The Portland daily press., 1898-12-16
ADDRESSES GEORGIAAS.
President Makes More Speeches at
Atlanta.
SPOKE TO AUDIENCE OF 1000 In
PIEDMONT PARK.

Swinging His Hat When Dixie Was
Played-In the Evening Was One of
Speakers at a Banquei--The Respon-
sibtlities of the War and Reunited
Country.
| Atlanta, Ca, December Is President
Mckinley today addressed the public in
| the Auditorium in Piedmont park. Seven
| thousand people arose from their seats as
the Chief Executive entered the Audi
torium. The band played the 'Star
| Spangled Banner amid considerable ap-
plause. but when the strains of sDixie''
filled the building the crowd went wild.
President Mckinley stood up and waved
his hat above his head. Mr. Henphill,
president of the jubilee ommittee, made
a lengthy speech. He was followed by
Gov. Gambler in an address of welcome
As the President stepped forward the
large audience applsuded heartily. The
speech was Tunctuated with constant
cheers, but there were no outbursts sim
liar to that which marked the Presidents S
reference to the Confederate dead. The
President said:
81 cannot withhold from this people
my profound thanks for the hearty recep-
| tion and the good will which they have
shown me everywhere and in every way
since have been their guest.
81 thank them for the opportunity
which this occasion gives me of meeting
and greeting them for the pleasure it
affords NE to participate with them in
honoring the army and navy, to whose
achievements we are indebted for one of
the most brilliant chapters of American
history.
sOther parts of the country have had
their jubilees in honor of the historic
events of the past year, but nowhere has
there been greater rejoicing than among
the people here the gathered representa-
tives of the South.
ssUnder hostile fire on a foreign soil,
fighting in a common cause, the memory
of the old disagreement has faded into
history. From camp and c; mpaign there
come the magic healing whlun has closed
ancient wounds and effaced their scars.
will forever rejoice! 1t is no small in.
demnity for the cost of the war.
sIhis government has proved itself in
vincible in the recent war and out of 1t
has come nation which will remain in
divisible fOreyermOre No wUrthier con
tributions have been made in patriotism
and in men than by the people of these
Southern states.
ssThe flag has been planted in two
hemispheres and there it remains, the
symbol of liberty and law, of peace and
progress. Who will withdraw from the
people over whom it floats it's protecting
folds? Who will haul it DOWN.
ssThe victory we celebrate is not that
of ruler, President or n Congress-
but of the people. An army whose valor
we admire and u navy whose achieye-
mentS we applaud were not assem- bled by
draft or CONSUMPTION, but from volun-
tary enlistment The heroes came from
civil as well as military lie. Trained
and unframed soldiers wrought our tri
umphs.
s.Tne peace we have won is not q
selfish truce of arms, but one whose CON-
ditions presage good to humanity.
s'The domains secured under the treaty
yet to be acted upon by the Senate, came
to us not as the result of q crusade or of
conquest, but as the reward of temperate,
faithful and fearless response to the call
of conscience which could not be disle-
garded by a liberty-loving and Christian
people.
ssWs have borne ourselves in the conflict
and in our intercourse with the powers
of the world as to escape comp amt or
complication and give universal oon1-
u6tC6 III OuT HIGH Dui pVoO hAie1 Ai4sOaAoAa
sacrifice for struggling peoples.
s'1he task is not fulfilled Indeed, 1T is
only begun. Its most serious part is still
before US and every energy OF heart and
mini must be bent and the impulses OF
par aTtisanship subordinated 10 its faithful
execu ion. This is the time for earnest,
not faint hearts.
l'New occasions teach new duties.
s'To this nation and every nation there
come formative periods in its life ana
history.
New conditions will be met only by
new methods? Meeting these conditions
| hopefully and facing them brayely and
| wisely is to be the. mightiest test of Ameri-
can virtue and capacity. Without aban-
doning past limitations, traditions and
principles, but by meeting present oppor-
| tunities and obligations, we shall show
| ourselves worthy of the great trust which
civilization has imposed upon us
cat Bunker Hill liberty was at stake,
at Gettysburg the Union was the issue
before Manila and Santiago, our army
fought not for gain or revenge, but fnI
human rights. They contsnded for free
/ dom OF the oppressed, for whose well iars
/ the United States has never failed to LEND
| a hand to establish and uphold and
believe, never will he glorles OF tbe
| war cannot be dimmed, but the result
will be incomplete and unworthy OF III
unless supplemented by civil victories
harder possibly to win, in their way NJ
| less Indispensable.
| ssWe will ha Q our difficulties and oul
EN- barrassruents. They follow all victor
les and accompany all great response
bilities Tnpy are inseparable from every
great movemen5 or reform. But Ameri
can capacity has triumphed over all in ths
past. Doubts have in the end vanished
Apparent dangers have been ayerted ol
avoided apd our own history shows thai
progress has come so naturally and 81
steadily on the heels of new and grave re-
/ sponsioilities, that, as we look back upon
| the acquisition of jerritory by our fathers
we are filled with wonder that any doub
could have existed or any apprehension
could have been felt of the wisuom Q
| their action or their capacity to grAppl'
lens.