The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-16

Atlanta, Ga, Dec 13.-PresiGent Nc
Kinley today addressed the public in
the auditorium in Piedmont Park.
Seven thousand people rose from their
seats as the chief executive entered the
auditorium. The band played the
Star spangled banner amid consider
able applause, but when the strains of
Dixie" filled the building the crowd
went wild. President Mckinley stood
up and waved his nat above his head.
Mr.. Hemphill, president Of the jubilee
committee, made a lengthy speech. He
was followed by Gov. Gambler in an
address of welcome. As the president
stepped forward the large audience ap-
plauded heartily. The speech was pune
tuated with constant cheers, but there
We're no outbursts similar TO that which
marked the presidents reference to the
confederate dead. The president said:
Il cannot withhold from this people
my profound thanks for their hearty
reception and the good viii which they
have shown me everywhere and in ev-
cry way since I have been their guest.
thank them for the opportunity
which this occasion gives me of meet
ing and greeting them, and for the
pleasure it affords me 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.
"Other parts of the country have had
their public thanksgiving and jubilees
in honor of the historic events of the
past year, but nowhere has there been
greater rejoicing than among the peo-
pie here, the gathered representatives
of the south.
This government mas proved itself
invincible in the recent war and out of
it has come a nation which will remain
invincible forevermore. No worthier
contributions have been made in pat
riotism and in men than by the people
of these southern states. Entrusted
with the able leadership Of men dear
to them, who had marched with their
fathers under another flag, now fight
ing under the old flag again, they have
gloriously helped TO defend it's spotless
folds and added new luster to its shin
ing stars.
THAT flag has been planted in two
hemispheres and there it remains, the
symbol of liberty and law, Of peace and
progress. Who will withdraw it from
the people over whom it floats in pro-
tecting folds? Who will haul it down?
THE victory we celebrate is not that
of a ruler, a president or a congress,
but Of the people. An army whose va
Tor we admire, and a navy whose
achievements we applaud, were not as
sembled by draft or CONSUMPTION, but
from voluntary enlistment. The he
roes came from civil as well as mill
tary life. Trained and unframed sol
diers wrought our triumphs.
FThe peace we have won is not 81
selfish truce of arms, bur one whose
conditions presage good to humanity
The domains secured under the treaty
yet to be acted upon by the Senate
came to us not as the result of a cru
SADIE of conquest, but as the reward of
temperate, faithful, and fearless re-
Spouse to the call of conscience, which
could not be disregarded by a liberty
loving and Christian people.
THE task is not fulfilled. Indeed, it
is only just begun The most serious
work is still before us, and every energy
of heart and mind must be bent, and
the impulses of partisanship subordin
ated to it's faithful execution. This is
the time for earnest, not faint hearts.
ITO this nation and every nation
there come formative periods in it's life
and history New conditions will be
met only by new methods. Meeting
these conditions hopefully and facing
them bravely and wisely is to be the
mightiest test of American virtue and
capacity.
'At Bunker Hill, liberty was at
stake: at Gettysburg, the union was the
issue; before Manila and Santiago, our
armies fought not for gain or revenge,
but for human rights. The glories OF
the war cannot be dimmed. but the re-
suit will be incomplete, unworthy of us
unless supplemented by civil victories,
harder possibly to win; in their way no
less Indispensable.
I'VE will have our differences and our
They follow all VIC
tories and accompany all great re-
sponsibilities. They are inseparable
from every great movement or reform,
But American capacity has triumphed
over all in the past. Doubts have in
the end vanished. Apparent dangers
have been averted or avoided, and our
own history shows that progress has
come so naturally and steadily on the
heels of new and grave responsibilities,
that as we look back upon the acquisi-
ton of territory by our fathers we are
filled with wonder that any doubt could
have existed or any apprehension could
have been felt of the wisdom of their
action or their capacity to grapple with
the then untried and mighty problems
The republic is today larger, stronger
and better prepared than ever before
for wise and profitable developments in
new directions