The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-22
m OLE VIRGINNY.
Tho President Doing the Fair
Down There.
rrU INITIAL INTRODUCTION.
ADDRESSES the People OF the Old
dc To,,infoR and Thanks Them
for His Reception.
ria President at the Fair.

Tbe President at the Fair.
w,.grxerov, October The Presi-
z.u+ accompanied by Secretaries
p.v,rd and Endicott, and Postmaster
ca1srsl Villas, left here this morning on
sD.cisy train for Richmond, Va. to
o.tsDd the fair of the Virginia AgrI-
'u p1r %. October 2l.-The Pres
isantisi marty arrived shortly before
n -uv and were met by the Governor
80 the reception committee, with
p-onar escort and conveyances, a few
4RoiTnrItes' drive brought the party TO the
fai- grounds and as the head OF the
1 1H fled into the main entrance. a
p-ssideutisl salute was fired. Inside
The Gates drawn up eight in line, were
the military, among them battalion Of
colored troops. As the carriage bearing
the President and cabinet officers
nsssed. the military remained at pre-
sent arms. Welcoming shouts Of
many thousands greeted them
The President, taking the arm
NJ General Lee, made his way,
cheered 0y the shouts Of ten thousand
voices to the verands Of the Office
DpLQIuS' anu AaSfo OIC "StNO4AAA.'S
fbrong. Governor Lee, in a brief
speec6. extended the welcome of the
commonwealth of Virginia to the Presi-
dent. The President replied IN clear
voice, loud enough to be heard on the
borders Of the great throng, as follows:
Fsllou-citizsa5 Of Virginia:
While thank you most sin
and recognize in its heartiness
the hospitality for which the peo-
pie Of Virginia have always been dis
tinguished. am fully aware thatyour
demons ration of welcome is not ten
dered to an individual, but to an incum-
bent Of the Office which crowns the
government of the United States. The
State Of Virginia, 1.-The mother of Presi-
dents" seven Of whose sons have filed
that high Cfiee, to-day greets a Presi-
dent who for the first time meets Yir-
ginians upon Virginia's soil. l con-
graduate myself that my first introduc.
ton to tie people Of Virginia occurs at
8 time when they are surrounded by
the exhibits Of the productiveness
and prosperity OF their State.
Whatever there may be in honor in her
history, and however much of pride
there may be in her traditions, her
true greatness IS here exemplifed in
our sisterhood Of the States; the lead
ing and most commanding place must
be gained and kept by that common
wealth which By the labor ard intelli-
gence of her citizens can produce the
most Of these things which meet the
necessities and desires of mankind
but the full advantage of that which
may be yielded TO the State by the toll
and ingenuity Of her people is not
measured alone by the money value of
her products; the efforts and struggles
Of her farmers and her artisans, not
only create new values in the field of
agriculture and in arts and manu-
features, but they at the same time
produce rugged self-reliant and indie
pendent men, and cultivate that pro-
duct which more than all others
enObles a state-praCticaI, earnest,
American citizenship. This viii -four
ISh in every part of the American do
main; neither drOuth nor rain can in
iure it, for it takes root in true hearts,
reached by the love of country. There
are no varieties in tins production. It
must be the same wherever seen, and
Its quality is never sound, nor genuine,
unless it grows to deck and
beautify an entire and united
nation; nor unless it supports
and sustains institutions and govern
ment founded to protect American
liberty and happiness. The present
administration fg0veTnmentisp ledg 4
to return for such husbandry, not only
promises, but actual tenders offrmness
and Justice with equal protection and
Iul participation in the material
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Deen eStranged, and the cultivation Of
American citizenship has been inter
rupted, your enthusiastic welcome of
to-day demonstrates that there is an
end to arrangements, and that
the time of suspicion and fear
IS succeeded by an era of
taIth and confidence. In such kindly
atmosphere, and beneath such cheering
skies, greet the people of Virginia as
Gorlaborers in the field where grows the
love OF our united country. God grant
mar IN years to come Virginia, the Old
dominion, the Mother of Presidents,
Sae who looked on the nation at its
oulnday, may not only increase her
HOphles OF growth in agriculture and
manufactures, but that she should be
among the first of all the States in the
ship.
The President was frequently inter
iiupIed b. hearty applause, and when
lie concluded the immense concourse of
people joinad in a perfect ovation of
SSneers. Colonel Beverly then intro
3puced IN the order named Secretaries
66ayard and Endicott, Postmaster
General Villas and Commissioner OF
agriculture Coleman. Each was
s5geted with cheers, which they simply
ppISaAnoWledged by bowling to the peo-
PIE, II having been understood that
o o.5slae7 speech making would not be in
f,C cs'. Among the ladies on the portico
1roul which the speaking took place
s @eae Mrs. Lee, the Governors wife,
az miss MISS Winnie Davis, daughter OF
P.,,II.feesiGent Jefferson Davis, to whom
a pS t Cleveland was introduced
me- me- win whom he spent few mo-
ns .5-t.S N pleasant conversation. The
9 9Ha: were then escorted to the head
w5e,eIS Of the president of the daV,
Of re they witnessed review
Tav; ne troops, white and colored; after
rsoas ~ The President held a public
bsn6Rss on tor over an hour and shook
'uus with thousands. Between 3 and