The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-02

THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Gov. Allen ID. Gamblers Eloquent
and Patriotic Address.


Gov. Allen D. Gambler responded to
the toast, Georgia" In introducing
the speaker the POSTMASTER said he
had designated breaking in upon the
regular programme and introducing at
this state a toast to the communicating
chief. However, Hon. F. G. duBignon,
who had been requested and expected
to respond to the regular toast, had
declared himself physically unequal to
the effort. With especial appropriate
ness, therefore, Col. Garrard called
upon his assembled fellow soldiers to
fill their glasses to their native state
and upon the states distinguished Gov
ernor, soldier, statesman and orator,
for the response.
Gov. Gambler was at home with his
audience and his subject from the time
he first began to speak. Col. Garrard.
in introduction, said:
Intense state pride has always char
acteriZed this corps. Every heart
throbbing beneath a Guards uniform is
all for Georgia, the most martial of
states. She is entitled to our best de-
votion and allegiance; great in war
great in peace, she stands for all our
hearts hold dear. Listen, then. to the
COMMUNICATIVE of her forces, The
Hon. Allen ID. Gambler" Gov. Cand-
Ter said:
Fellow Soldiers: Is there a Savan-
nathan whose heart does not thrill and
swell with pride at the pronunciation
Of the word Georgia. What was Geor-
gia, what is Georgia, where was Geor-
gia and what has Georgia done?
"One hundred and seventy years ago
Oglethorpe founded the colony upon
these bluffs. Then Georgia extended
from Savannah to the South Seas; to-
day. geographically, Georgia extends
from the Atlantic to the Chattahoo-
chez and from St. Mary's to the thirty
fifth degree of north latitude.
IF you ask a North Georgia child
where Georgia is, she will say, In At
lanta.' If you ask a politician where
Georgia is, he will say. In Atlanta
il you ask soldier where Georgia IS.
he will say. Savannah And 1 indorse
the statement. Without disparagement
to the other gallant soldiers who have
enlisted under the banner of the state,
the commander-in-chie says that from
a military standpoint Georgia is IN Sa-
TanEah."
Gov. Gambler discussed at some
| length the agricultural and mineral
riches of the state, declaring that in
these respects she was more favored
than any state east of the Mississippi.
Georgia is the largest state east of
the Mississippi; she has within her Dor
ders more of that race, transplanted
from the Dark Continent to the midst
of a Western civilization, than any
state under the sun.
In plain Georgia English" declared
the Governor, Georgia has more ne
groes than any state in the world. We
have the best negroes in the world,
and Georgia is the best state in the
world for a good negro and the worst
in the world for a bad one.
Throughout the history of this coun-
try Georgia has borne herself as the
peer of the proudest state of the proud
est republic of all the ages of the world.
on every field of battle. in which this
country has been engaged, from the
time of the Revolution until this very
day, Georgia blood has freely flown"
Gov. Gambler declared that in the
War Between the States Georgia had
furnished more troops than any state
in the Confederacy, and in the recent
war with Spain, in proportion to popu-
lation, more troops than any state OF
the forty-five. He paid a high and
gallant tribute 70 the devotion and self
sacrifice Of Georgia women. whose
memory. in the troublous days of 1851
Go, he declared would always be a
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