The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-22
GOV. ELLIS SIP aEC ].
Full Text of the Grafton Delivered at
the dwelling.

Full Text of the Grafton Delivered at
the dwelling.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 2l.-Following is the
full text OF Gov Hllrs speech delivered at
the monument:
This is an uuaccustomed spectacle. The
/ scene which we are now witnessing scarcely
| finds para lei IN all the history Of the world.
| 1t is an occurrence upol which the earnest at
tention OF the whole American pc )ple is riveted
| at this hour, because of its peculiar signii-
! canoe. Not to the memory of a great soldier or
famous statesman in this statute unveiled to-
| day. but to q plain citizens of the republic-a
Journalist. orator. patriot"
| Journeying so far, itermitting for a season
! official routine and political duties in order to
| be present with you beside this Dedicated monu-
ment of your enduring and proud memory, I
| have questioned whether the act might not
| speak more acceptably than any word of mine.
| To pay the due tribute of personal friend
ship. it is enough to come hitler in silence and
| amid this throng of Georgia's SONS and of
southern men from sister states attesting
common heritage of grief and pride, here cast
my leaf among your laures, and passing 70 my
northern home,
turn.
Sand bid fair peace be to his sable shroud."
To commemorate the mark he made. the
prizes he won in a high calling there needs
eulogy from me. His requirements, his gifts, his
genius the outlines of his manly character, the
circumstances of his career, are best known to
you among VIII m he lived and did his work until
| for him too soon, alas!-the night came, which
| ends all our brief days and work.
THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.
Yet beside this tomb, before the silent token
| OF q nations mingled grief and homage, no
| greater tribute could pay to Henry W. Grady's
| memory and pubic services, than to repeat the
| story of his brave life. That life so brief and
| yet so full-is the history of a noble purpose
| born In the generous impulses OF warm and
patriotic heart, stirred by the sutferings and
| despair of his stricken countrymen. sustained
by his confidence in the south's resourc and
tbs south s nannood, aided by his own great
| genius and practical energy, ana accomplishing
within his lifetime its great end 1.-The restora-
| ton OF the south's prosperity and the complete
reconciliation OF north and south. In few lives
| Of two score years has much good been
| crowded; in few have such great results fol-
| lowed an earnest conservation to the public
welfare. With the unveilinE OF this heroic
| bronze, as the just COMMUNICATION OF peoples
! love, itly may recall the circumstances of
that un que care er and the good deeds of that
| NOBLE life.
make no excuse for trite expression when
say that Henry w. Grady was emphatically
man OF the people Every pulse of mis- heart
beat in sympathy with the best interests of
mankind: Born in the grand old common
wealth of Georgia tat Athens on May "a, 1890,
he always loved the soil of his native state. lie
was proud Of her people aud her institutions
Jealous of her honor and loyal to her interests.
His boyhood days we're PROFESSIONALLY happy
ones His disposition vivacious; he liked
many sports--he was leader among his
| schoolmaJes. He enjoyed the companionship
| OF good fellows and deservedly popular.
| He was not a close student, especially OF his
| xt-books. but he read everything within his
reach and his memory was remarkabls, He
enjoyed history, romance and poetry. The
humor and pathos OF Dickens touched respon-
! sive chord 10 his nature. His best intellectual
efforts were reserved for the literary and
debating society VIII re he excelled.
After graduating at the state university at
D Athens, ne took pplemanta course at this
University of Virginia, with a view especially
0 of cultivating his innate powers of c!oquence
! II was eminently appropriate that one who wa
\. Af Lara
sOnian principles of government should have
| attended the famous institution OF learning
. | which was founded by Jefferson himself
a About the time of his Majority Inc determine.
= | to make the profession OF journalism ms life
4 | work. Ills early efforts in the fed of newspa
u | per proI r etorsnip and management coustitut,
had not Yet appeared in the busi
ness ornament: Poverty ad Nv 4;
I cruel fate. Tor several years. They were year
\ of discipline. years requiring the exerclS
% Of coura2 /. fortituoe and paii nee. They full!
n tested the character Of young Grady, and thor
q oughly equip ped hi n for the vast accomplish
4 ments which were in store for him in the future
"a AT last the days Of prosperity cana; ald as
N member of the editorial stan OF the AtlAnt
d Constl 1ltton, ana as the southern correspOr
n dent of the New York Herald. there wer
|, opened up TO him valuable andinportant field
r | of usefulness and influence, which he filled wit
,s unusual britsncy and increasing public reputf
ID ton
q, TIE TIDE BAD TURNED.
= The tide had turned, and the DAYS of doub
:. and dependency were over. The generou
" action OF new found friend soon enabled hil
a to purchase fourth iaterest in the Const.t,
= Il ~. and from that hour the grad destiny {
= ! Grady fixed. Ee rose rapidly in generi
= esteem. he became powerful factor in the pol
! tics aud prosp arlty OF Georgia, ani the at Ell
:. ton Of the nation was drawn 10 career I
- those few years intervening before mis- death b
rounded well the rec ri OF his brief life. an
richly earned tnat simple, but impressive
epitaph which you nave place upon this grant
II, base-"JournaSt. orator. Dlfrlot.'
is Journalist, orator, patriot did ever scIlp
Of tors chissl cut iruer worthier epitapn
as ''Jou naiist, orator, pat iot'-what three word
r portray more truly Graiy's lfe-works VIVA
be are fuller IL suggestion aud sisniticanceg
4. Grady chose MS profession well. No othe
?. would have 81 TED we'll his varied ta,eEts an
{. his l. : j ectual genius No other would hav
ir ohereA tn same opportunity Tor hi, phila
r. throphy and MS iqhJ-nce Barely lad h ~
- ished his az rentices hip wien he wrote -
" have seen the Held OF journalism 50 enlarge.
be us posslb iites 50 WidenTd. and ite Influence
n extern lei IN at have come 20 believe earuesti
20 that no man. no matter what his cal
q ing. HE elevation or his opportunity. ca
Us equal ia dignity honor ani usetulnss
ID the Journalist who compreheuds his posi-
81 ton, fairly mea gures his duties Gud gives lin
be ssls -itey and uus slhshly 60 mis- work" Tha
be- was Yhal Graiy o.. he heZAn wneB iourrn
r. ism IN the s0Itn waS AZ a low sbb-Nbea resder
le were c.rce AMI qeNspapar eatsruF - va
~ sta maui -whea ind istry VAS paralf xsf an
Isl trade stood stii. he left OF wlea Journalism
10 was VIZ lr3us. resOIrcefll aud Influential. wbe
cnmmerc' nlunslfi aud md lEtrY was maxim
a ersat strides, wheu pro ptrifY had replace
= poverty. aad 10 - ADD rle5gf IA taken OBJ
place ~ dsfpar an4 inilf7rsuar. D
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