The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-22


ure In science and In the arts. These are
known OF ali men who Keep pace with the
worlds progress. / am here I'm behalf OF
the Government OF the United States. I'm
behalf OF all the people. to bid all hail TO
Chicago, all hail TO the Columbian Expo
sition.
Reviewing the career OF Columbus. and
paying high tribute to his character and
achievements Vice President Morton con-
cluded as follows:
Mr.. President in the name OF the
Government OF the United States. l here
by dedicate these buildings and their ap-
purtenances, intended By the Congress OF
the United States for the of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. to the
worlds progress in art in science, in sg-
riculture and in manufactures. dedi-
cate them to humanity.
God save the United States OF America
The conclusion Of the address was the
signal for loud and long continued ap-
plause, and when the Vice-President
stepped forward TO bow his thanks. men
and women rose and gave him salvo
OF applause.
wATTEnsoN's SPEECH.
good old-fashioned reception Of cor
diality was extended to Henry Watterson
when he came TO the front or the stage
10 deliver an address
MIR. Watterson paid high tribute to
Columbus and all the glorious achieve
ments that followed. and dwelt upon the
true American polity and the American
Idea Of freedom. The Republic, he said
represents at last the letter OF the spirit
of the sublime Declaration. The letters
that bound her to the earth are burst
asunder. The rags that degraded her
beauty are cast aside. Like the enchanted
princess in the legend, clad in spotless
raiment. and wearing a crown OF living
light, she steps in the perfection OF her
maturity upon the scenes OF this. the
latest and proudest of her victories, 10
bid welcome TO the world.
Need pursue the theme? This vast as
semblage speaks with a resonance and
meaning which words can never reach.
The fields that are blessed by the never
failing waters OF the Kennebec, and from
the farms that sprinkle the valley OF
the Connecticut with mimic principallties
more potent and lasting than the real;
il speaks in the whirr of the mills OF
Pennsylvania, and in the ring OF the
woodcutters axe from the forests OF the
Lake Peninsula ii speaks from the great
plantations of the South and West, teem-
ing with staples that insure us wealth
and power and stability yea, and from
the mines and forests and quarries OF
Michigan and Wisconsin, Of Alabama and
Georgia Of Tennessee and Kentucky, far
away to the regions of silver and gold,
that have linked the Colorado and the
Rio Grande in close embrace and ami
hilated time and space between the At
lantic and the Pacific. 1t speaks. in one
word from the hearts Of 7000O,O00 of fear
less, free-born men and women, and that
one word is Union"
There is no geography In American
manhood; there is no section TO Ameri-
can fraternity. II needs but six weeks
to change a Vermonter into Texan, and
there never has been time when, upon
the battlefield or frontier, Puritan and
Cavalier were not convertible terms, hav-
ing in the beginning a common origin, and
so diffused and diluted on American soil
as no longer to possess a local habitatiOn
or a nativity except in the national unit.
The men who planted the signals OF
American civilization upon that sacred
rock by Plymouth bay were English
men, and so were the men who struck
the coast a little lower down, calling
their haven Of rest after the great re-
publican commoner and founding by
Hampton Roads a race of heroes and
statesmen the mention Of whose names
brings thrill 10 every heart The South
claims LINCOLN. the immortal, for its own
the North has no right 10 reject Stone
wall Jackson. the one typical Puritan
soldier of the war, for It's own, nor will
it, The time is coming-is almost here
when hanging above many mantel
board in fair New England, glorifying
many a cottage in the sunny South, shall
be seen. bound together in everlasting love
and honor two crossed swords, carried
TO battle respectively by the grandfather
who wore the blue and the grandfather
who wore the gray. We have come here
not so much 10 recall bygone SORROWS and
glories as 10 bask in the sunshine Of
present prosperity and happiness; 10 In
terchange patriotic greetings and indulge
in good auguries. and. above all, 10 NEE,
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.
After extending hearty welcome to
MI mankind Mr.. Watterson, continuing.
said:
At this moment in every part Of the
American Union the children are taking
up the wondrOus tale OF the discovery
and from Boston 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 unpre-
cedented spectacle Of a powerful nation
captured by an army Of Lilliputians; of
embryo men and women. OF topping
boys and girls. and tiny elves scarce big
enough to lisp the numbers OF the ma
tonal anthem, scarce strong enough TO
llIt lne immature UdBS llldl Hldht VI III III
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 exhibit. They. indeed. are our crown
Jewels: the truest though the inevitable
offspring Of our civilization and develop
ment the representatives Of a manhood
vitalized and inVgorated by toll and
care OF a womanhOod elevated and In
spired by liberty and education. God
bless the children and their mothers.
God bless our countrys flag. And God
be with us now as ever, God In the roof
trees 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 peroration had subsided. the choir
rendered the "Star Spangled Banner"
and Hail Columbia" with orchestra ac-
compartment.
Mr.. DEPEw SPEAKS.
This incentive to a patriotic burst was
not needed TO serve as an introduction
to the next speaker, for when the only
Chauncey Depew stepped forward the
audience went into ecstacies and would
not be quieted. Comparative silence at
last restored, the eminent orator with "A
the day. II was a mastery effort, full
worthy OF the man, and was listened TO
by thousands in almost breathless silence |
The Grafton was repeatedly punctuated /
with applause, and when ii was conclud- !