The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-22

maritime metropolis o spectatorium. wherein
Columbian epic will be tod with realistic
effects. surprising the most splendid and i'm
pressive achievements of the modern stage.
No one who has had the good fortune to see
the models of this extraordinary work OF art
can fail to be moved by The union which 1t
elnbOdies OF the antique in history and current
in life and thought, as beginning with the
weird mendicant fatnting VI on the hillside OF
Santo Rabeda, it traces the strange adventures
Of the Genoese. seer from the royal camp OF
Santa Fe TO the sunny coasts of the Isles OF
lnde; thf ough the weary watches OF endless
nights whose sentinel stars seemed set TO
mock but not to guide through trackless and
shoreleSs waters OF mystic sea spread day by
day to bear upon every rise OF its heaYlng
bosom the death of air. fond hopes the birth
of fantastic fears, Is a peerless and thrilling
revelation and all that has followed tothe
very moment that beboldS US here citizens,
freemen and equal shareholders III the miracle
OF American civilization and development. Is
there one among us who does not thank his
maker that he has lived to join in this uni
yersal celebration, this jubilee of mankinds
e are met this day 10 honor the memory OF
Christopher Columbus, To celebrate the Jour
hundr duh annual return of the year of his
transcenuent achievement. and with lifting
rites TO dedicate 10 America and the universe
concrete exposition Of the world's progress be-
tween 1872 a1d 1892 No twenty centuries can
( be com Jared with those four centuries either
in Importance or in interest no previous
ceremonial can be compared with this in its
wide significance and reach. because, since the
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great an influence upon human affairs as the
discovery of the YES ern Hemisphere
! Each OF the centuries that have interviewed
marks nany revolutions the merest catalogue
OF which would crowd thousand RACES. The
story OF the least Of the nations would I'LL
volume. In what Inave to say upon this coca
son, II ere.ore, sLen contne myself to our
0Wl and, aad IN speaking OF The United STATES
o. America, propose rather to deal upon our
character as people, and our reciprocal obi
cations and duties as an agH regatlon OF commu-
mites held together by iix9d constitution and
charged with the custody OF the Union upon
whose preservation and perpetuation in its
or glnal spirit ana purpose OF the future OF
! free, popular government depends tnan to
/ enter into dissertation upon abstract principles
/ or TO undertake il historic essay.
We are aiplain practical people. better oppor
tunlty could not be desired for the study OF our
pecuiiarit.es than is furnished by the present
moment We are in the midst of the quad
rennial period established for It's selection OF
/ Oh Ell magistrate. Each citizen has his right 10
4 vote ana TO have his vo g freely cast ana fairly
counted Wherever this right is assaulted for
any cause wrong is done and evil must follow.
/ nrst TO whole country, which has an interest
| In all its parts. but most 10 The community
| Immediately Involved which must actually
| drink OF the cup that has contained poison and
cannot escape infection.
The abrdeement OF the right Of suffrage,
| however, is very nearly proportional to the
ignorance and ind ference OF parties concerned
! by it, and there is good reason TO hope that
! with the expanding intel igence Of the masses
that this particular form OF corruption in cleo
i tions will be reduced below the danger line.
TO that end a. TO all other good ends. modera-
tiOn of public sentiment must ever be our chief
. reliance For when men are forced by gem
eral desire for truth aud light, which llght our
modern vehicles throw upon truth TO discuss
public questions for truths sake when II be-
comes the plain intcresi of public men, as 1t is
their plain duty to DO this. and when above
AL, friends and neighDors cease to love one aD-
other less because OF individual differences of
Inn oh lslft -
uuiai advantage will be reiegated to those
who either have no character to lose or none to
seek
It is admitted on all sides that the current
presidential campaign has been freer from ex-
citement and tumuit than any ever known be-
fore, and IL is argued from this circumstanc e
that we are traversing an epoch OF common
place II this be SO, thank God for 1t. We
nave had fun enough OF the dramatic and SEN
satlonal anu iced season of med ocrIty and
repOse But may we not ascrbe the rational
way in which people are going about their bust
ness to larger knowledge and experience, and a
Iairer spirit than has hitherto marked our
party contentious:
survive irrepressibie conflict sown IN the
blood and marrow OF soc,a order We have
seen the federal Union, moi too strongly put TO-
gether in the iirst place, com Out OF the great
warof secession stronger IMAM when II went
into IL us la.th renewed. It's credit rehabil1
ta.ed and us nag saluted with love and hom-
axe by 6JU00.O0c VI GoIfearinz men and women
thoroughly reconcIed and homogeneous.
| We have seen the federal constitution outlast
the strain. not merely OF the rec0nStructOry or
deal and presidential impeachment, but The
disputed count OF the electoral vote, congress
siOnal ceadiocl5 and extra constitutional trt-
bunal yet standing hrm against the assaults OF
ITS enemies while yielding Itself with admirable
hexibillty TO the needs OF the country and time.
And finally saw the gigantic fabric OF the
feueral government transferred from the hands
that haa heu IL a quarter OF century 10 other
hands without protest although so close was
mol N blanket
might have covered both contestants for the
Chief MAGISTRATES office. With such record
behind US who shall be afraid OF the future.
Tee curse OF slavery is dead. IL was the
Joint heretage OF war TO be wiped out and eX-
plated in blood and. fame The mirage of the
Confederacy has vanished. II was essentially
Ducolic a vision OF Arcadia a dream OF most
attractive economic fallsncy. The constitution
is no longer rope OF sand The exact relation
OF the states 10 the federal government has left
open double construction by the authors OF
cur organic being, they could not agreo among
themselves and That unlLn was q paramount
object, has been clearly and definitely fixed by
the three last amendments to the original
chart which constitute real treaty OF peace
between the North and south and seals our
bonds as a nation forever.
The republic represents at least the letter
ana spirit of sublime declaration. The fet.
tiers tnaL bound her to earth are burst asunder,
rags that degraded he beauty are cast aside like
those OF the enchanted princess IN the legend.
Clad III SpOtie 5 ra1nlent ana wearing crown
OF living light, she S cps in the perfection OF
her maLeurity upon scene OF tnis latest and
proudest OF her victories 10 be welcome to the
world. Need pursue them
This vast assemblage speaks with reson-
ance and meaning WIN CHI words can never reach.
There is no geography in American manhood
Inc south claims Lincoln, the immortal lcr It's
own The north has no right TO reject Stone
wall jackson. the one typical puritan soldier
OF the war, for its own. Nor Will it. The time
is coming II IS almost here, when hanging
above many mante board in fair New Eng
land plorIfyiug many "a cottage in the sunny
south shall be So en- bound together, In everlast'
ing time, love and honor two crossed swords
carried TO battle respectively by grandfather
who wore blue ana grandfather who wore the
cannot trust myself to proceed We have
come here not so much 10 recall bygone orrowS
and elories as TO bask IN the sun OF our present
prosperity and happiness. 10 interchange pa
irioLic greeting and indulge in GOOD aueuries
and above all to meet upon the threshold TIE
stranger within our gate, not as foreigner
but as our guest and friend, for whom nothing
. we have IS too good.
| AT this moment in every part OF the American
Union children are making up the wondrous
tale OF discovery and from Boston 10 Galveston
, from the ht1le low school house in the wilder
,, ness to the towering academy in the city ant
town may be witnessed the Unprecedented spec
tacie OF powerful nation captured by an am,
! of Lilliputians OF elm ryo men and women, o
TOPPING boys and girls and tiny elves. A emil
. big enough 10 lisp the numbers OF the ma
: tlonal anthem, scarce strong enough to lif
: miniature flags that make of the arid street ant
autumn wood tmblematic garden to eadei
! to sight and so glorlfy the red, white and blue
! See our young bdrbarianS ali al play" 10
Z better than these we have nothing 10 exhibit
. They, inGeed, our crown Jewels; the truest
, though inevitable offspring OF our civilizat o
= and DEVELOPMENT; representatives of man
! hood; vt1lized and inyigorated by toll and care
OF womanhood elevated ana inspired by libert
and education. God bless the children au
their mothers; God bless our countrys flag, an
. God be with us now and ever. and God on tn