The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
PRESIDENT SPEAKS LIT BANQUEr,
Talks of the New Problems and the
 Reunited Nation,

Reunited Nation.
 Atlanta, Ga, Dec, c,s15.-In the beautl- fully decorated dining room of the Kim ball house tonight the Atlanta peace jubilee. which attracted to this city the president of the United States, several members of his cabinet, and many dis tinguished figures of the war with Spain, and resulted in utterances by the executive which have cemented the bonds btween the north and south, was brought to a close by an elaborate ban quet. Covers were laid for 300. All the citys distinguished guests were present and seated at the presidents table Many prominent men from all parts of the south also graced the tables.
 Hon. Clark Howell, editor of the At lanta Constitution acted as toastmas- ter. At the presidents table were: The president Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Hon. John D. Long, Hon. Emory Smith, Gov ernor Allan D. Chandler Hon. James Wilson, Major w. R. Shafter, Hon. R. A. Alger, Hon. Charles F. Warwick, Lieutenant Richmond Hobson, Hon. Stephen O'Meara, Major Livingston Mims Hon. John Addison Porter, Cap tain R. J. Lowry, General A. C. M. Pen nington, Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey, Hon. Hoke Smith Hon. D. G. Fenni. Hon. Frank P. Rice, General Henry w. Lawton, Hon. Rufus B. Bull lock, Hon. George R. Peck, Governor Joseph F. Johnstone, Major Generals B. M. Young, Hon. H. H. Settle, Major General Joe Wheeler, Colonel w. A. Hemphill and Mayor c. A. Collier. 1 Hon. Clark Howell introduced the 1 president. His speech was one of the best of the evening" The president as he rose was the recipient of hearty and spontaneous greeting. The cordial i ity with which he has been received on all occasions during his v.s,t was nowhere more evident than at to- nights gathering. The executive was compelled to stand and bow some min utes before those about the tables would permit him to proceed. He 1 said:
 -Four years have gone since I last met the people of Georgia in public as sembly. Much has happened in the in l tervening time. The nation has been at war, not within it's own shores, but with a foreign power-a war Waged not i for revenge or aggrandizement but fo" our oppressed neighbors, for their free dom and amelioration. It was short but decisive It recorded succession of significant victories on land and on sea. It gave new honors to American ] arms. It has brought new problems to the republic, whose solution will tax the genius of our people. United we will meet aud solve them with honor to ourselves and to@the lasting benefit of all concerned. The war brought Us to- gether; it's settlement will keep us to- I gether.
 Reunited glorious realization. It ex- presses the thought of my mind and th7 long deferred consummation of my hearts desire as I stand in this pres ence It interprets the hearty demo9- stration here witnessed and is the pa triotic refrain of all sections and all lovers of the republic. Reunited, one country again and one country forever Proclaim it from the press and pulpit; teach it in the schools, write 1t across the skies. The world sees and feels it; it cheers every heart north and south and brightens the life of every Ameri- can home. Let nothing ever strain il again. At peace with all the world and with each other what can stand in the pathway of our progress and prosper ity?"
 It was nearly Il o'clock when Score tary Long was accorded the floor ant owing to the frequent and voclferous applause which interrupted him, 1t was long after that hour before he ha5 reached the end of his address. Th' secretary extended the greeting of th' old commonwealth of Massachusetts tC
 the state of Georgia and said that a! citizen of the old colony state h;
 greeted his fellow citizens of Georgia
 He referred humorously to everybody
 from George Washington down to th'
 present president. Referring to the ia
 nous dispatch to Admiral Dewey tt
 sail from Hong Kong to meet and cap
 ture or destroy the Spanish fleet a
 Manila the speaker said:
 , Now about that dispatch. On tn
 day after war was declared this dis
 patch had been sent to Admiral Dewey
 I took it over to the president ant asked his permission to send it t.
 Dewey. He, of course, approved it Further regarding that dispatch don know who wrote it. It was handed t.
 me by Commander Crowninshield 0
 the navigation department and I don think he knew who wrote it. CcmiD, right down to the facts, it was probabl. written by some clerk in his depart ment, but anyway it was sent and yo1 all know the result"
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