Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31
ATLANTA JUBILEE AND RECEF-

We think we cannot devote q column O
l4uobf ouf space to q better purpose than i
placing before our paders enough of tn
proceedings of the Atlanta Jubilee. or re
ceptiion of the lexcnrxionisti guests, to ena
bic them to catch something of the spiri
which animated that occasion. We have
therefcse copied two Eor three of tk
speeches which tell of the generous feeling
which setuated our Georgia friends in ex
tending the invitation to the people of tn
Northwest, and the eject which Southern
generosity and hospitality have upon oul
| people who accepted it.
GOV. J. N. SMITHS REMARKS.
|. Il FE1low-O OouNTRYMBN: To me has
been assigned the very pleasant du-
ty of bidding you eiuolne 10 the
state of Georgia. .In performing
this office, / shall not deal in any
idle compliment. | would consider
it oat of place before this audience.
Ii, was naturally intended that Il e
South and the great Northwest
should be united; that their people
should be one people. We hive
fully realized the fact. OBJ
servant persons have well. under
stood the causes, of difference exist
ing between the two sections IN
past times. It has grown, my
friends, out of the fact that we have
not understood each other as we
ought to, have done; as Lh0pel we
shall do, APplause] 1t has been up
on this want of information that dis
sensions have been sown between
the two seetfonsLb between the North
and the South. Those dissensions
ripened into open hostility and issues
of the very gravest character have
been solved between sections. Let
those issues be buried in the past.
We feel that they are so. We be-
Ieve that the northern people will
SO feel it. = Applause Thus inn
pressed, we have invited You, to Wis
1t us. We invited you because we
wanted to see the representative men
Of the great northwest. We desire
to talk with you, to interchange
views with you, to hear, you give
your opinions Of the future.s NRede-
sired to make your acquaintance, not
only that we desired you should see US
that you should visit us in our homes,
that you should partake of our hos
pitality, that you should get an in
ner view of the motives and feelings
of the people of Georgia. We de-
sired that you should from perspn
al observation, learn our reverence
for law; that you should see that
We look upon law and order as su-
premes IApplause. That in the
state of Georgia, rights of person
and rights Of property are protected
by the law. Applause. That
there is no4A2hess, that there is no
disregard forsthe obligations; which
the law imposes, but that on the
contrary We look to It to protect us
and iutend it shall protect alloWho,
come among us. More than
that, We desire that you, from Fer-
sonai observation, should witness the
efforts we are making TO restore our
material prosperity, to prepare the
places made waste bv the ravages Of
war 2 WGdesiEeIhat goo should see
for yourselves what we are doing for
the purpose of eleyating that inferior
race that Providence has committed
to our care; for we are their
guardians and not-Sou. Great ap7
plause. and allow me, my friends,
to say, that we feeiln a due degree
the weight of that responsibility and
we intend to discharge that duty.
I Applause. We desired you to
learn how every man in the state of
Georgia stands equal before the law,
how every one is possessed alike Of
the sase politicaLrights. How eve
ry o3eShas the sanre7civil rights and
how the rights of afEare regarded and
protected by our4aw. Applause.1
More than that. We desfre that
you shall see eur country. We
think-fardon me-we have the
loveliest country that God ever.gave
to man. Applause. We desire
hat you shall loek-upon ourmoun-
tains, our fertile valleys, our beauti-
fhl rivers, and ouEextended Sunlight
plainss--We desire that you, stand
upon eur sea-coast and Look ont up-
on the islands that ARE bathedsin an
atmosphere as soft as that that rests
on Ita4ia's shore.-.We desire that
you shall wade along the bordes of
that fairy land where the birds ever
sing and the flowers ever bloom.
We desired that you become |
with cur resources, that
you leaEu our mineral wealth; that
you should learn the richness of our |
forests, that you should learn the |
many material advantages which |
we possess with which Heaven has
crowned us. We desire that you |
should become acquainted with our
great men and hospitable men. We |
desired that you should look upon |
our lovely women. and become
with them. [Tumultus
applause. And in looking upoE
them and their beauty, learn that
beauty in this home Of ours is not |
confined alone to our sunlight land
scapes and our skies. Renewed |
1S Inatheipane of tbs. peo
pie of Georgia, and asqtheir true
representative IN this, | bid you vel
com. Her sons meat you with ex-
tended .Ilands.ssHeras women meet
you with their smiles. q Talk about
the war being oEerl OF course it is
o3tf. Applanse.] After tie
clash of arms has ceased, why should
the conflict be continued in idea
alone? Are we not one people ?
Why we could not, divide if I'VE were.
to try. Applause. Didn't We try p
We did and failed. C1 Great Eapplaase
and laughter. We are bound to 4
gether by Observation-Disclosures that
form bonds stronger than triple
steel. Being hrpphers ofrene family,
we desired TO know you. We, there. \
fore, invited you 10 come down and 1
Paffakss oFeoar Hospitality, and 5te |
learn us as We are, and give US op.
of bacOYnin a. tooua;n4a1 /