Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-21
IaB COLUMBIAN GRAFTON,
Delivered at the Dedication
Ceremonies Of the
WORLDS FAIR At CHICAGO


America, but to the World. The
results OF the event 1t commemorate
s are the heritage Of the peoples Of
every race and cline. We celebrate
the emancipation 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 fiisi,
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
and religious liberty. The spirit OF
the equality Of all men before God
and the law, moved westward from
Calvary with its revolutionary In
Iiuence upon old institutions, to the
Atlantic ocean. Columbus carried
Il westward across the seas. The
emigrants from England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales, from Germany
and Holland, from Sweden and
Denmsrl, from France and Italy,
have. under its guidance and in
epiration, moved west. and again
west. building states and founding
cities until the Pacific limited their
/, march. The exhibition Of arts and
sciences, Of industries and inven-
tions. Of education and civilization,
which the Republic Of the United
States will here present, and to
which, through It's Chief Magistrate
il invites all nations, condenses and
displays the flower and fruitage Of
this transcendent miracle. y
Fifty years before Columbus sailed
from Palos, Gutenberg and Faust
had forged the hammer which was
TO break the bonds of superstition,
and open the prison doors Of the
mind. They had invented the
printing press, and movable types.
The prior adoption OF cheap pro
cess for the manufacture of paper,
at once utilized the press. Its first
service, like all Its succeeding efforts,
was for the people. But the first
born of the marvellous creation of
these primitive printers was the
Bible. The priceless contributions
Of Greece and Rome to the intellect
nal training and development OF the
modern world came afterwards,
through the Same wondrous ma
chine. The force, however, which
made possible America, and Its re-
fiex influence upon Europe, was the
Bible by the family freside. And
yet neither the enlightment Of the
new learning, nor the dynamic pow
er Of the spiritual awakening, could
break through the crusts of caste
which had been forming for GEN.
turies. Church and state had 30
firmly and dexterously interviewer
the bars of privilege and authority,
that liberty was impossible from
within. It's piercing light and fer
vent heat must penetrate from
without.
Civil and religious freedom are
founded upon the individual and
his independence, his worth, his
rights and his equal status and op.
portunity. For his planting and
development, new land must be
found, where with limitless areas
for expansion, the avenues of pro-
gress would have no bars of custom
or heredity, 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 fulfillment
were the new world and It's dis
c0verer. ****
II was q happy omen Of the posi-
tion which woman was to hold In
America that the only person who
con- pretended the majestic scope of
his plans, and the invincible quail
" Of his genius, was the able and
gracious queen of CASTLE. Isabella
alone Of all the dignitaries OF that
age, shares with Columbus the hon.
on of his great achievement. She
arrays her kingdom and her private
fortune behind the enthusiasm Of
this mystic mariner, aud posterity
pays homage TO her wisdom and
faith.
The overthrow OF the Mahomme-
dan power Ia spain would have
bean forgotten scene, In one Of the
lpnumerable acts In the grand dra-
ma Of history, had not Isabella
eonfsrred Immortality upon her
self. her husband aud their dual
crown by her recognition of Column
bns. The devout spirit of the queen,
and the high purpose OF the explor-
= inspired the voyage, subdued the
1nutionous crew, aud prevailed over
Tho raging storms. They covered,
With divine radiance OF religion and
humanity. the degrading search for
Huld, aud the honors OF its quest,
which filed the century Of conquest
V)th every form Of lust and greed.
The mighty soul Of the great nd.
1nIzol was undaunted by the ingrati-
111o of princes. and the hostility oil
Nv people. by imprisonment aud
nnrleot. He died ~ he was secur-
se ths means. and preparing .
11upslsu for the rescue Of the holy