The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-12


unsoe4thea MS sword with reluctance and laid
II down with JOY; who had never sought Official
posluon, but accepted public office as a public
s ~ ueierenoe TO so unanimous demand
Ior ms services, as TO convince him Of their
nscesslty; whose patriotism embraced the
mhoio country, the future grandeur of which
ms preselence foresaw.
or the future greatness o: the new nation
:" Washington had no doubt He saw. as il fac
70 lace. that continental domain which glirn-
inered TO others as through glass darby
In referring to the international relations
existing between the United States and
Foreign nations. Justice Fuller said:
IL IS matter of congratulation that the first
year OF our second century witnesses repre-
| sentatlves of the three Americas engaged in an
| enort 10 increase the facilities Of commercial
intercourse: consulting the natural course OF
things, dlnusing and diverSifying by gentle
means the streams of intercourse but forcing
nothing, success in which must knit closer the
ties OF fraternal friendship and bring the peoples
or the American continents into harmonious
control of the hemisphere.
THE CONSTITUTION.
The orator then went into an exhaustive
review of the constitution and the amend
ments thereto, and cited the civil war as q
searching test OF the wisdom and lasting
quality of our form of government
In brilliant peroration, the chief Justice
said:
And so new century may be entered upoa
IN spirit OF optimism, the natural result, per
maps, OF the self-confidence which has lost moth
ing in substance by experience, though it has
gained moderation of its impetuoSity; yet an
optimism essential to the accomplishment of
great ends; not blind to perils uut bold
consciousness ofTcbhe limitations of the
present asserts tha q, attainablity of the
untraveled world of stil grander future. No
ship can sail forever over summer seas The
STORMS that If has wnafhara1 fnSt and
onStrate its ability to survive the storms to
come but storms there must be until there
shall be no more sea, But as amid the tempests
IN which our ship of state was launched
and in the times succeeding. so
in the times to come, with every
exigency, consultations of illustrious men viii
rise upon the angry skies, to control the whirl-
wind and dispel the LIQUIDS by their potent in
f1uences, while from the clear upper sky the
steady light of great planet marks out the
course the vessel must pursue, and sits shining
on its sails as it comes grandly into the haven,
where it would be.
A STORM OF APPLAUSE.
The orator completed his Grafton at $50
O'Clock, having been an hour and a quarter
in its delivery, and as his voice died away
on the last word of the eloquent peroration,
storm of applause swept through the
audience which continued for some time.
The benediction was then pronounced by
the chaplain of the House, after which
Washington's Grand March" was rendered
by the marine band.
The martial strains having ceased, the
Vice President declared the Joint assembly
dissolved, and, to the stirring air of the
Star Spaugled Banner, the invited guests
slowly left the chamber.
The state, war, navy and treasury de-
parLments we're closed at 10: 80 o'clock this
afternoon, in honor of the centennial cele-
bration.
INGALLS, PLEASED.
"That was good speech" said Senator
Ingalls,, when Chief Justice Fuller finished
his Grafton. 81 am agreeably disappointed
in the man" This was a great deal for
Senator Ingalls, to say, for ne is slow to
praise any one, and he opposed Chief Jus
tice Fuller's confirmation on the ground
that he was inadequate to the chief justice
ship.
at was statesmanlike, clear and true,
said Senator Cullom of Illinois. 81 am
quite sure now that | made no mistake in
advocating Chief Justice Fuller's appoint.
ment."
1T was fine grafton" said ex-Speaker
Carlisle, true in principle and apt in ex-
preston"
"Why didn't the republicans applaud the
declaration that the people should support
the government and not the government
The reason is probably obvious TO every one
as it was to him, but the democrats ap-
| plauded it very vigorously.
| The grafton was made doubly interesting
| by the fact that it was the first great test
| of the new chief justice. This is
| why almost everybody, from President
| Harrison and Secretary Blaine down TO the
humblest constituent in the galleries, list
ened SO intently throughout, and why the
applause was so hearty, and why the COM
ment is as much on Chief Justice Fuller as
| on his speech. 1t was great qualification
| to ex-Postmaster General Dickinson, as
the only member of the late administration
present, to see Chief Justice Fuller win his
triumph over the partisan prejudice against
him. Chief Justice Fuller's courageous
frankness impressed everybody quite as
much as his eloquence.
Senator Quay, who seemed to be
taking nap, and representa-
tive Lodge, who seemed to be
reading newspaper, were the only persons
on the floor who seemed inattentive at any
time. The rankest republican partisians
now admit that the chief justiceship is nc
longer vacant" as some Of them have been
saying it was until to-day. Chief Justice
| Fuller did not deliver his full grafton, but
omitted several quotations, etc., in the
| reading.