Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-04

Edmund L. ,IudSOn, Colonel Jacob Rupert, Jr.. Colonel Charles l.. Rogers, Colonel John Magee, Attorney General and Mrs. Simon w. RoSendale, Mrs. James w Tap pin of New York city, State Engineer NJ. Schenck. Speaker of the Assembly Will liam Sulzer, Comptroller and Mrs Frank Campbell and State Treasurer and Mrs Ia liott R. Dauforth.
 The exercises began this morning in the New York building When all the officials and guests had been seated, Senator Foley introduced Mir. Chauncey M. DepeNv, who as president of the New York board of gen eral managers delivered the following ad dress of welcome:
 Mir. Depew's Speech.
 GOVERNOR FLOWER, LADIES AND GEN | TLEMEN-Two hundred and eighty five years ago yesterday Hendrick Hudson cast l anchor inside of Sandy Hook. Though not so fortunate as Columbus, he possessed in | equal measure the qualities which won sue | cess and fame for the dcoVerer. No sailor | ever entered upon voyages su vrnturesome l with such limited reSources and mcager | equipment. Ills skill and daring his cour- | age and faith carried shallup and SCanty | crew where modern ship could hardly go. | He realized nearly the highest point yet at | tained beyond the arctic circle. Columbus | sought to carry his religion to the heather ! and find the gold of the fahlCl EldOradu, | bul IlVdSth SsaIlGh III Nut lAlNtitNAS pl AIlt | expanding commerce of the world. IL was the belief of his times that a shorter pas | sage to India would increase the trade and wealth of nations.
 The commercial energies uf Europe wcrr devoted to this quest during the fuurttcut h | and fifteenth centuries. It was reserved | for our period to find this highway through | the Suez canal.
 An Epoch and an Event.
 | .,f h., al tl
 bringing of Europe and India in closer Tt ! lations was an event. Tn discovery of the l Hudson river was an epoch Great and | growing communwealth> on the borders ut the lakes, filled with millions uf people. | who in fleeing from other lands have found liberty, happiness and homes, ar' among the results of it's discovery. It has meal
 culably increased the material, moral and
 intellectual welfare of the human race. It
 has made possible the strength the power
 and the perpetuity of the republic,
 | Hendrck Hudson discovered Chicago
 This city Is as much indebted to him as
 New York. His deeds gave the opportuni
 ty and furnished tbe incentives which ba> t
 created this present and potential capital of the West. The genius of commerce
 brought Hendrick Hudson 10 New York
 and when he sailed away she made the
 island of Manhattan her home.
 It has been the experience of all the age,
 that the highest results of expanding civil
 ization were always to be found along the public highways of the world. As new
 lines were opened and trade diverted, na
 tional and municipal decay followed. Bur the genius of commerce, watching over th, destinies of the city and the state of New
 York, has never permitted any diversion {"
 her trade or any peril to her scrpter. Th'
 chief city of our state is also the metropuli, of the northwestern continent and one Q , the three factors of finance and commerce
 Throughout the earth. Colleges, academies high schools and common schools give [, r our youth the opportunities which mak, . the average of educated intelligence in th
 state of New York so high and conspic
 uous.
 The Half Moon, upon which HendriCl
 Hudson stood as she entered our harbor - was a Dutch ship, with an English captain | and crew of many nHtionalities. She titl, , typified the hoSpitable and cosmopolitan
 character of the future metropolis and tn . coming Empire state She represented tha genius of commerce whose handmaden are civil and religious liberty. The witche
 of New England. fleeing from the hang
 men and the scaffold, found welcome an, | shelter in tolerant and liberal New York.
 The same spirit. continued down tn years, brought the Yankee over to dispo> 2 | sess the Dutchman from political power I and the Irishman 10 dethrune the Yankee
 and the German, the Scandinavian, th n Italian, the Frenchman, the Russian, th a Dane and the Spaniarl to enjoy the equa \ benefit and unequaled opportunities of tn j great city and state of New York. Thi | cosmopolitan town, while it k the first q
 | American cities, yet has more Irish tha any city in Ireland. more Germans tha any city in Germany save Berlin am
 enough Italians to equal the population .
 the second class cities of Italy
 We should fail to properly celebrate tn @ day if We did not pay tribute to those in ,- migrants from Holland who founded tn 6 state and left upon it the indelible impres Y of their spirit and principles. It has bee