The Atlanta constitution., 1901-02-11
Orrom The New York Commercial.)

CFrom The New York Commercially
Hon. W. A. Hemphill, of Atlanta. pre-
pared an address recently for delivery at
the meeting of the National Business
League in Chicago. which had so much of
interest to the northern business men that
The Commercial reprOduces some portions
of It,
It is by far the most eloquent and able
plea for the new south which has been de-
livered since the famous speech of Henry
w. Grady. Mr.. Hemphill is president of
The Atlanta Constitution Company, of
which he was the founder.
The address is n pledge of the south to
the march of advancement in which the
north and west are now engaged. and. IN
full, was as follows:
During the late war. in one of the great bat
ties. while the conflict was raging. standard
bearer rushed ahead of his company in a
charge on parapet fast that the men
could not keep up with him. Some one
shouted. "Bring back the flag to the meni"
The clarion voice OF the gallant standard bearer
heard above the din of battle calling,
Bring the men TO the hag!' This was done,
the parapet was taken and the battle
In the great commercial and industrial strug-
gle of this country the ontcrprising and indus
trious north has rushed forward and placed
the standard of progress. of trade, Of man
ufactures and finance far to the front. We do
not ask you to bring back the standard to us.
The command has been given and the south is
rushing eagerly to the front. and it seems from
the wonderful progress that has already been
made she win not only reach the standard
but will help carry it forward until the COM
merce and trade Of the world is captured.
Twenty years ago Henry Grady told about
the burial of a confederate soldier I'm Pickens
county, Georgia. They buried him in the
midst of n marble quarry they cut through
solid marble to make his grave and yet a
little tombstone they put above him was from
Vermont. They buried him IN the midst Of a
pine forest, and yet the pine coffin was import
ed from Cincinnati. They buried him within
touch Of an iron mine, and yet the nails in his
coffin and the iron in the shoyels that dug
his grave were imported from Pittsburg, They
buried him by the side of the best sheep graz
ing country on earth. and yet the wool In the
coffin bands and the coffin bands themselves
were brought from the north. The south didn't
furnish a thing ON earth for that funeral but
the corpse and the hole in the ground There
they put him away and the clods ratified down
ON his coffin and they buried him in a New
York coat and a Boston pair OF shoes, ana Il
pair of breeches from Chicago and shirt from
Cincinnati leaving him nothing to carry INTO
,ba ,,evt v,orII win him to remind him of the
country in wnich he lived and for whlch ne
braveIy fought for four years but the chA4 OF
blood in his veins and the marrow IN MS
Gentlemen. that has all been marked by
wonderful change and great Improvement In
that section there are hundreds OF COTTON anu
woolen mills. the products Of which have been
shipped to the uttermost parts o. the Woiid.
There are shoe factories almost IN sibht OF thtt
soldiers grave. The iron ore on that noun,
tain side has been converted into pig iron ana
shipped in hundred carload lots to Plttsburs.
The timber that gave shade 70 the huhbAe
grave has been cut down anu , inthulecloIe @ u
into cufflus for other sections ana other peo-
And more wonderful stl Is tho history Of
that marble quarry in which his grave was
t.fft 4 mill pu-t!al Chicago
organized to develop it. Almost withln souhd
,f nv voice millions have been spent in mar
bile decorations taken from its precious depths.
The marble for the CorcOran gallery Oh art AZ
Washington came from II. CUT OF II NJ
built the state Mutual Life Assurance puld-
ing at Worcester, Mass, costing SsVv'VuV
The monument on Dorchester Heights. mark
ing the spot where Nashinston planted ms
patriotic guns and caused the BRUSH 10 eva
late Boston Is built OF Georgia lnarDle- ms
quarry produced the monster monollths Whlch
were illustrated and commented on in London
England and are now standing al the STATE
Savings bank in Detroit, together win a
much admired classical front one hundred
tifuI library building of Congress at Washing
ton the finest building on earth. The Century
building in st. Louis Is OF 1'eorgia nl,.'1ie, I,i
Minnesota sent to Georgia for its white marble
for its two million dollar capitol. The de-
partment of justice at Washington mas Just
been booked for S 1852 200 worth of Georgia
The Rhode Island capitol was built from 1t;
costing S3, O00.O coo. one thousand one huhdred
and thirty-seven carloads of marble We're used
in its construction. one who has seen II says
.aTha Rhode Island building Will long SHINE as
a monument to the perfect taste OF the archl-
teet and the good sense OF the board VINO con
troIIed the selection Of the material Out-
lined, as il is. against clear SKY. the khode
Island capitol is always luminous ana hfllHeht
IL fairly glistens when the day is bright, but at
times when the sun is obscured the effect Is one
of the most wonderful have ever seen. It's
,tbfteness is enhanced by the dark background
of the clouds, and it stands out IKE Il great
cameo. grandly beautiful, and words are not
a. f1ta~ call he
pestion of a palace Of Paradise. for the sight
is an inspiration and it IS heavenly. A city
builded of Georgia marble would be more ike
fashioning the Eternal city than anything
The confcderate monument, which stands q
loving memorial in Oakwood cemetery IN this
CITY a city that | consider worthy 10 rank as
the eighth wonder of the world. This monu-
ment, built by the generous contributions OF
vour noble people, stands silent ana impos-
ing guard over the graves of six thousand
brave southern soldiers who died In Camp
Douglas. Its platform base' Ole ana hoidlhss
came from the quarries OF Georgia
Want of time prevents me from pursuing this
history further IL IS lneNhanstpie
as the quarry itself. The day is soon coming
,vhen this beautiful and valuable southern
troauct will bc i'm evidence in every city and
sertinn of this whole country.
WIN France paid the war indemnity of
6 OOO. 600 600 to Germany the entire world
wondered at the marvellous resources oi TINS
tuure wonderful even for the power ot 50
coo 900 people standing next to Great frtaln
i'm resources with centuries of wealth laid mp
fr her Golfers. after war SO snort lhat Nlllle
its military end so disastrous, had not
disturbed "A single business interest With the
retreat Of Won Moltke's men, the fun and un-
civil commercial ana Industrial in
terests Of France We're left free TO meet the
issue.
Behold the contrast!
ON the day that Grant and Lee met at APP
there was a barren waste 10 the south
of them. 81 900 ooo 90,
four years before was completely destroyed
Not n single business enterprise was in ex-
istence. ,e
vended their weary way on foot and heart
brolen T. the Carolinas. to Georgia, Tennessee
ana Kentucky further west TO Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and south 10 Florida; across the Mis-
sissippi to Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
Ieveled homes, scattered families, fields in
grass But worse than this loss of property
yvas the depletion of men. Two hundred thou
sand OF the flower and chivalry Of the south
filled soldiers graves. There was left aged
mon small boys. women and the scattered rem
nant Of a disabled army.
Not even here did the disaster end. These
chivalric people were suddenly thrown into the
crucibe Of equal suffrage with race which
were but yesterday slaves at their masters
feet Through fires of heartaches and COM
mcrcial trials this people suffered for many