The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-18

! ham road, across the northern part of MfSsi5-
sppi. No stops were made in that State,
however. and the only incident Of the run
! occurred at Jasper Ala That town
was illuminated with many bonfres in
! honor of the President. and nearly
| $500 Of the inhabitants gathered at the sta
! tion 10 pay their respects. IL WAS II o'clock
when the tram reached there. and the Presi-
/ dent Postmaster General Mauamaker and
! the ladies of the party had retired Tor the
night. The people were disappointed at not
| being able 10 see the President. but were grati-
| fed at being allowed 10 pass through and IN
| spect the observation car. with the numerous
floral offerings received IN Birmingham. Brief
speeches were made 10y George W. Boyd and
| Russell Harrison.
NIT BY MEMPHIS CITIZENS.
This morning when the train reached Belle
view station. seven miles from this city. 1t
was boarded by committee Of citizens from
! Memphis headed 10y X. c. Graves. William
| H. Moore and G.. c. Matthews. A number Of
| ladies accompanied the party and presented
Mrs Harrison and the other ladies of the
| Presidents party with bouquets of La France
roses The Mayor. L. G. Clapp and other
municipal officers received the President on
his arrival in the city.
A large crowd including the local militia,
| We're gathered at the station and checred the
| President when he appeared on the platform.
| The party We're immediately assigned to car
riages which awaited them. and were driven
up the street to the Merchants Exchange,
| fronting on Court Square. which was nassed
with people The President was escorted up
the iron steps and introduced 70 the assembled
crowd by Mayor Clapp. who welcomed the
President on behalf Of Of the city.
THE PRESIDENT REsPoNDs.
The President responded rs follows
The name of the city Of Memphis was
! familiar 10 me in my early boyhoOd. Born
| and reared upon the tributaries of the great
river upon which your city is located. the
river marts of commerce were the familiar
trading ports Of the Ohio valley | we'll re-
! member when on the shores Of my fathers
| farm, the old "Broadhorn" was loaded
from the hay press and the corn
| crib to market with the plantations along
! the lower Mississippi, | remember to have
| heard from him and the neighbors who con-
stitutcd the crew Of those pioneer crafts of
! river navigation. In those times these states
were largely supplied with grain and forage
! from the Northwestern states Here You are
! giving attention 10 one or two greet staple
products for which you found u large foreign
market. congratulate you that the
| progress Of events has made you not
| less AGRICULTURAL but has diversified your
| agriculture 50 that yOu are not wholly de-
| pendent upon these great staples for the III
/ come Of your farms. II Is q great thing that
melons and cabbage. Cheers. The benefits Of
| this diNersifcation are very great, and the
! change symbohzes more than We at first
realize.
MANUFACTURING PURSUITS.
rejoice in your adding 10 diversified agri-
! culture diversified manufacturing pursuits:
! that You are turning your thoughts 10 COM
pressing and ginning cotton as well as raising
| IT, know no reason why these cotton States
. hot, # la = u
ton should not SPIN the greater portion OF IT,
| no reason why they should not export II as raw
/ material and as manufactured product, hold
ing in theirmdstthe profits Of this transpOrta-
tion Of raw material 10 the finished product.
| lApplause an glad that q liberal government
| is making this great waterway To the sea safe
and capable of an uninterrupted use. ] am
glad that il is here making the shores OF your
| own city convenient and safe, and that II j.
opening. North and South, an uninterrupted
and cheap transportation for these products.
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
am glad that tits bringing you in contact
with ports of the gulf that look out with near
| and inviting aspect towards q great trade III
! South America that we shall soon possess
am glad to believe that these great river
towns will speedily exchange burdens with
American ships at the mouth of the M.ssls-
sippi 10 be transported 10 foreign countries
under the flag of our country.
| Great cheering. This government OF
| ours is "A compact Of people 10 be governed 10y
majority expressing itself by lawful methods.
| lCheeIs Everything in this country Is 70 be
! brought 10 the measure Of law. / propose no
| other rule either as an individual or as
public officer | cannot in any degree let
down this rule lcries Of no and cheersl
without violating my official duty.
Therefore. | think, while re lie and
sympathize with your difficulties, we must all
! come at last b this conclusion, that the upre
macy OF law is the one supremacy IN this
country OF ours. Cheers.l Now. my fellow
citizens, shauk you for the warm and mag
nifcent demonstration of your respect, ac-
cepting cordially the expression Of the chief
of your city government that you are SIN
cere devoted people.
MAINTAIN PUBLIC PEACE.
l beg to leave with each OF You the sugses-
ton that each in his place shall do what he
can 10 maintain social order and public peace;
that the lines here and everywhere shall he
between the well-dIspOsed and the ill-dls-
posed. The effort to speak to this immense
throDg is too great for me.
beg 10 assure you that carry
from the great war OF sentiment no lll-wll 10
anyone lCheersl | am glad that the Con
federate soldier confessing that defeat which
has brought him blessings that would have
been impossible otherwise, has been taken
again into full participation in the administra-
ton Of Government that would have been
impossible otherwise; that no penalties or
other infections rest upon hlm.
have taken and always take the hand OF
brave Confederate soldier with confidence
and respect - Great cheering would put
him under one yoke only, and that IS the yoke
that the victOrs in that struggle bore when
they went homo and laid of their
uniforms; the yoke of law and the oblI-
CATION always 10 bear IL. lCheers.l Upon
that platform. without distinction between
the victors and the vanquished. We enter TO-
eether.upon possibilities rs a people that we
cannot oyerestimate | believe this nation Is
lifting itself TO a new life that this flag shall
float on unfamiliar seas and that the coming
prosperity will be equally shared by all our
people Prolonged cheering
Al noon the special train bearing the Presi-
Dental party left this city for Little Rock,
Ark,
ENJOYED THE NEGRO CABINS.
LITTLE Rock. ARK. April i7.-The Presi-
dental train arrived in LATHE Rock at $40
this afternoon after an uneyentful trip from
Memphis. The great Arkansas swamp
region through which the train passed was
rather monotonous. but the President seemed
10 enjoy the luxuriant foliage and picturesque
negro cabins. At Madison. small village
ON the banks of st. Francis river. the tram
was brought TO standstill - enable the
President TO hear serenade by band Of
negro musicians. ,.
President as the train went by. and at Brink
lev salute was fired from a cannon and sew
eral hundred people gave vent to their lungs
Carlisle. village thirty miles from Lstte