The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-10-09

His speech at Atlanta, Ga. in re-
sponse to an address of welcome by
the Governor Of the State An address
glowing with patriotism aud fraternal
feeling;
FELLOW CITIZENS or GEoRoIr-My
1 friends of Georgia, / regret that by
reason OF slight cold, taken day or
two ago in the rain storm in East Ten
nessee, my voice is not in condition To
be heard in the first few sentences OF
j my address by any considerable por-
/ tion Of this vast audience, but III you
will bear with me expect in very
few minutes l shall make myself heard.
J The dav before yesterday, at Chatta-
nooga, / met committee who desired
me aud urged meto extend with the
4 party accompanying me, our trip TO
your beautiful and prosperous city.
! We were all very desirous 10 accept
| that invitation. We felt that, extend
ed as il was, it was very great honor
! to us. Individually we felt that il
would be very great pleasure to meet
you at your homes; but our arrange
I ments ahead had been made, and /
supposed il was ont of the question 10
extend the trip. Happily our railroad
] friends assured us that by riding all OF
the night we should be able TO visit
I Atlanta; aud at once those who were
the healthier and stronger OF the party,
urged by those OF the other sex, con.
sented 10 come, anf we are here.
wish to say in single sentence we are
glad TO be here. Applause. The
very eloquent address TO which we have
listened, anu especially the very en-
couraging statements We heard from
1 the governor OF Georgia, are surely cf
themselves, greeted AS they have been
aud indorsed by the applause OF this
! great audience, so great a qualification
/ that ] would not on any account have
missed the pleasure ! have felt this
morning. Cheers. l suppose that
here, as everywhere else, | am ia the
presence of men OF both great political
I parties | nm speaking also in the
presence OF citizens of both races.
am quite sure there are before me very
many OF the brave men who fought in
the confederate army fappiausel, some
/ doubtless Of the men who fought in
. the union army applause, and here we
are, Republicans, Democrats, colored
Z people, white people, confederate SOL
diers. and union soldiers, all OF one
mind and one heart to-day. Immense
cheering. And why should we not be?
What Is there TO separate us longer?
Without any fault Of yours, or any
fault OF mine, or any one OF this great
aude ace, slavery existed in this cOuu-
( try. IL was in the constitution OF the
country
TIKI coLoREp Man
was here not by his own voluntary ac-
tion. II was the misfortune OF his ia
theirs that he was here. / think il il
safe to say it was by the crime Of our
fathers he WAS here. lie was here.
however, and one OF the two sections
differed about what should be done
with him. As Mr. Lincoln told us ia
the war, there were prayers on both
sides for him. Both sides found IN the
Bible confirmation OF their opinions,
aud both sides finally undertook to set
tie the question by that last final
means OF arbitration, force Of arms
You here mainly joined the confederate
side and fought bravely, risEed your
lives heroically in behalf OF your con-
yictions, and can any true man any
where fail 10 appreciate the man who
rlSKs MS life Tor ms cOnvieuors. rrro-
longed cheers And az accord that
respect 10 you and believe you 60 be-
equally liberal and generous and just,
feel, as | stand before you, as one
who fought in the union army for bis
convictions, / am entitled TO respect.
Cheers Now that conflict IS over,
my friends. Governor Hampton re-
peated 10 you last night the way in
which / have been in the habit OF put
ting il since / came to the south
There was a larger proportion Of train
ed soldiers n.your army at first than IN
ours. Ia much greater proportion You
were good marksmen and good horse
men, and that is two-thirds Of good
soldier laughterl; but gradually we
learned 10 ride, too laughter, aud, as
some # you know, gradually learned
TO shoot. Renewed laughter hap
pen 10 know how well you could shoot
lCheers. Well, having learned how
to ride aud shoot, IL was the case Of
! hghting between Greek and Greek.
When Greek meets Greek, you know
what the conflict is. Cheers. And
more than that, you know exactly how
it will terminate. That party in that
fight will always conquer that has TIE
most Greeks. Laughter and cheers
I Ii is with no discredit TO Us the war
turned out as il did. Cheers. Now,
shall we quit lighting? lCries of "Yes,
| Yes" have been in the habit OF
telling
AZ ASBCDoTK ABOUT GENERAL SCOTT
and tie statesman, at Washington. in
which the statesman said that as soon
a. tie war was over and the combatants
laid down their arms, we would have
complete peace. NO, said General
/ Scott. 1T will take several years in
which all the powers Of the general
| government will be employed in keep
ing peace between the belligerent non.
cUmbatants. Laughter Now !
'hink we lave gotten through that
! cheersl, AM having peace between the
soldiers and non -combatants, that is an
end Of tho war Il there any reason,
/ then, why we should not be nj peace
/ forever more7 We are emba ked upou
/ the same voyage, upon the same sbip
| under the same old flag. Good fortune
or ill fortune Affects you and your chill
dren rs well as my people and my chil.
dren. Cheers. Every interest you
, possess IL to be promoted by peace
Here is the great city OF Atlanta gath.
ering to itself from all parts Of the
country its wealth and business 10y it,
railroads, and I say 20 you that every
description of industry aud legitimate
business needs peace That Is what
capital wants. Discord, discomfort aud
dissatisfaction are the enemies Of these
enterprises. Then all our interests are
for peace. Are we not agreed about
that? / believe Il is the duty OF the
general government TO regard equally
the interests and rights Of all sections
II the country. Cheers. / am glad
you sgree with me about that. be-
lieye further that il is the duty OF gov.
ernments 10 regard alive and equally
the rights aud interests Of all classes OF
citizens. Cheers That covers the
whole matter. That wipes out in the
future in our politics the section line
forever. tCheers. Let us wipe ont
4 in our pOlitic4 tho color hua forever