The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-22
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HILLS TRIP SOUTH.

the late Bishop Brownoll, of Connecticut,
and q critic cr pure breed like Saintc
Beuve or Henry James. He has been at the
New England Society and ST Nicholas dinners
and heard all those stupendous orators whose
names / have not mentioned, and DroWneI
saws that "In New York after dinner speaking
came in when Eegro ministry went out
The fast and greatest OF my dlSqlall1lca-
lions. which | shall submit. to account for
and to cxtenIate your cordial hospitality Is
this: After l get through with this unprac-
ticed ana most toying ordeal of making an
after-dinner speech. subscquent to hearing
down south a few specimens of negro MIN
strelsy, which happily never has dled ont III
this lovely lard among your companion race,
not one human being in all our northern land
will say Of YOU Gcorglans. of the southern
Empire State, what somebody IN 4, New A nai
inst bc,n making a speech in Boston: Il am
dclghted to know it. Deli 5 L always
All, gentlemen it was not ever thus. Let
ms thank the God of all mercy that even the
passion of war. save patriotic pride, has ut
last died out utterly from every northern;
from every southern heart. (ApplauSc)
How swiftly IN the succession OF our days
the supreme in orI individual fortunes, or that
which seemed 50 drifts Off and away as we
AXE uu the next day to it, and next. ana next
How it drifts off to diminished proportion IN
the sum Of things ana t take 1orc at
eyperience its rghttul place, win
no longer undue eminence among the
miiestones of our lifcs journey ApplauSeQ
sio "rowinr nation pressing forward foremost
in The files OF time to long renoWn' or
aI,ncino backward. when the century mas
driftcd away may almost, regard that enthu,
siastic patriotism with which year after year
was celebrated our successful separation from
fine parent empire by the war OF lhdcpchdehce
10 w. REGARD the rushing Of the summer Winu
through AL the boughs OF the thrifty loIe 81.
upsprunG from acorns natufaiy ufoppcu ps
the parent oak. ~
which already has drifted away to the dis
tanee of more thah eyirf s'''i It's cyasatios
lis diyidrd patriotic pride, its taking on the
same historic phrase ne same ;5 rn9h or o,
mnnts Of our common inheritance rs ma
ton and of our kindred ancestors as new
comingcd race. Nppiause.)
In thnt war you had staked your all, end
the bcsom CT devastation had swept away al
most all visible resources of civilized life. Hut
nv mich greater than all which had per-
ishcd of your inheritance ana succession was
mat which survived You Kept your !ndoni-
Of abraham Lincoln lost to you and Ia us;
witL carpet tagging vulturcs aHpoping uown
upon the naiona capii4LlS' VIZ ~, innor Gis
Nv iimrligration; without assistance for years
from northern or foreign wealth you kept
your indumitahlc hearts. tApplauSHJ
Ynu created out of the rains, winds, fields,
fo'fsfs and hills all the visible resources OF
civilized life You have reached surprising
You are Developing now products-higher
products, higher culture, and out of the
Cow r"xeriU@ the commodities of price
You are shifting southwark the fut-
urr cenyers Of the greatest coal and iron
81 price You are shifting southwark The
future ccnterS of the greatest coal and iron
production of the world 'ApplauseJ You
have constructed and greatly enlarged and
vastly chcapcncd YOUR railroad transporta-
ton and Won have cnticed the prosucrous
and cultivated with the health Of your eli
mate and the charm Of your manners.
You are commanding capital t. profit by
foundations Of more, abundant prosperity
than you had ever known, which may Yet
outstrip competition from an equal area be.
twceu thc great lakes, HE Two seas AID the
GUIf These stupeua3Is Victories OF your
peace arc daily dwagfins Your Pr"ul"st
achievements in war. (AppHu5C) That war
itself may ere long be seen by the south aud by
north alike eye 20 eye. 70 have been neCcS-
sary 10 fuse or Divided patriotic pride ana.
last. as l have lately said, trHpsmutyl an
in>oGl,ie political problem into 4 soluble sr-
Cla! problem. tAppa1sC.) Your new NIoS
perity is ineontesthie proof Of the growing
success Of that solution. That parental s21A-
ration CT which / spoke ana IFS RECESSION 70
the lar past, thAt latter economical r;ioi5 IN
dark backward and abyss If time" sl"W
every SIcc essiyC Summit II tle future U"--
gryes Of these our Caltcd States. t.I4'-a'a'e.j
irue dfmotraeT hg$ snTylYed. ~" l,g"il,'S
rrl1 has survived Next NGruD.G viii " %
away lis latest lntcriuV'!ou D. !''.#e Hiir
"IJoro perfect union r.. ndaStrualiIie IN Itself
and NJ less ird"strUat:ble in It's cons jlgc2t
F.ti$ las surveyed tippG'GaHt tut con
stt,.tioa has survived almost s-@a.}ass, qr.tg
unimUHICQ IN fabric md SCncpn.c in WI.
tlurItv (tcneWed a!riauae) Our Individual
freedom has survived. 60 which the " hole
substance form and authority 81 ell THIS
pOIiticf framework are merely mln'>tr5ut,
so let us thank the God OF al mercy ana
grace that now there Is yelling NJ from the
deep eyhauStcSS fountains of human fellow
ship, Tat here and throughout our hand there
is ever Wclling up and oyerfl3wing from pro-
found
cestry united birth and blood: com
mon or kindred inherit2n"e for uncounted
ages OF slow upbuding power thai
blend hearts. mould minds. Knit domestic
bonds, and consolidate and ameliorate the
social structures Of tie advancing foremost
races Of mankind, and Of fraterEal oiicCti"'i
and fr.!tCuial peace. Of which our federal
union is ombIematic, its justice their sanction,
IFS Iihe"t~ their law.
an impcrishable union of indcstructibic states.
Il is, union of Independent soyerelgIny;: It
quilted like the sea; divided as the waves y
(AppiauScJ
its strength is based upon the virtue OF q
great p,op!e-a people imhued with the spirit
of liberty: Il people actuated by the noblest
ambitions and l6ftiest sentiments; a people
! who fear no foreign Zoe, who brook no IN
salt vino tolerate invasion of their rights.
ana apcoplc who have the free institutions
of his land of ours. Applause)
Oar union is n union Of hearts, of affec-
tons Of ASPIRATIONS OF interests, of purposes
of efforts, and OF destiny. 1t may be truthfuly
are Involved and conferred in its success. 1t
! is the grandest aud best government On the
lis corner stone is individual liberty, liberty
regulated by laws; this is its embodiment in
the true and the best sense. 1t protects the
weak, Restraints the strong, cares for the I'M
fortunate, oducates the masses, maintains
peace and executes justice. 1t is not a pr
feet system of government: but it is The be t
that has yet been devised by the genius Of
mnn. II guarantees TO eyaty citizen equality
before the law, liberty of speech, religious