The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
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AND 4 GREAT SPEECH
GOvEKHOr HILLS ORATIoN At TIE
UNWILLING OF THE GRADY
MONUMENT.

At the unwilling Of the monument
to Henry W. Grady in Atlanta last
week, Gov. David B. Hill, of New
York. was the orator. He delivered
one of the finest orations ever heard
by Northern man on q Southern
subject. Truly he had great SUBJ
iect. He said 10 part:
ssThis is an unaccustomed specta~
Gle. The scene which we are now
witnessing scarcely finds parallel in
the history of the world. 1t is an
occurrence upon which the earnest
attention of the whole American peo-
pie is rivited at this hour, because
of It's peculiar significance. Not to
the me m0ry of a great soldier or n
famous statesman in this statue IN.
yelled today. but to plain citizen
of the republic-a Journalist, ora
tor, patriot
Journeying so far, lntermitting for
a season official routine and political
duties in order to be present with
you beside tnis dedicated monument
of your enduring and proud memory
have questioned whether the act
might not speak more acceptably
than any word of nine.
To pay the due tribute of PERI
sonal friendship, it is enough to
come hither in silence, and amid this
throng of Georgia's sons, and of
Southern men from sister States ats
testing a common heritage of grief
and pride here cast my leaf among
your laurels, and passing to my
Northern home,
turn,
And bid fair peace to his sable shroud,"
After tracing in most interest
ing manner the early history Of Mr.
Grady from his oyhocd to the time
when he began to press upon the
public as journalist, ard occa sicn>
ally stopping on the way to make a
wise observation on subjects connec.
ted with that career, the Governor
continued:
"yt Is the POLITICIANS of the Uaited
1tatas~-iFu.n the ballot box 10 Tie
caplto:-wno are most worthy to be
assembled with us at this memorial
hour and to have a spokesman here.
For this young journalist was IN
this best and broadcast sense q politi,
clan, and he carried in his noble
heart the harden of public care.
He collected your opinions, he
share, tested, expressed your sentl>
ments, he OWNED yoar deepest
thoughts, he gave you the best of his
own, he became at last your voice
VIC SotCC VI Ghc DtW SouGu.
cat last he beat his music OUT
We heard the fine clarion among
our SHOWS as you had been hearing
it over you1 savannas. The sweet
piercing note salutes at first unfriend-
IL ears, but wins its way at length,
persusdes silence among Earring
tongues, and finally attunes a chc>
rus to It's own pure lofty melody.
I do not overestimate the effect
produced By sicgle speech. But
You know how it Is said that Swiss
guides in snow path whisper, lest
vibrations from the voice shake down
little white drift, and so let loose
an avalanche.
Results may look magical that can
be explained.
There was at least a wide prepar
ednass in the public mind Of North
and South. All the co-working ten
denotes which more than hundred
years ago brought the dis-united col
0Lies along our vast Atlantic sea-
board into a single federation Of Uni
ted States all the giant forces which
thirty years ago, between the gulf
tie great lakes and the two oceans
interlocked their strains to resist thu
disruption of war,-all these con
t-a3#og tanfvur5e~ aB2 forces :I46
Yet the day OF our peace seemed
forever postponed.
One northern journalist, Horace
Greeley, had shrilled his untimely
note-'Let US shake hands across
the bloody chasm''-and tumbled tt
his burial in dust.
The master of many legions. Gen
eral Grsnt, in vain had cried. uut o
a manly and patriotic heart-''Le
us nave peace"
Your great soldier, Lee, amid An
other gallant generation of southern
yoath had set himself to preparin.
the harvssts of peace and
III ''her victories