The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18


nal peace and brotherhood between
the two sections.
Tennessee clasps hands with Ohio .
to-day, and the North and the South |
are one and inseparable. Mason .
and DiXOn's line is still there, but, /.
thank God, it is no longer the open |.
mouth of death which once swal-
lowed up the best and bravest sons |
of the nation. Time has closed its |
bloody lips, and now it is the red |
scar of honor across the breast of
the Republic, which marks the
unity of our once divided country.
1--WE greet our guests with the ar
dent hope that every hour of their
with our people may be as
sweet as a song and delightful as "A
glass of sparkling wine.
II believe in these industrial eX-
positions. They are the flowers of
progress; they are the bouquets of
civilization; they are the garlands
of peace gathered from the gardens
of human brains and human hearts,
and they only bloom in the most en-
lightened centers of the world.
They deserve the encouragement of
the rulers of nations, because they
are the conservatOrs of peace and
good will among men.
II congratulate my State, and the
South, and the whole country, upon
the fact that the ruler of the great
est nation in the world, accompanied
by the first lady in the land, and by
members Of his Cabinet and others
who are distinguished in the cOun-
ellis of the nation, prompted by their
loyal zeal for the happiness of the
people and the development of our
wealth. have stolen away from the
patriotic pilgrims who still linger in
Washington pining for the Presi-
dents autograph, to listen to the
music of Southern progress and see
the salvation of the Lord.
II pledge them the honor of Ten
nessee that while they remain in
our borders the tariff question shall
be outlawed by our hospitality, and
the money question shall be stran-
gled by our courtesy. And when
they depart from us we will pin up
on the lapels of the President and
each one of his party a sweet For
get-me-nOt"
Mai. Thomas thea introduced
Major Mccarthy, who made short
but interesting address of welcome.
Senator Clark, President of the
Ohio Centennial Commission, was
the next speaker, and he was fol-
lowed by Gov. Bushnell, who made
somewhat lengthy speech.
Maj. Thomas then stepped for
ward and said II have the distin-
guished honor of introducing to you
the President of the United States.
The audience rose to their feet and
greeted him with storms of applause.
The President spoke in slow, de-
liberate manner, using manuscript
notes. His speech was entirely void
of politics, and was principally a
resume of the history of Tennessee.
He received frequent and prolonged
applause from the great audience
and when he had finished, Maj
Thomas introduced Judge j. NJ
Dickinson, who, in behalf of the
Ladies Hermitage Association, pre-
sented him with a hickory cane, cut
from the Hermitage grounds. In
making the presentation Mr., Dick
inson said:
"The patriotic women who are
performing the self-impOsed work OF
preserving from decay the house OF
one who twice filled the great office
which you now bear, have com
missioned me to present to you, il
their behalf, this stick, cut from the
! 4 ,,r4 - II
The American people, without
regard to party, with one voice, in
finite pride, and a sense of security
accord to you the highest private
and public virtues; but, be your in
tegrity ever so unassailable, yOul
sense of duty ever so lofty, YOU
patriotism ever so true, Il time may
come in the fulfillment of your grea
responsibilities when you will neeC
the inspiration and strength that are
derived from contemplating suct
unflinching courage, rugged virtue
self-sacrifice and uncompromising
love for our whole country as were
illustrated in the life of the hero o
the Hermitage.
"It is the ardent desire of the
ladies of the Hermitage that thi
piece of hickory, typical of th'
toughness of fibre, and the re
siliency of Old Hickory, may, wher
your greatest qualities shall be de
manded, invoke for your aid all tn,
stirring memories of that grea
patriot; that it may sustain you
steps in a ripe old age crowned will
honors, the gratitude, and love o
your countrymen; and that, if an!
great crisis shall come to the Ameri
can people while you are at tn
helm, you may so signaltze you
leadership that in the long years t.
come after you have been gatheret
to that august assemblage of Ameri
can worthless whose names are i'm
perishable, the good women of Ohio
may guard with reverential low
the place associated with your lif
not only as a monument to you
worth, but to inspire the sons o
America to emulate your virtues.
President Mckinley accepted tn
gift in a courteous manner and re
quested Judge Dickinson to expires
his appreciation to the Ladies' Her
mitage Association.