The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-24
HEARD BY THOUSANDS
PRES. CLEyELAND'S SPEECH AT
THE ATLANTA EXPO
SITIONs
NE COsGRaTULsTES THE SOUTH

W. ~ ~
Says That Although the Exposition is
Chiefly Illustrative of Southern En-.
terprise, Southern Industry and
Southern RecuperatioB, il Repre-
sents the Triumphs OF American
Skill AID Industry and no Section
Can MonopOlize 1t.
ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 23.-No brighter
or bamier sun ever shone over this par
ticular portion of the Southland than
that which dawned this morning on Presi-
Dental day at the Cotton States and In
terrational Exposition. The thousands
of visitors Landed in the city yesterday
early sweled the thronss on the streets
to immense proportions and locomotion
soon became a difficult matter. In ac-
cordance with the carefully laid plans
of the exposition management, the eXer-
cises of the day were all concentrated
within the exposition grounds, into which
the visitors and large proportion OF
the city emptied themselves during the
mor ling.
The Presidential party spent the
morning quietly at the Aragon, where
thew remained until II o'clock, when
they were driven rapidly to the Exposl-
ton grounds, without any parade what
ever. Inside the gates the military was
already gathered.
Captain F. F. Burke, OF the Gate City
Guard, acred as marshal. He had in
line the Fifth Regiment of United States
Regulars, commanded by Col. W. l..
Kellogg; the Fourth Virginia Regiment,
commanded by Col. O. A. Nash; the
Virginia Military Institute cadets,
commanded by Col D. Price;
the First Company of the Gov
ernor's Foot Guards, of Connecticut,
commanded by Major E. Henry Hyde;
the Second company of the Governors
foot guard of Connecticut, commanded
by Major B. E Brown Grimes battery,
of Richmond. and the Asheville, N. O.,
light infantry. The troops paraded
around the board walk within the fair
enclosure and were reviewed by the
President from stand in front of the
government building.
Afer the review the President deliv-
cred an address He was introduced by
president Collier, of the exposition com
pany, who referred to him as the man
who had been entrusted with the duty
of wiping out sectional ISSUES and lines.
Mr.. Collier said:
'sTo an assembly composed of Ameri-
can citizens an introduction of the most
illustrious of living Americans is impos-
sible, save as mark of courtesy and an
expression of the regard in which ne is
held by his fellow countrymen. Still it
may be possible on this occasion to sig
Nifty in some degree our profound graft
fication at the presence of the chief exec
utive of the nation The demonstrations
he has already witnessed prove better
than could any mere words the sincerity
and the warmth. He, of all men in this
country, should he best able to recog-
nize the voice of the people, for unto him
it has been shown in more emphatic
terms than to any man of our genera
ton. But we must convey to him an
assurance of the admiration and esteem
of the people of the Southern States and
especially of Atlanta.
s'The South has received from him a
recognition as constituent element of
this union to which it had for many
been a stranger, when he was chosen
and commissioned to erase the dark line
of sectionalism from the map of the un-
ion. The administration of hich he s the
head, not only gave its aid and endorse
ment 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
any exposition. No intelligent citizen
can visit this display without expert
encing a quckening of his patriotism, as
we'll as an extension of mis- general
knowledge.
"We rejoice also to day in the refec-
tiOn that no other nation in the years
that have passed since the foundation of
this government has had in its highest Of
fee such an unbroken array Of men, who,
for devotion to their country, for jaith
full performance of duty, and for these
virtues which adorn the citizen as vel
as the executive, have been worthy of
comparison from Washington to Cleve-
land"
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:
"Mr President, ON my own behalf and
for my co laborers in the executive
branch of our g ,vernment who have ac-
companied me, / thank you for your
kind words of greeting We are here to
congratulate you and your associates
upon the splendid success of the exposl-
tion you have set on foot and upon the
evidences you have here gathered, chiefly
illustrative of Southern enterprise, South
ern industry and Southern recuperation.
''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 arising from those surrounding.
They are .oofs of American genius and
industry which are the joint possession
Of all our people, and represent triumphs
of American skill and ingenuity in which
all our citizens from the highest to the
humblest have property right.