Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-15

the Lake." constituting, DIS 10 CuOSO
dedicatory services o-day, part of
the prelude to the magnificent things
which this Worlds Columbian Expo
sition promises, Vermont comes to
offer it's congratulations on this aus
picious occasion, and to felicitate it
self that it can have part, however
humble. in the gigantic enterprise
which SO fittingly commentaries the
four hundredth anniversary of the
landing of the fearless Genoese navi-
gator.
Pleasing as it is for us to glorify our
local habitations and state separa-
tons, yet especially delightful is it to-
day, amid the inspiring surroundings
of this occasion, to give ourselves
largely to the thoughts which the oc-
of the greatest inventions Of the
worlds later triumphs found their
birth and earliest home within our
borders, yet Vermont prides herself
most of all in the wealth of that
sturdy manhood which had made it
self felt wherever her sons have gone.
So, while we come to dedicate our
state building as a suitable and con-
venient rallying point for the sons
and daughters of Vermont, yet we
come primarily as citizens of the
United States, our hearts thrObbing
with patriotic pride as we take part
in this great international commemo-
ration and view the wonders of this
Columbian exposition of the worlds
industry and art.
1t is certainly a pardonable pride
that we feel as we look over
this magnificent exhibition, located
by the side of this metropolis, with it's
inland sea, with it's splendid array of
buildings, wonderful not only for their
vastness, but for their architectural
grandeur and admirably adapted ar
rangements for the uses to which they |
are to be put.
Such wealth of beauty and art, such |
evidences Of mans production and |
power, have never before been gather
ed in any country. Our 10Th century
civilization has here erected her
throne, and, robing herself in the
costliest productions of every land,
will here wave her sceptre in the
presence Of those nations gathered in
industrial brotherhood. Here will be
the birth place of ten thousand superb
conceptions which will enrich the an
mails of the coming years with new
I'LL
here will go forth power that will
bring the nations of the globe into
greater unity, and which will hasten
the dawning of that day when armies
and navies shall be harbingers of
peace and the sword shall be beaten
into the ploughshare, and when the
nations shall have learned that their
interests and welfare are best sub
served by the arts of peace.
To this Exposition the governments
and people Of the world have been in
vited and are here represented in
sublime constrast and continuation of
the spectacular ceremonies that have
recently taken place in the eastern
waters of our coast, and here are
seen their grand and imposing dis
play of industry and skill, in art, sci
ence, agriculture, manufacture, min
ing and commerce, including all the
various occupations, business and in
dustries of the human race, placed
side by side, IN friendly rivalry, with
our own products, and we shall thus
be enabled to compare the progress
made in our own country with that of
others in all that affects and promotes
the welfare of man.
Out of this comparison the behold
er will see that the expression, Ewest-
ward the star of the empire takes its
way" which, a century ago was re-
garded as rhapsody of the poet, was,
after all, the prophetic Judgment of
the philosopher.
To many of these nations who are
our guests at this great exposition, we
are much indebted for our present
condition and progress, for, while
our national life is measured by only
little more than a century of exis-
tence, yet the first causes of it lie
much farther back along the stream
of time. Our nation is the outcome
of many a struggle for freedom in far
off lands. In the Netherlands, in Ger
many, in France, in England, were
those who suffered and died for us.
Indeed the very discovery of this con- {
tinent itself synchronizes with strug
giles and inventions and triumphs,
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Western Hemisphere would not have