Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS.
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that gives broader scope and keencr
pleasure TO existence, the people OF this
Republic enjoy advantages far beyond
those of other lands. The unequaled
and phenomenal progress of the country
has opened wonderful opportunities for
making fortunes, and stimulated to
madness the desire and rush for the
accumulation of money. Material pros
perity has not debasod literature nor
debauched the press; it has
neither paralyzed nor repressed
intellectual activity. American sci
ence and letters have received
rank and recognition in the older
centers of learning. The demand for
higher education has so taxed the re-
sources of the ancient universities, as
to compel the foundation and liberal
endowment OF colleges all over the UNI
ion. Journals, remarkable for their
ability, Independence and power, find
their strength, not in the patronage OF
government, or the subsidies Of wealth,
but in the support 4 a nation of news
paper readers. The humblest and poor
est person, has in periodicals whose
price is counted in pennies, library
larger, fuller and more varied than
was within reach OF the rich in the
time of Columbus,
been infinitely increased by the mill
lions from the old world who have inn
proved their conditions in the new, and
the.returning tide of lesson and expcri-
ence has ircalculably enriched the faith
erlands. The divine right Of kiugs,ha5
taken its place with the Instruments
OF medieval torture among tho
curiOsities OF antiquary' Only the
shadow Of kingly authority stands be
tween the government OF themselves,
by themselves and the people Of Nor
way and Sweden. The union In one
empire Of states Of Germany is tho
symbol Of Toutonic power and the hope
OF German liberalism. The petty dos
potisms of Italy have been merged into
a nationality which has centralized its
authority In its ancient capital on the
hills ofROme France was rudoly reused
from tho sullen submission OF centuries
10 intolerable tyranny, by her soldiers
returning from service in the American
revolution. The wild orgies OF tho
reign Of terror were the revenges and
eXcesses Of people, who had discov-
cred their power, but were not pre-
pared for It's beneiiCent use. She fled
from herself into the arms Of Napoleon
Ilo, too, was product OF the Amer
Jean experiment. He played with
kings, as with toys, and educated
France for liberty. In the processes Of
her evolution from darkness TO light,
she tried Bourbon and Orleanist and
the third Napoleon and cast them aside.
Now in the fullncss OF time, and
through the training in the school Of
hardest experience, the French people
have reared and enjoy permanent re-
public. England of the Mayilower, and
.Nf
the Third and OF Lord North, has en-
larged suffrage and is to-day animated
and governed by the Democratic spirit.
She has her throne, admirably occupied
by one Of the wisest Of sovercigns and
best Of women, but IL would not survive
one dissolute and unworthy successor.
She has her hereditary peers, but the
house OF lords will be brushed aside
the moment 1t resists tho will OF the
people.
Tho time has arrived for both a
closer union aud greater distance be-
tween the Old World and the New.
The former indiscriminate welcome to
our prairhes and tho present invitation
TO these palaces of art and industry,
mark the passing period. Unmatched
and unhealthy immigration can no
longer be permitted TO our shores. We
disease, pauporism aud crime. We
do not want candidates for our
hospitals, our poor houses, or our jails.
We cannot admit those who come TO
undermine our institutions, and sub
vert our laws. But we will gladly
throw wide our gates for, and receive
with open arms those who by intelli-
Ecnce and virtue, by thrift and loyalty,
nre worthy OF receiving the equal adj.
vantages Of tho priceless gift of Ameri-
can citizenship, The spirit and object
ol this exhibition are peace and kin.
ship.
Three millions OF Germans, who are
among tho best citizens Of tho Repub-
lie, send greeting TO the Fatherlaud
their pride in its glorious history, its
ripe. literature, its traditions aud asso-
Citations, Irish, equal in number 10
those who still remain upon the Emer-
aid Isle, who have illustrated their de-
votion TO their adopted country on
many battlefield lighting for the
Union and It's perpetuity, have
rather intensified than dimin-
ished their love for the land of the
shamrock, and their sympathy with the
aspirations Of their brethren ut home.
The Italian, the Spauiard, and the
Frenchman, the Norwegian the Swedo.
and the Dane, the English the Scotch,
and the Welsh, are none the less loyal
and devoted Americans, because in this
congress OF their kin, the tendrils OF
affection draw them closer TO the hills
and valleys the legends aud the loves
associated with their youth
Edmund Burke, speaking in the Brit
ish parliament with prophetic avoice,
said: IA great revolution has hap.
poned-a revolution made, not by chop
ping aud changing OF power in any OF
the existing states, but by the appear
ance of n new state, OF new species,
in new part OF the globe. II has made
rs great change In all the relations
and balances and grayitatious of power
as the appearance OF a new planet
would in the system OF che solar
world" Thus was the humiliation Of
our successful revolt tempered TO the
motherland, by pride in the state
created by herchildren. five claim her.
itage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Mil
ton, we also acknowledge that 1t was
for Englishmen by sacred charters, our
fathers triumphantiy fought. While
wisely rejecting throne and caste and
privilege and an established church In
their new born state, they adopted the
substance OF English liberty and tho
body Of English law. Closer relations
than with nthaY landa mud "a ,otn,,,nf,