The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-29
GONE SOUTH, YOUNG MANa

GONE SOUTH, YOUNG MANa
President Harrison, on his tour through tho
South, after having seen the wonderful.
growth of Lynchburg, Bedford City, Roanoke,
Salem, Radford, Pulaski, wythevillea and Abine-
don and theindustra development in progress
along the line OF the Norfolk and Western
railroad, and viewed tho country of south-
west Virginia, said in his speech to the people
at Bristol. Va.
MY Fellow Citizens: have found not only
pleasure, but instruction in riding to-day
through the portion of the State Of Virginia
that is feeling in very striking way the i'm
pulse of new development. 1t is extremely
gratifying to notice that those hidden sources
of wealth which were so long unobseryed and
SO long unused are now being found, and that
these regions once so retired, occupied by pas
toral people, having difficult access to the CEN
ter OF population, are now being rapidly trans
formed into busy manufacturing and CONNER
cial ccnters. In the carly settlement of this
country cmigrants poured over the Alicehanics
and Blue Ridge like waters over an obstruct-
ing ledge. seeking the fertile and attractive
farm regions of the great West. They passed
unobserved these marvellous hidden stores OF
wealth which are now being brought intousc.
Having filled those great basins OF the
west, they are now turning back to Virginia
and West Virginia and Tennessee to bring
about the full development ana production
FOR which time is ripe and which will surprise
the world. 1t has not been long since every
implement OF iron, domestic, agricultural and
mechanical, was made for you in other States.
The iron point of the wooden mold board plow
with which the early farmers here turned the
soil, came from distant States. But now Vir-
ginia and Tennessee are stirring their energies
to participate in large degree in mechanical
productions and in the great awakening OF
American commerce and American influence
which will lift the nation to a place among
the nations of the world never before ut
tanned.
what is to hinder us when we have secured
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reach out and enter into successful compcti-
ton i'll the markets of other parts OF the world?
say what is to hinder this people, possessing
by the providence OF God, all the clements of
material wealth; endowed with genius and
energy unsurpassed among the nations of the
earth, shall again have on the great seas n nier-
chant murine flying the flag OF the common
country and carrying its commerce into every
sea and upholding its honor in every port?
II am glad to-day to stand for this moment
among you and To express my sympathy with
any and every interest that tends to dcvclop
you ms people. | am glad to stand with YOU
on one common platform of respect for the
| constitutions; differing rs some OF us may do in
our opinions rs to what the law should be and
how II should bc applied; having i'm view one
| common devotion OF obedience to the law as
inc majority of our people, by their own repre-
IL shall carry away from here renewed i'm
pulse to public duty; II new inspiration as n
citizen and that, too, OF country whose great
ness is only dawning.
Ana now let me express To you the pleasure
shall have in every good that Gun come TO YOU
ms community, and TO each OF you as indi-
viduals. May peace, prosperity and social
order dwell in all your families, and the fcar
and love of God I'm every home"
COME TO VIRGINIA:
The Coming Wool Growing, Agricultural and
Iron Producing State In the United States
FROM BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND.
Come vim Merchants and Miners Steamship
Line, via Norfolk; Pennsylvania Railroad, vim
Norfolk, or Washington or Harrisburg: Baltl-
more and Ohio railroad, via Shenandoah
junction.
FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY. PENN
SYLVANIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND.
Come via Old Dominion Steamship Line. vim
Norfolk Pennsylvania Railroad via Norfolk.
or Washington, or Harrisburg; Baltimore and
ONO Rairoad. via Shenandoah Junction.
FROM THE WEST.
Come via Pittsburg, or via Chattunooga. or
via Columbus and Ashland