The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02
THROUGH DIXIE land
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Confederate Veterans, in Their Old
Uniforms, Act as a Guard Of Honor.
= First Noted Speech of the Trip
Made at This Ptace-Receptions and
7anquets in Honor of the Members
Of the Party.
ri Memphis, Tenn, May 1.-The presi7
Dental train has passed ;through the
heart Of Dixie to Memphis, on the
banks of the, Mississippi. This was
the: first resting PLACE of the tour.
After descending the mountains the
train skinned along through Ala
bama and the valley of the Tennessee
| river and touched at Corinth, Miss,
where General Grant worsted Forrest
in his campaign to cut the Confeder-
acy in two
The fresh green Southland, with it's
fruit in full blossom and it's infinite
variety of wild flowers in the fields
and forest, was great change from
the backward spring which the party
had left behind at Washington. The
heat was rather oppressive but the
weather was not so warm as the presi-
dents welcome. The hearty greetings
extended to him along the route testi-
| fled how completely he had captured
the hearts of the people of Dixie.
Confederate veterans at all the stop
ping places were among the presi-
dents most enthusiastic auditors and
that he was impressed with their
| marks of love and esteem was evil
| dent in the brief speeches he made at
Huntsville, Decatur, Tuscumbia and
Corinth
During the morning at the regular
| hour for the cabinet to assemble, the
| president summoned his advisers into
| the observation car, and there, be-
| hind closed doors, the first cabinet
meeting on wheels was held. No i'm
| portant: advices had been received
from Washington which required. &C.
ton but the foreign dispatches in
| the papers were talked over and some
| of, the details as yet undetermined
were discussed. Il. =:
: Memphis Impressive Welcome.
At Memphis the party received a
| wonderfully impressive welcome. A
committee, headed by Senator Car
| mack, met the train at Corinth and
escorted the party to this city. A
national salute of 81 guns fired from
| the bluffs signalled the approach to
| the city. At the station Governor
Mcmillan and others reinforced the
| greetings of the party. A military
parade, with company of grizzfed
| Confederate veterans in their. old uni
| forms acting as the guard of honor,
| escorted the party in carriages
through the principal streets to Court
square. The president was introduced
by Mayor Williams: In response the
president made the really first noted
| speech of his trip. His theme was
the resistless power of a united people
| and was delivered in his best vein.
When he referred in closing to the
| noble record of the Tennessee volun-
teers in the Spanis'? and Philippine
wars Governor McMillin led the cheer
ing.
The party was then driven to the
Twentieth Century club, ladies' or
ganization Of this city. The presi-
dent was here introduced by w. J.
Crawford of The Commercial Appeal
and made a pretty speech. The ladies
Of the party were taken in hand by
the ladies of Memphis. A reception
was held in their honor and later a
banquet was given them at the Pea
body hotel. At the same time on
the floor above the president and the
gentlemen Of his party, with about
200 prominent business men, sat down
to an elaborate dinner, after this the
presidential train resumed it's journey
for New Orleans.