The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-10

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Gov. Joseph NJ.
Brown tonight at the Taft banquet
responded to the toast, Georgia. 3"
4ie said:
Mr.. Chairman, Mr.. President Taft
and Other Gentlemen of Georgia and
Ter Sister States: In responding to
the toast Georgia" l will only refer
10 the fact that this Empire State
Of the South has the greatest land
area of any state east of the Mis-
alsSippi river; that her population is
the greatest of any southern state
east of that grand river; that she
produces more cotton than any state
Of equal area in the world: that Sa-
pannah. her greatest seaport, exports
more cotton than any other port on
Tie Atlantic ocean, and the greatest
amount of naval stores of any port
IN the world; that she has more rail-
road mileage than any other south
eYn state east of Texas, which has
TOUR times her area; that Georgia
marble is used for building state cap
]tols upwards of 900 miles beyond
her borders; that the Georgia peach
and Georgia watermelon shipped in
thousands of carloads, are the stand
ards Of excellence in America; that
she produces greater variety of
combined mineral and resources. of
fruits of the orchard, quarry, forest
and held. i'll large quantities, every
chapter of American achievement.
prefer to dwell for a few mo-
mentS rather upon her people than
upon her area, her soil, climate, and
material productions.
The Georgian is self-reliant, law
towing and brave. He originated at
and near Savannah in the combina-
SION of the charity-doing Englishman
and the God-serving Salzburger. He
mas developed on the lines of enter
Prise, courage. generosity and devO-
non 10 the ideals of culture and the
haoral Sraces. He is in general con-
-ervative At times he is taken off
his feet by impulse but invariably
he RECEIVERS himself by the sober
second thought and, if he finds that
Re has done anyone an injustice in
me hour of his unbalancing he hast
Ems to restore to the injured one his
@wn four-fold multiplied In other
@ords. justice is the handspring of
bis character, and he not only de-
lands but will enforce fair play.
And that enforcement of fair play
y based upon his innate reverence
Tor the law a reverence which ex-
acts of the individual citizen ODE
6ience to its mandates for peace. pro-
lection and good order and of the
officer the performance of duty even
though that performance, through
sympathy, brings to him a heart
tragedy scarcely second to that which
Drostrates the souls of the loved ones
Of the malefactor upon whom the
law demands that that officer shall
enforce its just decree
Now, speaking of the Georgians
collectively, let me say that i'm no
other American state is there a great
EFF, in fact, as great-proportion
II evangelical church members as in
mis- commonwealth, of which We are
20 justly proud. In no state is there
more homogeneous thought; and this
: not strange happening, for in
scarcely any state is there so great
a proportion of its population of the
JnmiXed stock which fought with
varying success at Cowpens Camden.
Savannah and Kings mountain and
'riumphed with Washington at York
town. Hence, in no state have Jeffer-
sons ideals of local government
been more jealousy and vigorously
safeguarded.
In no state do the masses in the