass excuses Of the people who ha4
beneicent USE She fed from herself into the
arms Of Napoleon. He, tco was a product of
the American experiment.. He played with
kings Vith tey sEd EEsRes ter III
ness to light, she tried Bourbon. and OrleAnist
and the third Napoleon and cast them aside.
Now in the full1ess OF time. and through the
French people have reared aud enjoy a p .rmanent
republic: England of the Mayfow aud Of
James the Second, England OF George the Third
and OF Lord North, has enlarged suffrage and is
to-day animated and governed by the demo-
cratic spirit. She has her throne, admirably
occupied by one of the wisest sover-igns and
solute and unworthy successor. She has her
hereditary peers, but the house OF lords will be
brushed aside the moment it resists the will of
the people. The time has arrived for both a
closer union and greater distance between the
Old World and the New. The former indis-
crimnate welcome to our prairies, ana the pres
dustry mark the passing period. Unmatched
and unhealthy Immigration can no longer be
permitted to our shores. We must have ma,
aona| a!.asssass2s aEsi9st IN
We do not want candidates for our hospitals
those who have come to undermine our insti-
tutions and subvsrt our laws But we will glad
~ throw wide our gates for and receive with
by thrift and loyalty, are worthy of receiving
American citizenship. The epirit and Object Of
81 S IL ars }RSs x S 81 sif to
those who have gone before, the spirit Of Column.
bus hovers over US to-day. Only by
S can it the
from the first century to the fifteenth counts
for little III the history Of progress. but in the
period between the fifteenth and the twentieth
is crowded the romance and reality OF human
Developments Life has been prolonged, and it's
enjoyment intensified. The powers of the air
and he water. the resistless forces OF the ele-
the visible terrors of the wrath of God have
been subdued to the service'of man. Art and
luxurles Whch could be possessed and enjoyed
only by the rich and noble, the works of genius
which were read and understood only by the
learned few, domestic comforts and surround.
lngs beyond the reach Of lord or bishop now
adorn and illuminate the homes of our citizens.
Serbs are soverelgns and the people are kings
The trophies and splendors OF their reign are
commemorative, rich in every attribute OF great
states, and united III a republic whose power
and prosperity. and liberty and enliehtenment
are the wonder and admiration of the world
All bail, Columbus. discoyerer, dreamer. hero
aha apostle. We here. Of every race and coun-
vision and the infinite scope of his genius. The
voice OF gratitude and praise for all the blessings
which have been showered upon mankind by
his adventure is limited to no language, but ls
uttered in every tongue. Neither marble nor
brass can fifty form his statue. Continents are
bis monument. and unnumb ered millions, past,
present and to come, who enjoy in their libea-
ties and their happiness the fruits of his faitu
Will reverently guard and preserve. from century
to century his name and fame e ~. -
At the close OF Mr.. Depew's speech more
music was rendered, Cardinal Gibbons, and
Rev. A. P. McCook offered prayer and the
exercises were brought to close by the
singing of America" by the vast audi
ence.
Mouse.
In Bermuda, says Mrs. Rollins, your
driver and your washerwoman bring
you every day punches Of flowers that