The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-22

beyond the grave. For ali that hum anzty To-Day
cherishes as It's best heritage and choicest gifts,
there was neither thought nor hope
Fifty years before Columbus sailed from
Palos, Gutenberg aud Faust had fosged the
hammer which was 10 break the bon Is OF SUPER
sritior and open the prison doors OF tks mind
able types. The prior adoption OF Cheap pro-
cess for the manufacture OF paper. at CAGE utiI-
lied the press. lis frs: service. ike als its sue
ceeding efforts. was for the peop.a The
iieged and the learned few OF tbss age
were longing for the revelation and
hidden, aa1 yet insecure in monastlc e3Ils ana
Libraries. But the first born OF the marvellous
creation OF these primitive printers oil Sisye1ce
was the printed Bible Tas priceless contriou-
training aud development OF the modem world
came afterwards through tire same wondrous
machine. The force, however, when FADE pos
sib.e America and its reH-x infuenee
upon Europe, was the open BIBLE by
the family Preside. And yet netoer the
enlightenment OF the new learning. nor the
dynamic power OF the spiritual Awakening,
could break through the crust OF caste which
had been forming for centuries. CHURCH aud
state had so firmly and dexTerously lnt5rwoven
the bars or privilege and authority thaS liberty
was impossible from within Its piercing light
and iervent heat must penetrate from @ithout
Civil and religious freedom are founded upon
he individual and his independence. hjs worth,
his rights aud his equal status and opportunity.
For MS Planting and development a Lew land
must De found, where, with limltiess areas for
expansion, the avenues 0 progress would have
no bars OF custom or here6ity, OF social orders,
or privileged Classes. The time had come Tor
the emancipation OF the mind and soul OF
humanity. The factors wanting Tor Its fulfill
ment were the New World and its discovsrer.
God always has In training some commanding
genius for the control of great crises in the
affairs of nations and peoples. The num-
Der of these leaders are less than the
centuries. but their lives are the history of
human progress Though Cesar aud Charlie
nrsd GAir and hoy IL
lam the Conqueror, AMI Oliver Cromwell, and
all the epoch makers prepared Europe cor the
event aud contributed 10 the result. the lights
which lllumine our armament today sge Col
lumbus the djscovereT, " a hington tie Dunder,
and Lincoln the savior.
Ii interest in the affairs of this world are
spirit of Columbus bovers over us TODAY. Only
b. estial intelligence can. 1T grasp 4he tull
significance of this spectacle and ceremonial.
From the first century to the htteenttz counts
for little in the history OF progress. uus il the
period between the fifteenth and twentieth is
crowded the romance and reality of autaan de-
enjoyment intensified. The powers OF the
air and the water, the resisiless forces
OF the elements, which In the nme OF
the discoverer were the visible tergors Of
the wrath of God, have been subdueC to the
servi ce of man. Art and luxuries VIII en- could
be possessed and enjoyed only by the fzch and
noble, the works OF genius which were real and
understood only by the learned few, domestic
comforts and surroundings beyond the reach of
lord or bishop, now adorn and Ilu'ntne the
homes OF our citZens Serfs are soyerei ms aud
the people are kings. The trop les and splen-
doris Of their reign are commonwealths, rich in
every attribute OF great states and united in
Republic whose power and prosperity, and
liberty and en- igh'eument are the won1er and
al Tniration of the world.
All bail Columbus, discoverer, dreamer, hero
and apostle. We here. of every race AMI coun-
try, recognize the horizon which BOUNCED his
vision and the infinite scope OF his genius. The
voice OF gratitude aud praise for all the bless
iugs which nave been shoYered upon mankind
by his adventure is lin ted TO no Language. but
Is uttered III every tongue. Neither marble nor
brass can fifty form his statue. Continents are
his monument, and unnumbered miiioEs. past,
present aBd 10 come, who enjoy IN the;E Hber-
ties and their happiness the fruits OF his faith,
will reverently guard and preserve from GEN.
fury 10 century his name anu fame.
Twilight was stealing through the building
as Depew concluded his stirring effost amid
rounds OF applause. Then Cardinal Gibbons
stepped reverentiy to the front and uttered the
Invocation.
Then the chorus sang: ain Praise OF God"
Rev. C. III. McCook, Of Philadelphia, delivered
the beneiicsion, and the Worlds Coie mbian
exposition was dedicated.
1t took half an hour for the audience TO get
out of the great building.