Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-21

water ways Of the world, where the implements
OF agriculture and handicraft have been 30 per-
fected as to tighten the burdens Of toll and
through the telegraph and telephone, are daily
! startling the world bv victories over matters
which IN the days Of Columbus might have been
reckoned among the marvellous
| THE EXPOSITION.
I'VE can safely predict, however, those who
will come from the near and distant regions Of
our country and who will themselves make part
Of the national exhibit We shall see the de-
scendanrs Of the royal cavaliers Of Virginia. Of
the pilgrim fathers Of New England, Of the
sturdy Hollanders who in 1924 bong bit the % 900
acres of the Island Of Manhattan for the sum Of
ga for the adherents of the old Christian faith.
/ who found resting place in Baltimore; of the
! Quakers and Palatine Germans who settled in
Pennsylvania. Of the Huguenots who fed from
the revocation OF the edict of Nantz to the
banks of the Hudson in the north and those of the
cooper and Ashly rivers in the south. of refugees
| from Salseburg in Georgia and of Charles Ed
wards highlanders in North Carolina. With
them, also. we shall have in person or their
| sons the thousands of others from many climes
who, with moderate fortunes, have Joined their
| future to that Of the great republic. or who.
with slnewy arms have opened our water ways
and builded our iron ways
I'VE trust that from the lands beyond the seas
| AA'si! wa Sohc W eHSdSc Ill ITdteTuul COinptu-
ton or to point us to more excellent standards.
II they Shall md little in our product to excite
their admiration we shall welcome them to the
atmosphere of the new world, where some of
the best efforts have been made in the cause of
freedom and progress BY Washington and
Franklin and LAFAYETTE by Agassiz and Lincoln
and Grant, by Bolivar. Juarez and Tousa, in the
rOverture by Fulton and Morse and Edison.
Columbus lived in the age Of great events.
when he was child, in l440. printing was first
/ dnnn with hta l.xz
the Vatican library. the great fountain of learn
ing, was founded by Nicholas V. and 1455 is
given as the probable date of the Mazarine
Bible, the earliest printed book known. 1t was
not until hundred years after the discovery
that Galileo, pointing his little telescope to the
sky found the satellites of Jupiter and was hailed
| as the Columbus of the heavens.
His character was complex. as was that OF
many Of the men of his time who made their
mark in history. But his character and attain
ments are to be estimated by those of his con-
temporaries and not by other standards.
Deeply read in mathematical science he was
certainly the best geogTapher of his time.
believe, with Castelar,. that he was sincerely
religious, but his sincerity did not prevent his
indalging in dreams. He projected, as the elo-
quent Spanish orator says, the purchase of the
holy places Of Jerusalem in the event Of his
| finding seas Of pearls. cities of gold, streets
paved with sapphres. mountains of emeralds
and rivers of diamonds. How remote and vet
how marvellous has been the realization. Two
products of the southern continent which he
touched has brought into the world economy
have proved inestimable value to the race far
beyond what the imagined wealth Of the Indies
could buy.
THE potato brought by the Spaniards from
what Is now the republic Of Ecuador at the be-
ginning of the century following the discovery
has proved. next to the principal cereals, to be
the most valuable OF all plants for human food
1t has sensibly increased the wealth of nations
and added immeasurably to the welfare Of the
people. More certain than other crops and
having little to fear from storm or drought, it
is hailed as effectual barrier against the re-
currence. Nor the other product of less
import lance to mankind Peruvian bark comes
from a tree OF spontaneous growth in Peru and
many other parts Of South America. 1t re-
ceived its botanical name from the name of a
Spanish viceroy liberated from an intermittent
fever by its use. Its most important base
quinine has come to be regarded as nearly as
may be a specific for the disease and also for
the preservation of health in certain ATTITUDES
so that no vessel would dare to approach the
east or west coast OF Africa without supply,
and parts of our own land would be made par
italy desolate by its disappearance. No words
that could use could magnify the blessings
brought to mankind by these two individuals of
the vegetable kingdom from the shores Of the
new world
Limited time for preparation does not per-
init me to speak authoritatively of the progress
and proud position of our sister republics and
of the Dominion of Canada to demonstrate the
moral and material fruits of the great discovery.
Concerning ourselves the statistics are familiar
and constitute a marvel. One Of the states re-
Gently admitted. the state Of Montana. is larger
than the empire of Turkey. We are near the
beginning Of another century and if no serious
change occurs in our present growth in the year
1885. in the life time of many now in manhood
the English speaking republicans of America
will number more than $50 600 900 and for
them John Bright, in a burst Of impassoned
eloquence, predicts one people, one language
one law, one faith, and all over the wide CONT
nent the home of freedom, a refuge of the OPP
pressed OF every race and cline.
COLUMBUS FAITH HIS CHARACTERISTIC.
"The transcendent feature in the character Of
Columbus was his faith. That sustained him in
days of trial and darkness and finally gave him
the great discovery. Like him let us have faith
in our future. To insure that future the
fountains must be kept pure, public integrity
Garibaldi and Victor Emanuel fought for, the
union OF peoples, we must secure above else
what Stuben and Kosiusko aided our fathers to
establish liberty regulated by law.
''If the time would ever come when men
trife with the public conscience let me predict
the patriotic action Of the republic in the lam
guage of Milton: 'Methinks I see in nv mind a
| noble and puissant nation rousing herself like
| u strong man after sleep and shaking her in
vincible locks methinks see her as an eagle
mewing her mighty youth and kindling her I'M
dazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging
and unscaling her long abused sight at the
| fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the
whole noise of timorous and flocking birds with
these also that love the twilight futter about
amazed at what she means
Mr.. President in the name of the govern
ment of the United States, I hereby dedicate
these buildings and their appurtenances. in
tended by the Congress of the United States for
the Use of the worlds Columbia exposition, to
the worlds progress in art, in science, in agri-
culture and in manufactures.
II dedicate them to humanity
"God save the United States of America
| The conclusion Of this address was the signal
for loud and long continued applause, and when
the Vice President stepped forward to bow his
| thanks men and women rose and gave him
salvo of applause that he is likely to remember
30 long as he has breath and life
The Hallelnjah Chorus was rendered at this
point. A good, Old-fashioned reception of
cordially was extended to Henry Watterson
when he came to the front of the stage to de-
| liver the address
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