The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-24
Speech of Introduction.

After the review, President Charles
A. Collier, introducing President Cleve-
land at the exposition, said:
ITO an assembly composed of Amer
lean citizens, an introduction of the
most illustrious of living Americans is
impossible save as a mark of courtesy
and an expression of the regard in
which he is held by his fellow country
men. Still, it may be possible on this
occasion to signify in some degree our
profound qualification at the presence
of the chief executive of the nation.
The demonstrate tons he has already
witnessed prove better than could any
mere words the sincerity and the
warmth of his welcome. He, of all
men in this country, should be best
able to recognize the voice of the peO-
pie, for unto him it has been shown in
more emphatic terms than any man
of our generation, but we must convey
to him an assurance of the admiration
and esteem Of the people of the south
ern states, and especially of Atlanta.
he Recognized the South.
The south has received from him a
recognition as a constituent element
to this nation to which it has for many
years been a stranger, when he was
chosen and commissioned to erase the
dark lines of sectionalism from the
map Of the union. The administration
of which he is the head not only gave
it's aid and endorsement to the dearest
enterprise this city has projected, but
has established here for the inspection
of the world the most comprehensive
and instructive display of our federal
resources that ever ennobled an expo
SitiOn. No Intelligent citizen can visit
this display without experiencing d
quickening of his patriotism as we'll
as an extension Of his general knOWl-
edge.
We rejoice today in the reflection
that no other nation in the years that
have passed since the fOundati ton of
this government has had in it's highest
offices such an unbroken array of men
who, for devotion to their country, for
faithful performance of duty, and for
whose virtues, which adorn the citizen
as we'll as the executive, have been
worthy Of comparison from Washing
ton to Cleveland.
The Presidents Speech.
President Cleveland spoke as fol-
lows: Mr.. President-On my own be-
half and for my co-laborers in the
executive branch of our government,
who have accompanied me, I thank
you for the kind words of greeting.
We are here to congratulate you and
your associates upon the splendid sue
cess of the exposition you have set on
! foot and upon the evidences you have
gathered, chiefly illustrative of south
ern enterprise, southern industry and
southern recuperation.
But We are also here to claim a
share in the pride of your achievement.
No portion of our countrymen wher-
ever found can exclusively appropriate
the glory arising from these surround
ings. They are proofs of American
genius and industry which are the
joint possession of all our people, and
they represent triumphs of American
skill and ingenuity in which all our
citizens, from the highest to the hum
best have proportionate right.
While my fellow citizens of
/ Georgia and her neighboring states
may felicitate themselves to the full
est extent upon such evidences as are
here found of the growth and pros
perity of the interests and enterprises
in which they are especially concerned,
[ cannot be deprived of the enjoyment
afforded by the reflection that the
work they have done emphasizes in
the sight of the world the immense re-
sources and indomitable thrift of the
people of the United States.
Occasion Suggests Thought.
tt seems to me, the thought may be
suggested as not inappropriate to this
occasion, that what we see about US
is an outgrowth of another exposition
inaugurated on American soil more
than a century ago when a new nation
was exhibited to the civilized world,
guaranteed and protected by a consti-
tuition which was ordained and estab-
iished by the people of the United
States with the declared purpose of
/ promoting their general welfare and
securing the blessings Of liberty to