The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-30
THE PRESIDENT IN ATLANTA.
Heaven Smiles Upon the Auspcious 0c-
CasIon.

ATLANTA, Ga, October % @3.-Presi,
dents day at the Cotton States Tx
position broke bright, balmy and
beautiful. Incoming trains brought
thousands of visitors, and the streets
were crowded at an early hour. The
President remained in his apartments
at the Aragon until the committee
called for him. Secretary Carlisle and
Vice President Stevenson were out
early, however, for a stroll. The
throng collected around the hotel long
before carriages arrived for the distin-
guishcd visitors. Calls were made for
the President, but he did not respond.
At 10 o'clock the military process
sion formed downtown and half an
hour later passed the .Aragon on its
way out to the Exposition. The
military was not intended as an escort,
and Mr.. Cleveland and his official
family were driven rapidly to the
Exposition grounds. They reached
the reviewing stand in front of the
Government building few minutes
before the head of the column of
troops wound around the hill in front
of the Administration building, past
the Pennsylvania, New York and Fine
Arts buildings.
Beside President Cleveland and
Secretaries Carlisle, Lamont, Herbert,
Smith, Morton and Postmaster Gen
cral Wilson on the reviewing stand
we're Vice President Stevenson, Gov
crnor Atkinson and the Exposition
and city officials. The military parade
was long and picturesque. United
States regulars from Fort Mcpherson,
volunteers from Connecticut, Nir-
ginia, North Carolina and Georgia
were in line. Governor O'Ferrall and
staff, of Virginia, received prolonged
cheers as they rode by ytioycrnor Coffin,
and the relocated Governors Foot
Guard from New Haven, Conn, got a
great round of applause. Mr.. Clcvc-
land lifted his hat to the commanding
officers as they passed and gave the
Governors a special smile. The re-
view being over DR.. T. S. Hopkins, of
Atlanta, delivered prayer for the
President and the prosperity of the
nation and the success Of the Exposi-
tion, then, in ten-minutcs speech.
introduced the President. Several
thousand people were on the plaza
within sight of the President. Though
only small part of these could hear
the introduction, all recognized him
and gave mighty cheer. President
Cleveland had most respectful atten-
tion while he spoke. lie said
Mr.. President: On my own behalf
and for my colaborers in the executive
branch of our Government who accom-:
panied me, l thank you for your kind
words of greeting. We are here to
congratulate you and your associates
upon the splendid success Of the Ex-
position which you have set on foot,
and upon the evidences you have here
gathered, chiefly illustrative of South
crn enterprise: Southern industry and
Southern rccupcration. But we are
also here to claim a share in the pride
Of your achievement. No portion Of
our countrymen, wherever found, can
exclusively appropriate the glory arls-
ing from these surroundings. They
are proofs of American genius and
industry which are the joint posses
sion of our people, and they represent
triumphs of American skill and ingcn-
uity in which all our citizens, from
highest to humblcst, have proprie-
tary right.
While my fellow citizens of Georgia
and her ncighboring States may felici-
tate themselves to the fullest extent
upon such evidences as arc here found
Of the growth and prosperity of inter-
ests and enterprises in which they are
especially concerned, l cannot be de-
prived of the enjoyment afforded by
the reflection that the work that 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 that
the thought may be suggested, as not
inappropriate to this occasion: that
what We see about us is an outgrowth
of another Exposition inauglrated on
American soil more than century
ago, when a new nation was exhibited
to the civilized world, guaranteed and
protected by Constitution which was
ordained and established by the pco-
pie of the United States, with the
declared purpose of promoting their
general welfare and securing the
blessings of liberty to themselves and
their postcrity.
The success which has attended this
exposition Of products and manufac-
lures is not altogether due to the
quality of the soil or character of the
people in any of the contributing
States, but it rests largely upon the
fact that these States are members of
a bcnefccntly governed nation, whose
natural resources and advantages
everywhere have been tempered and
improved by the influence of free in
stitutions and whose people have been
stimulated and encouraged by the
blessings of personal liberty. y con-
temptation of the blessings vouch
safed to us by our Government easily
reminds us of the Importance of 4
hearty and united cooperation in its
support and protection. We should
lovingly watch and guard it, not only
because we arc recipients OF its pre-
cious gifts, but for its own sake, and
because it has been put in our hands
in sacred keeping to prove to the
world that man can be trusted with
self-goycrnmcnt. We shall walk in
the path of patriotic duty if, rcmcm-
bcring that our free institutions were
established to promote the general
welfare, we strive for those things
which benefit our people. and if each
of us is content to receive from 4 com
mon fund his share If the prosperity
thus contributed.
We shall sadly miss our duty and
forfeit our heritage if by narrow self
ishness We are needless Of the general
welfare, and struggle to wrcSt from
the Government private advantages
which can only be gained at the cX-
nrnse of our fellow cOuntrymcn.