The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-22

heavens, dazzling us with its brilliancy and
startling US with its sudden deperture
Proud ought Georgia to be OF her noble son
frouI ought the south to be OF her great bene-
eloquent pacificatori
Beneath this bronze memorial aud throu III
out this broad land let Henry Grady's memory
os cnerlshed by every patriot. Let the story
"a LIS great WORK inspire every true American
Let the example OF his exalted purpose and
ger effort make fairer patriotism and bet
The sacred task which he ACCOMPLISHED let no
man try 10 undo: The reconciliation which his
eloque1ce brought about let no man dare to dis.
EURO: Let the hand wlther which seeks again to
kInale the fires OF sectional strife that Grady
qoenched. A reunited people shall quickly
ayenge that insult to his memory. and smother
VIII FepFoach that incendiary effort.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OCCASION.
10 you Of Georgia this occasion has a double
significance. These exercises to you are not
merely commemorative of national service or
evidence OF nations respect. They remind
you OF your personal loSs-they recall TO you
mat aHectlonate interest which Grady had in
your Individual and public warfare-that in
TENSE sympathy in your sorrows and that re-
golcinR IN your succes5es-that Loyalty to the
1ame and prosperity Of your state He knew
your trials and shared them. He knew your
poverty aud tasted it. He knew your spirit aud
nred It. dc lived, thank heaven, to see your
prosperity and honor it. LAS or me-" he said
long before I le ravages of war had been eff
raced from your proud state, AS for me- my
amoltion Is simple one. l shall be satisfied
with the laoors of my life if, when
those labors are over my son.
looking abroad upon better and
grander Georgia. Georgia that has filled the
destiny God intended her for-when her towns
and cities ara hives of industry, and her country
SIDE the exhaustess fields from which their
stores arc drawn-when every stream dances on
us way TO the music OF spindleS and every
forest echoes back the roar of the passing train
when the valleys smiles with abundant har-
vests, and from her hillsides comes the tiukling
OF bells as her nerds and focks go forth fro N
their toIcs-when more than 10000 0 people
proclaim her perfect Independence and bless her
with their love-l shall be more than content.
say, if my son. looking upon such scenes as
these. can stand up and say: My father bore q
part in this work, and his name lives in the
memory of this people,"
Truly does his name live in the memory of
this people Rich as Georgia is in the fame of
her brilliant Sons, few names among your illus
trlous men hold more sacred place in your
directions: Great orators you have had
Toombs, Stephens. Hill-yet the eloQuenoe Of
none came from truer heart or expressed a
more exalted purpose. Great statesmen and
brave soldiers you have had, but none gave his
life and his genius to Dobler task. He was tue
sympathetic friend III the days Of adversely; lie
was your inspiration in days of stru gle; he
your hop5sn times Of despair; he was the embod-
lment OF your new aspirations-tae representa-
tive of your new ideas-the leader in your new
of success which you and he have built. the
complete structure OF glorious statehood shall
be reared by your poSterity jealously may those
future generations preserve the memory of that
young Georgian. and point with vens ration to
this noble statue-repeating softly and rever-
emily the words of this Henry
w. Grady, journalist, orator, patriot"
And when from distant states aud a colder
cline strangers shall walk through the Streets
of your beautiful city, and gaze upon this me-
mortal OF your love and pride, afectionately
may they recall the lite-work OF this beloved
southerner and revereutly carry away with
them as an inspiring and patriotic memory the
touching tribute which you have inscribed in
these letters of stone, that when he died he
was literally loving nation into peace"
A nation in peace! broad land disturbed
by no civil dissens.ons threatened uy no foreign
enemy A people united and homogeneous,
prosperous and happy! No trace OF conflict, no
bitter memory, no questioned loyalty! That
people rejoicing in the universal spirit of fra
terniy, retaining only the pleasant recollections
of the past, tremendously solving the problems
of civilization, working out together the grand
destiny of a common country-that people will
ever hold in grateful remembrance the life and
public service of Henry w. Grady.