. Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World's Columbian exposition : historical and descriptive . my in the city and the town, maybe witnessed the uiipieccdented spectacle of a powerful nation captured by an army ofliliputians, of embryo men and women, of topling boys and girls, and tiny elves,scarce old enough to lisp the numbers of the National anthem, scarce strong enoughto lift the miniature flags that make of arid street and autumn wood an emblematicgarden, to gladden the sight, and to glorify the Red, White and Blue. See Our young-barbarians all at better than these we have
. Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World's Columbian exposition : historical and descriptive . my in the city and the town, maybe witnessed the uiipieccdented spectacle of a powerful nation captured by an army ofliliputians, of embryo men and women, of topling boys and girls, and tiny elves,scarce old enough to lisp the numbers of the National anthem, scarce strong enoughto lift the miniature flags that make of arid street and autumn wood an emblematicgarden, to gladden the sight, and to glorify the Red, White and Blue. See Our young-barbarians all at better than these we have nothing to exhibit. They are our crown jewels ; thetruest, though the inevitable, oflfsprings of our civilization and development ; the rep-resentatives of a manhood, vitalized and invigorated by toil and care ; of a woman-hood elevated and inspired by religion, liberty and education. God bless the childrenand their mothers ; God bless our countrys flag; and God be with us now and ever ;God in the roof-trees shade, and God on the highway ; God in the winds and thewaves, and God in all our I TMB GOLUMBIf\N ORf\TION. BY CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, of New York. MR. PRESIDENT, Ladies and : This day belongs not to Amer-ica, but to the world. The results of the event it commemorates are theheritage of the peoples of every race and clime. We celebrate the eman-cipation of man. The preparation was the work of almost countless centuries, therealization was the revelation of one. The Cross on Calvary was hope; the crossraised on San Salvador was opportunity. But for the first, Columbus would neverhave sailed, but for the second there would have been no place for the planting, thenurture and the expansion of civil and religious liberty. Ancient history is adreary record of unstable civilizations. Each reached its zenith of material spleudor,and perished. The Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian, Grecian and Roman Empires, wereproofs of the possibilities and limitations of man for conque
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