New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-30
THE GREAT PAGEANT.

THE GREAT PAGEANT.
To-day the splendor Will attain its height
Decorated as never before. thronged with eager
uultitudes as never before. the great metropolis
today the Nation IN eptOme-will pay us
GROWING tribute 10 the Admiral IT Is ho' al
unwonted nor an unusual experience lor Ne"
York thus 10 be decked and thus TO entertain
,be one and the many The citys history j.
marked with numerous records OF p"E'""'''
festal or solemn. Washington ana LaiaHe''',
Kossnth and Grant here had their knoWleuee u
American hospitality at its utmost pitch l''e
rho Washington centenary and the 'oluH"o"'
ouadrIcentenary were multitudlhousl! c'''
brated. Here. too. the ohsequies OF Lincoln ana
90 Cro,, v,oro con,memoratel with august ana
solemn grandeur. But In point OF huInu'IS ,ii'
outpourngs Of yesterday and toda! VIII u"""'
less be recorded as surprising any OF '"eS''
while tho events which give them their occasion
must forever hold foremost place IN 'he
Nations history.
In Washington and Lafayette the people
hailed tie founders and acclaimed the lounua'
,on of tho Republic We may truly say no CIR
cumstance or event can outrank that. p"'
that was a time Of hope not yet fre'd lro'n
douhtings and misGiyings. THIS was sun
e,,ou Notion IN numbers aud area the whole not
nearly as populous as one of the STATES 'o-ua''
no- o. tho ,nsular territories which within the
wear we have added 70 our domain. lhere WIS
then no exultatlon in the noontidc splenuo, VI
assured attainment. KOssuth was Welc"'h'u ~
nm exile seeking asylum. Grant WIS ac'lalIhcu
os the savior OF the Union by victory III me
lomentable strife Of brother against pr"'''''
The great anniversaries had Only historic III
terest The funerals Of tho Nations nle"N
dead were incidents Of mourning and OF woe
Rut now the Nation in It's greatness gr'e's lS
own living hero. the victor in strife against an
alien Power. and celebrates occurrences ana
develonmonts OF present and supreme linp"r-
lance
Tho waters of the Hudson have been ploughed
hv many keel and have borne many re"
orrosv. and It's rocky shores have echoed 10
many q cannonade since first the nan Moon
made It's wondering way 70 the destined sea- VI
eynpire Of the Western World But among 'ne'i
oil was no ship more worthy Of remembrance
than the Olympia no freight more ri'h '""i
che has borne hither. no thunderings 'ha' Sp"he
more convincingly not only 70 the ears Du' -
tho hearts and consciences or the Ah'T'""
naonle For all those enriched the country Tor
itself. perhaps IT'S selfish self, ana souhd'u "S
own self -complacent and self-contaihed r'h"""'
Rut these are not to be comprised III SELF. h'Se
,,..,,, NC rho worldwide interests Of humanity
80 .o,1 n. orr entrance into and our participa-
tion III the affairs that concern mankind. lHVSe
stones Of Manhattan have been pressed Dy '"e
foot Of many marching host, perhaps 10y some
moro numerous than that which VIII 'o-uHF
,vend ia wav from the memorial or the savior
of His Country 70 that Of the Father OF Ills
Country. But not one Of them with more puiS-
.o,+ etrose lent mace with the forward march OF
civilization or swung more forcefully mo 'na'
"conrse OF empire" which "WeStward
takes It's way
He is 70 be piticd who could stand unmoved
unon the heights Of Riverside aud see ana near
without profound emotion the victor OF our
| latest foreign war pay homage AT the SHRINE ol
tho great victor of our only Intestine war OF
who could fail 70 feel the significance OF We
scone when the ships that had startled 'he
world hv their prowess In war passed In revle"
boforo the legend LET us have peace MOI
,,.orld ,ra onvv one who could to-day be heed
loss oF the meaning Of the scene Wh'h' lroil
TINT memorial Of peace, the victorious i'giohS Oh
orr wars shall move 10 that Othor h'Hlorm
whose nurpOrt is an eXhOrtation mat we shai
"set M n standard" to which the good ah'
brave and the oppressed and prosecuted may
confidently repair-a standard no longer To-
only self. but for all the world. This DAY
marks the browning point Of the week pageant
nv This pageant marks the climax Of the city
and Of the Nations ccrcmonials Happy j. III
who secs II. Thrice happy Is he 10 whom II
fuu significance shall be interpreted ana "
whom its inspiration and It's memory SHAH mere
; after be a constant incentive 10 higher chHll
> shin IN the Nation and in the world ana a
t abiding force that shall make FOR cvi' ana 10
= personal righteousness.