Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-22
Of all that was great and nobls

annih1lation OF AZ that was great and nobl0
sursum Corda. We have in Our own time
seen the Republic survive An irrepressibie
conflict sown in tho blood and marrow al
the social order. we have seen the Federsi
first place. come out Of great n .ac' .ae
tions stronger than when IL Ia ot s9S. ~
faith aa n. renewed; its credit rghrbiiitassd and
60 oOo. ooo of e !6ve and homage by
thorour"' <od.fearins tneh and womSns
:" cave seem the Federal Constitution OUT
, .aat the strRins not merely of q reconstfuc.
tory ordeal and Presidential inpeAchtnehts
Congressional deadlock and An extra con.
stitutional tribunal, yet standing nrm
against the saults OF its enemies while
yielding itself with admirable flexibility to
the needs of the country and the time. And.
finally, We saw the gigantic fabric of the
Federal Government transferred from
hands that had held it quarter of q century
so close was the poll in the final count that
single blanket might have covered both
contestants for the chief magisterial oface.
With such q record behind US, who shall be
afraid of the futuref
Our Earthly Fetters Burst Asunder.
The curse of slavery is gone. It was q
joint heritage of woe, to be wiped out and
expiated in blood and flame. The mirage of
the Confederacy has vanished. It was es-
Bentially bucolic, q vision of Arcade, the
dream ofa most attractive economic fAl-
lacy. The Constitution is no longer rope
of sand. The exact relation OF the States to
the Federal Government, lett open to
double construction by the authors of our
organic being, because they could not agree
among themselves, and union was the para
mount object, has been clearly ana denn.
ltely fixed by the three last amendments to
the original chart, which constitute the real
treaty OF peace between the North and tho
1,nn d. EwHyL
ever.
The Republic represents at last the letter
and the spirit of the sublime Declaration.
The fetters that bound her to tho earth are
beauty are cast aside. Like the enchanted
Princess in the legend, clad in spotless raj
ment and wearing crown OF living light,
she steps in the perfection Of her maturity
upon the scene of this, the latest and proud
est of her victories to bio q welcome 20 the
world
Need 1 pursue the themef This vast as.
semblage speaks with . resonance and
meaning which words can never reach. 1t
speaks from the fields that are blessed by
the neverfailtng waters OF the Kennebeo
and from the farms that sprinkle the valley
more potent and lasting than the real; 1t
speaks in the whirr Of Jhe mills of Pennsvl-
vania and in the ring OF the wood-cutters
ak from the forests of the lake peninsulas;
itspeaks from the great plantations OF the
South and West, teemtnY with staples that
insure US wealth and power and stability.
There ts no geography in American man.
hood. There are no sections to American
fraternity. It needs but six weeks to change
a Vermonter into Texan, and there mover
has been q time when upon the battlefield,
or the frontier, Puritan and Cavalier were
not convertible terms, having In the Begin
ming a common origin, and 50 dtnused and
diluted on American soil Is no longer to
possess a local habitation, or nativity, ex-
cept in the national unit.
All Nationalities Are Welcomed.
After welcoming the people of all climes
to our shores. the orator closed Is follows:
At this moment in every part Of the
American Union the children are taking up
the wonderous tale of the discovery, and
from Boston to Galveston, from the little log
schoolnouse in the wilderness to the tower
ing academy in the city and town, may be
Witnessed the unprecedented spectacle of
powerful nation captured by an army OF
Lilliputians, of embryo men and women, of
TOPPING boys and girls, and tiny elves scarce
big enough to lisp the numbers OF the ma
the miniature flags that make OF arid street
and autumn wood an emolematfo garden to
gladden. the sight and to glorify the red,
white and blue. See
Our young barbarians all at play,
for better than these we have nothing to e1-
hibit. They, indeed, are our crown jewels;
the truest, though the inevitable, ofsprings
of our civilization and Development; the
representative of a manhood vitaliZed and
by toll and care, Of q woman
hood elevated and inspired by liberty and
education. God bless the children and their
mothers! God bless our country's nag! And