The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-25
An Experimenting Grafton.

The more YOU study the short but star
thing speech delivered in Georgetown, Soutl
Carolina, on Saturday last by the Hon
GROVER CLEVELAND, the more you are i'm,
pressed with its significance. 1t invites
analysis. 1t provokes curiosity. 1t defies
conjecture. 1t differs not only from any
previous effort of Mr.. CLEvELAND's, but
also from any address ever delivered by any
President of the United States upon any oc.
casion. There is a reminder of ANDREW
JolINsoN's unconventional rhetoric in some
passages, but JOHNSON never uttered n
speech like this:
81 RISE said the President Of the United
States to the gentlemen and ladies' assem-
bled in the Winyah Indigo Hall, ITO express
my thanks and to CONVEX the acknowledge
ments | feel in the courtesies extended in
meeting the people Of Georgetown" Note
carefully the bold use of nouns in other
thar their accepted sense, and the mastery
arrangement Of propositions: THE ac-
Acknowledgements l feel ~ 1.-THE acknowl-
edgments l feel in the courtesies extended -
1.-THE Acknowledgements l feel in the cour-
tesies extended in meeting the people of
Georgetown! This is no merely accidental
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the language. 1t is progressive and pur-
poseful. 1t would have driven the late
GooLD BROWN crazy, but that is not Mr..
CLEvELAND's affair.
Consider next the Presidents allusion to
Southern hospitality, and the strikingly
original thought which follows. ~ have
always esteemed Southern hospitality the
more,' he says, because l nave felt It was
the underlying principle Of American citizen
ship" No wonder the gentlemen of the
Winyah Indigo Society applauded the senti-
ment. No other American statesman ever
sounded so deep as that in the depths Of
our political philosophy.
1t is we'll for the occupant of this high
Office" continued the President Of the
United States, " to honor and meet with the
people Of our country, for it Is only thus
that the close bond of sympathy can be OBJ
tanned which will enable the Chief Execu-
tive to mete out equal justice and fair deal
ing to high and low, rich and poor, as he is
called upon to do" The language and the
view taken Of the constitutional functions
of the Executive are alike confusing at first
glance, but they become as clear as crystal
II we remember MISUNDERSTANDING and
likewise bear In mind the underlying prin-
c!ple of Southern hospitality.
The concluding sentence is personal to
himself. The President has gained much
in recuperative health by pleasant outdoor
He is ready " to assume again the
perplexing duties of the office of President. -
doubly perplexing on account Of his new in
sight into the fundamenta principles of
and the new judicial duties de-
volving upon him now that the close bono
of sympathy has been obtained. He will
% always cherish in the home circle " the
memory of the visit to the Winyah Indigos.
1t was, indeed, an eye-opener.
Thus ~splendidly ends the voyage of the
for the inspection of lighthouses
and underlying principles. The honest,
ruddy face OF Fighting Boz must have
with genuine pleasure as he as
sisted his precious charge dow the steps
Of the Winyah Indigo Hall at Georgetown
and back to the buffet car. May they sail
together, Fighting Bob and the Pres
ident, and may their official duties of navi-
and inspection never take them into
the lighthouse district described in those
lines Of the Mad Poet, M'DoNALD
CLARKE:
q Ha! See where the Wild blazing Grog shop appears,
As the red waves OF wretchedness swell;
How Il burns on the edge Of tempestur years.
The horrible Light House OF Hell"