The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-03-11
PAT, WALSH'S PATRIOTISM
THE MAN WHO HOLDS THE SOUTH'S
INTERESTS so DEAR.
He Addresses the General Assam bly, on the
cago-. An Eloquent Presentation.

Subject of the Cotton Exposition at Chi
cago-. An Eloquent Presentation.
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 5.-The
Hon. Patrick Walsh, formerly the
United States senator from Georgia,
the editor of the Augusta Chronicle
and one OF the most patriotic Of South
ern men, man always up and doing
for the advancement of the material
interest of the south, arrived in the
city yesterday afternoon and at p.
N. addessed the members of the gen
eral assembly in the hall Of the house
of representatives, by invitation, upon
the scope, aims and purpose of the
great Southern Cotton exposition,
which it is proposed to hold in Chica-
go. There were many outsiders pres
ent to hear the address, which was
an able, eloquentand impressive one.
The audience was thoroughly interest
ed, Notwithstanding Mr.. Walsh spoke
for az hour.
Mr.. Walsh entered the hall on the
arm of Mr. Weston of Ric aland, being
ccompauied by Messrs. Pollock and
L J. Williams
He was introduced by Mr.. Weston,
who said that the governor was to
have introduced the distinguished
speaker He was to speak to them on
vital question. His long service
had endeared him to the whole south.
Mr. Walsh was profoundly appreci-
atiSe and grateful for the invitation
which had been extended tee-hh!tesa1- tt0
address thsme--on tt5- t!51- scope and pur.
pose Of the Chicago Cotton exposltions
They knew that expositions III
in great centres were bcst means of adj
vertlsing the resources OF any coun-
try. The advanced countries Of Eu.
rope realized this. This country had
held several notable expositions. Chi
cago had surpassed III the excellence
Of her exposition as compared to the
other rotable ones. The exposition in
Atlanta was not to be ninimized by
any of those referred to. 1t was q
marvellous display of the progress OF
the southern States. 1t would do
great good to the south. He would
not minimize the effect. II was rev
elation. to the southerners themselves
that the south possessed such marvel
Gus resources The only criticism was
that the people Of this great country,
whom it was intended 10 influence,
were not there-the people of the west
and northwest, the farming classes, the
eastern manufacturing and other IN
terests. They would have been there
if it had been in one Of the great cen
tres. All could easily see the business
of this criticism. He then gave the
figures, com pairing the attendance of
the Atlanta and Chicago expositions
The purpose OF the coming exposl-
ton was to show the people OF the
wes' and northwest the wonderful re
sources Of the south. It was also to
show them the marvellous products of
our soil, OF our gardens; the. diversity
OF our agricultural products the city
of Chicago was the place. This was a
labor of love with. him. He had no
axe to gr;pG-political or otherwise.
He had reached the conclusion that
there was no area OF land anywhere
that God had bestowed upon so many
bountieS. No country abounded in
such resources for agricultural and
mechanical pursuits as the south ln
the period following the war, not
withstanding for nearly Ii years :he
southern States were oppressed by
.nisgovernment. they had made long
strides, wonderful progress IL devel-
oping their resources In this respect
no State had accomplished more than
the State of South Carolina. Some
one has said that the south is likely to
overdo this business OF manufactur-
ing cotton. All should bear in mind
that the cotton would be- manufactur-
ed somewhere, and would compete
with our goods. Thisargument was
fallacy. There was no canger Of over
doing this matter. He contrasted the
number of spind]es in the mills of
Spartanburg few years ago with
those of the present time. He pre-
dicted that we would have 100000
spindles ere long.
Mr.. Walsh went on to quote the fig
ures showing the wondrous growth of
the cotton manufacturing industry IN
the south in the last 10 years. If 1t
continued at the present rate for 81
years the south would be manufacture
Ing half the cotton crop. We need
more money. They say we owe the
New England capitalists something,
and we should not 60 tc Chicago to In
vite those people to come in and COM
pete for our territory. He was above
passion and prejudice, but when it
came to inviting capitalists tc aid in
the development of the southern coun-
try he wanted all to come in.
The people of Chicago were doing
all they could. The icea OF this ex-
position had taken root in Augusta,
being suggested to some business men
there, and there the movement was
started, They sent to an agent to
Chicago. Then he detailed the pro-
ceedings of the recent conference IN
Chicago.
Chicago proposes 10 furnish the
buildings, the money and manage the
exposition, continuing tor ~ days, II
we furnish the exhibits. This was the
personiGcation Of generosity.
South Carolina lad been most credit
ably--handsomely-r eprese te d
among the exhibits at Atlanta. his
purpose here was to ash. them to dupll-
cate that exhibit at Chicago. The ex-
position coming on was IN his opinion
he greatest thing ever conceived to
bring about q speedy development OF
the south.
New England had made wonderful
progress IN manufacturing pursuits.
lie remembered when the southern
States did not furnish a single Belgian
block. Now, our quarries are furnish
ing all this class Of material: We
could build all the public buildings
and pave the streets OF the cities Of the
whole country. SO prolific are our de-
posts of granite. We have sufficient
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