Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-27
TEE Presidents SPEECH.
Ne Has o. Eashssiastic Reception ct Ma
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The little town Of Malone, y. Y, wss
thronsed yesterday with visitors TO welcome
the President Public buildings and stores
were gaily decorated. The special trHo ar
rived At 80. The committee Of escort, under
Chairman =. ID. Kilburn. conducted the Presi-
dent from the station 10 the Howard House,
where luncheon was served. An interval Of
rest followed. At the time appointed
for beginning the exercises Of the day
the Malone twenty-seventh separate company
arrived at the hotel, aud 40 the President en-
tered his carriage they presented arms and
then, a. the Presidents escort took up the line
OF march to the park. where the exercises we're
held A detachment from Brennan Post. q. A.
H., Commander Cramer. did duty ss body
guard along the route.
The President was everywhere greeted with
applause. On the stand in the park. besuti-
fuiiy decorated for the occasion. places were
occupied oy the President and the accompany
ing committee, with number Of citizens Of
tne county. As prelude TO the exercises
America was sung. Then Chairman Kilburn
stepped forward and made the address Of well
come, to which the President responded with q
half-hour speech. ss follows:
The PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic: l very sincerely
appreciate the friendly invitation extended in
your behalf which has given me the privilege Of
standing for few moments among You and Of
exchanging greetings as friends and as Ameri-
can citizens. The non-partisan assemblages in
winch We gather TO express a common interest
IN the institutions of civil government under
which we live, common respect for public au-
thority. and a common love for the flag are
ful am sure. not only Of interest hut of BEN
all no s,rat,o e., ,,% HI.
the political campaign which is opening have
our separations In opinion emphasized and our
separate assemblages 10 advocate those princi-
pies. We are here today. however. rs citizens,
not as partisans, TO give expression to those
common interests which, fortunately for us as q
nation, IN every time of great eNigency and
stress, and in every time of danger to the flag
oblterates all party division. and makes us one
people in its defense. Applause. We are a
favored nation in that grea. isolation which
We enjoy. We are free from the dangers
OF close contact with any of the great
military powers of the world. Our neighbor on
the north-the Dominion OF Canada neither
threatens us nor we her. Laughter and APP
plause. We desire for them the most album
dant prosperity. the fullest development Of
which their resources capable, and con-
slant peace. But il must not be supposed
that this separation which We enjoy from
close contact with the great powers that are
forever standing on the threatening edge Of
war has left us without duties and RESPONSE
bilities. We have always in our diplomacy ex-
ercised the patience, reserve of strength and
the consciousness of u right cause. | fancy
that we are entering now a people upon a
career when our external influence in COM
merce is to be larger than ever before. We
have in a large part completed our great works
OF internalimprovement. The forests have fallen
before the axes of our pioneers and the pillow
now turns the soil of all that region which we
ST. la.t - T.
lated prodigious wealth people. and tee
no reason why the United States should not
from this day forward step into position of
power and influence among the great CONNER
cial nations of the world such as she has never
enjoyed. IApplause.l From causes. as TO
recognized by all. We have been deprived of
our once proud participation in the ocean car
rying trade of the world. | think We should
now resume it. IApplausel
THE NEW NAVY.
The wise and timely Inauguration of new
navy has demonstrated the capacity of our
American ship yards TO produce the best ships
in the world. lApplause.l The government,
having pioneered in this work of ship building
by the encouragement il has given 10 our con-
structors and our artisans, has paved the way
now for building great ships of commerce.
lApplause.l l take great delight in the
contemplation Of the fact, which believe is
now assured. that before another year las rolled
around one of the swittest and best OF all the
great lines Of steamships that go out Of the port
Of New York will bear the American flag at the
fore. and the tribute We have paid to foreign
nations in the way Of freight charges. believe,
will speedily. in a large measure, be sbrogated
forever. These great stores of agricultural pro-
ducts which We pour out from our granaries TO
feed the nations Of Europe should. and believe
speedily will. be delivered at the port of Liver
pool in American bottoms. tApplause.l We
will avail ourselves of al these natural resources
Of all this vast capacity inventive and con-
structive. which God has bestowed upon us. in
the belief that il has been given to us primarily
that herein this land that SO long waited the
foundation of a free republic that republic and
its people might attain the highest development
in wealth, intelligence ard morality among the
nations of the world. IApplause.
I've have had great struggle within our
selves. / believe that We have seen the last
serious outbreak against the supremacy of our
Constitution. and of our laws that we shall ever
see. The one cause that could divide our peo-
ple-human slavery-has under the favor of
God and by the Union army been abolished for
ever. and Lincolns proclamation has now the
assent of the south itself The law and the
Constitution. as the object of every American
citizens veneration and his willing obedience
Is the one faith and the only safety OF our peo-
pie. No cause can be advanced in this country
upon the lines of lawlessness Intelligence and
morality among our people. the church. the
school and the home, these great rocks upon
which our institutions and our safety rests We
will cherish and preserve. Applause.l And
now. comrades Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. surviving veterans OF that gallant band
that from these mountains and valleys went oct
TO defend the flag. give you a comrades greet
ing today. God bless you. every one: God for
give the heartlessness of that American in TINS
bright day OF prosperity and unity who can