The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-28

peri shed. The Assyrian. Persian, Egypt
Ian, Grocian and Roman Empires, were
proofs Of the possibilities and limitations
Of man for conquest and intellectual devel-
opment Their destruction involved o sum
OF misery and relapse which made their
creation rather q curse than a blessing.
Force was tho factor in the government OF
the world when Christ was born, and force
was the lole source and exercise of authority
both by church and state when Colum bus
sailed from Palos. The wise men Travelled
from the East to the West under the guild
ance Of the Star Of Bethlehem. The spirit
of the equality Of all men before God and
the law moved Westward from Calvary
with its revolutionary influence upon old
institutions, TO the Atlantic Ocean. Col
umbus carried it Westward across the
seas The emigrdRts from England, Ire
land, Scotland and Wales, from Germany
and Holland, from Sweden and Denmark,
from France and Italy, have, under its
guild ace aud inspiration. moved west and
again west, building states and founding
cities until the lcitic limited their march.
The exhibition Of arts and sciences, OF In
dustries and inventions, OF education and
civilization, which the republic OF the
United States will here present, and TO
which, through its chief magistrate, 1t ln-
WIGS I'LL uIJlOuo, ColANloilo0oy hhN NAoP'"J
the flower and fruitage of this transcend
ent miracle
Mr.. Depew n briefly reviewed
and commentaa on the history OF
the feudal civilizations from the time OF
the breaking up of the Roman en-
pire down to the fifteenth century
Continuing he said:
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 its discoverer.
Cod always has in training some COM
manding genius for the control or great
crises in the affairs OF Aatons and peoples.
| The number Of tn SO leaders are less nan
the centuries, but their lives are the MS
tory Of human progress. Though Caesar
and Charlemagne, and Hildebrand, and
Luther, and William the Conqueror, and
Oliver Cromwell, and all the epoch makers
prepared Europe for the event, and CON
tributed to the result, the lights which
illumine our armament to-day are Column
bus the discoverer, Washington the founder
and Lincoln the saviour.
Neither realism nor romance furnishes
more striking and picturesque figure than
that of Christopher Columbus. The mys
terry about his origin heightens the charm
of his story. That he came from the toll
ers of mis- time Is in harmony with the slug
giles of our period. Forty-four authentic
portraits OF him have descended to US, anC
no two of them are the countcrfelts OF Inc
same person. Each represents character
as distinct as its canvas. Strength ant
weakness, intellectually and stupidity
high moral purpose and brutal ferocity
purity and RIGHTEOUSNESS, the dreamer anC
mis- n. the pirate and the purita n, are thu
types from which we may lect our nero
we dismiss the painter and piercing VIII
The clarified vision of the dawn OF th'
twentieth century the veil OF four nun
bred years we construct our Columbus
The speaker then touched upon thu
trials and rebuffs of Columbus in OBJ
tanning aid to fit out his voyage of ex
ploration and to carry out his theory
that the world was round, and said
that ''he belonged to that high order
of cranlls who confidently walk where
angels fear to tread, and often be-
cone the benefactors of their country
or their kind" Continuing he said;
It was happy omen of the position
which woman was to hold in America
that tho only person who comprehende'
the majestic scope Of his plans, and the IN
yincible quality Of his genius, was the AMI
and gracious queen OF CASTLE. lsabelh
alone of all the dignitaries of that age
shares with Columbus the donors of HI:
great achievement. She arrayed ne
kingdom aud her private fortune oinin'
the enthusiasm Of this mystic Mariner an