The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-24
Nr. Cleveland Speaks to the Peo-
pie at the Atlanta Expo
sitiOn.
introduced as the Man Who Made
Eradication of Sectional
Lines Possible.
The Great Heritage of the Amer
lean People and How 1t
Should Be Kept.

ATLANTA, Oct. 24-No brighter or
balmier sun ever shone over this partic-
ular portion of the Southland than
that which dawned on Presidential
Day at the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition. The thousands OF
visitors landed i'll the city early swelled
the throngs on the streets to immense
proportions and lOcOmotion soon be-
came difficult matter. In accordance
' with the carefully laid plans Of the ex-
position management, the exercises OF
the day were all concentrated within
the exposition grounds, into which the
cohorts of visitors and large proportion
of the population of the city emptied
themselves during the morning.
The presidential party spent the morn
ing quietly at the Aragon, when they
were driven rapidly to the exposition
grounds without any parade whatever
Inside the gates the military was al
ready gathered.
Captain J. L. Burke of the Gate City
Guards acted as marshal He had i'll
limo the Fifth regiment Of United States
regulars commanded by Colonel w. l..
Kellogg; the Fourth Virginia regiment,
commanded by Colonel G. a. Nash; the
Virginia Military Institute cadets, COM
manded by Colonel d. Price; the First
company of the Governors Foot Guard
of Connecticut, commanded by Major
+. Henry Hyde; the Second company
Of the Governors Foot Guard of Con-
necticut, commanded by Major Brown;
Grimes Battery of Richmond, and the
Asheville Light infantry.
The troops paraded around the board
walk within the fair enclosure and
were reviewed by the president from u
stand in front of the government build
ing.
After the review the president deliv-
cred an address. He was introduced by
President Collier of the exposition COM
mittee, who referred to him as the man
who had been entrusted with the duty
of wiping out sectional issues and lines.
President Cleveland's appearance at
the front of the stand was the signal for
an outburst Of applause from the multi
tude.
The president said:
On my own behalf and for my CO.
I1DOIeTS III lue VA WA
government who have accompanied me,
! thank you for your kind words OF
greeting. We are here to congratulate
YOU ;nI your associates upon the Splen-
did success cf the exposition you have
set ON foot and upon the evidences you
have here gathered. chiefly illustrative
of :, uthcrn enterprise. Southern in
dustry and Southern rrcuperatEOn.
But we are also here to claim a share
in the pride of your achievement. Nc
portion Of cur cyuntrymen wherever
found can ,Xclusively appropriate the
glory arising from these surroundings.
They are pr offs Of American genius and
industry which are the joint possession
of all our people, and they represent
triunlphs Of American skill and IL
genuity in which ali our citizens from
the highest to the hulnblest have a pro
prietary right.
While my fellow citizens OF Georgi;
and her neighDoring states may felici
tate themselves to the fullest extern
upon such evidences as are here fount
of the growth and prosperity of the in
terests and enterprises in which they arr
especially concerned, | cannot be de
prived of the enjoyment afforded by tn
reflection that the work they have dom
emphasizes in the sight Of the world tn
immense resources and indOmitabl
thrift of the people Of the United States
Suggests q Thought
1t seems to me the thought may b.
suggested as not inappropriate to thl
occasion, that what we see about US
an outgrowth of another exposition in
aupurated on American soil more tha
} a century ago, when a new nation wa
exhibited to the civilized world, qua,
anteed and protected by constitutio
which was ordained and established b
the people of the United States with tn
declared purpose of promoting thei
general welfare and securing the bles
ings of liberty to themselves and thei
posterity. The success which has a
tended this exposition Of products an
manufacture is not altogether due
the quality of the soil or character {
the people in any Of the contributin
states, but it rests largely upon til
fact that these states are members OF
Bsneflcsntly Governed Nation,
whose natural resources and advantage
everywhere have been developed an
improved by the influence of free inst
tutions, and whose people have bee
stimulated and encouraged by the bles
ings Of personal liberty. A contelnpl
tion of the benefits vouchsafed TO u
our government easily reminds Us Of t!
Importance of hearty aud united c
operation in their support and protec'io
We should lyy ng!y wa.cl aud guard ,