The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-16
MEXICAN REPUBLICS
OF NATIONS OF
THE WESTERN WORLD.
L,rctary Of State John Hay, Speaks NJ
aunalo Of the Mutual HeIpfuinsss Of
rouutries Represented at the PAM
merlcan Exposition.

rhe following brilliant address was
ven by Secretary Of State John Hay
banquet given by the directors of
Pan-American exposition to the
,tional Editorial Association in Buff
n on a recent evening, more than
. thousand being present:
last night as looked from my
ndow at this marvellous creation,
ed in fire upon the evening sky, and
iay. as l have walked through the
|urts and the palaces Of this incom-
rable exhibition, the words of the
Iophet have been constantly in my
Ind. Your old men shall dream
beams; your young men shall see
sions." We who are old have through
any hopeful years dreamed this
3eam. 1t was noble and inspiring,
hding to earnest and uplifting labor.
nd now we share with you who are
hung the pleasure Of beholding this
Ision, far nobler and more inspiring
Ian the dream. This idol of the
{otherhood CT the nations of the
pstern world is nc4 a growth of yes
rday. 1t was heralded when the
|untry was young by the clarion voice
Henry Clay; it was cherished by
ward and Evarts, by Douglas and
Blaine. Twelve years ago We held
first reunion of the American re-
blics. Much was said and done des-
ed to be memorable in our history,
ening and blazing the way, along
path of peace and fraternal rela-
ms. We have made steady progress,
have grown day by day to better
derstanding, until now we are look
to our coming conference in the
ky of Mexico, in which We have the
int to hope that with larger experi-
&c and profounder study of the great
bblems before us results still more
portant and beneficent will be
hched AS a means to those ends,as
hereto realization of those generous
cams which have led us thus far,
have this grand and beautiful spec
lie, never to be forgotten, delight
the eyes, a comfort to every patriot
rt that, during the coming sum-
d shall make the joyous pilgrimage
this enchanted scene, where lake
shore and sky, the rich, bright city
obbing with vigorous life, and in
distance the flash and roar of the
pendous cataract, unite their varied
FACTIONS in one charm of powerful
gic, such as the world has seldom
IN. There has been statesmen and
oilers who have cherished the fancy
past years of vast American army
(ruited from every country between
Arctic and the Antarctic seas,
Itch should bind us together in one
mense military power, that might
, brave the older civilizations. But
conception belongs to the past, to
order of things that has gone, 1
be, forever by. How far more in
ring is the thought Of the results
see here now; how much more in
bping with the better times in whose
BIT we live, and the still more glori-
future to which we look forward,
Ehe result we see today of the armies
labor and intelligence in every
Intry of this new world, all work
with one mind and one will, not to
lin an unhappy pre-eminence in the
Of destruction, but to advance in
ral emulation in the arts which
to make them happier and better,
make this long-harassed and tor
bted earth brighter and more
Bt abode for men of good will Cap
nse.)
bur hearts have glowed within us
we have surveyed at every turn the
- dences of the equality and fraternity
progress under skies so distant, un
conditions so varying as those
ch obtain between Alaska and CAPE
IN. l remember how, at Worlds
+ in Paris, a great writer exclaim-
What prodigious amount of
diligence there is in the world" We
say, with hearts full Of gratitude
pride: How prodigious is the prog
of intelligence and industry in
New World of ours.
II the triumphs of the spirit and
he skilled hands of labor, the gar
I'D treasures Of science, the witch
of art, the spoils Of earth and air
sea are gathered here to warn, to
ght, to encourage, and reward the
F-striving, the indomitable mind of
Here you have force. which en-
. men to conquer and tame the
ers of nature; wealth, not meant,
[ennyson sang, to rest in moulded
ps, but smit with the free light to
and fatten lower lands; beauty,
for the selfish qualification of the
but for the joy of the many to
heir days with gladness and their
It's with music.