The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-19

mented by tour oil your city, ana auueu
to by the seductive sweetness OF your
smiles and mixture of your wine, enable
or permit me to make. We appear before
you in a time and generation signih-
cant and well understood. We rep
resent in our pilgrimage nothing more
nor less than an energetic and per-
severing band Of drummers for our
Augusta exposition. He then fol-
lowed with humorous compliments to
President MADDEN, Gen. Patterson and the
young men, with fine effect, stating that in
the banquet now giving them enjoyment,
the guests had at last found the purpose
for which they were created. Theii hearts |
were swelling with gratitude, and their |
heads would DO much larger tomorrow |
morning than ut present. He thanked |
them most cordially for the hospitality |
and concluded "When we have Travelled |
far into the west, and yearn for something
TO refresh and invigorate, We will recall
the time spent in Memphis, when you
ministered to our stomachs with the choic-
est viands, and looked out for our heads
with champagne and punch. No distance
will be too great, no length too far and no
breadth too deep to eradicate from our
minds memories Of our stay in Memphis.
| We are here, also, for another reason.
Basking in the sunlight that falls in mellow
streams over the hills surrounding our city
and converting the ripping waves OF the
Savannah river into a picture oil divine
beauty, lies Augusta. We have heard
much OF the broad and murky river that
flows majestically by your western limits,
whose limpid waters have made you all
prohibitionists, and longed TO see 1t for our
selves. We are satisfied with our journey
| ...I fnat hat mud have
been well spent. AS Georgians, we will
bear away with us the most sacred
recollections OF Tennessee and OF
Memphis. What your distinguished
president, Mr.. MADDEN, has said
Of sickness, war, etc., may be true,
but many Of the records Of the past can
not be repeated in the future. We say TO
you, hold out your hand that we may
grasp IL; tell us the beating OF your heart
that we may respond. We shall be pure
as the limpid water from the artesian well,
broad as the majestic Mississippi river,
rich as this banquet, and will have
union OF heads, hearts and hands with the
flag OF the Union forever"
THE HON. wM. r. MOORE
The Hon. VIM. r. Moore responded TO
an urgent invitation TO add his voice in
the hearty welcome, and said:
~ do not know where 10 begin. The
scene is one that animates and fills our
hearts. / see before me an audience OF
business and young men, whose eyes are
in front. They are looking forward. The
future is full OF significance. You are
facing westward, where the star Of en-
pire is said to be making its way,
but southwark II is now point
ing. We are happy TO meet you
as guests. You are now in a
city Of 100000 inhabitants, and in n
few years we confidently expect the num-
Der to be increased TO 250,0O0. Nothing
can prevent the realization OF this except
we SIT down, close our eyes and 90 TO sleep.
We are on a great river and in n great
valley, the greatest God has given 10 the
, human family. We are all one people, and,
, thank God, great nation knit together
by railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines, We do not really know how
blest and happy we are. The words OF
the gentleman from Georgia have animated
, and filed my heart with patriotism. We
|. all have our little family understandings;
my wife and sometimes undergo the ex.
, perience, but they don't amount 10 much;
! we come together and soon get over il.
Stand by the flag; don't see Il here, but
'sec IL in my minds eye, Horatio.' God
bless the old flag; God bless old Georgia,
and'may every one prosper"
COLI PATRICK WALSH,
/, president Of the Augusta Chronicle Pub
!, fishing company, was the next speaker
}, and said:
u "More than thirty years ago remember
q the city OF Memphis sent a delegation tc
5 Charleston when the waters OF the greaI
Mississippi became united with those o.
: the Atlantic. / was remembered THU
= afternoon by a son OF South Carolina who
has become a son OF Tennessee. refer e
n Col Trcadwell. was boy at tho time
\ but the circumstance and occasion are in
n delibly impressed upon me. afterward
!. had the honor Of meeting another citizen o.
!, Memphis, and by him, through no fault o.
= mine, was introduced 20 still another
my friend, Barney Hughes. Although
b. from Augusta, have been somewhat con
!, nectcd with Memphis from 1856 till the
4 present time. We como 10 you from
= Augusta, on the extreme east Of Georgia
= city which, In manufacturing import
!. an6c, Il second 10 none In the south; IN
!, commercial importance, second only e
y Memphis; and in all the great essentials
. In all attractions and natural advantage,
second only 10 Memphis. ] say second q
/ htmpnlH UcCauhf W. tft YOUR FuctE OF
9 this occasion; because Il might appear 10
Il be invi, ilus, will not put Augusta ahead
OF Memphis. Memphis deserves NOR
{ credit than any city In the south, anc
G especially more than any In the southwest
y She has been devastated by war and by
a plague, which II worse in It's myagcs and
= dcsolation than war What do we behold
81 today7 Many Of us are herc from Georgii
o for the frst time, and behold prosperous
J. metropolis The whole south IA the mosi
v favorable section OF the country. God In,
= blessed ms with soil, climate and mincra
: resources which far excel any other section
7 Of our common country. You, by pluck
: intelligence and industry, have demon
u siraied and emphasized the fact. not onl,
g In the history Of cities but Of States, thai
i a people determined by united interest ar,
= obliged 20 succeed. All the cities and
States of the south have grand future
G We have all the minerals, agricul
= tural products and climate, and what W,
/ ncod IL 20 make every community and
2 State develop lis mining and manufactur
y Ing interests. Georgia, by reason Of the
y fact that she has for many ycan devoted
y her best interest toward manufacturing
; cotton inlo cloths, has taken frst place
! among tho southern States. Without dis
9 respect 10 her sisters, she Is entitled 20 the
/ name Of Empire State OF the South.
y need refer 10 but one fact 10 encourage nj
! the southern States 10 push forward, viz I.
J. In Tho laaf nine voara her woalih has