People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-10-28

age, was peopled with demons and savage
beasts Of frightful shape, and from which there,
was no possibility Of return, required the zeal
OF Peter the Hermit the chivalric courage OF
the Cid and the imagination Of Dante Column
bus belonged TO that high order Of cranks who
confidently walk where angels fear TO tread,
and often become the benefactors Of their coun-
try, or their kind
The mighty soul OF the great Columbus was
undaunted by the ingratitude OF princes, and
the hostility Of the people, by Imprisonment
and neglect He died as he was securing means
and preparing a campaign for the rescue OF the
holy sepulchre at Jerusalem from the inhdel
He did not know what time has revealed, that
while the mission OF the crusades OF Godfrey
Of Bouillon and Richard OF the Lion Heart was
bloody and fruitless romance, the discovery
Of America was the salvation OF the world The
one was the symbol, the other the spirit the
one death, the other life The town Of the
Saviour was narrow and empty vault precious
only for its memories Of the supreme tragedy
OF the centuries, but the new continent was 10
be the home and temple Of the living God
The development OF the colonial,experim9nt
in English domain makes this daY m memorable
II is due TO the wisdom and courage, the faith
and virtue Of the inhabitants Of this territory
that government Of the people, for the people and
by the people was inaugurated and has becomes
triumphant success The Puritan settled in
New England and the Cavalier in the south
They represented the opposites Of spiritual and
temporal life and opinions The processes OF
liberty liberaliZed the one and elevated the
other. Washington and Adams were the new
types. Their union in common cause gave
the world republic both stable and free II
possessed conservatism without bigotry. and
liberty without license II founded institutions
strong enough TO resist revolution and elastic
enough for indefinite extension 10 meet the re
quirements in governments OF ever enlarging
areas Of population, and the needs OF progress
and growth
The Mayf1ower, with the Pilgrims, aud a
Dutch ship laden with African slaves, we're on
the ocean at the same time, the one sailing for
Massachusetts and the other for Virginia This
company OF saints, and first cargo OF slaves,
represented the forces which were TO peril and
rescue free government The SLAYER was the
product OF the commercial spirit Of Great Brit
ain. and the greed OF the times TO stimulate
production In the colonies The men who wrote
in the cabin Of the Mayflower the first charter
OF freedom. government Of just and equal
laws. were little band Of Protestants against
every form Of injustice and tyranny. The
leaven Of their principles made possible the
declaration OF independence liberated the
slaves, and founded the free commonwealth
which form the republic OF the United States.
The time Las arrived for both closer union.
and greater distance between the old world
and the new The former indiscriminate vel.
come TO our prairies, and the present invitation
10 these palaces OF art and industry, mark the
passing period Unmatched and unhealthy i'm.
migration can no longer be permitted TO our
shores We must have national quarantine
against disease pauperism and crime. We do
not want candidates for our hospitals, our poor
houses or our iails. We cannot admit those
who come TO undermine our institutions, and
subvertour laws But we will gladly throw
wide our gates for, and receive with open arms,
those who by intelligence and virtue, BY thrift
and loyalty, are worthy OF receiving the equal
advantages OF the priceless gift OF American
citizenship. The spirit and object OF this exhi.
bition are peace and kinship.
Three millions of Germans, who are among
the best citizens Of the republic, send greeting
TO the Fatherland their pride in It's glorious
history, its ripe literature, its traditions and
its associations Irish, equal In number to
those who still remain upon the Emerald Isle
who have Illustrated their devotion 10 their
adopted country on many battlefield fighting
Tor the union and its perpetuity. have rather
intensified than diminished their love for the
land OF the shamrock, and their sympathy with
the aspirations Of their bre hren al home. The
Italian, the Spaniard, and the Frenchman. the
Norwegian, the Swede. and the Welsh. are
none the less loyal and devoted Americans, be.
cause in this congress Of their kin. the tendrils
OF affection draw them closer to the hills and
valleys, the legends and the loves associated
with their youth
The grandeur and beauty Of this spectacle
are the eloquent witnesses OF peace and prog.
ress. The United States welcome the sister
republics OF the southern and northern cont.
nents, and the nations and peoples Of Europe
and Asia, OF Africa and Australia, with the
products OF their lands, Of their skill and of
their industry to this city OF yesterday, vet
clothed with royal splendor as the queen OF the
great lakes. The artists and architects Of the
country have been hidden to design and
erect the buildings which shall At.
ly illustrate the height OF our ciyi.
lizaton and the breadth OF our hospi
tality The peace Of the world permits and
protects their efforts IN utilizing their powers
for mans temporal welfare. The result is this
park OF palaces. The originality and holiness
Of their conceptions and the magnitude and
harmony OF their creations are the contrbu-
tons OF America 10 the Oldest OF the arts and
the cordial bidding OF America TO the peoples
OF the earth 10 come and bring the fruitape OF
their age to the boundless opportunities OF this
unparalleled exhibition.
II interest in the affairs OF this world are
vouchsafed 10 those who have gone before, the
spirit OF Columbus hovers over US to-day. Only
by celestial intelligence can II grasp the full
significance OF this spectacle and ceremonial
All hail! Columbus, discoyerer dreamer,
hero and apostle. We here, OF every race and
country, recognize the horizon which bounded
his vision and the infinite scope OF his genius.
The voice OF gratitude and praise for all tho
blessings which have been showered upon man.
kind by his adventure Is limited 10 no language
but Is uttered In every tongue Nethar mar.
BILE nor brass can fifty form his statue. Cont.
nents are his monument, and unnumbered mil.
lions, past present and TO come, who enjoy in
their liberties and their happiness the fruits OF
his faith, will reverently guard and preserve,
from century to century, his name and fame
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