The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-04
ANELoauENr Address.
General q. Il. Lnwten Delivers u
Grand Grafton ut Atlanta.


ATLANTA, Ga, September Son
the occasion of the laying of the cor
ner-stone Of the new state capitol yes
terday, General q. X. LawtOn, of
Savannah, who was recently rendered
the Russian mission by President
Cleveland, delivered one OF the most |
eloquent and fervid speeches ever
heard in this city. During the course
of his address, referring TO tho late
civil war, the orator said:
"In the United States the experiment
of free government has reached its
maturity. We have passed through a
second war with England, the war
with Mexico and numerous contests
with adjacent Indian tribes, but last
and greatest of all the war between
the states. the severcst and mightiest
to which were ever applied the encr-
giles, the resources and the endurance
of great people, aud now the capac-
| ity OF man for sclt-govcrninent is 10
longer an experiment. We postponed
the evil day, but IL came at last. and
the Developments of four years OF d.
this new American government, and
every part of IL; In resources, genius,
patriotic endeavor and heroism, which
caused the whole civilized world to
look on in amazcment.
"Fellow Georgians, sad and dreary rs
were those four years of devastating
war, and painfully conscious of the
intense strain upon our manhood,
the dcsolatc homes which never csn
be glad, and the broken hearts which
can never be healed, vet, looking to
| At n Oh, nd I'M
ment of q great people, the lessons
taught III those four years of struggle,
al d the equally valuable lessons IN
!; the years that have since come aud
! gone. now venture TO asset that
the struggle was worth all 1t cost
The people of the various sections o.
/. this country now understand caci
u other better than they ever did be
: fore. The north knows the south Il
3 not altogether given to exhibitions o
fiery temper aud capable Only of mucl
ebulliiion and explosion without tn
capacity for prolonged effort aud en-
durauce. Four years of war, aud a
10 least four more of loneliness and poy
i. erty which followed, have satisfied
ir them, and the whole world know
8. how wrongly we were judged. Th
no south. too, has learned tina
V the north is not so ahsorbe
m in its monev-bags tn,
IN il viii not shed its blood aud risk i
all even for sentiment. The polit
cal effect and result of the war b,
tween the states have bee
4 to show conclusively that
w. not the intention of great majori
ho of the people of the country to pc
Nv nit any state to Withdraw from Il
-, union, and that they have the physic
~ mower TO prevent 1t. That much h
~. been settled by the war, but no fun
90 alnental principles OF governme
W have been changed. AS Georgia
we are also citizens of the Unit
=. States, and claim to be now rs 10y
m, TO that great government as any pC
~, ton of the upion, since we are
"a. longer called upon TO surrender o
~ self-respect nor do violence TO q
~ most sacred sensiDilltles. In maxi
that claim We are ready and willing
render service TO defend her honor,
fight her battles and to give eve
nos man of every section his just dues.
"a that sense we know no north,
No. south, no east, no west, but tina
lbe heaven, the time is past wi
a any right thinking man of
north expects that we shall
love our own families aud neighb
better than the stranger; our own {
c;s better than another our own ST
pa better than any other of the THU
IL eight Yes, my friends, they kno,
Ia aud respect us for il. While we
a in good faith In the tribute paid
" the great soldier of the United Sta
ms. recently borne TO the tomb in Ri
nos side Park with such display
Des, demonstrations as Roman empel
stsr never received, yet at our own no
Inc in the tenderest moments Of our |
avs We mourn the illustrious sons of
the south who sleep in modest grave
has Lexington with sorrow and p
nd 4 which are all our own"
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