New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-22
PART II.
PAGES II TO IL.

Armenian, Christian AMI Jew-the American loqnE
no country except his own, but loving all map4And
his brother bids you enter and fear not bdS po9
WIN Us o. a ss @ S 4oS snS o
these trophies Of 100 Of American independence
and freedom!
THE CHILDREN AND TIE FLAG.
At this moment, in every part OF the Amertcad
Union, the children taking up the wonderous tale
of the discovery; and from Boston to Galveston.
from the little log schoOlhouse In the wilderness to
the towering academy in the city and the town,
be Witnessed the unprecedented spectacle Of a power
full nation captured by army Of Lliputians, OF
embryo and women OF TOPPING boys and girls.
and tiny elves scarce big enough TO lisp the numbers
OF the National anthem scarce strong enough to lift
the miniature flags that make Of arid street ana
autumn wood an emblemaic garden, TO gladden. the
sight and 10 glOrify the red, white and blue. Sc
...--.-~ "Our young barbarans all at play
for better than these We have nothing to exhibit
They indeed, jewels the truest. though
In. inevitable, ofsprngs Of our civilization and de-
velopment; the representatives OF a manhood vtsliIed
and invigOrated By toll and care. OF womanhoo0
elevated and inspired by liberty and education COD
bless the children and their mothers tod BIZ: our
tod in the roOfree's shade and God on ~ hign'
way, God In the winds and waves, ana "oa
our hearts!
MR. DEpEw'S ADDRESS.
At the close of Mr. Wattcrsons eloquepA effort
the spell of loyal enthusiasm reigned suTafsme II
every heart and as the grand chorus struck up tho
Star Spangled Banner Bishop Fowler fervently
shouted Everybody to his feet and the sug-
gestion found an instant response from Spndred
thousand reverentia Americans. Scarcely Vas the
ovation ended when Chauncey N. Depew sdvanced
TO deliver the Columbian grafton. Ii wes nearly
a minute before the applause subsidized, sod wtnen
silence was finally restored Mr.. Depew spoke -
follows
This day belongs not to America, but to De world.
IT, n n tba
heritage OF the peoples OF every and cline. We
celebrate the emancipation OF man. The preparation
WAS the work OF almost countless centuries the rea
zaiion was the revelation OF The cross on CAL
vary was hope: the raised san salvador was
opportunity. But for the first Columbus would never
have sailed but for the second there could have been
no place for the planting the nurture and the ex-
mansion OF civil and religious liberty Ancient history
Is a dreary record OF unstable civilizations. Each
reached IS zenith OF material spendor and persisted.
The AssyIinn Persian. Egyptian 'irecian and Roman
empires were proofs of the possibilities and limitations
OF man for conquest and Intellectual development.
Their destruction involved of misery and relapse
which made their creation rattle: curse than
blessing Force was the factor III The government OF
The world when Christ was born. and force was the
sole source and exercise OF authority both for Church
and State when Columbus sailed from Falos. The
wise men travelled from the East toward the West
under The guidance OF the Star OF Bethlehem Inc
spirit OF he equality OF all men before God and the
law moved westward from Calvary with its revou-
tlonary Influence upon old institutions to the At
lantic Ocean. Columbus carried II westward across
the seas The emlgrants from England, Ireland,
scotland and Wales. from Germany and Holland, from
sweden and Denmark from France and Italy. have.
under is guidance and inspiration. moved east, ana
again west building States and founding cities until
the Pacific limited their march. The exhibition OF
arts aud sciences. Of Industries and Inventions, OF
education and civilization. which the Republic OF the
United states Will here present, and TO which. through
It's Chief Magistrate il invites oil nations, c0ndenseS
and displays the flower and ruiiage OF this rnscendene
miracle
The anarchy and chaos which followed the breaking
I'D OF The Roman Empire necessarily produced the
feudaI system. The people; preferring slavery to.
humiliation by robber chiefs. became the vassals OF
oral lords The reign OF physical force Is one or
perpetual struggle for the mastery. Power which
rests upon the sword neither shares nor limits Its,
authority The king destroyed the lords and the
monarchy succeeded feudalism. Neither OF these in
situions con sidered consulted the people. They
hpd no part suffer die. In this mighty strife
OF masters for the mastery. But the throne. by It's
broader view and greater resources. made possible she
construction OF The highways OF freedom. Under It's
banner races could unite. and petty principalities b.
merged law substituted for brute force and right for
might. II founded and endowed universities and en-
couraged commerce. II conceded political privileges.
HEM
AsolutiSm In the State and bisOtcd ir tolerance In
the Church shackled popular unrest, and fmprsoned
thought and enterprise in the fifteenth century. The
divine right Of Kings stamped the fantest gimmer
OF revolt against tyranny and the problems OF science
whether OF the skies OF The earth, whether OF
astronomy or geography We're solved or submerged By
ecclesiastical DEGREES The dungeon was ready for the
philosopher who proclaimed the truths of the solar
system. or the navigator who would prove tho
spherlcty Of The earth. An English Gladstone or a
French Gambetta. or German Bismarck, or an
italian Garbaldi, or IA spanish CASTELAR,, would have
thought monsters and theIr deaths at the stake.
or on the scanold and under the anatlemas OF the
Church. would have received the praise and approval
OF kings and mobiles. OF priests and peoples. Reason
had seat In spiritual or temporal realms. Punish
nent the incentive TO patriotism, and piety was
held possible by torture. Confessions Of faith ca
tored from the writhlng victim on the rack
believed -fcacious in saving his soul from fires
eternal beyond the grave. For all that humanity to-
day cherishes its hest heritage and ohoiest gifts
there neither thought nor hope
Fifty years before Columbus sailed from Palos.
Gutenberg and Faust had forged the hammer which
to break the bonds OF superstition and open the
prison doors OF the mind. They had Invented tho
printing press and movable types The prior adOp-
ton OF cheap process for the manufacture OF paper
at utilized the press. Its first service. like alb
us succeeding eHON>. WIS TOT tnt people, lie unls,
versities and the sch0Olmen, the privileged and tho
learned few OF that age. longing for the revelations
and preservation of the classic treasures Of antiquity,
hidden and yet insecure In monastic cells and lib
raries But the first born OF the marvellous creation
Of these primitive printers OF Mavencc the
printed Bible. The priceless contributions OF Greece
and Rome to the intellectual draining and Develop
ment OF the modern world came afterward through
the same wondrous machine. The force, however,
which made possible America and It's reflex influence
upon Europe. the open bible BY the family fire..
side. And yet neither the enlghtmert Of the new
learning the dynamr power OF the spiritual
awakening could break through the crust OF caste
which had been forming for centuries. Church and
State had SO firmly and dexterously interviewer tho
bars OF privilege aud authority that liberty was i'm.
possible from within. Its piercing light and fervent
heat must penetrate from without
Civil and religion; freedom are founded upon th.