The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-22
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
4 Short Address on Raising of Farm Products
and Cultivation of Citizenship.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct 2i-The presidential
party arrived at Elba station, West Broad
street. shortly before noon, whore they were
met By the Governor Of the State and the re-
ception committee, with proper escort and con-
veyance. few minutes drive brought the
party to the fair grounds, and as the head Of
the line filed into the main entrance the presi-
Dental salute of twentyone guns was fred by
the Richmond Howtzers. Inside the gates,
drawn up in line were the military, consisting
of the First Regiment Virginia Volunteers,
Richmond Light Infantry Blues. and three
companies of visiting soldiery; also, battalion
of colored troops. AS the carriages bearing the
President and Cabinet officers passed, the mill
tary remained at present arms. Welcoming
shouts OF the many thousands greeted the
President along the route to one of the main
buildings, where the party was to be received.
The guests were ushered into the Office of the
president of the Agricultural Society, where the
members Of the reception committee and
q few other distinguished citizens were
formally introduced. Half an hour later the
President, taking the arm Of Governor Lee,
made his way, cheered by the shouts of ten
thousand voices, to the veranda of the Office
building and faced the welcoming multtudes.
The huzzas having ceased, Colonel Robert Bev-
erly, president of the agricultural society,
stepped forward and introduced Governor Lee,
who, in brief speech, extended the welcome of
the Commonwealth of Virginia to the President
of the Nation The President was then intro
duced by Colonel Beverly, who, in behalf of the
farmers OF Virginia, welcomed him to their
State. Deafening and prolonged cbesrs, and
wild waving OF hats and handkerchiefs greeted
him. In clear voice, loud enough to be heard
upon the borders of the great multitude, he
spoke as follows:
'Fellow-citzens of Virginia-Whie I thank
you most sincerely for your kind reception, and
recognize in the heartiness the hospitality for
which the people of Virginia have always been
distinguished, am fully aware that your dem
onstCatlon OF welcome is rendered, not to an in
divldual, but to an incumbent Of an office
which crowns the government of the
United States. The State Of Virginia,
the Mother OF Presidents, seven of
whose sons have filed that high Office, to-day
greets President who, for the first time, meets
Virginians 'pon Virginia's soil. l congratulate
myself that my first introduction to the people
OF Virginia occurs at time when they
rounsed by the exhibits of the productiveness
and prosperity of their State. Whatever there
may De in honor in her history and however
much of pride there may be in her traditions, her
true greatness is here exempli6ed In our sis
terhood Of States, the leading and most com
manding place must be gained and kept by that
Commonwealth which, by the labor and intelli.
aence OF her citizens, produce the most of
those things which meet the necessities and de-
sires of mankind. But the full advantage of
that which may be yielded to State by the toll
and ingenuity of her people is not measured alone
by the money value of the products The efforts
and the struggles of her farmers and her arti,
sans not only create new values in the field of
agriculture aud Iii the arts and manufactures
but they, at the same time produce rugged self.
reliant, and independent men. and cul
sivate that product which, more than
al others. ennobles State-a patri-
Otic American citizenship. This will flourish in
every part of the American domain; neither
drought nor rain can injure it. for it takes root
In true hearts, enriched by love of
country There are no new va
rieties in this production; ID must be the same
wherever seen, and its quality is neither sound
nor genuine unless it grows to deck and beautify
an entire and united nation. nor unless it sup
ports and sustains the institutions and the gov
crnment founded to protect American liberty
and happiness. The present administration of
the government is pledged TO return for such
husoandry not only promises but actual tenders
OF fairness and justice. with equal protection
ana ful participation in national achievements
III, IN the past we have been es;ranged and the
CULTIVATION OF American citizenship has been in
terrupted your enthusiastic welcome of TODAY
demonstrates that there is an end 10 such
sstrangement and that the time of suspicion and
lear is succeeded by an era of faith and conf
denee. In such kindly atmosphere and be-
0eath such cheering skies, | greet the people OF
Virginia rs coIaborers in the field where grows
the love Of our united country. God grant that
IN tho years to come Virginia. the Old Dominion,
the Mother of Presidents. she who looked on
tne Nation at It's birthday may not only increase
her trophies of growth in agriculture and manu-
faeinres, br. that she may be among the first of
all these States in the cultivation of true Ameri-
can citizenship"
tne President was frequently interrupted by
Deafsy applause, aud when he concluded the inn