The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-05-04
THE PRESIDENT IN DIXIE.
The Government on Wheels Meets
With a Cordial Reception
in the Southland.
TKF FIRST REAL STOP MADE AT MEMPHIS
An Impressive Welcome by Gov. McMillin
aud the Memphians, which the Presi-
dent Acknowledged in One Of HIS Most
Happy Speeches Ladies of the Party
Fitdngly Entertained.

Fitdngly Entertained.
Memphis, Tenn, May 1.-The prcsi-
Dental party passed through the
heart of Dixie yesterday, and at 4:30
p. m. reached Memphis, on the banks
of the Mississippi. This was the first
resting place of the tour.
After descending the mountains
Monday night the train yesterday
skinned along through northern Ala
bama and the valley Of the Tennessee
river and touched at Corinth, Miss.
where Gen. Grant worsted Forrest in
his campaign to cut the confederacy
in two.
The fresh green southland, with ITS
fruit in full blossom and it's infinite
variety of Wild flowers in field and
forest was great change from the
backward spring which the party had
left behind al Washington.
The heat WAS rather oppressive, but
the weather was not so warm as the
presidents welcome. The hearty
greetings extended to him along the
route testified how completely he had
captured the hearts of the people of
Dixie. Confederate veterans at all
the stepping places We're among the
presidents most enthusiastic auditors,
and that he was impressed with their
marks of love and esteem will be evil
dent after a perusal of the brief
speeches he made at Huntsville, De-
catur, Tuscumbia and Corinth.
During the morning at the regular
honr for the cabinet to assemble. the
president summoned his advisors into
the observation cur, and there, behind
closed docrs. the first cabinet meet
| ing on wheels was held. No important
advices had been received from Wash
| ineton which required action, but the
foreign dispatches in the papers we're
talked over and some of the details
as vet undetermined were considered.
At Memphis the party received a
wonderfully impressive welcome. y
committee, headed by Senator Car
mack, met the train at Corinth, and
escorted the party to this city. a
national salute OF 21 guns, fired from
the river bluffs. signalized the APP
proach to the city.
At the station Gov. McMillin and
others reinforced the greetings to the
| party.
\ military parade, with a company
of grizzled confederate veterans in
their old uniforms acting as the
guard of honor, escorted the party in
carriages through the principal streets
and around the customhouse, whence
view of the Mississippi, now almost
overhowing on the Arkansas side, was
obtained, to Court square.
The city was elaborately decorated
with flags and bunting, Not a resi-
dence or business house seemed to
have escaped from the desire to decor
ate in honor of the presidents COM
| ing. Banners were stretched across
the streets bearing such inscriptions
as Mr.. President, the City is Yours,
THE Nations President" etc.
The cheering through which the
procession passed was tremendous at
points along the route.
In Court square, where the open
air reception occurred, the platform
was so hedged around with roses and
other blossoms as to make it flow
er show. Over ten thousand people
were packed into the square when the
| president was introduced by Mayor
| Williams.
In response to cheers which greeted
him. the president made the first real
ly notable speech of his trip. His
theme was THE Eesistless Power of
Great. United People," and the
speech was delivered in his best vein.
When he referred. in closing, to the
noble record of the Tennessee voiun-
teers in the Spanish and Philippine
wars, Gov. McMillin led the cheering.
The speech in full is as follows;
The Presidenrs speech.
reciprocate the sentiments of good will
| mayor and shown in this cordial recep-
| tion on the part of the people of Tennes-
see. do not misinterpret this demon
| stration. ! do not appropriate 1t, but ac'
| cept 1t in its true spirit and recognize its
| true significance to our common country
| It is representative of that universal goot
feeling happily subsisting among the peo
| pie of the United States and which is moi
| bounded by state, political or geograph-
| zeal lines. 1t is co-eXtensve with tn
| Union itself. and exists because of oul
| love for the Union. Ii is not perfunctorS
| or SUPERFICIAL but deep and heartfelt. II
| is the hearty honest sentiment of homes
| people loving their country and proud o.
| It's institutions, and determined that botl
| shall be maintained. 1t is powerfully in,
| fluencing our national life and develop
ment and completing that unification 81
essential to national security and so in
| dispensable to the realization of our ma
| tional strength and influence. What
| mighty, resistless power for good is
| united nation of free men. 1t makes To-
| peace and prestige, for progress and lih
| prtN. II COnSprXeS the rightS of tho MOO