The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27

Mrs. Sarah G. LIE }Moyne Of New York,
who read selections from the dedicatory
ode, written by Miss Harriet Monroe of
Mrs. Palmer was then introduced and
delivered all address on the part Of the
lady managers ss5
President Higinbotham then rendered
the buildings, on behalf of the EXPOSE
ton. to President Palmer, of the Column
bian commission. President Palmer re-
President Morton.
DEDICATED BY MORTON.
= When the applause had subsidized Vice
President Morton spoke as follows:
deep indeed must be the sorrow which
prohibits the president Of the United States
from being the central figure in these cere-
monies. Rcalizing from these sumptuous
adequacy of the execution and the vastness
OF the results, We may well imagine how
nrdenty he has aspired to be ottieially and
SO A linked to the past and to the present Of
na ha nG the heroic s lis hsN.
country. While, profoundly anguished in
his most tender earthly affection, he
not have us delay or fater In these
to support his courage by profound and
universal sympathy.
c,ity's wonderful rise and advancement. Of
the ,'tchless courage Of her people; Of her
second birth out of the ashes of the most
of the eminent position she has acquired in
manufactures. in science and in the arts:
tn am here e behalf Of the Of
PIE All hail to Chicago! All hail to the
Columbian eNposition From the st. Law
renee to the gulf, and from the peerless
Golden Gate Of California, there is no long
er 4 rival to. Chicago except to emulate
her in promoting the success of this work.
q f1ny1l no 10 1S and IN
seas many will come to engage in fraternal
competition. or to point us to more excel
lent standards. If they, shall find little in
shall welcome them to the atmosphere of
the new world, where some of the best
has made II The Of
Eranklin and Lafayette, by Lincoln and
Grant, by Bolivar and Juarez and Tous-
saint h,Ouverture, by Fulton and Morse
We are near the beginning of another
century, and If no serious change occurs in
our present growth, in the year 1885, in the
fish speaking Republicans Of America will
number 1SO,00O,OO0. And for them John
predicts one people, one language. one law
and one faith; and all over the wide CONT
nent the home Of freedom and refuge for
the time should ever come when men trifle
with the public conscience, let me predict
the patriotic action Of the republic in the
language of Milton: "Methinks I see in mind
q! noble and puissant nation rousing herself
like a strong man after sleep and shaking
her invincible locks; methinks I see her as
an eagle renewing her mighty youth and kin
ding her undaZzled eyes at the full midday
BEAM. purging and unscaling her long
abused sight at the fountain itself Of heav-
emily radkance; while the whole noise of
timorous and tlocking birds with those also
that love the twilight flutter about amazed
at what she means.'
Mr.. President, in the name Of the govern
onDt nf hn T1Ditn Stat INV lodi
cate these buildings and their appurtenances
intended by the congress Of the United
States for the use of the worlds Columbian
exposition, to the worlds progress in art, in
science, in agriculture and in manufactures.
God save the United States Of America:
loud and long. continued applause, and when
the vice, president stepped forward to bow
his thanKs e e aet and en ava m and
salvo of applause that he Is likely to remem-
hfF 80 GnE aS 6s has 1saa qa hs s
point A good oid-fashioned reception Of Of
cordiality was extended to Henry Waiter
son when he came to the front of the stage
to deliver his address,
Co.. wa Htss5Bs9 @b5f kP} r. pa:t as fol-
morg the wonders Of creative and construct
I've genius in course of preparation for this fes-
inauguration has brought US together. will pres
emily be witnessed upon the margin of the inter
ocean. which gives to this noble and beautiful
tropolis a spectatorium wherein the Column
bian epic will be told with realistic effects
passing the most splendid and impressive
achievements OF the modern stag. No one,
who has had the good fortune to see the models
OF this extraordinary work OF art can have
failed to be moved by the union, which it en-
current in lie and thought, as, begin
ming with the weird mendicanu faint
ing upon the hillside of Santa RaDida. it traces
the strange adventures OF the Genoese seer from
the royal camp OF Santa Fe to the sunny coasts
OF the Isles OF Iude; through the weary watches
OF the endless night. whose sentinel stars seemed
set to mock but not to guide through The track:
less and shoreless wastes OF the mystic saa,
spread day by day to bear upon every rise and
tall OF its heay1ng bosom the death OF far fond
oW " 10 ths vsF Sf fat h5fS
cltlze..s, freemen, equal shareholders in the
miracle O. American civilization and develop
ment. Is there one among US who does not
thank his maker that he has lived to join in
kind?
better opportunity could not be desired for
study OF our peculiarities than is furnished by
the present moment. We are in the midst Of
the quadrennial period established for the selec-
ton Of a Chi lief magistrate. Each citizen has his
right of choice, each has his right to vote and to
have his vote freely cast and fairly counted.
Wherever this right is assailed for any cause
whole country. which has all interest in all its
parts. but most to the community Immediately
involved, which must actually drink of the cup
that has contained the poison, and cannot es-
cape its Infection. The abridgement of the right
OF suffrage. however, is very nearly proportion
ed to the ignorance or Indifference OF the parties
concerned by it, and there is good reason to hope
that with the expanding intelligence of the
masses and the growing enlightenment OF the
times. this particular form OF corruption in
elections will be reduced below the danger line
10 that end, as to all other good ends the
moderation OF public sentiment must BIZ our
chief reliance; for when men are forced by the
general desire for truth, and the light which our
modern vehicles throw upon truth. to discuss
public questions for truths sake, when it be-
comes the plain interest of public men, as it is
their plain duty, to do this, and when, above
all, friends and neighbours cease to love one an
other less because of individual differences Of
opinion about public affairs, the struggle for
unfair advantage will be reegated to those
who have either no character to lose or none to
seek. 1t is admitted on all sides that the cur
rent presidential campaign il freer from excite
ment and tumult than was ever known before
and it is argued from this circumstance that we
are traversing the epoch OF the commonplace
II this be SO, thank God for it! We have had
hull enough OF the dramatic and the sensational
and heed season OF mediocrlty aid repose
But may We not ascrbe the ration Il way in
which the people are going about
their business to larger knowledge
and experience and fairer spirit
than have hitherto marked our party
contentious? Parties are as essential to free
governments rs oxygen to the atmosphere or