Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-22

This day belongs not to America, but t
 the World. The results of the event it com
 memorates are the heritage of the peoples oi
 every race and cline. We celebrate tn,
 emancipation of man. The preparation wa.
 the work of almost countless centuries, tht
 realization was the revelation of one. The
 Cross on Calvary was hope; the cross raised on
 San Salvador was opportunity.
 But for &he first, Columbus would neve'
 have sailed, but for the second, there woult
 have been no place for the planting, thu
 nurture and the expansion of civil and reli
 gious liberty,
 Ancient history is dreary record of unsta
 ble civilizations Each reached its zenith O
 material splendor, and perished- Force wG
 the factor in the government of the worl
 when Christ was born, and force was the sole
 exercise of authority both by Church ant
 State when Columbus sailed from Palos Tn, Wise Men travelled from the East towards tn
 West under the guidance of the Star of Beth lehem. The spirit of the equality of all me before God and the law, moved westward froE Calvary with it's revolutionary influence upoi old institutions, to the Atlantic ocean. Go! umbus carried it westward across the seas The emigrantS from England, Ireland, Scot land and Wales, from Germany and Holland from Sweden and Denmark, from France an. Italy, have, under its guidance and inspira tion, moved vest and again west. buiidins States and founding cities until the Pacifi limited their march. The Exhibition of art and science, of industries and inventions, education and civilization, which the Repub lie of the United States will here present, and to which, through it's Chief Magistrate. it in vites all nations, condenses and displays tn flower and fruitage of this transcenden miracle.
 The anarchy and chaos which followed til breaking up of the Roman empire neCessaril. produced the feudal system. Under its banne races could unite and petty municipalities merged, law substituted for brute force, right for might. It founded and endowe: universities, and encouraged commerce. l conceded no political privileges, put uncon subjects OcmAno them.
 Absoutism in the State and bigotted intoe, ance in the Church, Shackled popular unrest and imprisoned thought and enterprise ir tn fifteenth century. The dungeon was ready for the philosopher who proclaimed the truth of the solar system, or the navigator wh' would prove the spherecity of the earth Punishment was the incentive to patriotism | and piety was held possible by torture. Flo ! all that humanity to-day cherishes as its bes ! heritage and choicest gifts, there was neithe thought nor hope.
 Fifty years before Columbus sailed iron | PalOS, Guttenberg and Faust had forged thi l hammer which was to break the bonds of su l perstiton, and open the prison doors of tn ! mind.
 They had invented the printing press, ant ! movable types. The prior adoption of chea ! process for the manufacture of paper at ono ! utilized the press. Its first service, like al | it's succeeding efforts, was for the people. Blu, l the first born of the marvellous creation O, | these primitive printers of Mayence was tn | printed Bible. The priceless contributions O, | Greece and Rome to the intellectual training and development of the modern world came ! afterward, through the same wondrOuS | chine. The force, however, which made pos ! sible America, and it's reflex influence upol ! Europe was the open Bible by the family tire | side.
 } God always has in training some command ing genius for the control of great crises ir 1 the affairs of nations and peoples. The lights I which iumine our Armament to-day are Col | umbus, the discover, Washington the founder | and Lincoln the SavIour.
 ! Neither realism nor romance furnishes Il | more striking and picturesque figure than
 that of Christopher Columbus. This mystery ! about his origin heightens the charm of his ! story.
 ! To secure the means to test the truth of his | speculations, this poor and unknown dreamer
 must win the support of kings and overcome | the hostility of the Church. He never doubted ! his ability to do both, though he knew of nc ! man living who was so great in power, ol
 lineage, or learning that he could accomplish
 either. Unaided and alone he succeeded il
 arousing the jealousies of sovereigns, and di \ viding the councils of the ecclesiastics. \ After ten years of disappointment and pov
 erty, subsisting most of the time upon thu
 charity of the enlightened monk of the Con
 vent of Ribalda, who was his unfalterinI
 friend, he stood before the throne of Ferdin | and and Isabella, and rising to imperial dig
 nity in his rags, embodied the same royal con
 ditions in his petition.
 ! It happy omen or the position Wh1cl | woman was to hold in America, that the only | person who comprehended the majestic scOpt l of his plans, and the invincible quality of hi \ genius, the able and gracious Queen o
 Castie. Isabella alone of all the dignitaries O | that age, shares with Columbus the honors O. l his great achievement. She arrayed her king | dom and her private fortune behind the on | thusiasm of this mystic mariner, and poSterlt, | pays homage to her wisdom and faith.
 MT. Depew then referred to the divis ' h., 1,@ DrnN1 ! nent between England, France and Spain, | and the southern between Spain and ! Portugal and dwelt different periods
 in its history, the breaking away iron
 British rule and the wonderful advances
 made in all that tends to a free countr.
 for an intelligent and prosperous people
 Closing he said:
 All hail, Columbus, discoverer, dreamer, her
 and apostle. We here, of every race an ! country recognize the horizon whicl ! bounded his vision and the infinite scope o , his genius. The voice of gratitude and prais | for all the blessings which have been showere | upon mankind by his adventure Is limited t | no language, but is uttered in every tongue l Neither marble nor brass can t1tly form hi
 statue. Continents are his monument an
 unnumbered millions, past, present and | come, who enjoy in their liberties, their haL ! piness the fruits of his faith, will reverentl , l guard and pres rye, from century to century ! his name and fame.
 , The oratlou was repeatedly punctuatet with applause. When it was conclude, , three cheers were called for and respond . 1 ed to by all of those within hearing.
 After the chorus had rendred Bee
 thoven's "In Praise of God," Cardina Gibbons arose. A wave of his hand an ! every head was bowed before the thron f of grace, while the eminent prelate de Q Iivered himself of fervent supplicatior
 After this there was more music. I'll , audience, which had been remarkabl ! still and patient, began Io manifes
 tokens of fatigue at this point, and a exodus from the south end door was il a augurated. The exercises, howeve I ! were close to an end.
 A blessing was pronounced by Rev q Dr. A. P. McCook of the First Presbytel 1 ian church of Philadelphia, and almos
 before his closing words had died ava e the band struck up the familiar strains ( | "America" and the audience joined Q the second stanZa.