The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-23
sent Hon. John Wood the mayor of
THE MAYOR BRIEFLY

Mayor Wood was not in speech max.
ing humor, and only said: "Allow me,
friends, TO introduce to you Hon. ID. w.
Mum, who has boon selected to mako tho |
welcoming address,
MAJOR NUNS ADDRESS.
Major Mum, in his loud, closr voice,
thon said
SUPERISrEsDEErs, TEACuBRs AND san
RATu School SCHOLARS or TENNESSEE
AND FELLow-CtTIZENs In nv absence
I was selected as tho papers have in
formed you, 10 deliver welcoming ad-
dress to you to-day, ! was informed Of
this fact on my arrival last night, and
could not determine what should say
but, while marching up hero with the
| scholars Of our several Sunday schools |
saw upon tho canvass in front Of this
building, all of my address Welcome
Sunday School Armyr' That is my speech
i have no studied address at command
no prepared sentences but / give to
| you the hearty welcome Of our people
the warm, firm grasp Of their friendly
hands.
We ought, friends from Tennessee, to
be more Intimately acquainted with each
|
states, -Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and
| Kentucky here come together in close
| fellowship, and their interests common
cial and political, arc the same. Tenn
esseo and Illinois, your state and our state,
are friends, and in particular
are the business interests Of
the country you represent and
those ofthis city the same. Therefore
we are glad to see and meet you, and for
| other reasons. We are glad 10 meet you
becsuso we know we shall like YOU. and
allow mo immodestly 70 say that believe
you will like usi we are Il good naturej
clever people; we may not convince you
OF this to-day, hut IL you will come Of
tener We will convince you. I have no
doubt, you will lind us to DO
that wo arc wholesouled people.
We have not great city
to show you; and tho
humorou-ly inclined have jokingly init
mated tina, tho greatest display wo can
now make is our water privileges. 1t has
been said that ~ newspaper Office Of this
city has been full OF water for u month,
and that the editor, although unfamiliar
with the luid-slmost a stranger to 1t
has actually survived this iuliction il
good health.
Tho major at this point smilingly
gaLed back Of the stand when his eye fell
upon US.
But my friends, independent of our
business relations, there is cause
which c.akeI US brethren. We have a
common religion, the same Bible,.he same
God, tho same destiny, the same result TO
labor for The cause in which We strug-
gle takes from the pocket it is true; but II
/ l N.1 ..s IN h.u rfNrl
a bank that will honor our checks in
the great hereafter. 1t may be there are
among the band Of Sunday school schol-
ars SEQ around me, orphans moneyless,
and with dark future in this
world spreading out before them
but thoy need not despair. The heaven
to which they are being led knows moth
, ing of orphanage or of poverty. There
/, the houseess Of this world will STAN
equal with the Roihschilds, il indeed
they shall be found there.
Ny friend spoke of picture. Thi
scene is indeed u grand picture-so many
. OF the religious people Of two grea. state
}, Of the Union mIngling togethe
. on an occasion like this. | look upo'
~ it with pleasure and bid yo
" God speed in your labors. You ar
working for union moro valuable that
the union OF these ststes-the union o
5 mankind in tho land that lies on th,
. other side of the mystical river, whor,
the music will be grander than earthly
music and cares ana strife will DO known
no more.
e Again give you a hearty welcome {,
O CAIRO.
- EDEN.
o a qusrtette Of singers from the Hum
bolt college then sung with much spiri
the splendid hymn entitled "The Besuii
ful Eden" Wo are almost sure tho sing
ers had not in their minds tho fact tina
a Dickens named Cairo Eden-tho Eden o
Mark Tapley.
non. 5. ". sHARP's SPEECH.
Mayor Wood then introduced Hon. )
W. Sharp, Of Humbol,, who spoke as fol,
, lows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF CAIRO
Il appear before you on behalf of IN,
people to acknowledge the kind welcom
: you havo extended to us. We are fiat
tered by your presence, and delighted b,
Q your kindness. We have come TO SO
: you because we like you, and wish to be
1 come better acquainted with you. As you
speaker has said tho people Of our re
spectiye sections should DO hartily unite
We are one in feeling now
{ ono in interest, and ono il
I sentiment. Tennessee is tn
older state and che therefor
pays to you the first visit, and will b
I pleased to have IL returned,
We have been told by Col. Mum tina
y you are n good-natured, clever people
lie need not have told US that. We knew
you rs such before We were told. Yol
carry your character on your faces. lie
Q must have thought US dull, to believe W,
= would not recognize good peolpe wher
, we met them.
This meeting together will return gooC
0 results. Such comminglings Of the people
a of the north and south do more than leg
= islation can do-far more-to bridge over
tho bloody chasm that has kept them toe
long divided.
You live in an embryo city, destined &
= be great one, and our people wish L
know you. Some Of your citizens ar
now living with us, and we regret WI
have not more of you.
But l was told by the committee tina
the chairman would hold up his Under
: finger, when l had consumed three min
utes, as q signal to stop. That finger i
up now, but / will say aword moro. We
wish you to come and SEQ US | promis,
YOU n hearty weleome. And now lot m
| conclude by expressing our desire for on