The Atlanta constitution., 1900-01-01
.'The Man with His Hat in His Hand"

sistible patriotic impulse. rise up IN the
calm still air of my sequestered study
and lift my hat TO THE Man With His
Hat in His Hand" All hail 10 him and
his type of contemporary Georgians. The
man with the Bible in his heart salutes
him as a hero and claims him as
brother.
Narvelously beautiful and inspiring IS
that image of the brawny. brave noun
taineer uncovered before the colOrs of his
country. | wish | could see him sculptur-
ed in bronze rising in heroic proportions
in the finest open space Of the city as
significant object lesson to the youth OF
the commonwealth Georgia boys in
Georgia colleges and high schools hunting
for n speech to deciaim at commence
ments have one on up to date" issues in
the noble address before the Independent
Club of Buffalo. The scene at Fort Nc
pherson was a veritable inspiration. The
portrait drawn is thing of life and
pulses with power And the idea which
the mountaineer incarnates IS loftier than
the peaks Of the Blue Ridge more beau
tiful than the azure of their crests and
more stable and enduring than the ada
mantine foundations on which they stand.
So long as 1.-THE man with his hat in his
hand" abides with us we have stronger
defense for the republic than may be
found In constitutions, courts or con-
stabulary.
The man and the hour met at Buffalo.
1t was not the sectional partizan, the
prejudced politician. the ''mossback' ira
ditionalist of a defunct school of demo-
cratic doctrines. 1t was one who puts
patriotism above party and principle
above policy. 1t was an American who,
i'm the grasp of a pressing, impertnent
problem of worldwide Importance. boldly
mopolitan campaign on behalf of ClViliza-
ton and Christianity. The orator him
self was the man with his hat in his
hand" peering far away into the fu-
ture of the great republic when her fleets
shall he missionaries of liberty and COM
merce in every sea and her flag the SYM
bol of peace. prosperity and fraternity on
ali shores.
"The man with his hat I'm his hand"
is preaching n gospel the south needs TO
hear. Our congressman and senator's
should con nune with him: our bankers
and business men should consult him; our
teachers of political economy should con-
sider his maxims; our mechanics and
manufacturers. our farmers and laborers.
our young men and maidens. our country
men everywhere should hear and heed
and help in the realization of his beatific
vision.
For fear Of dropping into a sermon,
must come abruptly to a close. | believe
I'm God and believe in the American peo-
pie. WILLIAM W. bANDRUM.
Atlanta. Ga, December %. 1899.
Aboriginal Musical Instruments.
Editor Constitution-Much controversy has
sprung up recently with reference to the origin
OF certain forms OF musical Instruments found
In different parts Of America. 1t is now
settled that, prior 10 the discovery OF Amerl-
ca no stringed instrument existed in the
western hemisphere Several varieties of the
musical bow were brought from Africa,
pecially to Spanish-American colonies.
In the list of stringed Instruments played
by the lower races Is the banjo, whose home
is largely in southern states. The ques-
tion arises whether this also is one of the
strnged instruments brought from Africa to
America or whether ii is n degraded form 1f
the guitar. which was played extensively in
the slave states a few centuries ago. Grove,
in his dictionary of music asserts that this
instrument came from Africa, but have also.