The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-10-26

ing for the Union and it's perpetuity, have
rather intensified than diminished their love
for the land of the shamrock, and their sympa-
thy with the aspirations of their brethren at
home. The Italian, the Spaniard, and the
Frenchman, the Norwegian, the Swede, and the
Dane, the English, the Scotch, and the Welsh,
are none the less loyal and devoted Americans
because, in this congress of their kin, the ten
drills of affection draw them closer to the hills
and valleys, the legends and the loves associ-
ated with their youth.
Edmund Burke, speaking in the British Par
lament with prophetic voice, said: "A great
revolution has happened-a revolution made,
not by chOpping and changing of power in any
of the existing Stases, but by the appearance
of new State, of new species, in new part
of the globe. 1t has made as great a change In
all the relations and balances and gravitations
of power as the appearance of n new planet
would in the system of the solar world" Thus
was the humiliation OF our successful revolt
tempered to the motherland by pride in the
state created by her children. If we claim
heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare, aud Milton. we
also acknowledge that Ii was for liberties
guaranteed Englshmen by sacred charters
our fathers triumphantly fought. While wise
ly rejecting throne and caste and privilege and
an Established Church in their new born state,
they adopted the substance Of English liberty
and the body of English law Closer relations
than with other lands, and q common lam
guage rendering easy interchanges of crtti-
cisms and epithet, sometimes irritate and Of
fend, but the heart of republican America
beats with responsive pulsations to the hopes
and aspirations of the people of Great Britain.
The grandeur and beauty of this spectacle
ress. The Parthenon and the cathedral ex-
hausted the genius of the ancient and the skill
of the medieval architects in housing the
statue spirit of Deity. In their ruins
their antiquity they are mute protests against
the merciless enmity OF nations. which forced
art to flee to the altar for protection; The
United States welcomed the sister republics or
the southern and northern continents and the
nations and people OF Europe and Asia, OF AZ
RIGA and Australia with the products or their
lands OF their skill and of their industry to this
city of yesterday. yet clothed with royal spien-
dor as the Queen OF the Great Lakes; Inc ARTISTS
and architects of the country have been Dluuen1
to design and erect the buildings when shaII
fifty illustrate the height OF our CIVILIZATION
and the breadth of our Hospitality; Inc Peate
of the world permits and protects their EFFORTS
in utilizing their powers for man temporal
welfare. The result is this Park OF falaces'
The originality and mes Oh sg, of their
creations are the Contributions Oh he! ca 70
the oldest of the arts and the cordial pluuing
OF America TO the peoples OF the earth 10 como
and hiring the fruitage of their age to tho
boundless opportunities of this unparalleled
r. intepest in the affairs of this world are
vorchsafed TO those wlro have gone before, the
spirit of Columbus hovers over US to-day.
Only nv celestial intelligence can 1t grasp the
full Significance of this spectacle and cere-
monial. .s..,
for little in the history of progress, but in the
poriod between the fifteenth and twentieth is
crowded tho romance and reality of human
development. Life has been prolonged, and
its enjoyment intensified. The powers of the
air and water, the resistless forces of the
elements which in the tine OF the dis
coverer were the visible terrors of the
wrath of God, have been subdued to
the service of man. Art and Injuries which
could be pos essed and enjoyed only by tho
ri n and noble the works of genius which we're
read and understood by the learned few, do
nestle com orts and surroundings beyond the
r ach % lord or bishop, now adorn and illumne
the homes o our cti ems Serfs are sovereiQns
and the people are kings. = he trophies and
spendors of their lie On are commonwealth.
rich in every attribute OF great states, and
united in a republic whose power and pros
Ierity, and liberty and enrichment are the
" onder and admiration of the world
All hail Columbus, discoverer dreamer hero,
ln1 apostle. We here. OF every race and coun-
try, recognize the horizon which bounded his
vision and the infinite scope of his genius.
The voice of gratitude and praise for all the
blessings which have been showered upon
mankind by his adventure is limited 10 no Ian
yuage, hut IL is uttered in every tongue.
Neither marble nor brass can fifty form his
statue. Continents are his monuments, and
millisrs, past, present, and to
como, who enjoy in their liberties and their
the fruits of this faith. will rever-
entity guard and preserve, from century to
century. his name and fame.