The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-22

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which We hive. ] feel that 4 ever mar needed
words Of s0bcrnCs- and truth; II ever speak
/ or. born south of that historic but fast-fadlng
& line which we remember stood IN position
! where the best cloquencc of his nature should
/ quicken his heart and blossom on his lips,
/ your invitation has brought me To- that pass
/ tonight
Yet. Jet me blend into my thanks FOR tho
/ great compliment - which is due my
+ presence among YOU an expression II my
/ happiness that ! an permitted 10 naSe the
first public ut'eTance Of NY life Oh Northern
soil IN a city which, IMPLYING the ,upitnest
! result of American ondeavOr toe magnificent
% Doe mean. too mighty and generous to be
/ sectional has taken y5u my couutrlnen IN
/ cordial hospitality into ITS great and splendid
heart.
sEEyfcrs OF -HE SOUTH.
"The South tower of strength to the
/ Rep1blic.n True in the formative and deyel-
/ opng periods Of our history. IT X none the
/ less true to-day. I shall not tex your patience
hv any elaborate rehearsal of her services in
/ the cause Of pure republican government IN
Old time over past, Cor al that glorious record
is upjuied ON your memories as on mine.
We arc not ever likely 10 forget that 10 Was
q Sodtnein voice that moved the declaration
! that tine these United Colonies are and OF
! right ought 10 BE- free and independent
| Statcs:n that il was a Southern sword-eyen
1 bis whose majestic memory we have
met to honor to-mieht-that, bright at the
/ head NJ the Continental armies. made that I'M
/ mortal declaration good; that 1t was South
/ cm pen that fashioned the charter of our in
! dcpcndcnce that 1t was q southern brain
/ whose influence in moulding the Republics
/ fundamental law gained for lis p0sscssor the
/ title If Fathcrof the Constitution: that 10 was
/ % Southern genius and crudltlOn that made
/ clcar that great instrument ana e-iao,
/ lisled th luminous landmark Of constitulional
G. "a
/ mll-hp That wdencd the boundaries of the
! United States from the Gulf Of Mexico and
I the Mississippi 10 the Pacific and added
/ Texas. New Mexico and California 90 the
/ American domain that 1t was a Southern IN
nucnce that secured for the Republic all
That vast territory northwest OF the ONO
/ river. now embraced IN the great Common
. wealths of OHIO Indiana, Wisconsin. Nlch-
/ gan and Illinois. that II was "a southern
( COURAGE and adventure that pioneered the
/ huckic-s regions beyond The MISSISSIPPI and
/ the Rocky Mountains. that II was southern
cloquence that stcmmed the tide of religious
/ intolerance and swept "kncv-no'mngisn
/ from American soil. and that It was south
/ ern peneralship that added New Orleans and
/ Tppccauoe 20 the battle-rOll of the Republic
/ and led its triumphant armies up the stormy
| heights of Monterey and under tie flaming
/ guns of ChapuItepec.
SOUTH AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
But, great SIT. as were those achievements,
| and ! refer 10 them i'm no spirit of sectional
] nlorihcation. but i'm regard for the truth Of
/ history and IN simple Ju-ticetc the land where
we were born they We're not more bcnchccnt
nor more fruitful of great results than the
/ S0uth's consi-tcut service I'm behalf of repup-
/ ican government. begun when the wisdom ~
/ her jefferson and Madison overwhelmed the
/ imperial theories of the greatest Fcdelaist
! and continued until this year of salvation
1891
From the formation Of the federal act the
/ South has been the home Of the Democratic
principle. that which holds 10 the independ-
/ ence Of the citizens and tine sovereignty of the
State as the foundation stones fundamental
and essential. on which is builded the temple
Of our liberties. and in her great conscrYa-
/ tism and abiding fai n in that principle when
/ is identical and c0-eyal with the faith OF the
/ fathers, she + lay, and COO grant may con,
/ tinue through ages t. come, as you have wei
described her in your toast, pillar Oh
strength to the Republic.
ESSENTIALLY AMERICAN.
II is not exceeding the bounds Of admitted
truth to say that the white population Of that
section comprise the most homogeneous me
! most essentially American. TO be found WITH
I'M the limits Of the Republic, and to That
/ h0moceucitv and that Amcrcanism Is due the
fact that against all advances toward hlPc77
/ riali-m i'm the central government ana
against the giant forces of plutocHcy that
press upon the people. she opposes stu her
/ unbrOkeu faith, held from atorctlme, III the
/ exact autonomy of the States ana ler uhid-
/ tcring devotion To- the sanctlty OF the nome
/ and to the independence of the citizen.
There is no doctrine dcarer to the Southern
| heart than the pregnant one enunciated ny
/ Burke in his French Revolution:
ITO be attached to the subdivision. TO love
/ the little platoon we belong 10 III society, Is
! the first principle (the germ as II were) OF
! "a. II IL the first INK tie
series by which we proceed toward love to
our country and 10 mankind.
That was the principle, and not the perpet-
uation of slavery. i'm defense OF which the
/ South took up arms IN lSbl that was the piiil-
| ciple that animated her through the terrible
! DAYS of her reconstruction, and TO conserve
| that principle is her effort and hope to-day,
/ She las been in all things conservative OF
/ Democratic act. precept and example, ana
! even her liberated Slaves. who. when unmo-
| Tested 10y the political agitator comprise
cOutcuted and improving pcasanlfy, consul
| tute an element in her Conservatism, because
! they are by nature slow TO sudden and violent
! changes. and because their presence has eX-
! Guided from Southern sOl the more mdeOus
! lines and Gcrcer Nandals "who Henry George
| tells us swarm in other sections IL the SHADOW
Of college and library and museum.
DEVOTION TO TIE REPUBLIC.
Moreover. the South is tower Of strength
! the theory that upholds the independence
and equality of American citizens before the
! law, and the Independence and equality OF
! American States under the constitution, she
! believes that. with that theory kept iuylOlate,
! the wit or wisdom of mankind can never
| fashion or devise a government treer, broader
on moro catholic than this the fathers made.
She is q tour of strength to the Republic,
| because the development of her eXhaustless
resources is adding infinitely to that material
prosperity essential 70 national power and
| independence The most marvellous indus
! trial movement of modern times is developing
within her borders. and with an irresistible
impulse. which neither financial panic nor
| political misrepresentation can avert, the
! tides Of capital and emigration are treadlng
steadily Southwark New cities are spring
ing up on her plains. and massive enter
prses are rising in her wildernesses.
| The wealth with which her mountains
are surcharged is being wrested from their
| Keeping: fields that through iunemoual
wears knew few sounds save the swish Of the
| scythes in the harvest, or the whrr OF the
! partridge in the grass, are vocal with the nun
| of building industries, and the banks drivers
| that since the world began have rolled IN
! silence t. the ocean. are murmurng the melo-
dies of the shuttle and the loom. The JOY Of
a new and splendid hope j. pulsing through
the South-a softer sunshine seems 70 KISS the