The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-22
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plGIiI, IFaF.ET.I Is1UF Y, Il
opportunity could not be desired Tor the
study o. our peculiarisiez than Is turnishe by
the present moment. We are in the midst
OF the 4usdrenGiaI period established tor
the selection OF cnief magistrate. Each citi-
zen has ais right to vote and TO nave his vote
freely cast sud fairly counted. Wherever this
evil must follow, first 10 the whole country
which has in.erest in all Its parts, but most
To the community Immediately involved. which
II usf actually drink of the cup which has con-
tanned the poison and cannot escape infection.
An anri9gement OF the right OF suffrage. how
ever, is very neary proportioneu TO the
concerned by II, and there IL good reason to
hope, that, with the expanding intelligence of
the masses and the growing enlightenment OF
the times, this part form OF corruption in
elections will he reduced below the danger line.
To that end. as 10 ali other good ends. a modera-
ton OF public sentiment must ever De our cnIei
reliance; for when men are forced oy the general
desire tor truth and light, which light our
modern vehicles of information throw upon
truth, 70 discuss public questions Tor truths
sake; when Il becomes the plain interest OF
public men, as IL 10 their plain duty, 10 90 this;
aud when, above all. friends and neighbors
eease to love one another less because o. indi-
vicua differences OF opinion about public az
fairs, the struggle for unfair advantage Will Dc
reieg6tei 10 those who have either no character
to lose or none 70 seek- II Is admitted on all
sides that the current presidential cAn paign is
ireer from excitement and tumult than ever
known before, and il H. argued from this circum-
stance that We are traversiIg the epoch OF the
commonplace. Ii this be 30, THANK God for It.
We have bad full enough of the dramatic and
sensational, and need a season OF medocrity
and repose. Butmay We not ascribe the rational
way IN which people are going about their
business to larger knowledge aud experience.
ana fairer spirit than has hitherto marked
our party contentious? We have in our
own time seen the republic survive
irrepressible conflict, in b GOD and marrow, of q
social order We have seen the Federal Union,
not too strongly put together in the first place,
come out OF q great war of sections stronger
than when II went into IL, its faith renewed ITS
credit rehabilitated aud its flag seluted with
love and homage by 6).000,OO0 of God-iearing
men ana women, thoroughly reconciied and
homogeneous. We have seen the Federal consti.
tuition outlast the strain not merely OF recon-
structory ordeal and presidential impeachment,
but OF the disputed count OF an electoral vote,
congressional deadlock and extra-constitutional
tribunal, yet standing nrm against the assaults
% its enemies, while yielding itself with ad-
mirable flexib.lity to the needs OF country aud
time And, finally, we saw the gigantic fabric
OF the national government transferred from
hands that held il for quarter of a century, to
other hands, without protest, although SO close
was the poll in the hnal count, that single
blanket might have covered both contes tsnts
for the chief maglsteriai office With such
record behind US, who shall be afraid of the
future?
The curse of slavery is dead. It was the joint
heritage OF woe. TO be wiped out and expatcd
in bloc aud fame. The mirage of Confederacy
has vanished. 1t essential Y bucolic. a
vision o! Arcade, a dream Of the most attrac-
tive economic failacy. The constitution ~ no
longer rope of sand. The exact relation OF tho
states TO the Federal government, left open TO
double construction by the authors OF our
organic being because they could not agree
among themselves that union was the para
mount object, mas been clearly and definitely
liked by the three last amendments To the origi-
nal chart, which constitute the real treaty of
pace between the North and South and seal our
bonds rs a nation forever. fnis republic repre-
sents at last the letter and spirit of sublime
declaration. The letters that bound her to
earth are burst asunder. The rags that de-
graded ner beauty are cast asiie; ike the
chanted princess in the legend, and cisd in
spotIess rainent and wearing crown OF living
light, she steps in the perfection of her Inatur
ity upon the scene of this. the latest and proud
est OF her victories, 10 bid we come 10 the world
Need pursuea theme OF which this vast as
semhlege speaks with Il resonance anu meaning
which words can never reach?
There is no geography ia American manhood.
The south claims Lacoin, the immortal, for its
own. The North has no right to reject Stone
wall jack on, one OF the typical Puritan sol
dlers OF the war, Tor its own, nor Will it. The
time is coming. 1t il almost here when, hang
ing above many mantelboard ill lair New
England, gloriiying many q cottage i'll the
sunny South, shall be bound together in
lasting love and honor two crossed swords, car
rIed to battle respectively by the grand snther
who wore the blue and the grandfather who
wore the gray. cannot trust myself to pro-
coed.
We have come here not so much to recall by.
gone sorrows and giories se 10 bask in the sun
shine OF present prosperity snd happiness, 10
Interchange patriotic greetings ana indulge in
good augnries, and above all, to meet upon the
threshold the stranger within our gate, not as a
foreigner. but as guest aua friend for whom
nothing we have il too good. Al this moment
| in every part OF the American Union children
are making ID wondrous tales OF the discovery.
and from Boston to Galveston. from the
little log scho0lhouse in the wilderness to the
to@ering academy iii the city and town, may be
witnessed the unprecedented spectacle of q
| powerful nation captured by army of Lii
putans, OF embryo men an! women, OF tOddiiag
| boys and girs and of tiny elves scarce big
| enough TO lisp the numbers OF thenational an
| them, scarce strong enough tolilt the miniature
| flags that make OF arid street aud autumn wood
| al EN- ematc garden to gladden. the sight and
| t. giorify the red white and blue see 'our
| young barbarians all at play" For better than
| these We have nothing 20 exhibit. They, in
| deed, are our crown jewels; the truest, though
| inevitable, offspring of civilization and de-
ye.opmsnt; The representatives of manhood
| yitai2ed and invigoratei by The toll and OF
womanhood, and elevated and inspted by lib
erty and education God bless the children and
their mothers: God bless our couHtry's flag, ani
| God BE- with Us now and ever-tioI in the roof
| trees shaded and God in the highway; God in
| the winds and waves, and God III all hearts.
His eloquent effort was received with an
| ovation, and he was cheered again and again as
| he proceeded, and st the close the chorus sang
| "star Spanglei Banner" Bishop Fowler shout
ing: "Everybody TO his feet" ami all rose rs one
| Then followed Hon. Chauncey n. Depew who
| delivered the Columbian Grafton.
This day belongs not 20 America, but 10 the
| woflt. The results OF the event il commence
| rates are the heritage OF the peoples of every
! race and cline. We celebrate the emancip patton
| OF man. The preIaration 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 Tor tho first, Columbus
would never have sailed, but for the second,
| there would have been place for the
painting, the nurture and expansion oE civil aud
| lgious liberty. Ancient history is dreary
| record of uu table ciyii cations. Each reached
| its zenith OF material spepaor and persisted.
| The Assyrlau, Persian. Egyptian, nreciau aud
| Roman empires were PROOFS oi the possibilities
! and Limitations of man for conquest ana intel
! i-Ctual development. Their destruction in
/ VOWED a sum OF misery and relapse which mata
| tnei! creation rather curse than n b essirr
| Force wss the factor in the government
! al the world when Christ born, and
| force was the sole source ant exercise Of a..
/ thority both by church and state when Column
bus sailed from Faios. The wise nep trave.ed
. from the East towards the West under the
! guidance of the star Of Bethlehem. The sp.rt
/ 81 the equality ali men b..ore God ami the
| law. moved westward from Calvary with it. rev
/ CULINARY Influence upon old Institutions, to
| the AtiHGttc ocean. tul-mhu~ carried i; west
| ward scr0ss the seas. The emigrauts from Eug.
laad. c.aut, 20, tiaud and Aaies, from OF
/ many ani Holland, from sweden ana Denmark.
from France snd Italy, aave, under It's guidance,
/ All inspiration, III owed West, aud again West
I building states and f0Uu1iug cites until tina
/ Pacific liU jte1 theft march. The exhibition IF
/ arts and sciences, 81 l1tpstries and inventions
! a. education snG civil zsrlp1, which the reuuh.
! lac OF the UtteI eia,eS MI here present, AID
/ 10 WhlvA, through Us cbsct Hac4~traie. IL in
vitys AL urt.5us. c5uicUss> Hul d,srtavs the
! Il "er AND .ru.tase OF the sgAuscenient
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