The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER IA. 1895

home. It IS an event OF great significance,
I he said. a cable. as IL were. joining to-
/ gether the people Of the two sections IN
league Of amity and friendship. 49,,
When you ger back home. said Col
Mercer. II want you 10 tell them there
I Of the feeling among the soldiers OF the
in the late war. The soldier, my friends,
. fights because IL is .his profession and
kills his antagonist With the best Of feel
I ing toward him."
Col. Mercer told the visitors the beau
/ tiful legend from which the ship NacOo-
/ chez derives its name. An Indian maiden
] so the story goes, whose love AFFAIRS had
Z not gone as they should, determined TO
| sacrifice herself on the altar OF love,
Z and accordingly cast herself over high
I precipice. Her hearts blood gusned out
I on the rocks below and formed the source
] Of the beautiful river NacOochee, after
/ which the vessel is named.
! Tell your people" said Col. Mercer, In
conclusion, that you have found typical
American community, whose people feel
/ as great pride as you do, in the unity,
I integrity, happiness ana prosperity OF
this great country and who, whenever II
shall be assailed viii respond as heartily
I to its defense
Three cheers and tiger were given with
viii for Col. Mercer and the soldiers
] Of Illinois and Georgia.
Mr.; Harper called upon Rev. DR.. Thorn
as, chaplain or the First Illinois, to make
the response in behalf Of the soldiery of
illinois. Dr. Thomas said that he regret
ted that Col Turner was not present to
/
had compelled him TO remain in the city.
He was graUiied to know that the regi-
menu ROUND good hot breakfast waiting
Tor II IN savannah. The militia Of the
country. said DR.. Thomas, is an arm Of
/ the Civil force, to preserve order and
peace and aid i'm the enforcement of the
common law when necessary. I'm Chi
cago,' he said, I'VE have six times as
many children as there are soldiers in
the United States army. This gives some
idea OF the value of the militia TO the
country. We can brag on our regiment.
IL rs composed of a noble class of young
men. There are college graduates. pro-
fessional men and business men OF every
class in the ranks. We have been welcOm-
ed all the way an our trip with warm
hearts ana we will 90 home, feeling that
DR.. Thomas said that he used to hear
that cotton was king. and then he heard
that corn was king, and next that wheat
was king but now thank God, man is king
and woman is queen. DR.. Thomas said he
would like to see some OF the old soldiers
of the north and the south, with their
sons, have little to do down here to help
Cuba. lie alluded to the fact that the First
regiment had fired the salute oVer.the con-
federate dead "a the recent dedication OF
the confederate monument in Chicago.
Gov. Altgeld was the next speaker His
remarks were brief. I'VE have been cor
daily received everywhere" he said. We
have been given very thorough south
ern welcome and have experienced the
kindest hospitality everywhere. Since
reaching Savannah, the hospitality and
the consideration has been so great that
/ feel that / must have an assistant to
properly do justice to the subject. l there
fore call upon my friend, DIR. Draper
president of the University of Illinois, to
respond for me-"
DR.. Draper said that it was a pleasant
task for him TO make grateful acknowl-
edgement OF a cordial reception. The hos
pitality OF Savannah is no new thing to
him, he said. He had enjoyed IL on for
mer occasion when he participated in an
important ceremonial here. we come
from state of ineXhausthle resources
he said. 1t has more railroads on the
map than any other state or any other
nation than this on earth. The people are
active and able. putting forth their ener-
giles in institutions innumerable which
make the greatness and welfare of the
country. We come here upon a mission.
We could not deny it If we would, and we
would not If we could. We came to help
break out the roads between chicago ana
Savannah. We did not come to find differ
ences between US in matters of public pol
icy, but to find matters common to all, to
assure you of our good viii and sympa-
thy. We did not come to settle the negro
question for you, but to express our con-
fdence, the natural inheritance of the An
glO-Saxon, that you can settle this ques-
ton for yourselves. We came that we
might stand together with you under the
old flag and help to make that flag sig
nifcant of the whole people"
Mr.. George L. Stone, secretary of the
Chicago Board of Trade, eulOgized the
memory of the lamented Henry w. Grady,
whom, he said, was the first to prophesy
the day which has now daWned upon the
country. Mr.. Stone said that the Chica-
goans had come to promote the commerce
between the two sections, the northwest
and the southeast, for the benefit ana en-
richment of both.
President Ferdinand w. Peck of the
Chicago Southern States Association said
a few pleasant words on the subject Of
Savannah hospitality, and then intro
duced Mr.. w. Il. Williams of the Union
League club of Chicago. Mr.. Williams
made a humorous speech of some length;
fun of bright points He received uneX-
'pected assistance from the vessels in the
river, which had begun to salute the Ma
coochee as she passed. He also dwelt
upon the idea of increasing the CONNER
Cial and social relations between the two
sections represented.
Bishop Fallows of the Reformed Epis-
copal church, suffered like Mr.. Williams
from the enthusiastic greetings of the
vessels at the lower WharVes at which
the Nacoochee was then passing Bishop
| Fallows said the visitors anticipations
had been more than realized. we are
feeling now as never before said he,
that we are one people, with one nag
and one destiny Next to the love one
bears to the man who fought side by
side with him in common cause, is the
love he bears to the man who fought
against him when the strife is over and
each comes to understand the other. Next
to the love the union soldier bears to his
comrades is the love he bears for rhe
confederate soldier who's fought for what
he conscientiOusly believed to be right.
Mr.. F.. A. Stovan, secretary of the To-
! cal committee, announced that the clubs
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the visitors during their stay in the city.
| He added some eloquent words of well
| come. we are delighted to hear that
the war is over" he said. Sometimes
we are inclined to doubt it when the re
4 turns from Cook county begin to come
| in If you come to satisfy us of this fact
| this trip was we'll planned and well car
ried out"
Mr. Stovall said he would like to see
| the Central railroad double tracked from
! Savannah to Chicago instead of simply
TO Atlanta, because he knew that CHI =
/ cago is the Atlanta of the west.
/ The Nacoochee having arrived at the
/ Abercorn street dock the affair ended
| with several rounds of cheers for SaVan-
! nah. the ladies of Savannah the ladies
/ of the party and the men also the last
| being by the Savannahians The Visi-
! tors were instructed not to take car
/ riages. but to walk up Bull street to the
! DE Soto in order that they might view
| the most attractive section Of the city.
THE PARADE AND REVIEW.
Twenty Thousand People Witnessed
the Display.