The age-herald., 1898-12-16
HIS VISIT HISTORY MAKING
Speech to the Georgia Legislature Was
 One Ever to be Remembered.
BANQUET AT THE KIMBALL HOUSE
Many Distinguished Men Responded to Toasts, But General Wheeler Easily Carried Off All Honors of the
 Memorable Occasion.

Atlanta. December 15.-The president Of the United States boarded his special tram at midnight tonight after famous two days in Atlanta. His visit here has been a history making event and the results Will be felt for years to come. The words or his famous speech before the Georgia legls- lature echoed through the banquet hall to- night. In his opening remarks Hon. Clark Howell, the toastmaster of the occasion read the joint resolutions adopted by those bodies today. The memorable words Of the president having reference to the part of the north in caring for the graves of the confederate dead was eheered and cheered and it was with difficulty that the toast master proceeded to the introduction of the guest of the evening. Before the pres ident was permitted to begin his speech. there were three cheers and tigers thrice repeated and it was with difficulty that the toastmaster could quell the enthusiasm. The president was in a splendid humor and applauded the orchestral renditions of Dixie as repeatedly as he did those of Yan- kee Doodle.
 It was noticeable fact that in all the gorgeous decorations of the banquet not one confederate flag appeared.
 The presidents train left the Union sta- tion shortly after midnight and is due in Tuskegee at o'clock Friday morning.
 Atlanta Ga., December 15.-In the beau- tifully decorated dining room of the Kim ball house tonight the Atlanta peace jubilee, which brought to thls city the president of the United States, several members of his cabinet and many distinguished figures of the war with Spain and resulted in utter ances by the executive which have ce- mented hard and fast the bonds between the north and south was brought to fit- ting lose by an elaborate banquet. Covers werezlaid for 300. All the city's distin- gushed guests were present and seated at the presidents table. The Atlantians at- tending the banquet were representative Of the city's wealth and business interests Many prominent men from all parts of the south also graced the tables.
 Hon. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, acted as toastmaster. At the presidents table were seated:
 The president, Governor Allen D. Candler Hon. R. A. Alger, Lyman J. Gage, John D. Long, Charles Emory Smith, Hon. James Wilson, Major General Vim. R. Shafter, Hon. Charles F. Warwick, Lieutenant R. P. Hobson, Dr. R. D. Spalding, Hon. Stephen O'Meara, Major Livingston Aimes, Hon. John Addison Porter, Captain R. J. Low cry, General A. c. M. Pennington, Gov ernor Voorhees, of New Jersey, Hoke Smith, D. G. Fenno, Hon. Frank P. Rice, General Henry w. Lawton, Rufus B. Bullock, Hon. George R. Peck, Governor Joseph F. John ston of Alabama, Major-General s. B. M. Young, Hon. D. E. Settle, member of con- gress; Major-General Joe Wheeler, Colonel w. A. Hemphill and Mayor c. A. Collier.
 Hon. Clark Howell
 An elaborate menu was discussed, after which the speech-making began. Hon. Clark Howell introduced the president His speech was one of the best of the evening. He spoke as follows:
 ''In the presence of God, with uncovered head and lowing reverently in acknowl- edgment of divine leadership, nation stands today upon the threshold of new century content in and conscious of the performance of duty we'll done in His name
 "In the stretch of centuries, since the crusaders crossed continent to carry the light of the cross into the darkness of the crescent, no nation ever undertook the de- fense of cause that called to arms with loftier motives or nobler purpose.
 'Today we rejoice that the modern Saracen has been driven from the hemis- phere which he gave to the world, and which, like the miser. he has seen slip through his fingers and out of his grasp in the rage of helpless desperation, rather than pay the simple tribute that the Cre- ator asks of mankind. and that humanity and mercy and civilization exact as the cost n a c back to the center of his ancient dominion, to the heart from whence once throbbed the best civilization of the universe it Is the irony of fate that his last glance should fall on the broken and beaten frame of the Maria Theresa, rocking today on the Ba- hama reefs, in hailing distance of the spot on which Columbus first anchored in American waters, to put his foot on San Salvador's shore. In the name of God and for the king and queen he planted there the yellow and the red, establishing here its continental dominion, and in His name and for humanity and freedom we have taken it away and put in it's stead the stars and stripes And may we, too, be stripped of our possessions, external as well as internal, if we are no more mindful of our duty to mankind than our late la mented adversary has been of her obliga- ton to humanity in her relation to her colonies.
 .Early enlightenment, prehistoric tradi- tion says, began it's march around the world from China. As it progressed 1t left dark ness in its wake until it crossed the Urals It planted Itself firm in Europe. and from there it reached over the Atlantic to es- tablish a new hemisphere, the radiance of whose civilization now illumines the world
 "Nor was the progress of the movement, begun at time older than history itself, stopped here. Destined to encirce the globe with the light of civilization and the blessing of humanity, 1t has involuntarlly and as if by the hand of providence taken the torch across the broad bosom of the Pacific, and with the guns of the immortal