The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-10-22
THE COMPLETED MONUMENT

The year following Mr.. Grady de-
voted much of his time toward organic
ing and aiding the famous Piedmont ex-
position. This proved great success in
every way. President Cleveland and
his wife We're among the attendants. In
1888 he organized and conducted the
Piedmont Chautauqua at Salt Springs,
sixteen miles from Atlanta.
In October, 1888, Mr.. Grady delivered
a speech at the Texas state fair, at Dallas,
and this speech was equal to any he
had ever made. He travelled in a
special car, and was from one end of
Texas to the other greeted with one con-
tinuOus ovation.
Ia November Of the same year he ad-
dressed thousands of cheering people at
the Augusta (Ga.) National exposition
This speech was pronounced to be equal
to the Dallas and New England address,
es, and his standing was acknowledged
as one of the great orators of the world.
Mr.. Grady had often been suggested
for the second place on the national
ticket before the Democratic convention
in 1888, but he refused to turn aside
lIO1li LIS CllOSSu "Olh Ills ON Ii
people to seek after political honors
He was also urged to become candi-
date for the United States senate, but
he declined the honor. He was a jour
nalist by instinct, and kept his thoughts
in the newspaper work.
In the fall of 1899 he went to Boston,
and on Dec. 13 he delivered an address
before the Merchants club Of that city,
| which proved to be one of the greatest.
if not the greatest, effort Of his life.
No apology is necessary for quoting
here few of the wonderful passages in
that speech. 1t sealed his fame as one
of the great orators of history, and will
live together with the ablest efforts Of
the great men of the world. His de-
scription of the south which he loved so
we'll was full of poetry. He said:
Far to the south, Mr.. President. separated
| from this section by lineAonce defined in lr-
repressible difference. once traced In fratri-
| cidal blood, and now, thank God, but q vanish
! ing shadow-lies the fairest and richest domain
| OF this earth. 1t is the home of a brave and
hospitable people. There is centered all that
can please prosper human kind. A perfect
climate above a fertile soil yields to the hus-
| bandhlan every product of the temperate zone.
There by night the cotton WnltenS Oeneatn tne
stars and by day the wheat locks the sunshine
| in its bearded sheaf. In the same field the
| clover steals rk. fragrance Of the wind, and
| the tobacco catches the quick aroma of the
! rains. There are mountains stored with ex-
haustless treasures: forests, vast aRd primeval;
and rivers that, tumbling or lettering. run wan
| ton to the sea.
| OF the three essential items of all industries
! cotton. iron and wood-that region has easy
! control. In cotton, a fixed monopoly; in iron.
proven supremacy: in timber. the reserve sup
ply of the republic. From this assured and
I permanent advantage, against which artificial
| conditions cannot much longer prevail. has
! grown amazing system Of industries Not
| maintained by human contrivance Of tariff or
capital, afar off from the fullest and cheapest
| source of supply, but resting in Divine assur-