The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-01-17

proven to be more effective than schools
or colleges; more influential than
books, more potent in moulding public
opinion than armies. Every considera-
ton OF public policy, every impulse OF
patriotism; every feeling of pride in the
history of the past; every principle That
animates industry, calls for the most
hearty encouragement and the most lib
eral expenditures from the people of the
State toward the Centennial Exposition.
The members of the County Court and
of the Legislature who shall vote SUI
ficient appropriations to make the ex-
position grand success will surely have
posterity that will be proud OF their
record, and will point to their action in
this matter with a proud consciousness
that their fathers were men OF exalted
patriotism and did their whole duty to
themselves, to their ancestors and to
their posterity.
The character of the men into whose
hands this great trust has been COM
mitt ID is a guarantee of its ultimate sue
cess. These men have all made their
mark as pioneers in the work OF devel-
opment, and by such work they have
prepared themselves for the grander
work now before them. Let them be
encouraged and sustained by the patri-
otto people of the State, and let the
counties of Tennessee vie with one
another as to which shall have the most
attractive exhibit. Let there be no
parsimony in this matter, The people
of Tennessee cannot afford to stand be-
fore the world in such light. This is
the occasion of century when the
/ memories of the past shall commingle
with the duties of the present, and
throw halo of glory around it which
| shall animate to greater undertakings In
the industrial world by the people.
In conclusions 1t is not only with in
SEPARATION from the fact that we are chill
dren of one of the grandest States in the
Union, heirs to all its soul-inspiring
achievements and glory, its noble exam
pies of honor, faithfulness and self-sacri-
fee; it is not only with inspiration from
the broader fact that We are children OF
the noblest country in the wide world
heirs to the greatest blessings of liberty
and brotherhood among men to spirit
of progress and development, unequaled
through all the history of human effort
but it is also with inspiration from the
still broader fact that we are children OF
the nineteenth century, heirs to the ac-
cumulated strength and wisdom, and all
conquering aggressiveness Of untold
ages-that we should 90 to the work be
fore us and demonstrate our w0rthlness
to our heirship through the right use o.
} the wonderful occasion and this oppor
tunity.
In no better way can we prove love
and devotion to the past than through
: faithful discharge of the duties of The
, present. The past is our mother; the
: present is our bride. A manly love fol
the former can never make us forget tina
: to the latter we owe not only thu
allegiance, but that she deserves to b.
| honored by the grandest results to be &C
4 complished by the best efforts of brail
A and Drawn. He best demonstrates tina
, he is worthy son and best honors hi
l. mother who is the most answering ant
. diligent in the accomplishment OF tn
C duties he owes to his bride.
: In the gallery of our States history ar
: many pictures of which we are justl
# proud. Fathers and mothers OF Tennes
s see have through long years taken thei
s children before these pictures, and in tn
: holy glow of their fiery inspiration, con
n secrated anew their lives to God, to tn
e State, and to humanity. There is st
a space upon the walls of that gallery await
0 ing pictures yet to be painted. Just nov
x a canvas has been stretched upon tn
: easel OF the present, and we can alread
J, see the imposing outlines of gloriousl
J. noble picture. 1t is before us, an
r awaits its completion at our hands Mel
s women, and even children, OF Tennessee
s will you not lend hand in this compile
= ton ? Must any Of us be missing? re
e us make it picture worthy OF bein
s hung with those Of the past pictur
a before which the mothers and fathers
h future Tennessee may lead their chilC
v rem and say; Is it not a noble picture
/ Rejoice that it is yours"
r If there be a man or woman in til
d State whose soul does not feel ioyfl
l. exultation when thinking of the oppo
e tunity now before us, such person d.
serves our commiserati0n rather than OF
! censure.