The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-13

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to earnest and uplifting labor.
And now we share with you who are
young the pleasure Of beholding this
far nobler and more inspiring
than the dream. This idol Of the
brotherhood Of the nations Of the
western world is not q growth OF yes
It was heralded when the
country was young by the clarion voice
Of Henry Clay; 1t was cherished by
Seward and Evarts, by Douglas and
by Blaine. Twelve years ago we held
the first reunion of the American re-
publics. Much was said. and done des-
to be memorable in our history,
opening and blazing the way, along
the path Of peace and fraternal rela-
TONS. We have made steady progress.
we have grown day by day to. a better
understanding, until now We are look
ing to our coming conference in the
City of Mexico, in which we have the
to hope that with larger exreri-
ence and profounder study. OF the great
problems before us results still more
important and beneficent will be
reached. AS a means to those ends,as 9
concrete realization Of those generous
dreams which have led us thus far,
we have this grand and beautiful spec
tacle, never to be forgotten, a delight
to the eyesSa comfort to every patriot
heart that, during the coming sum-
mer shall make the joyous pilgrimage
to this enchanted scene, where lake
and shore and sky, the rich, bright city
with vigorous life, and In
the distance the flash and roa of the
stupendous cataract, unite their varied
attractions in, n charm of powerful
magic, such as the world has seldom
seen. There has been statesmen and
soldiers who have cherished the fancy
in past years Of a vast American army
recruited from every country between
the Arctic and the Antarctic seas,
which should bind us together in one
Immense military power, that might
overawe the older civilizations. But
this conception belongs to the past, to
an order Of things that has gone, I
hope, forever by. How far more In
spring is the thought Of the results
we see here now; how much more in
keeping with the better times in whose
light we live, and the still more glori-
u future to which we look forward,
is the result we see today Of the armies
of labor and intelligence in every
country Of this new world, all work
ing with one mind and one will, not to
attain an unhappy pre-eminence In the
art of destruction, but to advance in
liberal emulation in the arts which
tend to make them happier and better,
to make this long-harassed and tor
mented earth a brighter and more
blest abode for men of good will. Cap
plause.)
Our hearts have glowed within us
as we have surveyed at every turn the
evidences Of the eQualityand fraternity
Of progress under. skies so distant, un-
der conditions so varying as those
which obtain between Alaska and Cape
Horn. / remember how, at o Worlds
Fair in Paris, a great writer exclaim-
ed, What a prodigious amount Of
intelligence there is in the world" We
can say, with hearts full Of gratitude
and pride: How prodigious is the prog
ress Of Intelligence and industry in
this New World of ours.
All the triumphs Of the spirit and
OF the skilled hands Of labor, the gar
nered treasures Of science. the witch
cries Of art, the spoils Of earth and air
and sea are gathered here to warn, to
delight TO encourage, and reward the
eyer-striving, the indomitable mind Of
man. Here you have force. which en-
ables men to conquer and tame the
powers Of nature; wealth. not meant.
as TennysonS sang, to rest In moulded
heaps but smit with the free light to
melt and fatten lower lands; beauty,
not for the selfish sgratiication Of the
few, hut for the JOY Of the many to
All their days with gladness and their
nights with music. 4zrt \
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