New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-15

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mon In all the States. We have common heritage;
:rhe coniederats soldier has full, honorsble ana
ungrudged participation In all the Dement'S OF great
' do not doubt to-day that these would be among
dag if Il should be as sed from any quarter (Chees
| Now, my eow-countrymen, l can pause but q mo-
se 10 eeve these SSes Of S your
/ hope may have guidance and courage in such tune
serve the public good and the common glory Of our
| beloved country. Great cheeTfng.)
speeches also made by PostmasterGenera
Wanamaer and secretary Rusk, after which the train
sped to Jonesboro, where the President made the
following address from the rear platform OF the train
My felow-citizens; We tarry but moment at this
ancient and Interesting city, whose story goes back.
Lin, OF which perhaps not all OF you, certainly not
these little ones, ever heard, which John SEWER al
tempted to set up as an independents commonwealth.
Hut yet 1t is not OF antiquity that desire 70 SPEAK
for ancient history is not OF the greatest In
terest to you now. The scripture speaks; think
my PostmasterGenera Is near and II ial into error
VII correct me aughter1of time when The o0i OLD
new. Tennessee is realizing that beatude; the old
things, the old way of doing OF things, the suh clay
and steep mountain roads have passed away and the
steam car has come. The old times Of isolation In
these valleys when these pioneers some Of whom !
see made their frontier homes have passed away ana
influences from the outside have come life has been
made easier TO men and easier to the toihng women
bottom Of the hlli in pigsn, but who now BY modern
appliances have it brought into the kitchen. You
Of the 'S0 soil has Wealth in it. but that hat under the suraSc
there vast OF wealth to gladden. the homes
Of your people and to bring with new, Industries
thrifty population. But of all these old things that
have passed away and the that have come.
am sure you are exultanty glad in this region where
so ''G much exile, H'qS" SO m"eh s%aer@g, that Il:
Gag might be preserved, to know that those old
strifes have passed away, and that period OF
fraternity has come when all men are for the flag and
all for the Constitution, when II has been forever
put out Of the minds Of all people that this Union can
be dissolved or this Constitution overthrown Great
| cheerng)
on all these new things congratulate the citizens
OF Tennessee Turn your faces 10 the morning, for
the is tightening the hilltops; there Is coming to
country great growth, extraordinary develop
While other nations of the world have reached climax
in their home development. and are struggling to
parcel out remote regions of the South that their com
merce may be extended, We have here prodiglOus
that are yet to be touched by the finger OF
development and we have the power, Il we will, b
put our flag again on the sea and to share in the
worlds commerce. (Cheers)
Greenvllle, Tenn. the home Of Andrew Jackson,
specially cordial in its welcome to the Presidential
party one feature Of which the waving of nags
and the footing of horns. The President addressed the
people as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: The arrangements for our jour
ney will not permit me to tarry with you long. j
thank you most sincerely for this cordial demonstra-
tion. / rejoice to in the hands Of the children
here that banner Of glory which is the symbol Of our
That by the common consent Of all our people with
out any regard to past differences, have once and
e Lakes oN to the Gulf rom I'll the ST. Lawrence to
Bay of California, there shall be one flag and one
Constitution Great cheerngD The story that II
brings to from the time Of Its adoption as our Nar
tioual emblem is one in which we may all IND In.
symbozes Government most aptly expressed by the
greatest statesman Of the people Abraham Lincoln 10 ps
"a government Of the people. by the people ana G iOr
above the head Of every child that has abolished az
Gss 6ene aSd nsene su in the state and IN
J the ambitious and energetic young man. ..,o,,-
This city has given TO the country Conspicuous
m STATION in your distinguished former fellow citizen.
Andrew Johnson, OF what free institutions may 90, ana
what aspiring young man may do against all savere
guaranteed within the limits Of due respect to the rss
friendly greeting 1 bid you gooi-by.
| When Morristown reached the President was
again called to the platform for speech and responded
in the following words
Nv Fellow Citizens 1t will not be possible for me
IN sneak IN Won for more than a moment, and yet
cannot refuse, in justice to my own feelings 70 eX
press my deep appreciation of yor coiial reception:
visit today for the first time East Tennessee, but
IL is region in which have always feIt pioouuu
interest and for whose people have always enter
tanned most sincere respect. 1t seems TO be true 70
the history OF that those who ave called 10 Gweii
sons Of nature have lifted the rocks toward the sky,
have always been characterized by PersQnad "A Ie h
| eonrage in defence OF their rights and their
homes The legends that cluster about the mountain
peaks Of scotland the patriotic devotion that makes
memorable the passes OF switzerland have been repeated
i'm the mountains OF East Tennessee In Those Pero1s
Of great struggles when communications were dncnt
and often interrupted the hearts OF the people Of IN
diana went out to the beleagred friends Of the Union
beyond the Cumberland Gap. am glad 10 Know that
# is no longer dicult to reach you for succor or
for friendly social intercourse Tor travel mas GGe9 H
fRs InG was aS ony f'y four hours and half from
Chattanooga TO Atlanta. That is not my feeo,ectU g
| 1auGhter). think spent as many months Hanhe
hat tTip Gaughter) / am glad to know now BY
the consent Of all your people without egaS Sbars 10 s
ar ope1 10 All Of u.s. without prejudice that your
hearts are true to the Union and the Consttuuo, ana
that the high sense Of public duty which then Character
| izad cti
valleys always be full Of prosperity your MONIES h e
AmeTican home the best Of all homes and the sure
nursery Of good citizens, Cheers ,oor,o o, this
epterprislng city turned out in crowds this evening
to do honor to the President and his Ca6lnet oncsis
military salute was fired at osSN ISoncng U e the ar
rival OF the party. The people were ehlIuslSI.o n
and ceered the President heartily M caFase erd the
DyncpaI points Of interest in the vicinity were shown
to him The other members & 81 the Prg ws 5ed
apt the Hattoe House, and Colonel W. A. Henderson
delivered an address to,d,rs Gi welcome 10 WHO" ''0
Ny fellow citizens 1t gives me pleasure IRE to twist visit
sstorca ctya city tnat mas gwen 70 te cUnn
md have brought to the Nation they served aud to tle
people who called them into the public service Se sSd grsad
~ that earIy emigration and Of those early struggles
Sy men who for vgor Of intellect strength o near tbs
most conspicuous Of the early pioneers Of the West ni ana
Southwest GSsn devotion am to hs Ss0 cause of he Union
Which manifested itself in the early cQntri5ntlons OF
10 the armies that went TO the defence OF
| tbe homes Of the Northwest abides sun IN uleSe
valleys and crowns with its glory and instre every @
! ton ~ the Alleehenles. You are feeling now ma
eria development that is interesting ana pleasing 70
ali YOUR fellow OF the state beg TO say 70
Tn that whoever suppOses that there IS anywhere IN
| ihe Northern states any Jealousy OF TINS grat ma
teria pr0gress which the South IS making wholly mis-
conceyes the friendly heart of the people OF the North
n Is my WISH as am il Is the wish ol all with
whom / associate in political life, thar the streams oi
prosperity in the south may run banldull; that III
every thing that promotes the prosperity Of the state
| the security and comfort OF the community ana
the happiness OF the individual home your bless
ings may be full and unstinted. We live III
government Of law. The compact OF our organization
Is that majority of people, taking those methods
which are prescribed by the constitution and law,
shall determine public policies and choose our
rulers II is solemn compact II cannot be safely
broken We may safely differ about policies We may
safely divide upon the question as to what shall
| he the law but when the law is enacted
no community safely divide on the question
of implicit obedience TO the law. II Is the rule Of