Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-31
HILLS SPEECH IN FULL.
New YOrk's Governor to the People
OF the South.

on Wednesday, 10th instant:
| am glad that you have given me
this opportunity to see the South
under its new conditions--.to see fol
myself what you have accomplished
in this struggle of twenty-five years
10 feel the spirit of progress which
has been breathcd into this new land
of liberty, and to carry back, per-
haps, broader idea of our common
interests. / was glad that in this
exposition, wherein are collected the
best products Of the industries Of
six vigorous States, am able in the
brief time | am to be with you to
get comprehensive idea of what
the whole South is doing.
1t is my good fortune to become
acquainted with the New South in a
State which, though one of the old
est of the Old South, is one Of the
most progressive of the New; in II
region which received the scvcrest
blight Of war, but which shows now
the greatest degree of revivification :;
in the city which represents the re-
covered energy, proud spirit, wealth,
intelligence, honor and vigor of the
rejuvenatcd land.
When I reflect upon the scenes
which took place in this vicinity
only twenty-five years ago; when
reflect upon the dcsolation which
followed Shorman's famous march to
the sea, and think of the discourage
mcnt, poverty, distress, broken
hearts and broken spirits, which he
left behind, and then look about me
upon these scenes Of prosperity,
! this re- ebuilded city, these ilourishing
Industries and this hopeful people, l
marvel ut the transformation. The
world has known nothing like it.
In the long list of wars on the
pages of history none tells story of
such wonderful rccupcration. No
victory of battle was ever so great
as this victory Of peace. AS a
Northcrner old eno}gh to have OBJ
scrs ed the tendency Of the ante
bcllm South, | am amazed; as an
American citizen, proud Of my coun.
try's institutions and form of GOV
cEnment, I am rejoiccd. When
Sherman's persistent army marched
into old Atlanta he sent this mes
sage to the North, stirring every
heart which read it with glad feel
ing of patriotism, and giving assur-
ancc that the terrible war was near
ing it's end "Atlanta is ours and
fairly won." What better word can
you send to your countrymcn in the
North, citizens of Georgia, in this
twcnty-tifth year of your new me-
tropolis, than this same message of
encouragement which Sherman
wrote "Atlanta is ours and fairly
won," won by your indomitable per-
severance and by the exhibition of
qualities which challenge the admira-
ton of the world.
The South's prosperity is an alIur-
ing theme. When l see what the
South has accomplished under cir
cumstanccs so adverse, and realize
that even now, strong as she is in
limb and body, she is but child
still in the stages of development
towards the highest civilization,
am optimist enough to feel confident
that she will meet present conditions
rs she has met past conditions, that
she Will surmount the obstacles be-
fore her now and in the future as
she has in the past, and that she will
not rest in her progress upward and
downward until she has attained the
full statue Of Statehood but while
expressing this confidence, I would
not have you understand me as depre-
ciating present dangers or as bclct-
ting the obstacles which now con-
front you.
do not need to tell you what
they arc, but [ can warn you, lest in
your flush of success and prospcritv
you do forget them. Some of them
are less formidable, doubtless, than
we of the North imagine; some OF
them arc local to your conditions,
and have not been contcndcd with
| elsewhere, and some of them YOU
must JOIN hands with us in ovcrcom-
ing-for they threaten us as well as
you.
C"cat problems will have to bc
grapplcd with, and the North is
watching to see how you will solve
thcm-watching, perhaps, with a
little too much of the Phariscc's
conccit, impatient at times because
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