Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-28
ION TO RICHMOND"
The President'Attondst the Fair OF the
VIrg mia Agricultural Society.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 22-The Presidential
party arrived here yesterday. They were met
by the Governor of the State and reception
committee, with u proper escort and convey
ances. A few minutes drive brought the party
TO the fair grounds, and as the head OF the line
filed into the main entrance the Presidential
salute of 81 guns was fired BY the Richmond
lIow!tzers. Ins de the gates drawn up In line
were the military. Among the latter was the
battalion OF cOlored troops. As the carriages
bearing the President and cab net officers
passed the hilary remained at present arms
and shouts of many thousands welcomed them.
In replying to Gov. Lees address Of welcome,
the President said: "Fcllow Citizens Of Vir-
glnia: While thank you most sincerely for
your kind reception, and recognize in its heart
mess the hospitality for which the pco Die OF
Virginia have always been distinguished am
fully aware that your welcome Is rendered not
as ind vidual, but to the incumbent OF an Of
fee VIII CHI crowns the government OF the
United States. The State Of Virginia, the
mother Of Presidents, 7 OF whose sons have
filed that high olilc,. to-day meets the Presi-
dent, who for the first time meets the Vlr-
gnians upon Virginia's soil. | congratulate
of Virginia occurs at the time when they are
surrounded by exhibits Of productiveness and
prosperity OF their State. Whatever there
may be in honor In her history, and however
much pride there may be in her traditions, her
true greatness is here exempifed In our
slsterhood Of states the leading and most
commanding place must be gained and kept
by the Commonwealth which by labor and In
telligence of her citizens can produce the
most Of these things which meet the necessl-
ties and desires Of mankind. But full ad-
vantage Of that which may be yielded to the
State by toll and ingenuity Of her people, not
measured alone by the money value of the
products, efforts and struggles Of
farmers and artisans not only create new
values in the field Of agriculture and In arts
and manufactures, but they at the same time
produce rugged, self-reiant and Independent
men and cultivate that product which more
than all others ennobles, state, patriotic, earn
est American citizenship. This will flourish
in every part Of the American domain, neither
drouth nor rain can injure 1t, for 1t takes root
in true hearts enriched by the laws OF our
country. There are no new varieties In this
production, 1t must be the same wherever
seen, and its quality is neither sound or gen.
uinc unless 1t grows to deck and bcautIfy entire
and united nation, nor unless it supports and
sustains the institutions and government
founded to protect American liberty and hap
piness. The present administration OF the
government is pledged to return for such hus-
bandry not only promises, but actual tenders
Of fairness and justice, with equal protection
and full participation In national achieve
ments. II in the past we have been estranged
and the cultivation OF American cItizensh
has been interrupted your enthusias tic
welcome Of to-day, demonstrates that there
is an end to arrangement and that
the time Of suspicion and fear is succeeded
by an era Of faith and confidence. In such
kindly atmosphere and beneath such cheering
skies, ! greet the people OF Virginia as CO.
laborers in the field where grows love OF our
reunited country. God grant that in years to
come, that Virginia, the Old Dominion, the
mother OF Presidents, she who looked on the
Nation OF it's birth, may not only increase her
trophies Of growth in agriculture and manu-
but that she may be among the first |
Of all States In the bold station Of the true
American citizenship. |