Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-30
GRADY.
A great poet of former generation


wrote that
The man in the moon
Came down too soon
And inquired the way 10 NorrldEc'
The mas In the south
Burned badly his mouth,
Eating cold plum porridge
We have had at last the pleasant specta-
rle Of ''man in the South" who has
shown sense enough to SO restrain himself
as not TO injure his feeding apparatus by
mis- hot haste. Grady is his nsme-Henry
W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta Georgia
and he has been up at Boston,
Massachusetts,, and made speech at Ne"
England society observance, which has been
greeted with golden opinions from all por-
tions Of the North, and-we are glad TO
know-from all portions of the South, also
The utterance was not only model AFTER .
dinner speech-graceful and spontaneously
humorous and witty-but il contained eX-
pr.ssions which have struck the popular
heart of the nation. Mr.. Grady, southern
democrat, spoke as follows;
Pardon me one word, Mr.. President
spoken for the purpose OF getting INTO tiie .
volumes that 20 out annually irelghted WIN
the rich eloQuence Of your Speakers-the
fact that the Cavalier aS,well as the Puritan
was on this continent in its early days. and
that he was up and able TO be about. nave
read your books carefully and find no
mention of that tact which seems to me
important for preserving sort ot historical
equilibrium.
With the Cavalier once established a.
fact in your charming little books | Shsl!
let him work out his own salvation, as ne
has always done with engaging gallantTy,
and we will hold no controversy a. to his
merits. Why should we? Neither Puritan
nor Cavalier long survived as such. Inc VIZ
tu,s and traditions of both happily still live
for the inspiration of their sons ana lhe
saving of the old fashion. But both PGri-
tan and Cavalier were lost in the storm OF
their first revolution and the American cit
izen. supplanting both and stronger than
either, took possession Of the republic
bought BY their common blood and fashioned
m wisdom, and charged himself with teach
ing men free government and establishing
the voice Of the people as the voice of God.
| Great types like valuable plants are slow 10
flower and fruit. But from the union of
these colOniStS, from the Strengthening OF
! their purposes and the crossing OF their
blood. slow perfscting through century,
came he who stands a. the first typical
American the first who cOmprehended
within himself all the stTeagth and
| gentleneSs, all the majesty and grace
of this republic Abraham Lincoln.
| lie was the sum of Puritan and Cavalier,
| for in his ardent nature were fused the viz
| tues of both, and in the depths of his great
soul the faults of both were lost. He was
greater than Puritan, greater than Cavalier
| in that he was American>ean that in his
homely form first gathered the vast and
| thrilling forces of the ideal government
charging it with such tremendous meaning
and 50 eIevating it above human suffering
that martyrdOm. though UNANIMOUSLY aimed,
came as fitting crown To life cOnSecrated
from its cradle to human liberty. Let us,
each cherishing his traditions and honorlng
his fathers, build with reverent hands to
the type of this simple but sublime life, IN
which all types are honOred, and in the
common glory we shall win as Americans
there will be plenty and to spare for your
forefathers and for mine.
There was first laughter" as Mr.. Grady
proceeded; then applause" then repeat
ed applause, " and then long and continued
spplause." The New York Sums Per
] tIlNtiN hllbllN ihAiA utF'NaAbN' AaaN AaNa'
of the hour and the style of his reception a:
follows:
Editor Henry W. Grady, of the Atlantis
Constitution, who delivered the famous
speech on The New South at the dinnel
of the New England society on Wednesday
night, and which made HIM a national rep
utItion has piercing black eyes, raven hair
a charmiHgly frank manner, and pecu
.iaTly graceful bearing as au orator. Nhel
he arose 10 odeliver his speech he looked upOl
the faces of over 800 strangers. He wa
the first southeruer 10 speak al dinner
the society since the war, and before hin
were men whose names are synonyms o
. legal acumen, culture, and wealth. Al
watched him intently. General Sherman
and DIR. TaImage had preceded him Wit
speeches highly eulOgistic of the north, an
they too closely scanned the earnest look
ing and dignifed sOutheTner as. in wei
5 modulated tones. he began his speech
: He hadn't said six lines before th
/. assemblage broke out in storm of cheers
: When Mr.. Grady spoke of Abraham Llncol
! ss one of the great types of American man
=. hood. a mighty shout went up, and when II
I said Dear to me are the home OF my chllt
e hood and the traditions of my people, tn
] applause of the New EuGlanueIs oIouSht
= happy smile to his face and an added brigh
: ness TO his eyes. From that moment Nj
Grady appeared at home. His peroratio
was listened To IN a silence that betOkene
i the intense interest of his audience. and
I closing. when he asked the New EnglandeI
g if the north would permit the prejudice {
II war TO remain in the hearts of the col
0uerors when il had died in the hearts
the conquered. the 800 thrOats thundered
e Mo- that must have been heard bloc
d away. When he sat down a cloud Of nal
l. kins aScended over the heads Of the dine
If as they cheered him. the band whonped u
. Way Down in Dixie" and everyone sal
that Mr.. Grady was humping I'll
e fellow.