Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-21

the humiliation OF our successful revolt tenn
pered to the motherland by pride in the state
created by her children. II we claim heritage
in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also
acknowledge that 1t was for liberties guaran-
teed Englishmen by sacred charters our
fathers triumphantly fought While wisely re-
jecting throne and caste and privilege and an
established church in their newborn state, they
adopted the substance Of English liberty and
the body Of English law. Closer relations than
with other lands, and common language rem
dering easy interchanges Of criticisms and cpl
thet sometimes irritate and offend but the heart
of republican America beats with responsive
pulsations to the hopes and aspirations Of the
people Of Great Britain.
The grandeur and beauty Of this spectacle
are the eloquent witnesses of peace and
progress. The Parthenon and the cathedral
exhausted the genius Of the ancient and the
skill Of the medieval architects In housing the
statue or spirit of Deity. In their ruins or
their antiquity they are mute protests against
the merciess enmity Of nations which forced
art to fee to the altar for protection. The
United States welcome the sister republics of
the southern and northern continents 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, yet 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
ton and the breadth Of our hospitality. 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 boldness Of their
conceptions and the magnitude and harmony
OF their creations are the contributions OF
America to the oldest Of the arts and the cordial
bidding Of America to the peoples Of the earth
to come and bring the fruitage Of their age to
the boundless opportunities Of this unparalleled
exhibition.
II interest in the affairs Of this world are
vouchsafed to those who have gone before the
spirit Of Columbus hovers over US today. Only
by celestial intelligence can it grasp the full
significance Of this spectacle and ceremonial
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FOUR CENTURIES.
From the first century to the fifteenth counts
for little in the history of progress, but in the
period between the fifteenth and the twentieth
is crowded the romance and reality Of human
development. Life has been prolonged and its
enjoyment intensified. The powers of the air
and the water, the resistless forces Of the ele-
ments, which in the time of the discoverer were
the visible terrors of the wrath Of God, have
been subdued to the service Of man. Art and
Injuries which could be possessed and enjoyed
only by the rich and noble. the works Of genius,
which were read and understood only by the
learned few, domestic comforts and surround
ings beyond the reach Of lord or bishop, now
adorn and llumine the homes Of our citizens.
Serfs are sovereigns and the people are kings.
The trophies and splendors of their reign are
commonwealths, rich In every attribute of great
states, and united in republic whose power
and prosperity and liberty and enlightenment
are the wonder and admiration Of the world.
All hail, Columbus, discoverer. dreamer, hero
and apostle! We here, of every race and coun-
try, recognize the horizon which bounded his
vision and the infinite scope Of his genius.
The voice Of gratitude and praise for all the
blessings which have been showered upon man
kind by his adventure is limited to no language,
but is uttered in every tongue. Neither mar
BILE nor brass can fifty form his statue. Cont
nents are his monument, and unnumbered
millions. 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.