The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-22
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His Address, Dedicating in the Name Of the
United States. tie fair buildings.

His Address, Dfdicating in the Name of the
United States. tie fair buildings.
Mr.. President:
Deep indeed must be the sorrow which pro
hi its the president Of the United States from
eng tue cen raj figure in these ceremonies,
kegllZing from these sufnptuouS surroundings
the extent OF d sign. the adequacy OF execution,
and Tue vaStnesS OF results we may well mag
inc how ardently he aspired TO be oficiaily and
personally connected with this great work 50
linked To past and present America. with
wbat ELOQUENT wofds he Iuid have spoken Of
the heroic achievement and raulant future If
his beloved country. While profoundly an
guished in his most tender earthly ans ctions.
he would not have US decay or faiter III these
d dicatory services. and we can only offer to
sympathy.
The attention of our whole country and all
peoples elsewhere concerned 10 nous
trial progress is today liked upon the CITY OF
Chicago. The name Chicago has become Ia
mil.ar with the speech of all civilized commune
ties; bureaus have been esta bllshed at many
points III Europe Tor the purrose OF proviaine
trau sportation Their and during the coming
wear. hence the first place suggested 10 tbs
mind when men talk Of America will be the city
OF Chicago. This is due not only to the Colur--
bian exposition which marks the epoch, but TO
the marvellous growth and energy OF the second
commercial city OF the United States.
l am not here TO recount the wonderful story
of this city's rise and advancement; OF tne
birth out OF the ashes of the most notable con
migration OF modern times, nor eminent on the
position she has obtained in commerce. manu-
features science ana art. These are known tc
all men who keep pace with the world
progress. ! am here in behalf OF the govern
ment OF the United States. in behalf OF all PEG
pie who bid a hail to Chicago. all nan TO the
Columbian exposition, from the st. Lawrence
to the gulf, from the peerless cosmopolitan
capital by the sea TO the Golden Gate. Cail-
fornia. There is 10 longer any rival TO The city
OF Chicago except to emulate her in promoting
the success OF this work
! New York has signalized the opening of the
new era by commemorative function instruc
tive to the student. encouraging 10 the pnllan
| To ioplst and adu.onitory TO the forces arrHyet
| against liberty. Her houses OF worship, with
out distinction of creed. voiced thanks to al
mighty God for religious ireeuom. Her chiidreI
| TO The number OF live and twenty Thousand
marched under the !nsp ration OF light fal
broader than Columbus with all his thirst 70
knowledge enjoyed by the university of Pavla
and Tor three successive days ano nights hei
professional progress on land and water
aided by Spain. Italy ana France, sa
luted the memory OF the great p:iol
with the fruits of his great discovery
in q pagent more brilliant than that at Bar
celora when upon the throne OF Persian fabrics
Ferdinand and lsaDella uisregarded The ETH
quette OF CASTLE and ArraQon and received IL
standing and attended by the most splendid
court OF Christendom.
And what spectacle is presented US here MS
we gaze upon these magnificent creations With
columns a ches and adofnnlens. When we
consider their beauty and rapidly of reallza
zion, they woulo seem TO be evoked at the
WlzarGs touch OF Aladdin lamp lraiSe from
the organization and Accomplishment, for tie
architects and builders for the artist and
artisan, may not now detaiu me for in the years
10 come, in the mouths OF all ne n it will lie I'M
stinted These are worthy shrlnes to record
achievements TO two Americans and place them
side by side with the arts aud industries of the
OlGer World TO the end that We may be Stimu-
! ns.x fO1r
bus Is not in chains nor are Columb an
| IDEAS of letters. l see him as in the great
picture under the dome OF the capitol with
| kneeliug figures about h III, betalSing mo- longer
OF The contribution OF his followers by the
homage of mankind. with erect-form. lofty mieI
animated these children OF the New Void tc
hlgner facts and oolder theories.
We may not now anticipate the character
and value OF our rational exh bits. Rather may
we modestly anticipate that cons ervativI
award will be made By the worlds criticism Il
the young nation eager Y listening TO thu
| beckoning future within whose limits llghtniuG
/ was first plucked from heaven at the Will o
man, where the expansive power OF steam wa
1 first compelled to transport mlnklFd and mer
| cha disc over the waterways of The world
where the implements for agriculture and h;.ndi
craft have been so perfected as TO tighten the
| burdens of toll and where thes lutte forces o
nature acting through the telegraph and tele
hone are daily startling the WORLD by victorie:
over matter which. in the days OF Columbus
might have been reckoned among miracles.
] We can safely predict, how yer. 10 tho-e " h.
viii come on the near and distant regions o
our country, and who will themselves make
part OF tn e nationa! exhibit. We shall see de
! descendants of the royal cavalry OF Virginia. o
! the pilgrim fathers of New England, OF tn,
sturdy holanders who. Ia 1924. bought III,
| ~ GOO acres OF land on Manhattan island for s2i
of the atherents OF the old Christian faith VIII,
found a resting place in Baltimore, OF Quaker.
ana Palat ne Germans who settled in fennsyl
vania and New Jersey. OF hnguen0ts who fiet
/ from the revolution OF the edlct CT Nantes To
the banks II the Hudson III the north and thos'
| OF Cooper and Ashley rivers in the south, o
refugees from Salisbury in Georgia and o.
Charles Edwards Hirhlanders in North Caro-
Ina With them also we shal have in the person
| or their sons thousands of others from man,
! climates who in moderate fortunes have 10 nee
who. with sinewy arms have opened our water
ways and buiided our ironways-
We trust from the land beyond the seas tina
many viii come to engage in fraternRi compe
| tition or point us to more excellent standards
III they shall find little in our product TO exclt
! admiration, we shall welcome them TO the at
Inosphere of the new world where some of tn
I best efforts have been made in the cause Q
freedom and progress by Washington. Frank
/ lin Lafayette, AgassiZ, Lincoln, Grant, Boil
var, Juarez Toussaint, Fulton, Morse an
/ Edison.
The speaker then proceeded TO sketch the lif
of christopher Columbus and his voyage OF dis
| covery together with the pfogress OF the nel
world since that time, and closed as follows
In the name OF the government of the Unite
states l hereby d dicate these buildings an
their a. purtenances intended by Congress c
the United States for the use OF the World
! Columbian exposition to the worlds progress /
art in science. in agriculture and in manufa.
lures dedicate tn IN to humanity. God say
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