The morning call., 1892-10-22

come here not so much to recall bygone sorrows
and glories as to bask In the sunshine OF presen,
| prosperity and happiness; TO interchange ma
| triolc greetings aud indulge In good auguries
| and. above all, 10 meet upon the threshold ths
| stranger within our gate. not as a foreigner bu,
as guest and friend for whom nothing we have
Is too good. AT this moment In every part OF the
| American Union children are taking Up the
wondrous tale OF discovery. and from Boston 10
Galveston, from the little log schoolhouse In the
| wilderness to towering academy in the city and
| Town, may be witnessed the unprecedented
spectacle OF powerful nation captured by an
| army OF LilliDutans, OF embryo men aud
women, OF boys and girls and tOddng tiny
ewes scarce big enough 10 lisp the numbers OF
| the national anthem scarce strong enough TO
| Hit tine miniature flags that make OF the arid,
| street and autumn wood an emblematic garden :
10 gladden. the sight and 10 gorify the red, white
abd Dlue. See "our young barbaTians at play,n
Tor better than these we have nothing 10 exhibit
| They, indeed, are our crown Jewels the truesf,
! though inevitable offspring OF our civilization
| and development; the representatives. of a man.
! hood ytaliZed and invigorated by toll ana care,
OF womanhood elevated and inspired by liberty
and education. God bless the children and their
mo hers; God bless our cOuntry's flag, and God
be with US now and ever. God ln the r0oftrees
shade and God Gu the highway; God in the winds
and waves, and God in a our bearts.
His eloquent effoIt received an ovation, and he
was cneered again and again as ne proceeded
and at the Close.
When the chorus sang the "Star- spaucled Ban.
ner," Bishop Fowler shouted Everybody to his
fett," and ali rose at once. Then followed Hon
Chauneey M. Depew, who delivered the grafton.
THE COLUMBIAN oKATIoN.
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew Makes a
Scholarly Address.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Mr. Depew then arose.
amid the plaudits of the audience, an6 de-
livered one of the most scholarly addresses
OF the times. He said in part:
This day belongs not TO America, but TO the
world. Tie results OF the event which 1t COM
memorates are the heritage OF the ople OF
every race and cline. We celebrate the enamel.
patton OF man. The preparation was the work
Of almost countless centuries, the realization
was the revelation of one The cross on Calvary
was hope; the cross raised on San Salvador was
opportunity. But for The first Columbus would
never have sailed but for the second there
would have been no place for the planting, the
nurture and the expansion Of civil ana religious
liberty. Ancient history is a dreary record OF
unstable civilizations Each reached It's zenith
OF material splendor and pershed TIE As
syrian, Persian. Egyptian, Greclan and Roman
empires were proofs OF the possibilities and lin
iiaiOns Of man for conquest and Intellectual de.
velopment. Their destruction involved sum
OF misery and relapse which made their creation
rather a curse than blessing.
Force was the factor in the government OF the
world when Christ was born. aud 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
toward 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
upon old institutions to the Atlantic Ocean.
Columbus carried IL westward across the seas.
The emgrants from England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales, from Germany and Holland, from
Sweden and Denmark. from France and Italy,
have, under lis guidance and inspiration. moved
west, and again west, building Stats aud found
ing cities until Tie Pacific limited their march.
The exhibition OF arts and sciences, of Indus
tries and Inventions, OF dueation and ciyiiiza-
tion, which the republic of the United States viii
here present. and TO which, through Its chief
magistrate it Invites all nations, condenses and
displays The flower aud fruitage Of this trans
cendent miracle.
Reference was made 10 the chaos which fol-
lowed the breaking UP OF the Roman empire, The
rise of the feudal system, absolntlsm In the
state and bigoted intolerance In the church.
Fifty years before Columbus sailed from PalOs
Guitenburg and Faust had forged The hammer
which was to break the bonds OF superstition and
open the prison doors of The mind. But the first.
born OF the marvellous creation OF these primitive
printers OF Mayenee was the printed Bible. The
priceless contributions OF Greece aud Rome
/! 10 the intellectual tGaiaing and development Of
1 the modern world came afteTward, through
| the same wonGrous machine. The force how
| ever, which made possible America, and its
reflex Iniluen ce upon Europe, the Bible by
| the family fTeside. And yet neither the
tighten ment of the new learning nor The dyua-
a
break Ihro ugh the ernst OF caste which had
been forming for centuries. Church and state
had so firmly and dexterously liter woven the
bars OF privilege aud authority that liberty was
impo sslble from within. Its piercing light aud
fervent heat must penetrate from without.
| Civil aud religious freedom are founded upon
| the Individual and his Independence his worth,
his rights and his equal status aud opportunity.
For his planting and development a new laud
| must be found, where, with lImltless areas for
expansion, the avenues OF progress would have
no bars of custom or heredliy, OF social orders or
| privileged classes. The time had come for the
| emancipation OF the mind and soul OF humanity.
! The factors wanting for its fulfllmcnt were the
| New World aud its discOverer.
Mr. Depew then explained the difficulties
which Columbus had 10 meet and overcome be-
| fore he could undertake the voyage which was
| 10 result in the discovery Of The New World, so
necessary 10 the further advancement OF man.
| kind. 1t was a happy omen OF the position
which woman was to hold In America that the
only person who comprehended the majestic
scope OF his LlanS and the inyneible quality OF
his genius was the able and gracious Queen OF
CASTLE. Isabella alone Of all the dignitaTes OF
that age shares with Columbus the DONORS OF his
great achievement. She arrayed her kingdom
and her private fortune behind the enthusiasm
OF this mystic mariner, aud poslerity pays
homage 10 her wisdom and faith.
| Alter It's discovery the rulers of the Old World
! began the partition Of the New, and sought 10
! make il simply source OF revenue for the crown.
| They never dreamed that twas also a school
| of liberty That 1t exhausted three centuries
! under the most favorable conditions for the eyo-
luton Of fre5 dom on this continent demonstrates
| the tremendous strength OF custom ana
heredily when sanctioned and sanctihed by
| Seligion The very chains which fettered! became
| inextTicably interviewer with the habits OF
| lfe the associations of childhood, the teuderest
| ties OF The family and the sacred offices OF the
| church from tile cradle to the grave. II clearly
! proves that II the people OF the Old World and
| their descendants had not possessed the 0ppor-
| tuuities afforded by the New for their emancipa-
| tiou and mankind had never experienced ana
| learned the American example instead OF living
In the light and glory Of nineteenth century con-
! ditions they would SILL he struggling with
medieval problems.
Mr. Depew then reviewed the history of colo.
| nizatIon, showing the aptitude Of the English
| for this work. and the blessings 10 the world
| which have flowed from the growth OF those
| principles OF freedom which were by them i'm
| planted In the soil OF the new codntry. The men
| who wrote In the cabin Of the Mayiower the
| first charter Of freedom, government OF just
| and equal laws, were little band OF protestants
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