The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-18

yielded his life to the cause he iovedl Our
hearts are touched with the character Of
the Irish people, their love Of God, of coun-
try, aud Of man.
After Judge Falligant's speech ID. A.
OByrne sang with good effect song,
Harp" by Moore.
The sixth regular toast, Savannah" was
responded 10 by c. n. Owens. The future
Of Savannah, he said, depends upon
the people Nature has been benef-
icent to Savannah. aud its citi-
zsns ought to make it one of
OF the greatest seaports of the south. "You
have too many drones among you,o Mr..
Ovens said. 'bu5 what is required is to
start manufactures to employ tie unern-
ployed 10 1866, when the old Atlantic and
Gulf railroad com pleted its connections to
Live Oak, Fla, the first through tickets
from the north via Savannah were placed
on sale. Our ambition is next year to
bring our receipts of cotton up to 900, 900
bales, and our receipts of naval stores and
lumber have quadrupled since the opening
of that road. With its present and its
future railroads, Savannah is on the high
way to great commercial city"
PROF. WHITES SPEECH.
Prof. Fl. G. White of Athens responded to
the toast:
Georgis-with pride in her past. and conf
dence in the love and Loyalty OF her children
she moves onward with fearless steps into the
mysteries OF the days to come, her sovereignty
upborne by the strong arms of her sons, and her
glory safely guarded in their hearts.
II have not a drop Of Irish blood in nv
veins" said Prof. White, "and l was rot
born in Georgia. But what of thata The
Irish People were always famous for
hospitality. AS understand ycur society,
children the memory of the land
OF your fathers, the land which
has given to philosophy and poetry
and human liberty many Of its brightest
lights We reverence in loving memory
the names of Council, Emmett. and Graf
tan. The course of history shows that in
the development of society the liberty
Of the individual has been restricted.
From patriarchal rule to monarchy; from
from free government to democracy, men
! have CROPPED their way to the light
"The only just and equitable government
Of the people is founded on the rights of the
people, and so eternal vigilance must ever
be the price of liberty. The best govern
| mens is that in which the citizens are bound
together by common interest, and the
| governed must be in such touch to
the governor as TO appreciate such
! OF er duties, and so the only proper govern
mont is local government or home rule
| Our fathers erected states, and grouped the
| people so that the state should ever by a
! NctlbdDlc Tree ana INDEPENDENT conf
monwealth. Our fathers huilded and the
sons approved, aud in time it was deemed
advisable to unity these federal states into
| the United States The essential truth un-
! DERIVING the government of America is this:
! II liberty is to be preserved the state
! is, and ought to DO a sovereign, and the
| whatever allegiance we may owe to the fed
| eral government. we owe our first allegiance
! to the state: and of our mother state, is she
not worthy Of our truest love and allegi-
ancei OF Ger history, in her statec aft, the
mon Of Georgia, and the women, too, have
done their part. Everywhere the men of
Georgia stand foremost. Savannah's sons
have been sent abroad TO represent our com
Ion country, and Of him who dice the
other day, what son of Georgia can match
his loyalty and eloquence.
THE PRESS. wra
It. II. Richardson responded to the toast:
The Press--Used with honest strength. a
surer defense OF liberty than laws and consti-
tutions.
Few men, said Mr.. Richardson. "are
judges OF their own capacity or are fair
critics Of their own work. and 70 would be
more Interesting, iustead OF calling upon
journalists b praise their own calling or
pursuits, 10 turn their batteries on each
other" / am proud, be said, that am
engaged IA profession which from It's
earliest inception has been linked with