The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-22
who wore the blue and the grandfather who wore

the gray.
WELCOME TO MANKIND.
cannot trust myself to proceed. We have
come here not much 10 recall bygone SORROWS
and glories as TO Dask in the sunshine Of present
prosperity and happiness, to interchange pa
triotic greetings and indulge good auguries. and,
above all. to meet upon the threshold the
stranger within our gate. not as foreigner. but
az guest and friend for whom nothing that we
have Is too good.
From wheresoeyer he cometh we welcome him
with all our hearts: the son OF the Rhone and
the Garcnne, our GOd-inOther. France, 10 whom
we owe so much. he shall be our Lafayette the
son OF the Rhine and the Mozelle, he shall be
our Goethe and our Wagner: the son OF the Cam
pagna and the Vesuvian bay, he shall be our
Michael Angelo and our GariIaldi; the son OF
Arragon, and the Indies, he shall be our Christie
pher Columbus, fifty honored at last throughout
the world.
Our good cousin of England needs no words OF
special civility aud courtesy from u.s. For hin,
the latch-string Is ever the uter-side; though
whether IL be or not. we are sure that he VIII
enter and make himself at home. A common
Language enables us to do full justice To one
another, at the festive board, or in the arena or
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 Bosphorus and the Black sea- the Wen
nese woods and the Danubian plains; from Hol-
land dyke to Alpine crag; from Belgrade and
Calcutta. and round To China seas and the busy
marts of Japan, the isles OF the Pacific and the
FAR away capes OF Africa Armenian, Christian
and Jew-the American. loving no country
cept his own, but loving all mankind his
brother. bids you enter ana fear not; bids you
partake with us of these fruits OF four hundred
years of American civilization aud Developments.
and behold these trophies OF one hundred years
OF American independence and freedom.
At this moment in every part of the American
Union the children are taking up the wondrOus
tale or the discovery. and from Boston TO Gal
weston. from the little log schooihouse in the
wilderness 10 the towering academy in the city
and the town. may be witnessed the unprece-
denied spectacle of a powerful nation captured
nv of I linn ian nf m mi
women, of tOddling boys and girls, and tiny elves
scarce big enough TO lisp the numbers OF the
national anthem scarce strong enough 10 Int
the miniature flags that make the arid street and
autumn wood an enblematic 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 exhibit
They. indeed. are our crown Jewels; the truest,
ton and developments; the representatives OF
manhood vitalized ami nvigorated by toll and
care; of a womanhood elevated and inspired by
liberty and education. God aless the children
and their mothers, God bless our cOuntry's
fiag And God he with now and ever. God in
the roof trees shade and God on the highway.
God In the winds and waves. and God In all our
hearts,
On resuminG his seat or rather taking
new seat that had been provided for him
while he was speaking, Mr.. Watterson was
congratulated by Mr.. Depew. Cardinal
Gibbons and several other distinguished
men In his immediate vicinity.
The chorus will now sing the Star
spangled Banner" announced Director
general Davis, land every body Is invited
to join in the refrain" The audience rose
rs the strains of the grand old an
them tioated through the structure.
and they lent the inspiration of
their voices to their cOmpatriots' harmony.
They were so much in earnest that they
would doubtless have sung IL three times
over IL they had had their way, but
it was getting dark and darker. and the
presiding officer FASTENED to introduce
Americas old man eloquent Chauncy Nj.
Depew.
Chauncey M Depew's Address
The New Yorker was accorded a recep-
| ton only second TO that which greeted the
| Vice. president, but without waiting for
| the applause TO die away he dived into his
| Grafton. and the sentiments found a clear
| toned echo in the hearts of his audi
ence. The great New York after
| dinner talker demonstrated that there
was something in him higher
| than the ability to make q post prandia l re-
spouse. for he was the only one of all the
| speakers that secured q sufficient lessenIng
| of the all-pervading murmur of voices to
| permit proper hearing of what he had to
say By the greatest possible number Mr..
Depew said In part:
This day belongs not to America but to the
world The results of the event 1t commence
rates are the heritage of the peoples of every
| race and Cline We celebrate the emancipation
| OF man. The preparation was the work of al
most countless centuries, the realization the
| revelation OF one. The cross on Calvary was
| portunity. 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 is dreary
| record or unstable civilization. Each reached
its zenith OF material splendor and persisted. The
| Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian, Grecian and Roman
empires were proofs or the DO slbilities and linn
itations of man for conquest and intellectual de-
| veOpment Their destruction involved a sum
| of misery and relapse which made their creation
| rather curse than q blessing. Force was the
| Christ was born. and force was the sole
source and exercise OF authority both by
church ana state when Columbus sailed from
| Palos. The Wise Men travelled from the east
| towards the west under the guidance of the Star
| of Bethlehem. The spirit of the equality Of all
men before God and the law moved westward
| from Calvary with its revolutionary influence
| upon old institutions to the Atlantic ocean.
| Columbus carried 1t westward across the seas.
and Wales, from Germany and Holland, from
| Sweden and Denmark, from France and Italy,
have, under its guidance and inspiration,
| moved west, and again west, build
| ing states and founding cities until tho Pacific
limited their march. The exhibition of arts and
sciences, of industries and inventions, OF educa-
ton and civilization. which the Republic of the
| United states will here present, ana To which,
through its chief MAGISTRATE. 1t invites all ma.
| fruitage or the transcendent miracle.
Mr.. Depew then portrayed in eloquent
| language the trials and accom- plIshmeDts OF
| Columbus and historic events connected
| Herewith. On the spirit that imbned the
| brave Pilgrims and others who sought free
dom IN a new land; the orator said:
They were fighting for themselves and theiI
children. They embodied the idea in their con
stitntion. In the immortal words with which thai
great instrument OF liberty and order began:
eve. the people of the United States do or
| dam"
The scope ana limitations of this idea of free
| dom have neither been misinterpreted nor mis-
! understood. The laws of nature in their appli
| cation TO the rise and recognition or men accord
ing TO their mental moral. spiritual and ply sioa
| endowments, are left undisturbed. But the &C
| cident Of birth gives no rank and cOnfers
| no privilege. Equal rights and common oppor
| tunity for all have been the spurs OF ambition
and the motor of progress. They have estab
| lished the common schools, and built the publ,
| Libraries. A sovereign people have learned anC
| enforced the lesson OF free eduction. The prac
| tice OF government is iteelf a liberal education
| People who make their own laws. need no law
| givers. After a century of successful trial. tn,
system has passed the period OF experiment
and Its demonstrated permanency anC
power revolutionizing the government.
OF the world IL has raised the largest armie,
| of modern times for self-preservaton, and at thu
| successful termination OF the returned tn,
soldiers 10 the pursuits of peace. 1t has 80 adj
defeated that they vie with the viotors In thei
support and enthusiasm for the old flag and ou
] common country.
NO ROOM FOR ANARCHISTS.
| Imported Anarchists have preached their bale
| full doctrines, but have made no converts. TheI
have tried 10 marguerite a reign of terror undel
the banner OF the violent seizure and Gistribu
ton of property only TO be defeated
| imprisoped and executed by the Law