Connecticut western news., 1892-10-27

he was unconscionsly making for the port of civil and religious liberty.
 Thinkers who believed men capable of higher destinies and larger reaponsibilities, aud pioas people who preferred the Bible to that union of church and stato where each serves the other for the temporal benefit of both fled to these distant and hospitable lands from intolerance and hopeless oppression at home
 The nations of Europe were completely sh- sorbed in dynastie difficulties and devastating wars, with diplomacy and ambitions, that they neither needed nor heard of tho growing democratic spirit and intelligence in their American colonies. To them these provinces were sources Of revenue, and they never dreamed that they were also schools of liberty. That it exhausted three centuries under the most favorable conditions for the evolution of freedom on this Scontinent demonstrates the tremendous strength of custom and heredity when sanctioned and ssnctihed by religion.
 After a century of successful trial our kys- tenn has passed the period of experiment. kad It's demonstrated pcrmsnoncy and power arc revolutonizing the governments of the world. II has raised the largest armies of modern times for self preservation, and at the success ful termination of the war returned the sol. diers to the pursuits of peace. It has ad- iusted itself to tho pride and patriotism of the defeated that they vie with the victors in their support and enthusiasm for the old nas and our common country.
 Imported anarchists have preached their baleful doctrines, but have made no converts. They have tried to inauRurate a reign of terror under the banner of the violent seiHure and distribution of property only to be defeated imprisoned and executed by the law made by the people and enforced by iuries selected from the people, and judges and proseouting officers elected by the people. Socialism finds disciples only among those who were its vota ries before they were forced to hy from their native land, but it does not tAka root upon American soil
 From Moses Co Edison.
 The state neither supports nor permits tax ation to maintain the church. The citizen can worship God according to his belief and con science, or he may neither reverence nor rccog- nize the Almighty. And yet religion has nourN ished, churches abound, tho ministry Ia tained and millions of dollars contributed annually for the evsngelixation of tho world. Tho United States is a Christian country, and living and practical Christianity is the char scteristic of it's people.
 Benjamin Franklin philosopher and patriot, amused the iaded oourtiern of Louis XVI by his talks about liberty, and entertained the scientists of France by bringing lightning from the clouds. In the reckoning of time the ps- riod from Franklin to Morse and from Mosem to Edison is but span, and yet it marks . ma terial development mar vicious Aa it has been benehoent. The world has been brought into contact and sympathy. The electric current thrills and unihes tho people of the globe. Power and production. highways and trsns- ports have been SO multiplied and improved by inventive genius that within the century of our Independence sixty-four millions of people have happy homes and improved conditions within our borders We have accumulated
 wealth far beyond the visions of the CAthay of Columbus or the EldorAdo of Dc Soto. But the farmers and freeholdera the savings banks and shops Illustrate ita universal distribution The majority arc it's possessors and Adminis trators
 Material prosperity has not debased liters- ture nor dobauched the press; it has neither paralyzed repressod intellectual activity. American science and letters have received rank and recognition in the older oentora of learning. The demand for higher education has so taxed the resources of tho ancient uni. versailles to compel the foundation and liberal endowment of colleges all over the Union Journals remarkable for their ability, inde- pendence and power And their strength not in the patronage of government or the subsi. dies of wealth. but in the support of a nAtion ef newspaper readers. Thahumblest and poor | est person has in periodicals whoao prioe ts counted in pennies a library larger, fuller and more varied than was within the reach of the | rich in the time of Columbus.
 The grandeur and beauty of this spectacle | are the eloquent witnesses of peace and prog. | ress. The parthenon and the cathedral ex- | hAusted the genius of the ancient and the | skill of the medieval architects in housing the \ statue or spirit of Deity. In their ruins or
 their antiquity they arc mute protests against
 the merciess enmity of nations which forced art to fee to the altar for protection The People Are Kings | The United States welcomed the sister repub- | lies of the southern and northern continents | and the nations and peoples of Europe and | Anis. of Africa and Australia. with the prod. ucts of their lands, of their skin and of their | industry to this city of yesterday, yet clothed | with royal splendor as the Queen of the Crest | Lakes The artists and architects of the coun- | try have been bidden to design and erect the | .ls.n A.
 of our civilization and the breadth of our hos \ pitaiity. | The peace of the world permits and protects
 their efforts in utilizing their powers for mans | temporal welfare. The result ia this park of | palaces. The originality and boldneaa of their | conceptions and tho magnitude aud harmony | of their creations the contributions of | America to the oldest of the arts and the cor.
 dial bidding of America to the peoples of the
 earth to come and bring the fruitage of their
 age to the boundleas opportunities of this un- | paralleled exhibition.
 | Art and luxuries which could be possessed | and enjoyed only by the rich and noble, the | works of genius which were read and under
 stood only by the learned few, domestic com- | forts and surroundings beyond the reach of | lord or bishop, now adorn and illumine the | homes of our citizens. Berfa are sovereigna and Il the people are kings. The trophies and aplend. ors of their reign arc commonwealth rich in every attribute of great states, and united tn .
 republic whose power and prosperity and fiber. Il ty and nlightenment are the wonder and ed, | miration of the world
 | All hail. Columbus, diaooverer, dreamer, hero | and apostlei We here, of every race and ocun- try. recognize the horizon which bounded bis
 vision and the infinite scope of his genius. The | voice of gratitude and praise for all the bleas. | ings which have been showered upon mankind | by his adventure is limited Co no ianguAge bat | Is uttered In every tongue.
 | Neither mRrte nor brass can ntly form his | statue. Continents are his monument and un. | numbered millions past present and Co come.
 who enjoy in their liberties and their hsppi' ness the fruits of his faith. will rsverently | guard and preserve from century to century
 his name and fame.
 Concluding Exercises. After the famous New Yorker had taken
 his seat James, Cardinal Gibbons, of Balti-
 more, and Catholic archbishop of that dio-
 cese, amid silence that strangely con
 trasted with the tumult just stilled, de
 livered prayer fraught with feeling and
 thanksgiving to God for the blessings our
 beloved republic bestows on its millions of
 people, with a request to the divine Foun'
 tsinhead that in his mercy they be per
 petuated The chorus then sang Beetho.
 ven's "In Praise of God, ? and the benedic-
 tion was bestowed by the Rev. II. c. Mo
 Cook, of Philadelphia.
 Then while the orchestra played the m.
 tional airs, and the national salute was
 belched forth by the loud mouthcd cannon
 on the lake front, the immense thronR of | people filed out into the open air, and the
 work of dodicating the Worlds fair build.
 ings was completes grand success tn |