The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

Mems Democratic Club of Massachusetts its
contribution to his monument as its tribute 70
his memory. His patriotic purpose, political
convictions and progressive spirit represented
| as truly the COO young, progressive democrats
| of that club as II did his own beloved state of
| Georgia As his loss was national. so was his
! life and the lesson Of his life. Though dead,
| he speaketh" From his ouen grave God grant
tonight l may catch the inspiration Of his
| teaching
WAR SETTLED ALL.
| Mr.. President war settled. as only war could,
| an irrepreSs.nla conflict between institutions
/ that could Not live together. Statesmen might
1 lull a country TO repoSe; compromises might
postpone the dreaded day; but the skeleton was
| ever in the clOset-sOme generation had an Rw-
! full duty to face and t. perform. IL was q sec
tiOnal difference, involving questions OF free
| institutions constitutional rights vested inter
| ests AMI over and above all, sentiment aud q
/ higher law. With herOism, suffering and sacri-
| fees. and intense loyalty 10 honest convictions,
each side maintained the conflict. ! should be
false TO myself, false TO you, and dlsloyal 10 the
! sentiment both Of my state and yours, if hest
tated TO say that the issue OF that
conflict was right; its great results
are beneficial both TO north and south
and are now Loyalty upheld by all our people.
one Is apt, however. to forget that with all the
good accomplished war brings also in its train
evils that only time, patience and patriotism
can cure. It left the south impoverished and
exhausted, her fields wasted, her railway sys-
tens ind svelOped and impaired and her wealth
destroyed. As in a night il swept away institu-
tions that for generations had been her very
life and placed her face to face with race and
social problems. novel and hitherto unsolved,
with ind lstrial conditions for which she had no
inherited aptitude or training, and questions
of government, difficult threatening, of
vast importance. that must be an
sHered revolution Of ideas followed
revolution in institutions. With wonderful
courage and energy she entered upon her new
life. How well she has lived it. how much,
vastly much, she has accomplished, you, gen
tlemen of Atlanta from the experience Of this
great and growing city, can tell better than any
words of mine. IL has been told from the lips
of your eloquent orator in language that caught
the ear and won the applause of an admring
country Many and great industries have been
established, your railway system has been
vastly extended Wealth locked up in your for
ests and in the depths of the earth has been
brought to the use of man. . Education
has advanced with ever increasing strides, and
with equal pace justice thrift, morality, and
respect for law-and last, but not least, free
labor and personal liberty have been demonstra-
ted TO be the key to industrial and commercial
prosperity, Upon those principles north and
south stand now thoroughly reunited, believing
in them not only because they are right, in har-
mony with the theory of our government and
the purpose of its founders, but also because
they are vital to the welfare, progress and
prosperity of every community. AS | believe
Industrial and commercial prosperity TO the
south have come from these principles, so, too,
believe from commercial and Industrial neces-
sity will come the solution of those
serious problems that still confront you.
Remembering the conditions with which
the south had to deal, the revolu-
tionarY change that had come in her whole life,
and measuring progress no: only by amount
but by variety, the statement of a distinguished
authority in my own state is true that ''she has
made progress in material welfare exceeding
that made in any section of this country. the
west included, in any given numbre of years
corresponding to the period which has elapsed
since 1865" This she has done without the
protection of any tariff law against the fiercest
competition of other sections of the country
that had every advantage in capital, skill.
freights and long established industries
WAR TINE LOSSES.
The census of 1870 showed a loss of So 10O-
100000 in the assessed value of property in the
south as compared with 1850. From 1870 there
has been a steady gain. The following Stats
tics, published in the Manufacturers Record of
Dec. 81, 1889, show her marvellous progress in
the last ten years: