Omaha daily bee., 1892-02-13

laugh. and coming from beneath. there was
pie, pie Through the sroan and lt6roulh the
laugh, and issuing from the depths of u souls
despair, q. faint prayer str9Sgied up TO
heaven. 1t was the prayer OF Christarity.
First beam of Hope.
Lol In the far west reposed 4 virgin contl-
nent-a world within world. The time was
ripe. The preparations ofsix thousand years
were drawini TO n head. Benoid-a bubble
breath from heaven could easily destroy IL.
A wave could en- gulf IL. monster OF the sea
does not burst! 1t comes! and the rising sun
paints in miniature upon It's surface Gods
it's fimy walls the rainbow promise OF liberty
q, Maydower,-blossom of the ocean!-a lily
''lolling on the wave" the fnircst seaweed
that ever drlftcd to an unknown shore, The
proudest war ship that ever bristled with Its
thy crews stout hearts. England had not
banished these brave men-they had ban
shsd 70 EnSand And wnsn cy andea an
posterity to the sacred cause.
New Ideas viadicated.
"All men are created equal" This was the
first great idea. England heard OF IL across
the Atlantic and was amused at the orratic
notion: Governments derive their just power
from the consent OF the governed." This was
another OF those grand ideas. England heard
OF 1t and became furious; hence the revolution
which was the thunder upon Mount Sinai.
The men of those days were few. but they
war was fought and the new ideas were vim
dicated To At them to be placed in the
crystaliaed in in II do document me drawn drawn by i Thomas
Jefferson and called the Declaration OF 1nde-
pendcnce. 1t was the most extraordinary po-
litical code ever Illuminated; but 1t was not
Jetfersons, He but held the PEN; the author
was IN the clouds. All the world heard of the
from its shoulders for a moment and strained
Its weary eyes across tho waters saw the
w all ri G n N
climes, from Europe, Asia. Africa, the people
of every nation. characterand tongue. flocked
to render service in the upbuiiding of so am
bilious structure
Sublime Character of the Epoch.
The work progressed. New ideas were from
time to time built into the substructure. but
at last the workmen disagreed and the de-
struction of the temple so long predicted
seemed Imminent and certain. The north and
south differed on the question OF slavery.
Shem and Japhet were disposed to make n
political sandwich of the descendants of Ham;
hence the reoellion; which was the corollary
ths Of R hs
became something more than rhapsody Of
words; something more than a MAGNIFICENT
citizens instead OF slaves.
The PLACE was plymouth Bock-the Glib
God himself to become the Cornerstone Of q
new republic The neble nneble and peculiar
6sgG What shoHd be the
gold. or iron, or commerce, or nobility, or
caste? All these had been tried in the eastern
hemisphere and had proven sand. And so IL
was resolved that the temple they would
erect should be built upon ideas.
The sublime character OF this epoch was
Abraham Lincoln. the dearest name, save one.
on earth. Mt whose mention an inefable ten
derness warns the heart and gathers to the
eyes.
Grant, Sherman, sheridan-the mighty he
roes OF the war-have obeyed the trumpet call
has been returned to its scabbard, but the
flash and glitter of Its blade. .quiyering through
the bloody clouds of battle, Will shine upon US
still like the rays of another sun.
Must Build Endutingiy.
Citizens America. the tower and bulwark Of
human liberties. is still In process of erection.
1t was our fathers task To die for IT. be ours
survive to see it inished God forbid that we
should survive TO see 1t perish!
sSe IS
OF the future, They. too, snail meet 70 COM
From the altitude OF Now, from this zenith
Of history, look out upon the world. Behold
The world itself is preparing to take an Amer
lea holiday. The wise men, not only of the
ons a and DIV viii follow the Star of empire until
it rests above this city of Chicaso-this civic
Hercules: this miracle OF accompilshment;th the
throbbing heart of all the teeming life and ac-
tivity OF our American commonwealth. The
people of the world are soon to receive an OBJ
ject lesson In the stupendous kindergarten
we are inaugurating for their beGefI. Even
Chill Will be here, and will learn / trust
something OF Christian forbearance and good
fellowship.
Tyranny's Doom Sounded.
Now, is it possible that monarchy, anarchy,
plutarchy or any other archy can long with
stand this curriculum of Instruction. No; [
repeat tho American idea is everywhere tri-
umphant. r.-
England is u monarchy, to be sure but only
out of compliment to an iimpotent and aged
queen. The czar of Russia cllngs to his
throne 1t Is a hencoop In the maelstrom. The
crumbling monarchies of the earth are held
together only by the force OF arms Standing
armies are encanped without zach city. The
sword and bayonet threaten and retard, but
the seeds of liberty have been caught up by
the winds of heaven and scattered broadcast
throughout the earth. Tyranny's doom is
sounded The peoples millennium is at hand
And this, this, under Goo. is the mission of
America!
Mr.. Estabrook was followed by General
Ben Butler on "The Worlds Columbian Ex-
position,". and Hon. Jonathan Dolliver on
"Our Party"