The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-06-13
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE Ii, 1894.
tag crtdulity to its utmost in watching
the n1iraculoas achievements Of the
dauntless copartnership Of talent and


the miraculoas achievements Of the
dauntless copartnership Of talent and
type. =.
The artist has come to the aid Of
the reporter expressive pictures re-
lieve the sameness of the printed col,
umns the soundest judgments Of the
day speak their minds freely from the
editorial chair. There is no character
too high for the criticism Of the edi-
tor, and no place too sacred for the
invasion of the reporter. The genl of
the pencil and pad are everywhere at
once. While one is piercing the AT
rican wilderness, fatigued and thirsty,
another strolls through Fifth avenue
solons and notes the gorgeous cos
tunes and magnificent decorations.
One witnesses a real tragedy on adark
street at midnight; another sits calm.
ly at the play and describes feigned
emotion or an acted murder. And all
these, in their several ways, are pre-
pairing your morning enlightment.
Nor is the newspaper at all partial
in it's disclosures it is the spirit Of
equality, and tells as much to mendi-
cant as to millionaire.
William Ewart Gladstone came into
eminence as the rising sun-he rose
on the wings Of a great principle
wings which still waft him through
the empyrean. Men cannot fight for
liberty without attracting attention.
1t is cause which yields laurels Of
glory to its every promoter. It gave
the name of Cromwell the association
of heroism it placed Washington
among the fixed stars it is focusing
the attention of the world upon the
"grand old man. y
England is awakening to the de-
mands of world which is rapidly be-
coming universally Democratic. The
heel upon the neck is tableau which
is fast disappearing from view. Ire
land has been the scene of great strug-
giles for right The emerald is be-
daubed with the slime Of inferiority.
The growth of the shamrock is stunt
ed by the weeds of inherited sover-
eighty. The sturdy Irishman looks
upon his country's past history and
reads but one word across the page
oppression /; he "dips into the flu
ture," and the curtain which OBJ
structed his view is lit by the likeness
of an aged statesman. Hope mounts
higher" perhaps he will redeem US
yet.
Gladstone has many enemies. A
few of these are actuated by honest
opinions, but the greater number is
composed Of dolts and demagogues-
simple poseurs, ciphers in the sum to-
tai Of humanity, and anglomaniacs-
prodigies late known to earth-with
their Scotch castles, built by the un-
requited sweat of American brows
and their tory newspapers-journalis-
tic hobby horses on which their OWL
ers hope to ride into the peerage.
But liberty will win. Ireland will
be self-governed, and Gladstone will
stand forth in heroic outlines above
the cringing corruptness, the hypo.
critical mock justice Of the Heeps and
Quilts of English politics.
The stupendous achievement Of en-
gineering which is exemplifed in the
Brooklyn bridge may well be classed
with the centurys wonders. The
spanning of such body of water as
East River was no easy task, and only
by the pluck and push Of the citizens
Of the great twin cities, coupled with
the genius of the engineers was the
work accomplished. No such bridge
was ever before constructed, and the
Roeblings have connected their names
indissolubly with the record Of great
works for the convenience Of the race.
And now, in the twilight of the cen
tury, comes the world, civilized and
uncivilized, to participate in the peer
less panorama at Chicago. The cele-
bration Of the results Of the greatest
voyage that ever was sailed goes on
apace. Millions are lavish)y spent,
the finest buildings ever constructed
rise on the shores of the widestretch-
ing lake, and "Columbus-1492' are
the tocsin words of triumph. The
wise and great Of earth drop in to see
this climax of exhibitions. Princes,
princesses, dukes, courts and other
titular dignitaries cross the Atlantic,
led by the curiosity that promises and
the circumstances which ensure sights
well worth the seeing. Chicago ex-
tends the hand of hospitality to all !;
it is western Americas debut into
world wide prominence.
We have won from the uncertain
ties Of attempt the certainties Of ac-
complishmant we have rebuilt, in
twenty-five years, the structure Of ma
tionhood which the internecine con-
hict well-nigh demolished, and we
erect our own monuments from the
now historic soil of Jackson Park.
There science, art, trade, agriculture,
manufacture and law display the in
creased stature Of a hundred years !;
there strange people from stranger
lands walk beneath the searchlight Of
sightseeing there is wondrous
maze Of freaks and frescoes, statues
and State buildings, potentates and
pickpockets, mongers and millionaires,
greenhorns and globe trotters, cosmo-
politics and Carter Harrisons. After
witnessing such an exhibition as this
no poet need whisper in our ear:
ITO be living is sublime"
Thus imperfectly have I outlined
what to my prescribed vision are the
"scvcn wonders of the nineteenth
| century )" they are of that grand
group Of things earthly which defy
| forgetfulness-
"And the Lord is The maker Of them all ~
Brief Items.
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