The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
Lectured to Large Audience
 at McD0nald'S.
Tn Absencce of Senator Morgan Was Introduced by Colonel Will ey-Remarks Was Rtceiv-
 ed with Enthusiasm.

Aside from the purposes of the lecture,
 the proceeds going to the Soldiers Home
 at Mountain Creek, the ract that Senator Morgan had been announced to introduce
 the speaker of the evening, was a suf-
 ficient drawing card to fill the house.
 Captain Hobson has spoken here before he came just after his daring feat on the ''Merrimac," which he sank in the
 waters of the narrow channel off Santi- ago. He received a welcome then that
 would have done honor to any hero of
 old and proved conclusiveiy that he had
 a strong and fixed place in the hearts of 1 the people of his native State.
 He came again and his purpose was still l ennobling and elevating, and love of
 America breathed in every word. | He is engaged in a mission to enlarge | and build up the American navy, until it
 reaches a point where it will be second
 to none and even more powerful than that
 of any country on the globe And 1t is | said he has political designs. After intro
 ducing himself to the people of his home
 district. rumor has it that he will run | for Congress.
 | The audience gathered very slowly and
 it was near 9 o'clock when the speaking | began. There were on the stage: Con- gressmen A. A. Wiley. Captain J. M.
 Falkner, Mir. Phares Coleman. Hon. John
 Cormmelin, Capt. W. D. Westcott and
 MT. J. S. Pinckard.
 Introduced by Wiley. Senator Morgan was not present and
 his place was we'll filled by Colonel A. A. | Wiley. who presented Captain Hobson. as having won worldwide fame-with peer | less attainments, in front of Southern
 manhood. the highest type of what the l Southern gentleman was. He referred to eyat mi fyn xryhf fnh a l people rule, of its great importance in
 bringing liberty to all the nations of the
 world; to protect the action at home and | abroad, to keep untarnished our fair | name. He presented the speaker as | gallant and patriotic Alabamian, amidst the most enthusiastic applause. Captain Hobson surprised his audience | with his ease and grace of manner and
 his eloquence and power as an orator. ! and held their wrapt attention for near two hours. He speaks rather rapidly and | sometimes indistinctly. but he shows the | result of training and has much about him to attract and hold his hearers. He expressed himself as deeply gratifed at the beautiful and generous words that had been spoken of him. He was par
 ticularly glad that the occasion that | called them together was to help the old
 Confederate soldier. and said we were | liable to forget the debt we owe to our fathers. a generation settled in the his
 tory of our country, by the precious life
 blood to sustain the nature and virtue
 of our institutions. How hard they fought is shown by the large number killed on
 both sides in the civil war.
 Hobson Brings Me sage. f He said he came back to bring mes sage after a life spent in various coun- tries where duty had called him; he had
 been in Asia. Europe. seen all the world.
 and was led to believe the present was the most important period in the life of the human race, transformed from pe- riod of warfare to a newer and happier period of peace. and peace had given the forces of nature to science in the white race who control the destiny of the yei- low and black races, who largely out number it.
 America starts upon a new mission, he declared, the building up and maintaining the unconscious period of greatness. With | the Spanish war a new period had be- gan. America had graduated, and was a world power. Our country must assume power and play the part of mighty world power. whether we will or not. All should take it to heart. There was no royalty and nobility. All must be brought | out by our own efforts and action and by our own efforts and active interest we must bring ourselves up tO the cqual anu surpass other nations.
 He said he came to tell the truth as 1t Is. We were in numbers the greatest world power and could maintain all the population of the world and not tax the resources and production of our soil; we spend five times as much In the education
 of each child as any other country. and
 America in productive vigor equals alone
 all of Europe. America is about one-
 rhh rNItn rope combined. It will soon count as
 much as all of the Western world com
 bined. No such opportunity for world
 power was ever before presented. The
 foundations are already laid. are up to
 the leyel-we are the bricklayers-what
 shall be the nature of the architecture? What shall we make American count Tn the world? he asked.
 He compared America with Europe and said that individual liberty was so great that each citizen was left to take care of himself.
 No republic, he said had lasted scarcely longer than a generation in the history of the world, because of the fact that citizens did not interest themselves in public affairs, but America would live and assert herself.
 Appeals For Larger Navy. He said the powers might cut us off from the world and at any moment des- trov billions of dollars worth of property along our coast line and we must safe guard our beloved republic against calamity and disgrace by having navy
 that can protect it all
 | In America all depends upon the man himself. The American Is man Of Deace. but one of war when 1t is neces- sary. In the Spanish war we did not have much chance but that was tie enemv's fault. In the Civil War our fathers did have a chance and there was more fighting than in any other three generations and the losses greater by much larger per centage than ever be- fore in history of the world.
 The sneaker pictured a great future for our country. He said he believed that all difficulties would be solved by our
 ability and preparedness and our aim should be to secure happiness and pros perity for all. There can not be social eoualIty and negro domination and rela- tiops with other races will become cordial and where those fundamental principles ara not violated the South is the best friend of the negro
 He told how America had always stood
 for inc weak against the strong and
 .oi,ovad onnression and distress wherever
 somnd. had always fought for principle and the time had come when we all could recognize the vaior ana glory of hoth sides in the Civil War.
 A striking contrast was drawn of the humanity and generosity Of America in