The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-23
HONOR A PRELATE
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cerely love one another in the brother
t6 OF men under the fatherhood of
ana the spirit Of Americas constitution
we admit and proclaim equal civil politi-
cal and social rights for all American
cltlzens, and In this manner we secure
social peace and uniting our energies
prepare the way for the growth of the
natlon and the prosperity and happiness
OF the Whole American people. In no
CITY OF America is there less evidence Of
rellgious strife or dissension than in the
Guy OF ST. faul. In no state Of America
has this happy condition of affairs been
SO strongly marked as in our own state
assemblage symbolic the history of our
future, as it faithfully reflects the his
tory of our past.
! Whatever fayors were shown to me
curing my soJourn in European coun-
tries they were offered to me in q large
part as an American, as one known 70
take a noble pride in being a citizen of
s aInernGa; ana as one supposed to be
somewhat familiar with the spirit aims
anu hopes or American institutions
whether amid the Workingmen Of a Paris
Iaupourg, or in the palace Of Belgium S
King, among statesmen or people Of ItaIy
or England, L was received with Kind
ness ana listened to with attention be-
cause ! came and spoke as an American.
everything American is of the deepest
interest to Europeans Of all countries
and OF all social conditions America is
the growing giant among nations; all
are forecasting it's stature and discus
sing us vitality and its aims. Upon due
examination OF my conscience 1 can say
that wherever I went and wherever I
spoke |
UPHELD AMERICA
to the best of my ability. No harm. I
mink, was done to America by aught 7
had occasion to say. From my visit to
Europe, have returned to America con-
Vlnced that for the whole people there Is
mere more social liberty, greater extern
SION OF social and political rights, richer
peWards TOT industry, more fruitful OPP
PortunltleS for talent, than in any other
country of the world. We should be the
most satisfied of peoples. Undoubtedly
ee!ieSS py some mysterious madness we
IrIIter away our opportunities, unless bv
eV1l legislation or supine Indifference to
our responsibilities we impede the work
ing OF the natural laws Of development.
or unless we arrest our countrv's erovvt6
Dy strife and gitation-America IS sure
10 become great nation; and the omen
ing or the twentieth century will he for
nea the opening of the era of prosperity
such as she has never before dreamf off
Such as no other nation may hope to at,
tain. o%0 ~ at
e. And while the development and prosper
10y OF america will be as widespread as
her vast territory yet this deveIop 51n I1f
and prosperity viii be chief1V Y piliTiIe
along the the highways of travel whose
T Twin C i9Ias through Minnesota and it's
"
ayers and missionaries is about to be
realized-the great route from EIrone t0
ASIA passing through the great lakes
touchlng the falls Of ST Anthony thence
westward to the Pacific ocean Furnne
tuIIlderstands the fact that the Pacific is
nyecomlhg the great commercial sea of
me WQrld-that the country through
WhIch the commerce Of the Pacific will he
carried In the shortest time, must he the
very center or the worlds commerce and
consequently the center of the greatest
coInlnefcla! prosperity in the world ct
me agencies already at work increa GO
an9 Iruct1fy, opening Asia to America
gnu EUROPE, covering the Pacific with
leets OF merchantmen increasing the
speed speed ana carrying power of transcon-
81 4 railways, which so closely link
81. FauI and Minneapolis with Tacoma
ana ana seattle: let the people living along
the lines of those transcontinentaI rail-
ways Understand their commercial duties
ana develop to the full their respective
opportunities; let the men of tbe two
cltles which claim those roads as their
own be worthy Of the destinies Of those
clt1es-and twenty-five years hence fonr
wonderful cities will grace the man Of
Aner1ca-NeW York, Chicago the Du9I
CITY or Minnesota, and one Somewhere on
the Pacific coast. W iiei oil
=, Friends and fellow citizens. again
thank you for your words of affecfion
ana regard; and beg of you to count on
me at all times for any service one cifi
zen may be able to do for the welfare Of
city or country VI
At the conclusion of the archbisbo,,,s
ADDRESS the orchestra played and ref esh-
ments were served. 80