The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-10-28
Address of Welcnnna-
Following is Mayor Hampstead Wash
burne'S address of welcome;

burne's address of welcome:
Mr. President, Representatives OF Foreign
| Governments, Ladies and Gentlemen:
| This day is dedicated b. the American people
| 10 one whose name is indssOlubly linked with
| that of our continent This day shall add new
| glories 10 him whose prophetic vision beheld in
| the stars which guided his audacious voyage a
| new world and a new hope for the peoples of
| the earth.
| The four centuries passing in review have
| witnessed the settlement Of a newly discovered
| continent, the founding CT many nations, and
| the establishment in this country of more than
| sixty millions of people whose wonderful ma.
terial prosperity high intelligence political in
situations and glorious history have excited the
interest and compelled the admiration of the
civilized world
| These centuries have evolved the liberty-lov-
| ing American people who are gathered hero to-
| day. We have with US the pioneer bearing in
his person the freedom of his western home
| the ageing veteran, whom all nations honor,
without whose valor, government, liberty and
| patriotism would be but idle words We have
| with Us builders of cities, founders of states,
dwellers in the forests. tllers of the soil, the
| mechanic and the artisan. and noble women,
daughters of the republic, not less in patriotism
| and deserved esteem than those who seem TO
play the larger part in building up state
There are gathered here our cabinet and
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our congress and our states that all mankind
may know this is a nations holiday and peo-
pies tribute To him whose dauntless courage and
unwavering faith impelled him to traverse IN
dismayed the unsailed waste of waters and
whose first prayer upon a waiting continent
was salutei ON It's course by that banner which
knows no creed, no faith no natiOn-that en-
sign which has represented peace progress end
humanity for nineteen hundred years-the holy
banner of the cross.
Those foreign nations which have contributed
so much TO our growth will here learn wherein
our strength lies-that it is not in standing
arnies-not in heredity or birth-not even in
our fertile valleys-not in our commerce or our
wealth-but that we have built and are build
ing upon the everlasting rock OF individual
character and intelligence seeking to secure
an education for every man, woman and child
over whom floats the stars and stripes, that
emblem which signifies government and
our people.
That flag guards to-day 81, 800 90 school chill
dren of "A country not vet four centuries old and
who outnumber nearly four times the popula-
tion OF Spain in 1892
This is our hope in the future-the anchor OF
the republic and a rainbow of promise for the
centuries yet to come.
"A mark OF public gratitude IL was decided
to carry down into history through this c-le-
bratiOn the appreciation of this people for him
You. sirs, who are the chosen representatives
OF our peOple-you into whose keeping We en-
trUst our property ana our rights-you whose
every act becomes link in that long chain of
history which spans 400 years without a break
and whose every link signifies a struggle and
victory for man-yOu who represent that last
and most perfect experiment Of human govern
ment have by your official acts hOnOred this
young city with your choice as the most fitting
place to mark this country'S dawn
She accepts the sacred trust with rivalry to-
wards none and fellowship for all She stands
ready to fulfill the pledges she has made She
needs 10 orator TO speak her merits no poet 10
sing her glories. She typihes the civil
ization OF this continent and this age:
she has no hoary locks: no crumbllng
ruins: the gray haired sire who saw her birth
to-day holds on high his prattling grandchild 70
see the nations OF the earth within her gates
Over the verv spot whereon We stand, within
the memory Of mon still young, the wild fowl
winged their migratory flight
Less than a century ago the site OF this young
city was unknown; to-day million and q half
people support her honor, enterprise and thrift
Her annual commerce OF one billion and a half
tells the eloquent story Of her material great
ness Her liborslity to all nations and all
creeds Is bouadless broad as humanity and
high as tho dome Of heaven. Rule Britannia,
the harseilles, die Wacht am Rhein and
over the Atlantic's stormy waves, and as each
echo. GroS King fainter with advancing le%gues,
has reached this spot It has been merged into
that one grand chorus, MY Country IT'S OF
Thea, Sweet Land OF Liberty, OF Thee Sing"
This, sirs, is tho American city OF your cho4co;
her gstes are open her people ut your servico
Ts ycu All those you represent we offer greet
ins. hospitality and lore.
To the cid world, whose representa- ves srscs
this occasion, whose governments are in full
sccord with this enterprise so full OF meaning
To them and 10 us, to that old world whose ehil-
dron braved unruly seas and treacherous
storms TO found q new state in an unknown
land We give greeting too, as children greet Q
parentin some new home
We are proud Of its ancestry for IL is our own.
We glors in its history for it was our ancestral
blood which inscribed its rolls OF honor, aud il
to-day these distinguished men OF more disan-
guished lands behold any spirit thing or ama-
ton which excites their praise, it is but the
out-cropping of the Roman courage on a new
con iinert. in later age.
Welcome 10 you men OF older civilizations to
this young city whose most ancient landmark
was built within the span OF present life Our
and our welcome we now extend
without reserve, without regard to nationality,
creed or race