New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-23
OCTOBER %, ls92-TWENTY-FOU PAGES.

| Instruments OF human freedom. Her share In the
making of the Federal Constitution was 10 eSS she %
took to defend the sovereign rights OF the smaller
States against influences that would nave gwen une
| States OF her rank an overmasterihg lnnueice
over the General Government has been with lust"e'
called the noblest passage in her history rv. ,esn
stamped tho administration OF public affairs , IN
p% nr a the sasf or se ps0' n the credit she
deserves for magnanmous dsInteres,edeS I i,
elaofr no alone i t In the Tecod Of the Constitutional Con
vention in the part she bore IN the struggle &
preceded It. that the evidence Of this l. TO be iound
In concelving and executing what was then regaidei
H. the gigantic project of uniting LAKE Erie ana Lahe
ferred on the whole country bceht whose value has
been fully estimated. and one not 70 DO oset o
| had her reward but it because IN uniting the
great lakes with the Atlantic she was d9ias an nun IN
| neasured by any Immediate gain to herself
The Erie Canal has ended by making IT unprontaaipec :
pursue course of crop, and husbandry on which
We shall be nble to demonstrate TO the worid a. I'M, ,.s
in quantity and more varied y K; KIND tnin
those OF any state in the Union New. orK i PR Pr
enge comparison with any; it has oyer hundred hun 20
varieties Of GRASSES to place on exhibition, ana us
ieliigent ob,civcr a most impressive show. 1t VIII
contribute its full share TO the live stock exhibit
and It's dairy products viii be presented on a scale
| commensurate with their magnitude and excellence
the sugars the syrups, the honey contributed by the
Exposition will be- plrntitllly embeshed by the
most beautiful specimens OF Its gardeners art, and
the enormous proportions ant value Of It's fruit culture
will be made plain TO the dules apprehension II Is not
generally hn0%n ln that lea leaving ont the h fruits of
produce than those of all the other states com
grape crop Of California must yield to that of New
| York. Even the nutritious and certifying bean,
from whose consumption nelshb1ring common
wealth is supposed To derive 10 much of its charac-
terstic mental and physical activity, is peculiarly "A
| New-York product, Two or three COUNTIES of ths ms
state growing as much Of 1T aN all the rest OF the
country tgcthcr ! venture TO hope that the strtk,
| Ing exhibit which will be- made Of our diversified
| agriculture Will not be lost on those New-lork farmers
Who have not learned how easy it Is to escape The
rinous competition Of the West In the great 1000
staples by adapting themselves to the demands OF
domestic markets that the State has within Its own
| borders. ,o,
epitome Of that Of the whole country below the coal
measures ard It, geological exhibit Will be, perhaP'
tho most striking Of any which will be seen IN the
Han Of Mines. Representing 10 per cent Of the
population OF the United states. l6 per cen, pi
~ per cent Of their actual wealth NewYork may BE-
fairly expected 10 have in the great buildings o'i1e
y u" WG~n fSD. e door WVPf Of hS Worlds Columbian
Exposition are thrown open next Nay ths enpeGta,
| of her individual exhibitors Is likely to exceed
1000 and the Of the products which they will
snow broad the ndu tries Of the United states
In New York city have the greatest manufacturing
community in the connry and II tts circle oe t
district have within radius OF twelve miles IRON
city 9 nr ncS OF or 1ae s aSa Sss
| hardly be matched In the world: , J.. ..o
| Ar and Hteraturr have Welded In AL ages to- inc
attracting force great cities. and our time shows
but few exceptions To the rule. New, iorh ls !h' me
chosen home of American art. beyond us limits ,ns
| accepted representatives of native painting ana
rulprnfa arr comparatively few. The state recognizes
tho fact that Its Owr credit demands an hurl"s. a..
| presentation of tho fine arts nour,shed within lis
| borders Equally Imperative has been the obligation
Of tho state 10 no adequately represented IN the
irbno rys,am was one Of the list Established
rnion and believe that there Is no NOR" CON
gruousy developed system in the country to-day.
Wc hall bo able 10 point 10 this building in which
Won are assembled as New Works most b'auilfil
| exhibit count II pride ard privilege to dedi-
rSf" AS ! do now by the prcrogatlve of my office.
this fair structure to tho reception aud convenience
Of Nov. Workers visiting the Fair. and TO the enter
tanmcnt of all 10 whom the state may eA'ehu is
In the pride with which the whole country may Justly
r.gard nc greatest, lie most comprehensive ard the
most Impressive Of all internatlonal exhibitions New
| York viii fully participate Neither sectional nor
| munIrnal jealousy can have place I'm celebration
whose grandeur all the world IS helping TO swell ana
in which all the world will participate a ceneron,
rivalry can alone have place I'm our peoples en2rt
10 show that they have not been unIl,iin III 10 ~ amo
c,rooi a stewards IS Of hc hcrtase which
through The centuries, was prepared or 'he eeh' NJ
pubic of the West.
ARCHBISHOP COEEIGAN's ADDRESS
Archbisop Corrigan's address was as follows:
Four hundred years ago today, columbus. sailing
IN th soft southern sea, Of the Bahamas first touched
| ,bc soil Of tho New World. Day by day. anerwam.
A. I'm that limpd atmoS Sphere. amid the luAurlahl yer
durc OF tie tropics new beauties captivaed hs gaze he
Charming spot could tear himself away nom such An
mi spI,, dor. what Coumbus like aro her Moses on
The border, ol the land Of Promise, couid Only w
| crrn in dim and distant outlines: And: Therefore;
with Italy the land of his birth with spain the lana
of his adoption with the other nau"nH o 'c I ~
universal chorus I'm his honor of praise ana ol ohaN'
Today everything combines to make this puadn
cent. nnla peculiarly approp iato Obstacles t1at ey
i,cd hundred years ago have happily a,spp aret ~,
In 1902 the ocean separated MS by n journey OF
day.
unparalleled success has since erctrlhed me VOL.
was o2cd upon a, pTo"g ong Of t ntnrc 10 UT n
were yet to be- provided. More than this. the nn
worthy inng"ndoe, the nac a. o Ts ir iams I Of C.,
mmblls. had not been removed by patient historian
re>cnrch and critical acumci. toriunaiey, ,nrSr S
cloud, that gathered around the exploits OF the great
dsrovcrer have been almost entirely diNpel!cd IN ms
especially the initiative OF a son OF our Empire
state the immortal Washington Irving.
a most OF II " 'f fe hatG W % be pro@Iamed through
ont tn world hv the proceedings soemniy inaucuraru
ve,tcrday and TO culmnate in the exposition 10 be
held next year in this phenemenM ana ypi,hI Anrr, @
will be puzzled which most 10 admire-the magniii-
ccncc Of Tho Fair buildings. with the bcwiderins dis
play of American ingenuity, or the no less Impressive
public spirit Of its people "
As n scientist considering the time In which he
lived Columbus cmlncny deserves our respect hoth
I'm theory and In practice he was on" OF Inc nest
ecographers and coSmocraphcrs Of the age Accordns
new sea, he had navigatcd the whole extent OF those
already known Moreover. he had studied 50 many any
IIumbOldt-crrainly no mean author.iv hHrHs1 :
" When consider his life We must feel astonlsh-
ment at the extent OF his literary acqufintance.'
In the domain of nature and positive fact toUiinuS
took nothing for granted. The persistent opposuoh
Of most erudite professors OF The dav did not ds
concert him. While he bowed rrverenllv
to the teachings Of the Ialli. ne
ton, Of scripture more fancIfn th.n real;
and calmly maintained that IN" Word or
God cannot be- I'm conflict with scientific truths.
As scientist again. he conscious Of the gran eur
and the untold promise of his discovery tie recog-
| AfI Inlf
doubling cr,aton." Thus. writing to Ferdinand and
Isabella. after his arrest by Bohadlln he says 9" The
lands which here obey Iour Iighnesses more ex-
and richer than MI Chltendom put toy thor
In 1900 ne wrote Don Juane Della Terrc Through
the Divine will have placed already under the do
mnon Of Lords. the King and Queen, another
world. whereby Spain, that was poor. il now made eA
ceeding r!ch.'
In the cahedralS OF Spain YOU enter the vast
portals. you generally find painted on the walls Il