The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-20
M'KiNLEY's BROAD SPEECH.
faiu Jr'buto at Atlanta to tho Conf. TO-
rate Dead Which Made His Nenrers
Yell aud Weep for Joy.

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Mckinley made memorable the frs
day of the Atlanta peace jubilee b,
a notable utterance@i in tho speech be
fore the joint session Of the Georgi;
Legislature this afternoon. His ro
ception by the general assembly wa.
warm aud hearty in the extreme ant
his speech was punctuated with fre
quent outbursts Of cheering. 1t Is
admitted on all sides that the ad
dress marked an epoch in history
and is tonight on every lip. Upon
tn" Presidents arrival at the capitol
he was greeted with q field artillery
salute and was at once escorted to
Governor Candler's Office. There a
short informal reception took place.
Upon its conclusion the president
was conducted to the assembly
chamber, where he occupied the
speakers chair with Governor Cand-
ler Oh his right. When President
Dodson, Of the senate, called the leg
islature to order tho galleries were
thronged with men and women.
The body Of the chamber was we'll
filled with State senators and as
semblymon, while tho uniforms Of
various officers and the governors
staff gave touch of brilliant color
to the gathering. On the first row
facing tho speaker sat Secretaries
Gage, Long, Wilson and Smith and
Secretary Porter. Beside the speak
ar's desk sat Generals Wheeler,
Lawton and Young in full uniform.
The speaker raped for silence and
introduced the president TO the au-
dlence, after congratulating the
State of Georgia upon tho presence
of thoir distinguished guests. AS
the president arose, the audience an
plauded. During the course of his
short speech Mr.. Mckinley referred
to his notes and constantly paused
for the cheers to stop. A sceno of
intense enthusiasm followed when
with impressive silence these words
fell from tho lips Of the president:
"Every soldiers grave made during
tho unfortunate civil war is attrib
uted to American valor. And willie,
when those graves were made we
differed widely about the future of
the government, those differences
were long ago settled by the abb
trament Of arms, and tho time has
now como in the evolution of senti-
mont and feeling under the proyi-
dence of God, when in the spirit of
fraternity we shonld share with you
in the care Of the graves of the Con-
federate soldiers"
A wild cheer went mp from every
throat in the typical southern audi.
ence, q cheer that echoed and TO-
echoed through the chamber until it
was taken up by the crowds out
side.
Old mon who fought for the South
roso from their seats and waved
their hats. One Confederate veto
ran, now venerable legislator, had
pressed forward until he was lean
ing against the speakers desk, hang
ing on each word the president Mt
tered. When tho reference was
made to the Confederate dead this
old man buried his head in his arms
and while cheers rang out cried like
q little child. or all tho many con-
cliatory speeches which have been
made since Grant said, "Let us
have peace," nothing moro deeply
stirred q southern audience than the
simple words Of President Mckinley
this afternoon.
The president spoke as follows:
Sectional lines no longer mar
the map Of the United States. Sec.
tional feeling no longer holds back
the love we bear for each other.
fraternity is the national anthem,
sung by chorus of forty-fve States
and our territories at home and be-
yond the seas. Tho Union is onco
moro the common altar of our love
and loyalty, our devotion and sacri.
flee. The old flag again waves over
us in peace with new glorios which