The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

period. we should find 1t the seat 81
science and civilization
senator Jackson's time has come the
very wear he named: one century mas
;1si aIanscd since he spoke If he could
return among us he would see no hoWl-
ing Wilderness but one OF the most DIN
liant gatherings which this country mas
ever beheld. including the chief OF the
stata and a former chief of the state.
representatives of all the powers OF ihe
globe soldiers and sailors, priests, mag
strates. savants artists, tradesmen ana
aerirnlturistS workmen and citizens IN
Vulnerable; all bent upon consGcrallng ny
their presence and do homage TO the work
done during the hundred years GOOD
work indeed. nay stupendouS. SanglIue
ne he was Senator Jackson could, / think.
scarcely believe his eyes and cars, II ne
saw the matchleSS sight We presently be
hold. and the preparation for the I'M
pending exhibition Of all the produce an
the discoveries all the art Of the wide
earth He would scarcely believe ms ears
If he heard that we came in tWenty-SeVen
hours from the place where he had de
llyered hts prophecy, and which had be-
come only two years before the seat or
government. No less great would he ms
surprise If he learnt that the supposed
h0wiinC wilderness had been turned into
an immense garden dotted with wealthy
towns; that all the land called IN his
DAYS Louisiana produces yearly now one
nilHard and half bushels Of various
sorts Of grain and that the private be
iongings Of the successors Of the scat
tered settlers OF his time are valued in
ours at three milliards of dollars
''Rut he would not he surprised II he
learnt that Che federal tie has not been
loosened; that the number of states has
increased their wealth too. the number
Of their inhabitants. their Importance IN
every respcCt and that they consider as
more and more sacred the bond which
unites them to the older part Of the com
munity Such is the effects of liberty
and lust laws
deeds Of the hardy first French settlers,
he continued.
Address of ojedo.
FOLLOWING the "Haneluiah Chorus"
from "rne Messiah" which was given
nv the band. the Spanish minister, Senior
DON Emilio de Ojedo spoke Of Spain.
lie SAD:
"prcsident. Ladies and Gentlemen: 7
greatly regret my inability to respond to
the very fatterns recognition of the par
nlaved by Spain In the early history Of
this territory l wish | were endowed
With the same eloquencc displayed by
nrevi0us orators whom it has been our
privilege to listen to and admire. still,
had not the national slories of Spain
been so brilliantly alluded to. were |
able to recall them now, with colors as
glowing as the warmth their memory
brings to my Spanish heart. feel | could
NOT raise to them a loftfcr or more elo-
nuent monument than has been raised by
those immortal works of Washington
irving prescott. Lowell and Ticknor.
which have made of Spanish tradition q
familiar, household patlhohy OI INNS
spain will appear before YOU, if not
all tho splendor that requirements of her
wise economical programme now forbid.
in, hp
,ini,e 70 show YOU ana to show the
world that her gloriously chequered ca
raor instead of impairine our vitality has
retempered the ever-elastic steel of our
national fibre and concentrated and dl-
rected all its latent energies toward the
modern conquests Of progress labor and
civilization to which the city of ST. Louis
is now erecting temple worthy of the