The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-25
m BreNoN AT MACON.
.-,ons;s of His Opening speech at
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f,lIowiug synopsis of the opening
- If Hon. Fleming duBignon at the
T. fair at Macon was received by tele-
-, BIZ the MORNING News during
- IF matter too late to be used in yes
| ~i.v,s paper. Mr. duBignon spoke with
1 1o.es. and said substantially:
u .-,rnlss 10 follow the strict proprie-
I1- il- - Surroundings Is restrained by re-
6 ~ IVhich will commend itself should
scso1 of appreciation now standing as
p i9l AR President. upon the threshold Of
rou uo' ~ ofHee to which an admiring constitu-
n -Ti.h a singular unamlnltF mas raised you
\ ~ ii perhaps recognize the ohcial STATION.
sso-j55 -ssS YOU as his exce.lencY elected. The
-al ~ -,,973sure and a diScernible patriotic
'hrFe- non some of the faces about me
" IS rat should address them as members
eraI assembly ,bnt alas, there are others
T-s1snt in no inconsldeTaoie nuinoefs upon
- - c-1ntepance anxiety is yet declpherable.
,ir1Iti 7pal contraction ia the offices TO be
49, srd for which they are IN no wise re-
- -.;IIe forbids that should address them
- and dates. 1t matters not that TO such
al @ destined to resume the quiet walks Of
d a.. a. life that the conviction Will quickly
" s,er all that office is but an empty bauole
"a q dazzling blotch. still, upon an occasion
- aTsuiclous, when promise seems oeczonlng
81 ~ eide with outstretched arms, would
/OINiayba medium of even suggesting disap-
trosnr and hence | adopt the simplest sal
t.an and. with pride asd elatlon, address
az one and all as my fellow citizens. have
u cir that the occasion was propltious for
~ e.at and. truly it is. Toward the close of
- year the harvest queen has crowned
lsboys with a generous hand. Here an
endless variety of products
rtests the immeasuraole posslolLlIleS ana tne
~baustIble resources of our state. Friendly
si-v brings here the triumphs of improved
IA 1rogresslve culture, with lessons or profit
nd Inspirations of hope OF improvement
sericulture which so long a Time Jagged be-
nJ the advancement in other arts, receives
~ an impetus in the fruits of new thoughts
~ from the aid of new inventions. On every
- ia abun. ant evidence of a quickened life
,sot is palpitating in all Of its departments and
r,ntiny its energies to an endless programme,
IA not less gratifying than these
vSibts of a fertile soil, these inviting evi-
d ces Of marvellous opportunities, is the knowl-
Ice that within her borders she possesses
ef7zenship equal to them all. There is no
s.,nrs of our state or national life so assuring
!, the undaunted spirit that pervades the
masses of the people
Wr. duBignon said that in the short time
snich he was expected TO occupy he could
not hops to express more than one of the
nngbts which here arose; that with no de-
sire to chill a single Impulse directed to the
ds7elopment of her mineral resources, with
no wish to discourage any enterprise which
lWks TO the manufacture of her products, it
isfaction that nature had unalterably made
our state an agricultural one, with people
devoted to its pursuits, and that in saying
this he was not forgetful of the melancholy
fact that weary years of toll had yielded its
pursuers but poor return that it was I'M
deaiably true that other roads have led to
! luxury, wealth and ease, but as discour-
aging as had been the ever recurring effects
Of unremoved causes, the truth remains
that throughout the unequal struggle
b. ave and patriotic citizenship had
been presented. and that, while reap
ng for themselves but a scanty
likelihood there had beef garnered
the state rica harvest of virtue and of
tivil worth. That if in other sections of the
bnon colossal fortunes were made in the
noke Of increasing manufactures and the
bin Of surrounding looms and hammers,
here, too, existed poverty and wretcbed-
eSs rendered the keener because of a most
nful contrast. That the condition which
lad rendered favored few more iudepend-
bit than prilc eS and richer than mobiles had
&ven to many about them and to their
children but an everlasting Inheritance of
hunger.
Mr.. duBignon spoke of the demoralizing
fleet which the greed for wealth was foist-
Eg upon all the occupations of private life.
legitimate business into illegitimate
fethods; that not only was it pervading
private enterprises, but was polluting
18th its baletul power the very sources Of
pr national existence. He said that in GER
lln sections of the union to-day the grow
Pc power in local and national policies was
power Of aggregate wealth. He
dded that it was not a hopeful
1nea that Grover Cleveland, the one chief
Eecutive who had dared uplift the stand
Fd Of the people across the path of its ag-
Eesslveness aud greed, had been denied the
%chly earned Endorsement Of his country
pen, He said that the Senate of the United
~ ates, the grandest forum in human affairs,
ne most exalted plane from which popular
H-goVernment may claim the attentive
<lr OF the world, was rapidly becoming a
e2enerate show place for accumulated
pilnons. he said that history taught
that neither wealth nor numbers
puld ever make people great, and that
3ey were great only as they cherished
eat sentiments. venerated great examples
% were loyal to great principles. He con-
en ueo tnat no contemplation of this south
1nnG future development of material
#WealGn was halt SO dear to his heart as the
zecord Of her peoples past devotion to the
pnclples or constitutional government.
10 those objects of ideal interest around
nlcn the hollest recollections and the
PSI sacred memories cling, and which
pre- the only high motives TO
orts, and the only true shapes of conduct
character. He continued that he had
zen thought that when the gathering
ces Oh conflicting interests which are
"a year assuming more gigantic propor-
ns and more hostile attitudes shall try
tnelr utmost the cohesive powers of this
fernment that it will not be to the busv
rus OF trade, to the scenes of selfish gree
20 Che entertainments of capital, but to
quletude OF her hills and valleys. where
= eh the tlller of her soil. that
VIII turn for the preservation
ioerty and the perpetuation of her in
dtlohs' lie stated that all that he had
leu 10 ehe pertinent inquiry, WHY was
nat tnose who had been the bulwarks of
na1lon, who were the conceded hope of
uUufe, received the least consideration
y counsels and experienced oppression
s. Gnan protection in its legisla-
=, Ought this to be 500 Is
ouG design of nature, a
ana perpetual necessity? The pro-
Els oil the great staples of the worlds
Eets, those who by the sweat of Their
crowd all the channels of trade. were
VINO received the least returns from
treasures which their own hands d1o-
= lne SOL which they own. The cotton
!; southern fields was the most wonder
d4snan 10 the world. 1t was adding
trade and industry as nothing else
or ever did. By its transmitting
81 all mat we wish or could desire should
aSy OF access, but were its producers
Vt even prosperous? In all that comes
Ine soil OF the south he said we