The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-08

| destinies Of men and nations, and whose bless
ing we invoke upon our exposition, our state,
our country and upon the nations Of the earth.
From pole to pole. from zone to zone. over
trackless ocean. from land to land, may the
angelic anthem reyerberate:
GLORY to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men"
Loud and coz tinuous cheering fol-
lowed the conclusion of President
Thomas remarks. and the band struck
up The Star Spangled Banner" amid
tumultuous cheering and waving of
hats and handkerchiefs.
The next address was by Hon. Robert
L. Taylor, governor of Tennessee. As
he advanced towards the front of the
platform the crowd rose as one man,
and it was several minutas before his
~eScellency could proceed with his adj
dress. He said:
Gov. Taylor's Address.
LADIES AND GENrLENES-The first century
in the history OF the commonwealth OF Tennes-
see, glorious with the deed Of heroes, and rich
with the achievements in all the arts Of peace,
has been garnered in eternity; and as 1 stand
here to join you in this jubilee, the stirring
scenes OF a hundred eventful years pass in re-
view before me- 1 see the blue smoke curling
h~eavenward from the rude cabins of the pio-
neers, and hear the first song Of civilization
along the banks of the Watauga; I see the
red glare on the sky Of night proclaiming the
approach of torch and tomahawk; I see the
peerless Bonnie Kate" like a frightened
mountain fawn, outstripping the painted war
riorS in her race for life, and amid the flames
and smoke from Deched rifles, which bafie
the savage foe, I see her scale the parapetS of
the beleagured fort and fall fainting into the
arms of John Sewer; 1 see a thousand coon
skin caps gathering at Sycamore shoals, and
a thousand rifles rejecting a thousand spark
ling images OF rising sun: 1 see a thousand
stalwart mountaineerS suddenly vanish into
the forest. and now 1 see them emerge around
the base OF Kings mountain, and winding up
wards towards its Summit-like u serpent OF fire,
they pour their whitening volleys into the faces
of the foe; the brave red coats fall like the
leaves Of autumn; the battle is won and the
tide OF the revolution is turne1- The scene
changes, and now 1 see the AK cleaning in the
hands Of these sturdy men; the forest falls and
fruitful fields spread westward from the noun
tains to the Mississippi; a new state is carved
from the heart Of the wilderness. the sixteenth
star glorifieS the flag OF the Union, and Tennes-
see is born.
The years roll on. and the young republic OF
civil liberty gives birth to a new republic Of
thought. Men like Jefferson and Jackson rise
and revolutionize the political ideas Of the
world; men like Franklin and Fulton and
Morse and Howe and Hoe and Whitney and
Bell and Tesla and Edison open up new high
ways for the march Of civilization.
1 see the vast wilderness Of America, the
dominion Of savage Indian and wild beast,
yielding to the brain and prowess Of the Anglo
Saxon race, until Is stars on our national flag
symbolic the strength and powe T and unity Of
the greatest republic this world has ever
known.
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crowded into q single century. I see American
genius walking in the gardens Of the intellect
ual gods, gathering sweets for the soul from a
thousand unwithering flowers, catching music
from the sphere. and beauty from ten thousand
fields OF light.