New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-10-26

mirage of the Confederacy has vanished.
1t was essentially bucolic, vision of
Arcade, the dream Of most attractive
economic fallacy. The Republic repres-
ents at least the letter and the spirit of
sublime Declaration. The fetters that
bound her to earth are broken asunder.
The rags that degraded her beauty are
cast aside. Like the enchanted princess
IN the legend, clad in spotless raiment,
and wearing crown Of living light, she.
steps in the perfection of her maturity
upon the scene of this, the latest and
proudest OF her victories, to bid well
come to the world.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew is generally
considered to be the most graceful and
eloquent of living Americans upon the
platform. His fine mental qualities, his
captivating presence, his spendid voice
and his magnetic charm of manner unite
to make him always a favorite of the
people. BUTT needs no art to commend
the matter of his Columbian Grafton.
It is worthy of his great reputation,
worthy to hold a place among the clas-
sics Of republican patriotic feeling. 1t is.
full of thought full of passion, full of the
fire of manhood and the strength of high
ideals.
In smooth and glowing periods he fol-
lows the development of the world, of
its best thought and action, from cent
sury to century unto this present. His
Language is the perfection of elegance
splendid vehicle for spendid thought.
And it is real oratory, of more than
usual order, when he closes his address
with there stirring words:
All hail, Columbus, discoverer, dream
er, hero and apostle. We here, of every
race and country, recognize the horizon
which bounded his vision and the intin-
ite scope of his genius. The voice of
gratitude and praise for all the blessings
which have been showered upon man
kind by his adventure is limited to no
language, but is uttered by every tongue
Neither marble nor brass can ftly form
his statue. Continents are his monu-
ment, and unnumbered millions, past,
present and to come, who enjoy in their
Liberties and their happiness the fruits Of
his faith, will reyerently guard and pres
erve, from century to century, his name
and fame.
Certainly not inferior to either of
these is the grafton of Archbishop Ire
land. He had, indeed certain advant-
age, in acting as the spokesman of the
worlds auxiliary congress, the intellect
ual side Of the exposition project. But
few would have been able to see and
grasp that advantage as he did in his
exaltation of mind above matter, in his
high tribute to the spiritual In man,
and its triumphs that find their expression
in conquests on the world about him.
It was a noble Office to stand as the
spokesman of the intellectual life of the
world which is to be represented at Chi
cago next year; but the opening senten-
ces of Archbishop Ireland's address, hard
" surpassed by anything uttered later
proved that he knew and rose to his op-
portunity:
The greatest of..things is mind. Mind,
conscious, intelligent, potent to put into
action thought and wish, diferentiates
itself absolutely from matter, rises above
1t to immeasurable heights, dominates
and moves the unthinking world. Mind
is the causative power in all orderly re-
suits. Without it there is nothing, or
aimless movement and chaos. The uni
verse is the supreme mind God increate.
Full of the inspiration lent by the
scheme Of an intellectual concourse OF the
nations, on the very spot where are to be
gathered the results of their contest with
the material world, and exalted by the
pride Of citizenship in the great nation
which is the leader Of the work, his per-
Grafton is not surpassed by anything in
the oratory of the day:
The great era, the like Of which has
not been seen, is now dawning upon the
horizon. Which will be Providence's
chosen nation to guide now the destinies