The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-29
GOV. SIMPSONS SPEECH.
Delivered in Front Of the Continental
Hotel, Philadelphia, after the Meet
ing of the Thirteen Governors.

Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, intro
duccd Governor simpson rs follows:
FELLOW CITIzENS: l am going on down
the coast to the land of the SHUTTERS and the
Marions, TO the great fields of buttIe OF Cow
pens and Eutaw, and / am going to introduce
10 YOU that great warm-iieartcd southern
gentleman who preSdes over the destlnics OF
The glorious old commonwealth or south gar.
olina, | take pleasure III 10 you
Gov. SIMPSON, OF South Carolina.
Governor Simpson, after the enthusiastic
cheers which greeted his appearance had SUD
sided be said:
Coming into your midst upon TINS occasion
on the Invitation of your Governor, IN whose
bosom rhave found, by personal contact 70
day beats u heart aS big rs has ever grown III
the human form, lgreat eneeringl eApecteu
appointed. The manner In which we have
been received here to-day has exceeded my
most %sanguinc expectations, ana regret lcl-
low citizens, that l am not prepared Tonight
to make suitable response. ~
But / rejoice, fellow.citiZens, that the niue
State over which I reside, far down In the
sunny land, watcrcd on the one SID ny we
Atlantic Ocean and on the other bounced ny
the blue mountains that rise upon our north-
crn and western boundaries. has been honor
ed I'm the streets of thiSm magnificent city To-
night because | feel that this compliment, So
far as | am embraced, is not due SO lnucn ~
me as to the state OF which l am the ENecu'
tive. But am none the less grateful OIL tht
account. because | would infinitely prefer 10
see my State honored rather than myself.
thank you tonight, not only In my own name
but in the name OF the State OF Soutil CiiToli.
ma. l would rejoice II 1t were possible that
the people OF South Caroiina-l mean the
masScs-could have Il closer and more init.
mate association with the great people al
Pennsylvania. lCheers.l with the people OF
this grand old State, which has bounded for
ward faster on the track OF progress than ri
most any other State in this Union. IRE
neWed chccrs.l
would rejoice too, fcllOw-citizens, If tho
masses OF the people OF the great North couiu
he brought into Intimate and close contact
with the people of my own section OF the
south. [Appiausc.] l..believe this Is what this
country needs. The American peop.leNre In
possession Of n great country, great IN Terri
tory, great In material resources, great IN phy-
steal and intellectual development, and what
Is OF far more Importance, great in the grand
possibilities Of the future. lGreat CheerinSl
ture is unity and harmony on the part OF the
whole people. [Cheers.] Shall these grand
prospects be wrecked by our passions? God
forbid. .
Why, my fellow-citlzens, look at this terri.
tory OF which We are possessed there 1t lies
stretching from the frozen lakes Of the North
TO the mild tepid waters of the gulf of the
South In one direction, in the other from'occan
TO ocean, with q valley between the bases OF
the A~lleghany-and the Rocky mountains, six
= StN kIttAi Aop ~ 'ea >'hf ~
hold ii without believing that God in hisprov'
idence designed this country to be the habita.
ton Of the greatest people on earth, and, as !
have said, all we need TO make it SO Is to bind
our people together from the North to the ut
most South. lApplause.] This is In part my
object Of coming TO Philadelphia on this oc.
casion. We come here together to cause the
surrender Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown to be
celebrated on its centennial and anniversary,
hoping that the people OF this whole country
from one extreme to the other. Will be pres
eut with q large representation where we can
meet together, look into each others eyes
grasp each others hands and call each other
ellow-cittzcns OF q common country,
|[Cheers.l
1 may tell you, fellow-ci1izcns, so far as the
State Of South Carolina Is concerned, that.
though we were overcome In the late war, al.
though we regret man things which have
occurred. yet all this has been hurled into tke
| past, We are now looking to the future; and
[ tell you as far as my people are concerned
they are Just as true TO the principles Of the
government as any portion OF the country
and we would GO as far to uphold and sustain
its flag as any part OF the American people
tChcers.l
We believe that thisi is all that is necessary
to accomplish the grand destiny which Goo
| designed that this great people should accom-
plish. [Cheers.l
/ But I do not desire to detain you under TIT
embarrassing circumstances by which we are
surrounded IT is already raining. l thank
YOU for the kind attention which you have
given me and now bid you all q good night
fApplause.l