Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-21

ssss ofths World Increased.
CucAoo. Oct 21-Following IL the text Of
the Columbian orAtion delivered today ct the
worlds fair dedicssory exercises by Chauncey
n Depew:
This day belongs not 70 America, but TO the
world The results Of the event IL commemo-
rates are the heritage Of the peoples Of every
race and cline. We celebrate the smancipa-
ton Of man The preparation was the work
OF almost countless centuries, the resliEstion
vAs the revelation Of one. The cross on Cal
vary vas hope; the cross raised on San Salvador
vas opportunity. But for the first Columbus
would never have sailed; but for the second
there would have been no place for the plant
ing the nurture and the expansion Of civil and
religious liberty. Ancient history IL . dreary
record Of unstable civilizations. Each reached
It's zenith Of material sple ndor and perished
he Assyrian. Persian, Egyptian, Grecian and
Roman empires were proofs Of the possibilities
tellectual Development Their destruction
involved . sum Of misery and relapse
which made their creation rather
curse than . blessing. Force was the factor in
the government Of the world when Christ was
born, and force vas the sole source and exercise
Columbus sailed from PAlosL The wise men
travelled from the east toward the west under
the guidance Of the star of Bethlehem. The
spirit OF the equality Of al men before God and
the law moved westward from Calvary, with its
revolutionary influence upon old institutions.
TO the Atlantic ocean. Columbus carried II
westward acsoss the seas The emiGrants from
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, from
Germany and Holland. from Sweden and Den
msrh, from France and Italy, have, under its
again vest building states and founding cities
until the Pacific limited their march. The e1-
kibitioa Of arts and sciences, Of industries and
Inventions, Of education and civilization, which
The republic Of the United States viii here pre-
SAINT. and 70 which, through its chief magis-
tssa. q invites al nations, condenses and dis
DAp tAeAoverendf fuitage Of this sranscendent
nAssei&
ynEPAAxD MIN ron YREKpoN.
Ths anarchy and chaos which followed the
breaking up Of the Roman empire necessarily
prodnesd ths Ssudal system. Tho people. pre-
fssring slavery 10 annihilasion by robber chiefs
eseaos H. vassah Of territorial lords The
rsas1 Of physical force Is ono Of perpetual
ssruGgis for the mastery. Power which rests
sushortsy. The king destroyed the lords, and
ths monarchy succeeded feudalism- Neither
q thass tnsrtutions considersd or consulted
ths people. They had no part but 70 suffer or
- u WIS mignty strife OF naseers Tor the
mastery. But the throne. by tn broader view
Ss - 49, msas PoS'e 'ne con-
~ banner races could unite and petty princi-
paljs,ss BE- merged. law substttuted for brute
forcs and night for might. II founded and en-
dov0d untvsrsitics and encouraged commerce.
IL conceded no political privileges. but uncon-
oct0unly prepared III h5ects to demand them.
Absolutism In the state. and bigoted intolsr-
sncs inths church. ahsckled popular unrest
and imprisoned thought and enterprise In the
AfSosnsh century. The divine right Of kings
stamped out the fAintest glimmer of revolt
AgAinss tyranny; and the problems Of science,
vhothsS Of the skies or Of the earth, whether
Of astronomy or geography, were solved or sub
merged BY ecclesiastical dscrees- The dungeon
vas ready for the philosopher Who proclaimed
The truths Of the solar system, or the navigator
Who would prove the sphcricity Of the earth.
An Engiish Gladstone. or French Gambetta
ore German Bismarck. or an Italian Garibaldi
or spaniah Castelar,. would have been thought
Dewtrous. and their deaths at the stake, or on
The ssadcld. and under the anathemas Of the
church. would have received the praise and ap-
provl Of kings and mobiles, Of priests and peo-
plea Reason had no seat In spiritual or tempo
Pa realms Punishment was the incentive to
patriotism. and piety was held possible BY tor
ture Confessions OF faith, extorted from the
vrithing victim on the rack. were believed efi-
caeiou. IN saving his soul from fires eternal be-
yond the grave. For all that humanity today
eheri-hes NJ iis best heritage and choicest gifts
there was neither thought nor hope.
The PRINTING PRESS.
Fistv wears before Columbia. sailed from, pa
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"',a is1'. Aau io'sea 'ne nAiii-
mef ~hieh was 70 oreak the bonds OF supersu-
non and open the prison doors OF the mind
Iney mad invented me printing press and
ho'Aose Npe-- Inc PRIOR adoption OF . cheap
Pfoee-s TOT the manufacture OF paper 1t once
es 'Se 49, ~ HI-' SCI 'ice, HAe AL Its
un,x.,-,tis. - al. .,hooI,a., az ,p-,.;i.,as
and the learned few Of that age, we're longing
for the revelation and preservation of the clas-
sue measures OF antiquity, hidden, and yet inse-
cur, IN monAsue cells sad norsries- But the
hstonh OF ths marvellous creanon OF these
primitive printers OF Mayenee was the
printed Bible The priceless contributions Of
oreeee and Rome 10 the intellectual training
And Development OF the modern world came
sftervsrds through the same wondrous ma
chine The force, hovever, hitch made possible
America, and its renex influence upon Europe,
Vas the open Bible by the family freside. And yet
neither the enlightenment OF the new learning
nor the dynamic power OF the spiritual awaken
ing could break throusa the crust OF caste
which had been forming FOR centuries Church
and state had so nrmiy and deItsrously inter
woven NE bars OF privilege and authority that
liberty vas Impossible from Within Its pierre
Ing hight and fervent heat must penetrate from
vithoat