The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-05

been contented TO be only an agricultural com.
mnntty. You nave developed your manufacturers
and mechanical industries until now, II my
recollection Is not ut fault. for every two per-
sons engaged in agricultural labor you have one
engaged IN manufacturing in tho mechanical
arts and mining. 1t is this subdivisions of labor.
these diversified ind lstries. that make Illinois
take rank SO near the heGl among the States.
farm and shop made possible by our protectiv We
system Illinois has been ab.e to attain her
proud position in the Union of thu St,tes. Shall
We continue q policy that has wrought so mar
velously since the war in the development of I'LL
these ststes that have given kospitable access
to manufacturing capital and to the Drawn anI
skill Of the workingnnan?"
A delegation of about 800 reached the city
from Louisville and Coyington OH Wednesday,
and were also received in University Park.
Their enthusiasm ran very high. j. IL. Wilson,
OF Louisville, spoke briefly on be aft of the
kentuckians. General Harrison responded as
follows:
my Kentucky friends. there have been larger
delegations assembled about this platform, but
there have been none that has i'll any higher de-
gree attracted my interest or touched my heart.
It has been quite one thing to be u Republican
IN Illinois aud quite another to be a Republican
IN Kentucky. Not tho victors only in q good
are beaten and fight again. us you havc done,
deserve a CROWN. though Victory never yet has
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It will come. for the bud OF victory is always
in the truth. 1 will not treat you to-day to any
statistics from the census reports, nor enter
the attractive field OF tho history of your grent
State. Ihave believed that these visi ing dcle-
cations were always we'll advised us tothe history
trust has been misplaced III other cases, certa n
ly Hentuckinns eau he trusted to remember. and
perhaps to tell all that is noble in the thrilling
history OF their great Stnte. Your history is
very full OF romantic and thrilling adventure and
Of instances Of individual heroism. Your people
the late war for the Union, spite Of all distrac-
ton and detection, kentucky stood by the old
flag. And now that the war is over and its bitter
memory is forgotten, there il not ono, I hope,
in oil your borders who does not bless the out
come of that !reat struggle. surely there are
none in Kentucky who no not reloi:e that the
now what hinders that Kentucky snail step for
ward In the great industrial rivalry between this
hss s,,,1 L. fners not not as your our, stok s,nI,,I
instruction which ths people of Kensucsy
received from tho mouth of your mntchtess
and speedily br;n; buck kentucky to the sup
port of our protective system? Gan tho old
Wings. who TO rcyercntly recsivel from III lip.
support u revenue policy that they know to no
infmical to our national iaterests? If when
Kentucky was u slave stu g. she found n lro-
people. wha ar things will the same policy
not do for her as a fr,e statc2 Sho las now
Her coal and metals ami hs,np invits its trans.
forming touch. Why may she not speedily find
great msnufacturln: cities spring .uI.. in her
these hopeful %v.siuns? 1 rem elmDer TINT ken-
lucky aRitated for seven years and held nine
s=SaS. nslSns s1s before ! M, she sn,, laurel re t,,e sep .,l, .sass
of those brave ~:s.lt'ess who, when but
few in npmbers. composed Of distant and
of States to show their chivalry and love Of JUS
tice by uniting with us in the demand that Da.
kota and Washington shall bo admitted? Doss
you in the halls OF Congress. md WHO bar the
door against communities whose mcnnbcrs and
resources 90 vastly oltreach what yon possessed
hopefully to Kentucky. The state Of Henry Clay
and Abraham Lincoln can not be much
great asss leaders II thought 1t I beiiese that Ken.
lucky will place herself soon upon tho side Of
the truth upon these great questions. IA voice,
them out Of Indiana, anyhow Great cheer
tng.] Thank you. There is no better way that
! know OF to keep ono detachment Of any army
from reinforcing another than by giving that de-
tachmeut all 1t can do in its OWN field"
At the conclusion. tho kentuckians shook
hands With the General. and heartily cheerel
Tue last visitors Of the day to call upon Con-
oral and Mrs. Harrison were the hundred or
meeting Of the National Associa,io ion OF Union
ex-Prisoners Of the War. Every nian had un-
dereone imprisonment at Aniersolville. Libby.
veterans arrived ut tho Harrison residence a. q
o'clock. and wore informally received by General
Harrison. After sh .kins hands aud enchanting
greetings, they gathered around General Har-
risoti. and General W. H. Powell, of Iowa.
addressed him briefly and touchingly. referring
Gen. Harrison was greatly affected by the words
Of the spokesman aud the presence Of the Veto
rams grouped silently and so closely about him.
So manifest were his emotions 1t seemed he
scarcely dared trust himself to speak aud paused
after 9 few words a. IL to control his feelings.
Ynsn IN nn e LOW 9th oons .4n.sao;nn g sn s.r siympsthe tic
nected on every face, he addressed the veteran
prisoners IS fofiows:
e. neral Powell aud comrades, l am always
touched whom I meet either with those who
stood near about mo in the service. or those who
shared the general comradeship Of the war. It
the Earlier reunions We often SAW 10 very much
eobered as We come together now. I havo real.
t ilsa II Il W %s ss ! 9im .,t when any o Hmn ri, lIes tbs toa aGts ia "
the patheti.. And yet there was . glow Of salts
fe.tion in being I gsther again and in thinking
fail to furni.ha sadder story than that Of the
host OF Union veterans who suffered wars
greatest hardship-capttvity.. The story Of the
the field our snemies. always brave, were gem
orally also chiyairic and humane. But the
Treatment asaa 1s q a.s The ca Is : Union Uni soldiers sur
out any lining Of silver OF any touch 81 human
that you have been spared to Witness the glory
have brought g the nsstion.' Tbs most % vivid III Inn I'M.
fngt 70 our people and to the world Of these simple
words. We saved the Union, pespetusted free
COVcfnmont and abolished slavery"
On Thursday the General made four addresses
to visiting delegations.
The first delegation comprised some hfty vet.
erans Of the Seventh Indians Cavalry, General
Geanks' old regiment. They We Q received et
TIE restdence shortly after noon. Colonel Lewis
Reeves. Ct Acutous. Ini.. mane the address On
beha4 Of the vetseans. to which, Gensrl Has-
.Com!sdss, I recall ths services Of your eal-
A henorahae part n tbs meat achievoments oe
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