Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

fTeSluent mch1niSy ana ms aSSOcldleS returned to Washington Tuesday from one of the most remarkable presidential tours in the history of this country.
 The president with members of his cabinet and officers of the army and navy left Washingtk early last week to attend the peace jubilee at Atlanta. The trip has served a double purpose that of celebrating the ending of our victorious war with Spain and furnish ing a concrete demonstration of nation al unity.
 The jubilee formally began on wednes- Ny with a reception to President Mo kinley and other distinguished guests of the city at the Georgia statehouse, where the legislature was in session. The senate and house. acting jointly received the president and his party with expressions of courtesy. which later developed into an enthusiastic ovation. On being presented President Mckinley said in part:
 Every soldiers grave made during the civil war is tribute to American valor, and while, when these graves were made, we differed widely about the future of the government, those differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms, and the time has now come, in the evolution of senti- ment and feeling under the providence of God, when in the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of the graves of the Confederate sol- diers."
 A wild cheer went up from every throat in the typical southern audience "a cheer that echoed and reached through the chamber until it was taken up by the crowd outside. Continuing. the president said:
 "The cordial feeling which now hap oily exists between the north and south prompts this gracious act, and if 1t needed further justification it is found in the gallant loyalty to the Union and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year just past by the sons and grand sons of these heroic dead.
 What a glorious future awaits us if unitedly wisely and bravely we face the new problems now pressing upon us, determined to solve them for right and humanity!'
 Of all the conciliatory speeches which have been made since Grant said, Let us have peace" nothing has more deep ly stirred southern audience than the simple words of President Mckinley in the Georgia state house.
 President Mckinley Thursday after noon reviewed the military and civic parade, which was unquestionably the greatest pageant of it's kind ever seen in the south. After the review the president was received by 10000 ap- plauding people at the Auditorium, where he said in part:
 "Other parts of the country have had their public thanksgivings and jubilees in honor of the historic events of the last year, but nowhere has there been greater rejoicing than among the peo- pie here. the gathered representatives of the south. I congratulate them upon their accurate observation of events which enabled them to fix date which insured them the privilege of being the first to celebrate the signing of the treaty of peace by the American and Spanish commissioners.
 Under hostile fire, on foreign soil. fighting in a common cause, the memo " of old disagreements has faded into history. From camp and campaign there come the magic healing which has closed ancient wounds and effaced their scars. For this result every American patriot will forever rejoice.
 This government has proved itself invincible in the recent war. and out of 1t has come nation which will remain
 
 contributions have been made in patri- otism and in men than by the people of these southern states. When at last the opportunity came. they were eager to meet it, and with promptness responded to the call of country. Intrusted with the able leadershipo of men dear to them. who had marched with their fathers under another flag, now fighting under the old flag again. they have gloriously helped to defend it's spotless folds and added new luster to its shining stars.
 That flag has been planted in two hemispheres. and there 1t 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 1t down?
 ''The victory we celebrate is not that of ruler. a president or a congress. but of the people. An army whose valor we admire and navy whose achievements we applaud were not assembled by draft or conscription, but from voluntary en- listment. The heroes came from civil as well as military life. Trained and un- trained soldiers wrought our triumphs.
 The peace we have won is not a self ish truce of arms, but one whose con- ditions presage good to humanity"
 The jubilee ended with a banquet
 
 liant and patriotic speeches were made by distinguished men.
 After the banquet the president and party left for Montgomery, Ala, stop ping en route on Friday forenoon at Tuskegee. where Mir. Mckinley address ed colored students and teachers.
 The party reached Montgomery Fri day afternoon, and the president was received with great cordiality at the first capital of the Confederacy. A re- ception was rendered by the Alabama legislature, where demonstration much like that at the Georgia statehouse oc- cured. The president spoke on the complete reunion of the nation and was applauded to the echo by thousands of delighted Alabamians. From Montgomery the presidential party went to Savannah. where the troops there stationed were reviewed and where there was another enthusi- astic series of receptions. The party spent Sunday at Savannah. At Macon, on Monday forenoon, the president reviewed the troops under General Bates and was presented me- morial by Bibb County Ex-Confederate association, consisting of a parchment on which was embossed in gold his memorable words at Atlanta regarding the care of Confederate graves. The remarkable series of demonstra- tions had a fitting climax on Monday | evening at Augusta, Ga, the birth | place of General Wheeler, who was one | of the party. The president reviewed | the troops stationed there and later re- | ceived an ovation from thousands as | an expression of their love and loyalty | to the country. rr.-. ur,,nu...d ,.I,s,..a 1xIIt.a