The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-22


OF Presidents today welcomes within
her borders President of the Unit d
States, and | know that / voice the
sentiments ofthis vas multi ude when
l tender you and the distinguished
citizens and sate:men who accom-
pany you sincere, hear.y and Ger.
dial Welcome to Virginia. Vireinisns
not ony feel the mcst profound veneer
alton for the high Office, whose duties
you 80 ably dischsrga, but they
respect the man who fillsit. We share,
sir, the feeling 50 prevalent elsewhere,
that under your administration the
destiny OF the country has been COM
mittsd to vie, conservative aud safe
hands, and that constitutional liberty
is secure, aye, that COZ stitutional
liberty which has heen compared to a
tall tree which covers with its shade
large surface, whcss roots shoot wide
and deep through the soil aud entwine
themselves around the eternal reckp,
20 that to pull it down the earth
ittelf must be uptorD. We believe,
Mr.. President, that you will stand
firm In the defense of the principles
tf government inaugursttd by the
foIefAtbers. The mutterings Of dis.
cootent have become hollow toued
and rec6il from your amor OF right IS
the cashiDg surges bound from the
rocS bsued beach of the ocean. From
the stormy night of tps past we
seem t. zee you standing on the
me untain toplike an o her Mo- ses, bear.
ing only in your hands, with erect
brow snd res7lute heart, the tsblss Of
the law. While marching on without
fear OF obstacle or doub full victory,
may your administration bring to the
whole country light, life and hope,
and may the prayer ascend to our
fathers God, "tha. the sword has
beaten in!o the plowsnare and the
speer into ths pruning hook; that
shall not lift up its arm against
Sta'e, neither shall they know war
any more" but that tbs reign OF peare
and prosperity shall be as lasting as
the home of the staIs, IS eternal as the
fountains OF the everlasting hills
The President was then introduced
by Col. Beverly, who, in behalf
of the farmers Of Virginia, welcomed
him to the State. Deafening and pro
longed CHEERS aud wild waving OF hats
aud handkerchiets glee'ed him. Ia a
clear voice, lcui enough 20 be heard
upon the borders of the great mul i
tude, be spoke as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
FELLow CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA
While thank you mo sincerely for
your kind reception ard raccgnize in
the heartiness the hospitality for
which the people of Virginia have al.
ways been distinguished, am fully
aware that your demonstration OF
welcome is rendered, rot 10 an indi-
viduAl, but 10 an incumbent OF an
office which crowns the Government
Of the United Safes. The State OF
Virginia, the mother Ct Presidents,
seven of whose sons have filed that
high Office, today greets President
who for the first time meets Vir2iL-
ians upon Virginia's sol. cougratu-
late myself that my fret introduction
to the people Of Virginia oocnrs at a
time when they are surrounded by
the exhibits of the produotiveness
aud prosperity OF their State. What.
ever there may be in honor in her
history, and however much OF plide
there may be in her traditione, her
true greatness ia here exempiified. In
our Eist sfhood Ut Suites, the leading
and most commanding place must
be g5ined and kept by that
commonwealth which, by the
labor aud intelligence OF
her citizsns, can produce the most Of
those things which meet the necessi-
ties aud desires of mankind. But
the full advantage of thst which may
be yielded to a State by the TIL and
ingenuity of her people is not meas
ured alone by the money ya'ue oL The
products. The efforts and the strug
gles Of her farmers and her artisans
not only create new va ues III the
field of agriculture and in the arts
and manufactures, but they at the
same time produce rugged, Sc 1 reliant
and independent men and cultivate
that product which more than all
others enoble StateAa patriotic
American citizenship. This Will -four
ish in every part OF the American
domain; neither drouth nor tain csn
injute il, for it takes root in true
hearts, enriched by love of country.
There are no new varieties in this
PRODUCTION, it must BE- the same
wherever seen; and it's quality is
neither sound nor genuine unless it
grows 10 deck aud teautify an entire
and uniJ;d nation, nor unless it sup
ports aud sustains The Institutions aud
the government founded to protect
American liberty and happinCss. The
present administrat on Of the govern
ment 10 pledged to return for such hus
baadry not only promises but actual
tenders of fairness end ju tiCe, with
equal protection and full partiCipa-
ton in nat onal achievements. II in
the psst we have been ettranged and
the cultivation Of American citizen
ship hiss been Interrupted, your en-
thusiastc welcome OF today demon
strates that there is an end to euCh es-
arrangement and that the time of sus-
picion and fear is succeeded by an era
OF faith and confidence. In such
q kindlystmosphere and beneath such
cheering skies 1 greet the people Of
Virginia as colaborers in the field
where grows the love Of our united
cour try. God grant that in the years
TO come Virginia-the Old Dominion,
the mother OF Presidents, she who
looked on the nation at Its birth-may
not only increase her trophies of
growth in agriculture and mauufact
ures, but that she may be among the
firlt OF all these States in the oultivs-
ton of true American citizenship.
The President was freqently inter
rupted by hearty applause, and when
he concluded the immense cOncourte
Of people joined in perfect ovation
of cheers. Colonel Beverly then in
tro3ucpd in the order named Secre-
tsries Bayard and Endicott, Posmss-
Ter General Villas and Commissioner
of Aoricuture Colman, each Of whom
were greeted with cheers, which they
simply acknowledged by bowing to the
audienca, it having been understood
tbat fu,ther speech making would not