Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-07-11
WORDSBY THBVAY
President Harrison's Speeches
on His Recent Trip.
ROUND OF ELOQUENT ORATORY.

Tributes to the New South-OutIIne al
Governments Policy - Coast Defenses.
The Land of the CornstaIk - Home.
Sweet Home.
The New South" formed the leading
topic of President Harrison's first speeches
on his recent trip through the south and
west. Replying to an address of welcome
at Roanoke, Va, April Il. he said:
you not only have an illustrious story
behind you, but before you prospects of de
velopment in wealth and prosperity. in all
that makes great state, such as never en-
tered into the imagination Of those who
laid the foundation of the commonwealth
You are arousing now to a realization of
the benefits of diversity of industries. In
the olden time Virginia was a plantation
state. hope she may never cease to have
large agricultural interests 1t is the foun-
dation of stable society But rejoice with
you that she has added to agriculture the
mining of coal and iron, and. bringing
these from their beds, is producing all the
products that enter into the uses of life. In
this is the secret of that great growth illus
trating what see about me here, and the
promise of a future which none of us can
fully realize"
This theme was elaborated upon at Bris
tol, Tenn, the same day. when the pres
dent said:
at Is extremely gratifying TO notice that
those hidden sources of wealth which gere
so long unobserved and 50 long unused are
now being found, and that these regions
once so retired, occupied by a pastoral PEG
pie, having difficult access TO the centers of
population are now being rapidly trans
formed into busy manufacturing and com
mercial centers. In the early settlement
of this city the emigrants poured over the
Alleghanies and the Blue Ridge like wa
teTs over an obstructing ledge, seeking
the fertile and attractive farm regions
of the great west. They passed unob
served these marvellous hidden stores of
wealth which are now being brought
into use Having filled those great
basins of the west, they are now
turning back to Virginia and West Vir
ginia and Tennessee to bring about de
velOpment and production for which the
time is ripe, and which Will surprise the
world. Ii has not been long since every i'm
plement of iron-dOmestic, agricultural and
mcchanical-was made for you in other
states The iron point Of the wooden mold
board pillow with which the early farmers
here turned the soil came from distant
states But now Virginia and Tennessee
are stirring their energies to participate in
a large degree in mechanical productions,
and in the great awakening of American
influence which will lift the nation to
place among the nations of the world never
before attained"
AT Johnson City, Tenn, he asked:
What is it that has stirred the public of
this great region, that has kindled these
furnace fires, that has converted these re-
tired and isolated farms upon which you
and your ancestors dwelt into centers of
trade and mechanical pursuits, bringing
market close to the door of the farmer and
bringing prosperity into every home? Il
is that we have no line of division between
the states. Ii is chat these impulses of free
dom and enterprise. once limited in their
operations, are now common in ali the
states. We have common heritage. The
Confederate soldier has full, honorable
and ungrudged participation III all the
benefits of a great and just government
| do not doubt today that these would be
among the readieSt of our population TO
follow the old flag if it should be assailed
from any quarter"
And at Jonesboro, Tenn, ne congratu-
lated the people on the new order of things.
Turn your faces to the morning" said the
president, ''for the sun is lighting the hill
tops. There is coming to our country
great growth, an extraordinary develop
ment, and you are to be full participants
in it all While other nations of the world
have reached climax in their home de-
velopment, and are struggling to parcel
out remote regions of the south that their
commerce may be extended, we have here
prodigious resources that are yet to he
touched by the finger Of development, and
we have the power, If we will, to put our
flag again on the sea and to share in the
worlds commerce"
IL am glad TO visit East Tennessee
President Harrison said at Knoxville, 1.-The
scene of that early emigration and of those
early struggles by men who, for vigor of
intellect, strength of heart and devotion to
republican principles were among the most
conspicuous OF the early pioneers of the
west and southwest. am glad to know
that deep devotion to the cause of the
Union which manifested itself in the early
contributions Of Tennessee TO the armies
that went to the defense of the homes of
the northwest abides still in these valleys,
and crowns with its glory and luster every
hilltopOf the Alleghanies. You are feeling
now material development that is inter
esting and pleasing to all your fellow citi-
zens of the state.
II beg TO say TO you that whoever sup
poses that there Is anywhere in the north
cTn states any jealousy of this great ma
terial progress which the south is making
wholly misconceives the friendly heart OF
the people of the north. 1t is my wish, as
l am sure it is the wish of all with whom
! associate in political life, that the streams
of prosperity in the south may run bank
full; that in everything that promotes the
prosperity of the state, the security and
comfort of the community and the happi
ness of the individual home, your blessings
may be full and unstinted"
Chattanooga put the president in a remi-
niscent mood. Il saw it last" he said las
the camp of a great army. Its only indus
tries were military, its stores were muni
tons of war, its pleasant hilltOps were torn
with rifle pits, its civic population the at
PENDANTS Of an army campaign. ! see it to-
day great city, IA prosperous commercial
center / see these hilltOps, then bristling
with guns, crowned with happy homes; !
see these streets, through which the worn
veterans of many campaigns then marched,
made glad with the presence of happy chill
dren Everything is changed The wand
of an enchanter has touched these hills;
and old Lookout, that frowned over the
valleys from which the pillow had been with
drawn, now looks upon the peaceful indus
tries of country life.
'All things are changed, except that tho
flag that then hoated over Chattanooga
floats here still. 1t has passed from the
hands OF the veterans who bore it to vic
tory in battle into the hands of thu chill
dren. who lift it as On emblem of peace
Then Chattanooga was wars gateway TO
tile south; now it is the gateway of peace.
commerce and prosperity"
Birmingham, Ala, gave the president an
opportunity to draw an encouraging les
son from the war. He said.
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