Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-10-27

the country may take this lesson from tno>s Nv
us who lived through times thst olu l,u dav to
mems sous-when pressed down from uay Wv, w
day with awful responsibilities anu o, su
pense. each night brought terror WITH ei ieoi,
thought Of the morrow ana op %nf hone no.
where-that God rcigns and Wills ana tilat
this fair land is and always nus pe -
he curse u slavery is gone 1t was ,I !otni
heritage OF woe, to be wiped out ana exp M,ed.
in blood and flame. The mirage OF the Conlstu a
eracy has vanished. 1t was essentially Du e
q vision OF Arcade. the dream OF II a,;o, i.
no longer rope OF sand. The exact rslat'om inn U
the states to the federal government, len opv ,r
to double construction by the au1hors y. n,aa
organic being because they Ior co was the para.
mount object. has been clearly anu asnn nr;aj
fixed by the three last amendments 10 tne ~ y,
nal chart. which constitute the feai .isa'y I'd
peace between the North and the eou ,E,,. pa Rs.
seal our bonds as u nation forever. me re-
public represents at least the letter ana .,.o
spirit Of he sublime Declaration. Inc ietserS
The rags that degraded her beauty are ca ,''.
aside. Like the enchanted princess M .ne
legend clad in spoilers rament ana wear,E
crown OF living light, she steps III tne ~ no
OF her maturity upon The Scene OF Inns 'io
latest and proudest OF her victor TO bid
A Welcome to the Nor'd
Need nursue the theme? This vast assem-
blage speaks with resonance anu naoa ,n,n
-:Ii.,,
the fields that are blessed by the nevertaiiius
waters of the Kennebec and from the farms tI is
sprinkle the valley Of the Connecticut WIN
mimic municipalities more potent ana las "iiis
than the real; it speaks in the whrr OF the mills
OF Pennsylvania and in the ring OF the ~oou'
cutters AK from the forests Oh inc lake pein -,
sulas; it speaks from the great plantatlon1hh ~
the South and West. teeming with staples tha'
insure LID wealth and power and stablllty. yeH;
ana from the mines and forests and quarrles o,
Michigan aud Wisconsin. OF Alabama anu
w. nv. ,,,l roPfn
to the regions OF silver aud gold, that nave
linked the Colorado and the Rio GrAide III Close
embrace, and aunlhilated time and space between
the tantic and the Pacific ltspenEs III one Woru ,
from the hearthstone in Iowa and ILLINOIS. lroIn
the home in Mississippi and Arkansas, from tue
hearts of seventy millions OF fearless Tree ooTn
men and women, and that one WORD IS 'Onloht
There is no geography i'll American inaifloou.
There are no sections to American fraternity. ~
needs but six weeks To change Nermohter l,ito
IL Texan, and there never has been a time WHEN
upon the battle field, or the frontier. puritan
a Cavalier were not convertible Terms, hA'iHs
in the beginning q common origin. ana 30 III
fused and diluted on Amcri 9a soil as no longer
to possess Il local hubitation or a nativity ea-
Cept in the national unit The men VINO pant
ed the signals of American civilization upon
that sacred rock by Plymouth bay were English
men, and 80 we've the men WHO struck tAe coasc
Il little lower down, calling their haven OF rost
after the great Republican, cOmmontr. ana
founding by Hampton Roads a race OF heroes
and statesmen, the mention OF whose names is
brings a thrill TO every heart: ime
South claims Lincoln, the immortal Tor its own
the North has .o right to reject Stonewa!lJacH'
son. the one typical Puritan soldier OF the war
for its own! Nor will it! The time is coming, ID
almost here, when hanging above many Il miI-
te.- board i'll fair New Engand-g orifying many
Il cottage III the Sunny South-shhil be seen
bound together. i'll everlasting love ana hohor
two cross-swords carried to battle respectively
by the grandfather who wore the Dlt ;thd the
grandfather who wore the gray.
cannot trust myself to proceed we ha'e
come here not SO much to recall bygone SORROWS
and gories AS to bask in the sunshine OF pres
ent prosperity and happiness to Interchange
patriotic greetings and indu &c good hugurlts.
and. above all, TO meet upon the threshold the
sti anger within our gate. not AS foreigner but
AS IL guest and friend, tor whom nothing that We
have is too good.
When the eminent Kcntuckian had re.
slmed his seat, and the applause that
grefed his Prr"ra9n had snsTd"d lnt tns
and Hail Columbia" with orchestra ac'
compartment. This incentive 10 patriotic
outburSt was not needed to serve as an In
Chauncey NJ. Depew stepped forward the
audience Went into ecStacies, and could not
be quieted. Comparative, silence was at
tional orator with u smile on his face, |
spoke as follows: (Mr. Dcpew's speech
will be found in another column. The ora /
Gn x was and p whn WaS sahca wh rp
cheers were called for and responded by
all of those within hearing. After the
en"rus had renarrfd Efhth9ven IN
way" of his hand, and every head was
bowed while the eminent prelatc delivered |
IL fervent supplcation;; After this there was
more music. The audience. which had been |
remarkably still and patient began to man. |
ifest tokens Of fatigue at this point, and
an exodus from the south door was inaugu- /
ra'sd IGe sxgT ssH wspc Gg He
Rev. A. Z. McCook. Of the First Presby-
terrain Church of Philadelphia. and almost
before the closing words had died away the
band struck up the familiar strains OF |
"America." the audience Joined in the Sec
ond StanZa and then dispersd.
In the Evening.
Chicago. Oct 22-The brightest point
perhaps. of the galaxy of worlds fair
celebration WAS last night at the Audi
torium when the Columbian congresses,
the purely intellectual part of the expo |
stion, were inauguratcd by Archbishop
Ireland of st. Paul. Certainly the oc-
c;lsion was brilliant beyond all expecta-
tons, and the demand for seats to hear !
the famous American prclate was rela- |
lively greater i'll comparison with the |
facilities, it is estimated, than the ex-
tra0rdinary pressure for admission to the !
dedication hall itself ut jackson Park !
to-day.
The world wide, broad character of the !
congresses and of the vast audience |
filling every chair and nook of the Audi
forum tonight was eXempiiied in the |
fact that while the orator WAS an arch
bishop Of the faith of Rome. the bene-
diction was spoken by probably the
foremost Western representative of |;
Evangelicalism. DR.. William r. Harper,
president OF the great new university of
Chicago. Not less a remarkable index
was the circumstance that two of the
addresses on the nights programme
were by women. who, it must be said.
proved themselves worthy peers of those
OF the sterner sex who came before and
aftcr-Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs.
Charles Henrotin. From the vice presi.
dent OF the United States down, a list
of brainy and distinguished people, COM
posed the magnificent gathering, not the
least interesting persons being Arch.
bishop lreland's fellow churchman, Car
dinal Gibbons, and the papal legate, Sa-
TOLL. The consecrated blizzard. rs Arch.
bishop Ireland has been called, lisplaved
IN ms oratory the whirlwind of energy
that is his characteristic, and that had
only parallel in the whirlwind of m
plause that greeted him. Preceding nj,
the addresses, the opening inyocYtion
TINS evening was impressively voiced bv
the ley. John Henry Burrows, pastor of
inc FIRST Presbyterian church Of Chi
cuso ana chairman of the general COM
mlttec on religious congresses.
~ WIS at tins time that Archbishop