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

less. free-born men and women. and that one
word is "Unionr'
There is no geography in American manhood.
There are no sections TO American fraternity.
It needs but six weeks TO change a Vermonter
into Texan, and there never has been q time
when upon the battlefield or the frontier,
Puritan and cavalier were not convertible
terms, having in the beginning a common ORR
gin, ana so dinused and diluted on American
sou az no longer TO possess a local habitation,
or nativity, except in the national unit
Inc men who planted the signals Of Ameri-
can civilization upon tina; sacred rock by Ply
mouth bay were Engliehmen, and 90 we're the
men who struck the coast little lower down,
Gaining their haven OF rest after the great re-
publican commoner and founding by Hampton
Roads race of heroes and statesmen the men
ton OF whose names brings . thrill TO every
heart. The south claims Lincoln, the immor-
tai, Tor its own; the north has no right 70 re-
ject Stonewall Jackson the one typical Puritan
soldier OF the war, for its own, Nor will il.
The time Is coming. is almost here, VIXEN hang
ing above many a mantel board in fair New
Engand-slorifying many a cottage in the
sunny south-shall be seen bound together in
everlasting love and honor. two cross swords
carried to battle respectively by the grand
father who wore the blue and the grandfather
who wore the gray.
WELCOME TO MANKIND
cannot trust myself to proceed We have
come here not so much to recall bygone sor-
rows and glories to bask in the sunshine Of
present prosperity and happiness. to inter-
change patriotic greetings and indulge good
auguries and, above all. to meet upon the
threshold the stranger within our gate not as
a foreigner, but as guest and friend, for
whom nothing that we have is too good
From wheresoever he cometh we welcome
him with all our hearts: the son Of the Rhone
and the Garonne, our God-mother France TO
whom We owe SO much, he shall be our La
fayette: the son of the Rhine and the Mozelc,
he shall be our Goethe and our Wagner; the son
of the Campagna and the vesuvian bay, he shall
be our Michael Angelo and our Garibaldi; the
son of Arragon and the Indies he shall be our
Christopher Columbus, fifty honored at last
throughout the world.
Our good cousin Of England needs no words
OF special civility and courtesy from us. For
him the latch string is ever on the outer side;
though whether ii be or not We are sure that he
will enter and make himself at home. COM
mon language enables us to do full justice to
one another. at the festive board, or In the
arena Of debate; warning both of us in equal
tones against further parley on the field Of
arms.
All nations and all creeds be welcome here;
from the Bosphorous and the Black sea. the
.Viennese woods and the Danubian plains: from
Holland dyke to Alpine crag; from Belgrade
and Calcutta. and round to China and the
busy marts of Japan, the isles of the Pacific and
the PARKWAY capes of Africa Armenian.
Christian and Jew-the American, loving
no country except his own, but loving all man
kind as his brother, bids you enter and fear
not; bids you partake with Of these fruits of
opment, and behold these trophies Of 100 years
OF American independence and freedom,
THE CHILDREN AND THE FLAG.
At this moment in every part of the Ameri-
can Union the children are taking up the won-
to1a 49, ha "A
to Galveston, from the little log school house
in the wilderness to the towering academy
in the city and the town, may be witnessed
the unprecedented spectacle of a power
full nation captured by an army Of
hlliputians. Of embryo men and women,
of topling boys and girls. and tiny elves scarce
big enough to lisp the numbers Of the national
anthem: scarce strong enough to lift the minia-
ture flags that make of arid street and autumn
wood an emblematic garden, to gladden. the
sight and to glorify the red, white and blue
See
Our young barbarians all at play"
for better than these we have nothing to ex-
hibit. They. indeed, are our crown jewels: the
truest, though the inevitable. offsprings of our
civilization and development; the repre-
sentatives Of a manhood vitalized and invig-
GRATED by toll and care, OF a womanhood
elevated and inspired by liberty and education
God bless the children and their mothers! God
oioob Jul CouHls Anu bou De Will us now
and ever, God in the roof-tree's shade and God
on the highway, God in the winds and waves,
and God in all our hearts,
When the eminent Kentuckian resumed his
seat and the applause that greeted his perora-
ton had subsidized the choir rendered the "Star
Spangled Banner" and Hail Columbia" with
orchestral accompaniment.
Mr.. DKPEw's GRAFTON.
This incentive to patriotic outburst was not
needed to serve as an introduction to the next
speaker. for when the only Chauncey Depew
stepped forward the audience went into escta-
cies and would not be quieted. Comparative
silence at last restored, however. the eminent
national orator, with a smile on his face, de-
livered the Columbian Grafton.
The GRAFTON was repeatedly punctuated with
applause and when it was concluded three
cheers were called for and responded to by all
of those within hearing. After the chorus had
rendered Beethovens SIN Praise of God
Cardinal Gibbons arose, wave Of his hand and
every head was bowed before the throne of God
while the eminent prelate delivered himself Of
the following fervent application: