Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-02
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
he Addresses the People at Chat
tanooga, Atlanta, Memphis
and Birmingham.

At Chattanooga.
y. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. ,Ap,il15.-When
.he presidential train reached here. at
o'So o'clock this morning, fully 5000
people were assembled at the station
a salute of thirteen guns was fired as
tne president descended from the steps
OF The train. President Harrison was
introduced by Hon. Clay Evans, and
was greeted with deafening cheers,
The president spoke in substance as
follows:
=, nay FELLOW CITIZENS: have greatly cn,oyed
snc opportunity Of seeing Chattanooga again I
=, Inst Us the camp of great army. Its only
iuuse,ies ti.u were military, It's stores were muni.
,lons ,I.i OF war It's pleasant hill tops we're torn
tn "itn rue pts It's civic population the attend.
nnVs OF an army campaign. / see II to-day n
s&seae & city prosperous city To-day | SEQ
,,S u,Se hlltops then bristling with guns crowned
WIN happy homes. see those streets. through
which tho worn veterans OF MANY camnaigns
snen marcned, made glad with the presence OF
happy children. Everything is changed The
mano o. w ehchaater has toueln these, hills
srn,. sna Ola 1oEpat, that frowned pt lhe valley
h'o,la trom wnlch me plow had been withdrawal now
,,s, WoRs upon the peaceful industries OF country
ne. All things are changed except that
tne mug which then fioated over Chat.
tahooga floats here still II has passed
from the hands Of the veterans who bore il
70 victory 10 battle, into the hands OF the chill.
o%feh % VINO lft 1t as an emblem OF peace Then
ehatthhooga was wars gateway to the south:
noW IL Is ire gateway to peace, commerce, and
prosperity There have been two conouests.
one WIN arms the other with the gentle influ.
ehce OF peace, and the latter Is greater than the
nrst. The first Is only great as 1t made wav for
that which followed, and row, one again in our
uoVoton TO the constitution and the laws one
ngalh IN the determination that the question of
lhe severance OF the federal relations of these
states snail never again be raised we
nave started together upon career of prosper.
Ivy ana development that has as vet given only
Tue signs OF what Is to come. congratulate
tennessee, ! congratulate this prosperous
Guy / congratulate oil those who through
thls gateway give and receive tho inter.
chahges OF friendly commerce, that there il
being wrou 5ht throughout our country unill.
catiOn by commerce, uniiication by similarity
OF institutions and habits thnt shall in time
erase every vestlge OF difference, and shall
make Us not only in contemplation Of the law
put IN heart aud sympathy one people. |
lnnnk you for your cordial greeting today and
no Tor the development Of the industries OF
our country and for the settling Of our institu.
lions upon the firm basis Of n respect for the
laws In this glad springtime, while the gar
oehs are iuil OF blossoms and the fields give the
promise of another harvest and your homes are
full OF happy children, let us thank God for
what he mas wrought for us as people, and
each In our place resolutely maintain the great
iuea upon which everything Is builded the rule
oi the majority constitutionally expressed and
tne absolute equality Of all men before the law