Frederick Douglass, the Orator - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection
LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 193
work, and that no citizen of that country who
shall visit the World's Columbian Exposition will
feel ashamed of its appearance or will fail to contemplate
it with satisfied complacency. Its internal
appointments are consistent with its external
appearance. They bear the evidence of
proper and thoughtful regard for the taste, comfort,
and convenience of its visitors, as well as for
the appropriate display of the productions of the
rich,tropical country which shall be here exhibited.
Happy in these respects, it is equally happy in another
important particular. Its location and situation
are desirable. It is not a candle put under
a bushel, but a city set upon a hill. For this we
cannot too much commend or be too grateful for
the liberality of the honorable commissioners and
managers of these grounds. They have awarded
us ample space and a happy location.
" Hayti will be happy to meet and welcome its
friends here. While the gates of the World's
Columbian Exposition shall be open and shall
welcome the world to this enclosure, the doors of
this pavilion shall also be open and will give a
warm welcome to all who shall see fit to honor us
with their presence. Our emblems of welcome
will be neither brandy nor wine. No intoxicants
will be served here, but we shall give all comers a
generous taste of our Haytian coffee, made in the
best manner by Haytian hands. They shall find
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