Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-24
Cleveland and His Cabinet at the
Atlanta Exposition.
A Splendid Welcome Accorded the
Chief Bxecutive-After a Review
of Troops on the Exposition
Grounds the President Delivered
an Address.


themselves during the morning. The
Presidential party spent the morning at
the Aragon, where they remained until
II o'clock, when they were driven TO
the Exposition grounds. Inside the
gates the military was already gath
cred.
Capt. J. F. Burke, of the Gate City
Guard, acted as marshal. He had IN
line the Fifth Regiment Of United States
regulars. commanded by Col. w. L. Kel-
logg; the Fourth Virginia Regiment,
commanded by Col. c. A. Nash; the
Virginia Military Institute cadets, COM
manded by Col ID. Price; the first COM
pany Of the Governors Foot Guard, OF
Connecticut, commanded by Mai. q.
Henry Hyde the second company OF
the Governors Foot Guard. Of COnnec-
icicut, commanded by Maj. B. E. Brown;
Crimes Battery, of Richmond, and the
Asheville Light Infantry. The troops
paraded around the boardwalk within
the lair enclosure and were reviewed by
the President from a stand in front of
the Government building.
After the review, the President de-
livered an address. He was introduced
by President Collier, of the Exposition
Company. who referred to- him as the
man who had been entrusted with the
duty of wiping out sectional issues and
lines. President Cleveland's appear
ance at the front of the stand was the
signal for an ou,burst Of applause from
the multitude The President said:
On my own behalf, and for my CO.
lab0rers in the executive branch of our
government who have accompanied me,
| thank you for your kind words of
greeting. We are here to congratulate
you and your associates upon your
splendid success of the exposition you
have set on foot, and upon the evidences
you have here gathered, chiefly ;llustra-
tive Of Southern enterprise, Southern
industry and Southern recuperation.
Eut we are also here TO claim a share
IN the pride 0f your achievements. No
portion Of our cOuntrymen, wherever
found. can exclusively appropriate the
glory arising from these surroundings.
They are proofs of American genius
and industry, which are the joint pos
resent Jriumphs Of American skill and
ingenuity in which all our citizens,
from the highest TO the humblest, have
proprietary right.
while my fellow citizens of Georgia
and her neighboring States may felici-
ta5e themselves 10 the fullest extent up
on such evidences as are here found Of
the growth and prosperity Of interests
and enterprises in which they are es-
pecially concerned, l cannot be de-
prived Of the enjoyment afforded by the
reflection that the work they have done
emphasizes in the sight OF the world the
immense resources and indomitable
thrift Of the people Of the United
States.
1T 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 in
augurated on American soil more than
century ago when a new nation was
exhibited to the civilized world. guar
teed and protected by a constitution
which was ordained and established by
the people of the United States with the
declared purpose of promoting their
general welfare and securing the bless
ing Of liberty to themselves and their
posterity. The success which attended
this exposition Of products and manu-
features is not altogether due to the
quality of the soil or character of the
people in any Of the contributing States,
but il rests largely upon the fact that
these States are members of a benefi-
cantly-gOverned nation, whose natural
resources and advantages everywhere
have been developed and improved by
the influence of free institutions, and
whose people have been stimulated and
encouraged by the blessings Of personal
liberty.
a contemplation Of the bene v0Ucn-
safed TO us by our government easily re-
minds us of the importance Of hearty
and united cooperation in their support
and protection. We should lovingly
watch and guard it, not only because
we are recipients of its precious gifts,
but for its own sake, and because it
has been put in our hands in sacred
keeDing. to prove to the world that man
can be trusted with seif-gOyernment
eve shall walk in the path Of patri-
cfic duty. If. remembering that our fre5
institutions were established TO promote
the general welfare We strive for. those
things which benefit oil our people, and
each of us is content to receive from
common fund his share OF the prosper
itv thus contributed. We shall miss
orr duty and forfeit our heritage, if, in
narrow sclfshness. We are Needless Of
the general welfare and struggle TO
wrest from the government private ad-
van.aqes which can only be gained at
+be. .eypense of our fellow c0untrymen.
"T hone I may therefore be permitted
in conclusion. to suggest. as a most i'm
n7r-anf lesson taught by this occasion
+be absolute necessity TO our national
bea1-b and welfare and consequently to
o1r individual happiness as citizens, of
n careeul discrimination I'm our support
Of policies and in our advocacy OF po-
Ii-ic9l doctrines between th3se which
nrompt the promotion Of the public
welfare and those which simply seem TO
earvs selfish or sectional interests.
"Tf we are to enjoy the blessings our
government has framed 10 fairly and
ins-lv bestow. we shall secure them in
5re fine by cUltivating a spirit OF
broad American brotherhood and insist
mo mon such conduct as viii, within
10 eDiri+ of the Golden Rule. promote
the general welfare
The President was greeted by an ova-
+;on which lasted several minutes. Hats