The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-22
KENTUCKY's ELOQUENT EDITOR.
His Magn ficsnt Effort Holds sis
Hearers Spellbound.

His Magn' ficent Effort Holds & Is
Hearers Spellbound.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2l.-The "Halleiu1ah
chorus" that followed added TO the solemnity
Of the scene and the true gravity Of the
moment was ineRaoeably impressed on
every mind, and when, at its conclusion,
Henry Watterson advanced to deliver the
formal dedicRtory oration, the great editor
received an ovation worthy TO crown life
time Of glory. Dend silence reigned over
the acres Of humanity as the orator OF the
day delivered the following address
Among the wonders OF creative and CON
structive genius in the course OF preparation
for this festival OF nations, whose formal and
official Inauguration has brought us together,
will presently be witnessed upon the margin Of
the interocean which gives 10 this noble aud
beautiful city the character and rank OF a
maritime metropolis, a spectaCOrun, where
the Columbian epic will bs told with realistic
effect, surprising the most splendid and i'm .
pressive achievements OF the modern stage.
No one. who has had the good fortune 20 see
the models OF this eXtraordipary WORK or art,
can have failed to be moved by the union which
IL embodiss OF the antique in history ana the
current in life and thought. Is there
one among us who does not thank his maker
that he has lived 60 join in th Is universal cele-
bration, the Jubilee Of mankind. am appalled,
when reflect upon the import and meaning OF
the proclamation which has been dellveredin our
presence Who shall measure the canvas or
blind the colors that are to bring to the minds
eve of the present the scenes OF the past In
American gloryY who shall dare attempt to
summon the dead 10 life. and out or the tomb
of ages recall the tones Of martyrs and heroes.
whose voices, though silent forever, still speak
10 us IA all that we are as a nation. In all that
we do as men and women. We look before and
after and we see through the half drawn folds
of time, as though the sole archway OF
some grand cathedral, the long procession pass
as silent and as real as dream.
-. IL In md ia a n II IA.
east the old world struggles between French
and English transferred TO the new. We see
the rise Of the young republic. We see the
little nation menaced from without, and
then. since there is no life OF nations or OF men
without its shadow and its sorrow, there comes
the day when the spirit OF .he fathers no
longer walks upon the battlements OF freedom;
and all is dark; all seems lost, save liberty and
honor, and praise God, our blessed union with
the surviving who shall marvel at what We see
to-day-this land filed with the
snatched from the ashes, to rise
ia spendor and renown, passing the mind to
preconceive. Truly, out OF trial comNS the
strength OF man, out OK disaster comes tne
glory OF the state We are met this day TO
honor the memory OF Christopher Columbus,
to celebrate the 40Oth annual return OF the year,
his trancent achievement, and, with nttng
rites 70 dedicate to America and the universe q
concrete exposition OF the worlds progress be-
tween ,492 and 1892. A better opportunity
could not be desired for the study OF our pecu-
larites than Is furnished Dy tue present mo-
Inent. We are Ia the midst OF the quadrenRial
period established for the selection OF q chief
magistrate; each citizen has the right OF choice,
each has his right to vote and TO have his vote
freely cast and fairly counted. Whenever this
right is assaed for any cause wrong Is done
| and evil must follow. first to Shs whole country
which has an interest in all Its parts, but most
| to the community Immediately involved. which
| must actually drink Of the cup that has con
| Ia ned the poison aud cannot escape It's in
| fection. The ebridgement OF The right OF
suffrage, however, Is very nearly proportioned
| TO the ignorance aud indifference Of the parties