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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, JANUARY 3, 1882.
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thousand dollars. It is safe to say that the
exposition will certainly wind up with its
debts paid, owing no man a dollar and with
out having called for an extra assessment on ;
the stock. It is possible that there may be a '
Tory small percentage to return to the’stock
ed ptswere concerned 1 , The exhibits in the I
exjiosition were hardly in working order oe- ]
fore the 15tli of November, at aisiut ■
gurated A pi It 20th. anil opened to the public Octo
ber oth, will have been accomplished. •
. . , Whatever merits it has pos.-esred, whatever influ-
... ,, _5 , , ■ - , ■ ■ — *• * encegi. has wielded, whatever benefits ft has cosi-
tnue the railroads reduced their ra.es to one 'erred, and whatever success it has achieved, must
cent a nnle. From this point the crowds he- j culminate with ibis occasion. ’ These matters, and
gan to gtow and from November 20l!i to lie- : all else that may be predicated ufcon it, rest wholly
carrying out of the experiment^of a world's ] the exposition,
fair in the south. The exposition has been j The exposition closed on December 31st, as
mio e -fill in all practical points—beyond j advertised, the receipts for the last day not
what any subscriber dared to hope for when ! being as large as were expected.
he subscribed. Secondly, if there should be j
anything at all returned on tbe stock it will I The Effect »f ttr Erporitl—.
he received as an unexpected l>ui welcome | The effect of the exposition cun hardly be
dividend. summed up as yet. That it lias brought a
We repeat that these figures are
but general, that we do not
get them from any officer o
ill exposition. While they may be relied
»n as approximately correct we desire that
they go lorth as our figures and not as those
of the treasurer or of the committee.
T
,
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he said
that the cost
tail »
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of
At] anti
have been literally
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hr
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great amount of money into Atlanta, cannot
he denied. Estimating that there have been
200,000 visitors, they have brought perhaps
two million dollars into the city. Tbe great
est benefit, h iwcvt r, tiiat our merchants
have liad ,s in the shopping th t
has been done by he visitors. The re
am:, CHAKA
AXIOMS.
Putting the gate receipts at $100,too, which
is a fair estimate on the figures, and we see
that we have lmd about a. quarter of a million
visitors at the exposition. At 50 cents each,
one hundred thousand dollars would give
■-hr i.OOO people. It must be remembered, how
ever, that on several days children were ad
mitted at ti’i cents and ’that in many cases
schools and colleges were passed in at these
reduced rates and that every day during the
exposition hundreds of children were carried
in through tbe gates l,y their parents without
paying for them at all. There must be added
to this a large number of complimentary tick
ets, of tickets to employes and exhibitors, of
which it is said there were over five thousand
issued, and invitations for the opening and
closing exercises and for special days du
ring the three months. It is safe to
say, we think, * that a quarter of a
million rieople witnessed the cotton exposi
tion. The size of this crowd is really its
smallest element of importance. Jt is doubt
ful if ever so large a proportion of distin
guished men—of practical, earnest men seek
ing for information—and of representative
men from all classes and all sections were
gathered together in a crowd five times as
large as this. A recapitulation of some of the
most distinguished delegations and peopie
who came to the fair will show what we
mean.
-First, the legislatures of three states—Ken
tucky. Tennessee and South Carolina—ad
journed by resolution and came in a body to
visit the exposition. Second, tbe press con
ventions of six southern states adjourned
by resolution and met at Atlanta.
Third, the governors who attended
the exposition were as follows: Gov
ernors Bigelow, of Connecticut; lJlackburn,
of Kentucky, 11 ay good, of South Carolina,
Bloxhant, of Florida, Hoyt, of Pennsylvania,
Weston, of Massachusetts. Jarvis, of North
<Carolina, and Hawkins, of Tennessee. Among
the United States senators present were Sena
tors Morrill, of Vermont, Uamscy, of Wiscon
sin, Pugh and Morgan, of Alabama, Slater,
of Oregon, Vance, of North Carolina, Voor-
liecs, of Indiana, Call, o£ Florida, and Brown
and Hill, of Georgia. Among other promi
nent people present wcreex-Governors Jewell,
of Connecticut. Bishop, of Ohio, Carlisle, of
Kentucky, and Bonham, of South Caro
lina, and ex-.Ministrr Maynard. Ex-Min
ister Hilliard, Director-General Go-
sliorn of the centennial, Commissioner
boring, Mr. Edward Atkinson and others.^
i. Ik. nv.l delegations from the New
^r.gf!flWTtnooifa( lo.ers' association, nnlecting
<>f 'the Southern manufacturers’ convention
ami a meeting of the National Cotton Plant
ers' association, a convention of the mayors of
southern cities and many other conventions
of special representative people.
,*>. A large crowd of representative planters
and manufacturers, capitalists and merchants
from the north and south came to the expo
sition to inform themselves as to
the resources of the south, the
temper of its people and the chances
for investment and the need of capital. It
was notable that frequently parties would
come in a single special car who represented
from ten to a hundred millions of cap
ital—that one delegation of spinners who
came represented hne-fifth of the entire spin
dles of the United States—or that one distin-
dca.br' in the com. try and small towns com-
j.ki.r.ing that then c.atiomers have done their
shopping in Atlanta for the present season,
and have left tin m with the first goods that
they bought still on ban 1, si that tiie Christ
mas demand 'r >m the country that has here
tofore traded with Atlanta has been very
sm ill. Our dealers, however, say tiiat they
have gained enough in new customers from
sections that have never before dealt
with Atlanta to more than com
pensate for the loss, and they agree that the
exp iM'.i.in bias done Kiern, much good. We
learn that there is some complaint in smaller
towns outside of Atlanta, but we feel certain
that this complaint is not well founded The
country people who did their shopping ii At-
lanta*when they take their goods home will
stimulate a demand for the same class of
goods among tl.eir neighbors and the country
merchants will have hotter trade on this ac
count.
THE WESTERN AMI) ATI.ANTIC RAILROAD.
The Western and Atlantic road has sold
between three liundrd thousand and four
hundred ttlousand tickets to and from Ogle
thorpe park, counting both ways. They have
carried a large proportion of tiiosc who paid
to go into the exposition gates and nearly
all of tlie four or live thousand deadheads,
who went to and from the park very fre
quently. We understand that tlicir figures
will run to about 350,000 tickets. They made
ample accommodations for carrying the
crowd and have been satisfied with the result.
guisbed delegation of planters would cover
the cultivation of a half million bales of cot
ton, >«r that one occasion would bring together
representatives of nearly every leading news
paper in America. In short, the character of
the crowds rather than tbeiifdze, that Atlanta
ami the south should congratulate themselves
on, although in point of numbers the crowd
was much larger than was expected. It was a
notable fact that there was a less attendance
from the other cities of Georgia than
hits ever been given to an _ exposij
tion in any city before by its neighbors.
Whereas the centennial got &> per cent of its
receipts from within a radius ot one hundred
miles, it is questionable if the cotton exposi
tion did not get more than half its receipts
from outside.of the state of Georgia, as every
southern state showed more interest in the
exposition than did the state of Georgia.
THE ADDRESSES AND EXERCISES.
Possibly the best thing done by the exposi
tion was the building of Judges' hall. The
Constitution has said before that if the expo
sition had only brought out tlie addresses that
were delivered in Judges’ hall and the meet
ings that have been held there, it would liav
been worth all the trouble and money
expended on it. In the Judges’ hall, aside
from the conventions that were held there
were addresses delivered on special subjects as
follows: Edward Atkinson, Commissioner
l.oi ing, (two addresses),Professor C. V. Riley
address on the killing of the cotton worm
Colonel F. 1). Moulton.president outlie Inter-
tional dairy association. Colonel F. C. More
bead, president of the National cotton plan
tors' association. General Henry R. Jackson
and General W. T. Sherman. The openinj
exercises consisted of speeches by Senators
Vance and Voorlices, and Governor Colquitt
Director-General Kimball,music under tuedi
reetion of Mr. C. M. Cady,and a poem by Mr.
Paul II. Hayiie, and prayer by Bishop Elliott.
In lliis hall also addresses were made by all
the visiting governors and senators.
Tfcc Kun of the
THE OPENING DAYS AND UXG DAYS.
The exposition opened on the 5th of Octo
ber. Tlie crowd was large but so many com
plimentary tickets bad been issued that the
receipts only amounted to about two thou
sand dollars. After this the receipts fell off
as the exposition was not yet completed and
for a week tlio receipts were nominal. The
lowest day’s rceeip’ts were, we believe about
three hundred dollars. The highest day’s re
ceipts were a little over four thousand dol
lurs. On no day was five thousand dollars
taken In at the gates. There were several
days that run above three thousand dollars
and. we believe, the receipts of one week
touched about $17,000. The larg
est single day was Planters’ day
and tiie week in which th'i
occurred was the largest week. The weathe
was excellent, with a day or two's exception
until the last two weeks when almost every
other day was a bad one. This nutdea falling
off in the receipts. It was expected that
thirty thousand dollars would lie taken in
during the last two weeks, hut the actual re
ceipts did not reach twenty thousand. Freed
man's day was a complete failure as far as re-
TIip CloKi't,- Exercise*.
No event of the exposition was more signa /
y successful than the closing exercise? on yes.
terday. The programme had been carefully
prepared'and was well adapted in all its parts
to commemorate one of the grandest achieve
ments of the times. Tlie day had been looked
forward to from the first with apprehension;
latterly, with regret. But the event w:c> in
evitable, the exposition bud run its limit, had
accomplished its full purpose and bad wreath
ed itself with the praises of nu n of all sections.
When the great bell summoned the people
to hear the last tributes to its glory and to
listen to the knell of its existence, a great
concourse of distinguished guests, exhibitors
and visitors filled every available space in the
Judges’ bull and presented to the eye one of
the most brilliant audiences ever assembled
in Georgia.
The officials of the exposition entered in
two lines, the one head ed by Governor Col
quitt, president of the exposition; the other
headed by Director-General Kimball. They
took seats assigned them upon the platform
in the order designated upon the diagram
published yesterday. By this arrangement
the public bad before _ them in one
array the men who had conceived, prepared,
inaugurated and conducted to its sublime suc
cess this great display of American products
and industries. To look upon them was to at
once recognize ill their intelligent countc-
anccs and sturdy demeanor the forces which
ad enabled to achieve for themselves and tlie
south so great a work and so distinguished
honors.
OPENING PRAYER.
When the grand inarch had been conclud
ed and order prevailed throughout the hall,
Bishop Henry AV. Warren, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, was introduced. In an im
pressive and eloquent manner he thanked Al
mighty God for the favor He had shown this
people and their underrating; and besought
from Him a continuance of His mercies
and the sanctification of this great work to
thegood of humanity ant] the glory of heaven.
“am erica”
was then sung by the chorus of a hundred
voices, accompanied by the orchestra, the
audience assisting. The effect of the grand
patriotic liyiun was fairly electrical, and from
the moment of its conclusion tlie enthusiasm
of tbe audience caught lire and kept ablaze
throughout the ceremonies.
sarily defended almost entirely noon the judg
ments and management of gentlemen unused to
such enterprises, and Inexperienced in their myri
ad details. Though bom of well aimed enUiusicsm
i. depended wholly for support upon the voluntary
subscriptions of its friends in many and widely
separated parts of the country. It received no bo
nus from the city, and no bounty from the state,
inn tiie countenance which the people’s represen
tatives i rased, has fortunately been accorded by
their chief magistrate, sustained and applauded by
the r- of-le themselves. [Applause.
Amid all the doubts and tears, the trials and dis
couragements of the wotlc of preparation, the exec
utive committee and officers have kept their eyes
single to the great purposes of this exposition, and
tl.gir hands ready for any labor that tended to their
, fullest consummation; feeling that they were on
exhibition and trial even more critically than any
c- i-.i-l garnered here, and it is a proud reward to
n. -.-m, tolmve often heard from this platform and
e! .. where generous acclamations of their gratified
leUow citizens. ; Applause. 1
The grand, central idea of this exposition—the
main snail to which hits been belted every wheel
that has worked for its success—is concentrated in
the one word, ••improvement!’’ Improvement of
the knowledge of the people as to the great re
sources at their coiuntar.il, as to the best imple
ments nr.d machines, inventive genius has contriv
ed for their development; as to the most approved
methods of converting 'crude wealth into retired
wealth; as to the avenues of labor through which
they might march out of the bondage of poverty,
iuto tne freedom of industrial, commercial and
financial prosperity: and better than all else, im
provement oi the- fraternal and patio;:-? spirit that
us becoming to a people of a common heritage
and a common destiny. [Applause.]
The splendid opportunities for, and far reaching
results In, these line of improvement here offered,
and hence to be recognized, are beyond enumera
tion or calculation on this occasion. IVhat Ameri
can ingenuity has adapted to the demands of Amer
ican industries, productive and creative, has here
been shown more abundantly, and in a higher de
cree than ever before in the history of the country.
[Applause.]
It will not be called invidious if I here refer to
two pertinent and important facts developed by the
holding of this exposition, it lots been show n by
the most rigid scrutiny of scores of cotton ginning
devices, ingenious either for their simplicity or
their complexity, that when Eli Whitney gave to
the cotton producers of America and tiie world
that ingenious machine of which tlie model has
beeu a distinguished feature of this display, he be
queathed them a great principle in mechanism.
Every other cotton gin is but a modification, or am
plification, of Whitney’s principle. This fact
alone constitutes a valuable discovery aud en
hances in no small measure the fame of an
American inventor, whose labors raised liyu to
the rank of a benefactor, and whose name should
be blessed in every home of civilization. [Ap
plause ]
In the other case, there has here been brought to
the attention of the cotton producers of tbe world
a recent invention that is likely to be as grand a
gift as the cotton gin was when it first revolution
ized tlie industry. I refer to the cotton cleaner,
which under the direction of the best experts and
manufacturers in America, has been declared the
best device ever invented for the accomplishment
of a universally desired cud, and has been awarded
the grand prize of this exposition. It Is a triumph
I.ETTKBS OF REGRET.
Mr. J. W. Ryekntnn, secretary of the expo
sition, then came forward and read tiie follow-
ins; letters of compliment and regrets:
Washington. I), c., December 22, 1881.—Hon. II.
. Kimball. Atlanta—Dear Sir: It is a source of sin
cere regret with me that I am not able to visit your
cotton exposition in response to the very cordial in
vitation with which I have been honored. The
pressure of publifc and private engagements has
rendered it impossible.
•I congratulate the people of Georgia and of the
whole country ujs.n tue great success that has at
tended the enterprise. It is evidence of a recon
struction of material pro perky throughout the
south that is gratifying to every patriotic man.
Good government is essential to prosperity among
the people, and in truth, prosperity among the peo
ple is the safest guaranty of good government. Dis
content will always breed disorder. Contentment
upholds the reign of law.
For fort* years preceding the late war the north
ern and sontnern jwople were continually growing
apart, with different aims and different interests,
cherishing defferect hopes and looking to different
destinies, la the lost few yams they have been
coming together arid it is safe to say that no time
since- the slavery agitation of ls-jo. have they been
as closely united and us cordially related as to-day.
We have a stronger, hr stder, deeper patriotism and
a loltier and worthier pride in the citizenship of
the great republic. We have one country, and it is
our country.
’From Maine to Georgia" once typefied the ex
tremes of the union as it did the extremes of antag
onism. Maine ami Georgia can now interchange
visits in a single week and—let there be no strife be
tween us, "for we be brethren.”
Sincerely vours.
Janes g. Blaine.
IIeATM}carters Army of the United States. Wash
ington, 1). (’., Dee. 27. 1SS1—II. I. Kimball. Director
General. Atlanta, Ga.—Mv dear sir:—1 beg to ac
knowledge reeoipt of your kind invitation to the
Closing ceremonies of the International cotton ex
position, to come off at Oglethorpe park on the Ulst
inst., and to regret that it will be impossible ior me
to be present. 1 am just back from a trip to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., aud find matters - f business
will occupy every minute of my time to the meet
ing of Congress. I congratulate you on the emi
nent success which has attended your labors, and
atn sure that the results of this exposition in At
lanta will exercise a beneficent national influence
for years to come. “Peace hath her victories no
less renowned than war," and this is your victory-
wishing you and all as-ociated with you in this
great enterprise a lot g life in which to reap the full
reward for past labors, I am. with great respect,
your friend, W. T. Sherman. General.
Washington, December 31.—H. I. Kimball. At
lanta. Us.: 1 congratulate yon on the success of the
Atlanta exposition, and am confident it will stimu
late industry infthis country, as it hasicreatcd a new
bond of union. It will beonrollod amongthe most
important expositions if modern t in*'. -
Ueoroe it. Losing.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
THE DIRECTOR (lEMKHAL’s ADDRESS.
Director General Kimball next came for
ward, and in a calm and impressive manner
summed up the proceedings and results of
tiie exposition in tne following eloquent ad
dress:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: When
this day’s work is done, and yonder bell has sound
ed for the final stopping of the vast liues of ma
chinery, the international cotton exposition, inau-
of patient endeavor, and as it is destined to bring
untold millions of wealth to the producers of cot
ton, so should if bring wealth, a::d fame, and bles
sing? of the nr.ti’jii upon the head of its now
distinguished inventor. [Applause.]
in closing this great enterprise, I have to thank
most profoundly on its behalf, all those generou;
and enterprising fellow countrymen wuo have
contributed so largely to its existence, its excellen
cies and its uneqthlled success. These thanks are
due to our frienus in the several cities of the union,
who so liberally aided us in its inauguration: to
tiie cressuf the conn try thathas, in so cnar.ict eristic
public spirit held u p our hands and heralded our
cause; and to the exhibitors, who, r.i so great ex
pense and yet. with so free good will and einula
tion. have within our gates and constituted within
these buildings an exhibition second only tootle ju
our hisiory, aud never before surpassed as a purelv
and representative American disylay. [Applause.]
To these latter I may he permitted to add, tltav
while all have not been honored by awatds, yet
they have been rewarded, and will yet attain their
triumphs. ’J hey have learned here profitable les
sons. The defects discovered will be remedied;
the demands of tlie people and the times will be
supplied, and the man who-failed here, aud profits
most by the ascertained causes of his defeat, will
lead the way to victory when he meets his rivals in
another industrial tournament. There is left here
no reasons for discouragement; indeed, no man
who has participated in this event, has cause to feel
other than dignified by that fact, aud ptoud of the
magnificent success, by him in part, achieved. [Ap
plause.]
I ctttiuot conclude without referring to the untir
ing labors of the executive committee, to the effi
cient co-operation aud assistance of my co-officials,
to the faithful and unceasing work of my personal
staff, all of which commands my highest apprecia
tion, respect and esteem. The thought ami labor
necessary for the accomplishment of our purposes
can never be known or understood, and it is not of
importance that it should. Our reward is in the
conscientiousness of the confidence placed in us,
and in the fact that while we have had to deal with
thousands of exhibitors, and hundreds oi thous
ands of visitors, our duty has been performed, and
our labors ended without the recording of a single
accident, disturbance or unpleasant occurrence.
[Applause.]
W ith these exerc ises this exposition will be end
ed, and vet it has hut just begun. Looking beyond
these walls and gates over upon the the great for
ests, the widening fields, the thriving cities, the
throbbing rivers and the gold bearing mountains of
our God given country, who can measure the
beneficent effects of this exposition? Who, after
failing to estimate the results upon our productions
and our industries, cau hope to weigh the influences
it has east upon the hearts of the people. From
every part of this land they have met aud mingled
here, as they have never met and mingled before,
the humble’citizen and the exalted representatives
alike, to speak the common language of amity; fra
ternity and patriotism. To me the grandest eulo-
gium that could be pronounced upon this finished
work would be—will be—that as we leave these
scenes to day we hear with its, wheresoever we may
go, the ark of a new covenant between brethren in
all tne rights aud rewards of American citizenship.
[Continued applause.]
“ night’s shade no longer.”
Misses Cady and LaHatte and Messrs. Toy
wnd Hinman", as an admirably balanced quar
tette, then rendered, with tlie assistance of a
semi-chorus, tlie beautiful selection from Ros
sini's works, the words of whicii had peculiar
significance on this occasion. I’he selection
was most capitally rendered and heartily ap
plauded. It began as follows:
•* Night's shade no longer nature entrances.
Darkness retiring, hastens away;
Beaming with brightness, morning advances,
Smiling with pleasure, hastens the day.”
The address expected from United States
Senator Joseph E. Brown, of this state, and
first president of tlie exposition, was not de
livered because of a severe hoarseness and
soretliroat, which attacked tiie senator aud
rendered his speaking in public an impossi
bility. Tiie absence of himself and his ad
dress were both greatly regretted.
“the new south.”
Mr. Frank H. Norton, tlie brilliant young
journalist and poet of New York, was nest in
troduced. He delivered in stirring style and
with dramatic verve, the following beautiful
tribute to “The New South.”
In those days there were giants theme sublime,
To carve upon the annals of al! time.
Men who rank high for valor and renown:
Who bore the cross, and now who wear the crown.
No section claims them; though in life their breath
Was yours, or ours—all mount alike their death.
In those days there were giants. lists the race
Run out? Left they not in their place
Others with wills as firm, with hearts as true?
The answer meets us when we turn to you.
O, sovereign harmonies of peaceful life!
More potent than the bugle-cry of strife.
Peace hath her victories as well as War:
And lo! Where’er we turn her trophies are.
We stand to-day between the Old and New:
The Past Is dead—the Future full in yiew.
Behind, the Deluge—but before, the Sun
Gilds with his light your glories one by one.
’Tis bnt a step from Fairmount's hill and vale,
Where ourfirst Century rehearsed its tale:
To Oglethorpe, where, leaping from tbe Bast.
You, by your work, a woad’rous Future cast.
A»ntury forward we must look to-day.
What beacon-lights are here to illttre our vray?
No more the corroding germs of lingering hate,
With grim foreboding, on our journey wait
Thank God! Right here, where sullen armies stood.
Ye plant the seed of blessed brotherhood.
Hail! Georgia, Hail! Thine act we consecrate.
Now let the Union greet the grand old state
That, flinging b ack the een'ury that is spent.
Opes the Gate City of the Con tinent.
Unbars the doors, behind which rallying stands
The New South
To blot from off the land the “color-line.”
These are thy gifts. O God! now let us see
How the investment is returned to thee.
The NcwSi uth—’hrobbing with a thousand thrills,
As mighty impulse brain and bosom tills:
Restless wi h marvellous schemes that burst to birth
.-hall s’ir with pliant potency the earth.
The w bids b -1 wait to waft a myriad sails
Aud bridge the seas iiom^li her iron rails.
liow the mysterious though* by magic grew!
The builders"huilded wiser than they knew.”
Not in the soil alone the seed is seen. '
Though half the fields be white, amt half be green;
! '-r Lo! the hunt of wheels, and hissing steam
Shull wake a thousand factories from their dream.
Look to your laurels, ye,, who point with pride
To whining mills by arery liver side
In England—old aud new! Behold! your peer
Confronts you now—the germ of conquest near.
While, from the bursting granaries of the west,
The corn shall seek the route—tiiat suits it best.
And why not thus? There's room enough for all.
North, east and west, responsive to the call.
The- growing burden oi the world must bear;
The south is ready to assume iter share.
The test oi power is here. These glowing days.
That nil our hearts with pride—our souls amaze.
And half I see. o’er all this sunny hind.
Where now primeval forests lonely stand.
A million homes, “sweet" us the poet sings; •
While every valley to the church bell rings.
And half I mark the sigh, like a caress,
Of woman, melting it; her tenderness.
Viewing, with nil * woman's power of pride,
Son, hust-aud, brother, manly by her side.
Noting,tvitti joy, that they this deed have wrought,
Aud, out of chaos, have a new world brought.
The signs are here, and “he who runs may read.”
Go leap tiie harvest, ye who sow the seed!
Here is the dignity that sways the earth.
The man that is usurps the place of birth.
I.u'oo- is r.oble—if ye make it so;
Bchoid! how grandly, now, your labors show.
t pause a moment, where ye waiting stand;
Sons of our common mother—this fair land!
Wide roll the sea beyond each nigged shore;
i t binds us close together—us before. ,
Whom God hath isolated thus, his will
Meant to be brothers ever—be so still.
COLONEL SRECICENRIEGE's ADDRESS.
Governor Colquitt then introduced tiie
distinguished orator of the day, Colonel
William 0. P. Bracken ridge, of Ken
tucky. Colonel Bracken ridge, with tiiat
fire and force, tiiat wealth of rhetoric and
richness of imagery, which tnako his elo
quence uutsteruii, held the vast audience en
tranced throughout the entire delivery of liis
address. It was a grand effort and deserved
the opulence of praise and applause with
which it was rewarded.
“Tlx curfew tolls the knell of parting day;
th; dear old year lingers for us to crown its
honored course. The dear old year, with all
h ts memories and all its fruits, is about to pass
into history and with it, on its last day, pass
es away in finished activity this great Expo
sition.' We do not ring the bell and let tiie
curtain down, and put out tlie lights
and turn away as. from a passing play. It is
not thus that tlie three month’s labor since
it was opened and the months of labor that
preceded its opening, arc to pass out of our
hearts, but like the blessed dead its works do
follow it. [Applause.]
We do not know to day; we cannot foresee
standing in the midst of’tlie mere sowing of
tlie seed, viewing the new plowed ground
over which the harrow but yesterday passed,
the harvest that will be gathered from these
severe months of sowing. We know tlie SOwers
went forth with tears, that they laboriously
turned the virgin sod, and endured the sweat
of these days of sowing, but standing here
in this new turned field and trying
to look forward to that harvest-day there are
many lessons we may gather up and garner
in our hearts.
One that strikes me at the beginning is that
our gratitude is due to whomsoever they may
be wiio were tlie originators, the projectors, of
tliis great exposition, and under whose labors
its success has been made. As far as my
knowledge goes, no such exposition has ever
been made a success under such circum
stances. Here in a city of 40,000 people, and
in the heart of a spareely populated state,
witere there is not much accumulated
wealth, there suddenly, as if by magic, sprang
up these vast, these almost multitudinous
buildings, lilied with busy and prosperous life,
and the whole made a triumphant and glo
rious succtss. Honor be to hint who thought
of it! to those who laid its foundations, and
honor be to him and his associates who wrought
its success! [Great applause.]
And as you walk through this busy scene,
as vou try to gather thoughts from that which
lias been brought here from every part of this
fair land, and from foreign climes across tlie
seas, there conies this glorious and precious
thought: We are of one race, however much
we may be divided! [Applause.]
We are all of one blood! God hath made
of one blood all the nations of men and we
do belong to tiie brotherhood of man; ar.d
wherever there be a man who shows me the
product of liis brain and of the sweat of liis
toil there 1 recognize a brother and give
thanks for tlie brotherhood! [Applause.]
Tliis is tlie fundamental ' postulate of
all true progress; tliis is tlie
primal truth of all true thinking: we arc of
one Wood! This is is to be the lesson that
is to be put into our hearts as the foundation
stone of the superstructure of profit we are to
gather in these closing hours of the exposi
tion. The other thought is like unto it. We
are. by that same God, divided into nations
and peoples as far as is consistent with
tlie unity of tlie race is tlie diversity of peo-
S les. We are come to our own people in this
ay; we. live not in other places, and we are
not of another blood, or for another time.
Like tlie Jewish queen, for us there is but one
day, and it is our day if we hut come up to
the measure of our great opportunities. [Ap
plause.]
The second thought is tiiat while every
country has in ggiiCTinn given to this expo
sition sonic ofvfSSmits, it is nevertheless an
American exposition,.jud of American glory
and pregnant witlSgueeious hopes for Ameri
can prosperity! [Apph.use.]
Ah, my friends, if no oilier thought could
be gathered from these tiiree months of labor
here; if nothing else came from tlie confluent
gathering here of streams of people from all
parts of the country than tlie mere bringing
of those peopie closer together, then all the
money and toil expended would have a most
rich and abundant success. I am not one
of those who gusli about bridging over
, the “bloody chasm”—of tilling it up.
I did not believe tiiat was a matter to be hur
ried. I knew tiiat out of tiiat struggle had
grown deep feelings and estrangements; tiiat
with graves of the fallen heroes everywhere
with ruined homes and tlie desolation of tbe
land of the south, and with empty chairs and
vacant places in tlie million homes of the
north; that with memories so tender and
memories so bitter, with suf
ferings burnt like with a hot iron into so
nianv hearts and with resentments surging
within them like waters of bitterness, we
could not rush into each other's arms at once
and call each other brother. I knew tiiat im
time it would come—come like the
gentle falling ot the dew and with the rolling
away of time; with those of us who had
fought those battles gradually dying out and
vounger men taking our places. I knew tli
lutions.ordoanyof those things that come un
der the head of American gush and buncombe •
but by the side of what lias come out of the
mountains of North Carolina; by the side of
a section of a giant tree from a Georgia forest;
by the side of cotton from tlie fielus of Ala
bama and Mississippi, so spun and woven as
to make men comfortable; by tiie fruits of
Florida, by the gray moss that
drapes the city of the dead
at Savannah, by tlie products of the fields of
Arkansas, these men come together and out
fall their hearts come the exclamation:
These are tlie fruits of my country in which
my children also hare a share!” (Applause.)
They met, parted, and went their sev
eral ways homeward, feeling toward each
other and tiie country an emotion of pride
and patriotism: that we were not as black as
we had been painted on cither side. \Ye
found that tiie "yankee” was not so bad r.
man as we liad supposed?—that even a “Sher
man bummer” in peace could be a very clever
business gentleman; and they found that
even a Georgia fellow who fought them al
over this historic soil was a good fellow to go
in “cahoots” with in a cotton manufactory.
[Laughter and applause.] As they went tlicir
ways each man carried pleasant memories
with him, and around his family table to tlie
listening ears of liis children he told
what he had seen and heard in
in this famed southern country. He told
them of the fruits of tlie far south and of tlie
gold of Georgia, of tlie rice of Carolina and
the cotton of Mississippi, and he intermingled
with'tjie story tlie fact that this was where
such a great man died; that tli s
came from Chickamunga—immortal name!
—and this came from where McPherson
and Walker died—immortal gcius in t he coro
net of a nation’s glory! [Great applause.]
And weaving his story in with these names
liis boy had read of in liis country’s history,
lie put into each lieirt a new feeling toward
this south of GUI’s! Everywhere in the north
and west are new generations of children
who feel differently toward us than they did
three months ago. Oh, sir (turning to Dircc-
tor-Gencral Kimball), if you never do a
greater work for your country than this, vonr
children can still write across your tombstone:
“My father did not live in vain!” [Applause.]
But there is another kindred thought that
grows out of it. Shall this story have fruition
at some near future day? On some oilier
evening of a closing year when some other
one more eloquent than 1 is summing up the
results of another exposition shall he say that
the problem here submitted is a successfully
solved one? We are like unto children to
whom only the data of a problem is given.
It is a magnificent, but august prob
lem. I have read during the
past few months, with a certain degree of
pride and with a certain degree of protest,
about a new south. We are not a new race
in a new field beginning to cultivate a new
crop. Nay. nay; we are the inheritors of a
glorious ancestry. [Applause.] All that is
truly immortal is of the past and wc are part
of a long, long past and will be part of a long,
’ . W
ihrobbiug the dorm ml might ol the great Titans
that are enthroned in ;hai \-i.n building, nc knew
that wc nilirtat roi.ifi-.'tly claim »-f the public to have
— v '"’ a triumph though wc might not happen
to win it.
. o. m»uy days, as you well know, this great en
terprise bung trembling In the balance: but at t.i>t
through all gradations of gloom and changing fm-
luno. we saw with bounding |.uls.-s the leap w hich
this child of cur hearts took iuiu the clear sunlight
of magnificent success.
Without htM«t or exultation, we put on the liar-
■n's-. Witn pride and joy iu this ho.ir we now lay
it aside.
Why should we not rejoice? What sh-uheian—
what specialist—what travelled, practical man
of business—what learned political economist—
" hat man of sticutv ean stand itt
diis presence and declare that this array of phj: i-
cal power—this wilderness of treasures which in
endie-s mate lie revealed in these structures, is not
to hint a grand surprise! The mind is oppress- d by
"embarrassment of riches.” aud who can wonder
that the b'ss fortunate of states and kingdoms ac
cuse us of self complacency and vainglory.
Great ns is the knowledge which tli is exposition
lias sent broadcast over tlie wotid of our resources
and material possibilities, it is out ranked bv tbe
glorious results whieli cave been secured
by three months’ close and unre
served communion of hearts and minds.
The sterling worth of American character has - '. ly
brightened under the attrition of friendly con
tact
*iere let me sav in the solemnity of this parting
hour that we cherish the li- lu-f that not since the
days of ’74 when the pressure of mortal peril un
ited nil hearts, has fraternal.- ympathy so abounded,
so diffused itself among our ; e- vie as at this very
hour. Here we came togeiber i.ispircd-hy the pur
est motives ar.d purposes. Not one oblique or un
worthy influence actuated us. it was good,
and good iu all ildngs that we sought
and TTcaveu lias signally blessed our enterprise
so nobly inagurated.
:t the vetdtet which tens of thousands of nd-
uiting witnesses have pronounced upon the w on
derful courage and industry of the guiding spirit of
this grand enterprise, and the fidelity and intelli
gence of his faithful eo laborers be ratified by us in
this closing hour.
Now, before 1 shall pronounce the word that shall
till forever the busy and ever tueinotnbft sceuc
iba* lies before our eyes, let me, i:i behalf of every
patriot who shares with 'ts the hope and joy hf a
united peopie. beseech Unit each contributor to this
great display will give a solemn pledge
that he will be true to the kindly impulses
born of this exposition, and that he will promote
ami defend a union of hearts of the north and the
south—of the east and the west, in this covenant
the oflicers of this exposition do most heartily
unite, and may all the people say, amen.
•And now in tlie joy of the triumphant conclu
sion of our labors—in the full hope and confidence
of tiie grand results yet to be realized, 1 give <he
signal which announces to the world that the in
ternational cotton exposition is at au end.
Governor Colquitt then said he wouid give
the signal for the final stoppage of the great
engines of the exposition—for the ending of
the vast enterprise, and thereby declare tbe
exposition of i.SSi at an end.
He then touched the electric switch under
his hand and the great hell outside at exactly
3:18 p.m. struck three loud and, it seemed Ui
all, mournful strokes in token of
the close of the great exposition.
This signal was greeted with prolonged
applatsse and answered hy the din of a hun
dred stcani whistles, bells and gongs in all
parts of the buildings and grounds.
TnK DOXOLOGY •
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even we, in the masterful contests for bread
and for power would in time come nearer to
each other; that with our children growing up
at our knees and we turning our eyes into
their futures and away from our past would
gradually grow together again. [Applause,]
I was voung enough myself, after that war
ended' that, while I loved the south with a
passionate love and was willing to die for her
an v where in these forests between
here and Dalton—I was young
enough, I say. to project myself
into the future of niy children, and I could
see that after these days of strife, of subjec
tion, of reconstruction, a new republic would
, arise, and that we would become more gio-
1 rious unified, compact than we were when
we tried to rend the union in twain. [Great
i applause.] To-day I see that promise bej
; ing fulfilled. This exposition has lielp-
i ed the work niore than my powers of thought
tren’gth and Justice in her hands. ! and language"ean express. It has brought the
. , „ i men of tht south and tlie men of tlie north.
Strength to upturn the »qd—a senate sway; ] »j le men of the east and tlie men of the west
Passions assuage; yet give die Forces play,
justice—forgetting not “Vengeance is mine”
long future. ’ We stand, a link unbrok
en, and never -to be broken, between
the ihemories, the fruits, the glories, as well
as the follies of the past, and the hopes and
prospects and destinies of the future. [Ap
plause.]
Colonel Brcekenrklgc proceeded in eloquent
style to elaborate his admiration not to forget
the great and goodViecds of the past, and said:
“Let us remember we are part of tlie past,
and there is to be no new south in the sense
of forgetting what has been 'lone for us and
those who died fur us!” [Applause.]
In another sense, said lie, this is a New
South. We have passed into a new era and
the problem presented to us is a new one. At
tlie forefront of it is the query: Can we take
this race that, by tiie providence of God was
■at witli us as slaves and by war were
tade freemen and make it like
ourselves, a happy and contented
race? As 1 walked through these buildings
one of my thoughts was: Are we worthy to
take up this problem—we and our children
after us? Can we of the south take these
twelve millions of whites and four million of
negroes, and in that future before us create
system in which both shall, be de
veloped to the highest capacity
that each is capable of attaining?
That is wliat wc have got to do, and I desire
to say here in Georgia, as I say it at home, I
accept tiiat problem, prayingGod for strength,
wisdom and patience enough to solve it as
becomes men for whom Christ died! [Ap
plause.]
Colonel Breckenridge then referred to com
mercial and industrial problems, and declared
his disbelief in tbe wisdom of hot house
growth in populations. lie desired that im
migration should be voluntary and the result
of natural causes. He wanted to make haste
slowly*, declaring that a bankrupt factory was
one of the saddest sights that one can look
upon. He specially urged that our people
should raise what they demand and sell their
own surplus as tlie basis of tlieir wealth.
Said he: When I think of you after tlie
war, of men and women alike coining out of
their toil and sweat tb" daily bread and
clothing gf tb;], tamilies. and when I see the
noble sacrifice of which jou were capable of
making, I cannot but feel that these prob
lems will be solved, and successfully so. And
I look forward to behold a people with their
factories and industries—a people powerful to
have their will obeyed; a people who will be
lieve in the olden trinlts, who will adhere to
the olden ways and make dominent
olden principles. [Applause ] Ah, _ we
will show to the world a people valiant,
yet free; rich, yet pure; where there is no
coercion because there is no disposition to be
oppressive; and when I look to such a people
my heart goes uj> with prayerful gratitude
that they are my people, blood of my blood,
bone of my bone: that iny fathers helped to
lay the foundations of that empire, that there
blood was wrought into the cement of its
foundation, that my brother’s hones are
huilded into its basement stTirv, and my chil
dren have helped to decorate its wails and
decorate its columns! [Applause.] It Is fame
enough to live among such a people, for such
a people are worthy to live for and die for!
[Applause.]
1 say God bless Georgia! In the
plentitude of His mercies may He
abide with you, ami not with Georgia only,
but with every person represented Ire-re. May
His arms be around our country. His smiles
radiate upon our flag—His pillar of cloud
precede us in our day marches, and liis pillar
of fire guard us in orfr night encampments.
[Long continued applause.]
At tlie conclusion of tiie exercises a large
number of persons pressed forward to con
gratulate and thank the distinguished orator
for tlie beauty, eloquence and wisdom of his
words.
• See the speech elsewhere.
was then sunghy the chorus and audience in
solemn and impressive style, giving to the
final scene a commingled tinge of sadness
and gratitude—sadness that this glory of hu
man endeavors should depart—gratitude that
it had been so happily achieved and so sig
nally blessed with the favor of heaven.
The vast audience, amid general congratu
lations, plaudits ami utterances of delighted
approval, separated and left the historic
building to condemnation and destruction.
Tiie pianist of the occasion was tlie accom
plished Mr. A. Eicliburg; the organists,
Messrs. Samuel riradly and John O’Donnelly.
Xo Ti-tuiupLt-!— Atluntu's Trlumph -1 hs tnt-rn itLs.il
Cotton Bspoditlon.
BY KEY. J. It. MARTIN.
“Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.” Thus wrote the
bard.
Immortal Milton, crowned with laureate wreath,
And high enrolled among tlie Orphean band,
The gifted poets of the British isle.
He lived in troublous times, amid the scenes
Of strife ami war, oft heard the clash of arms.
The clangor of the brazen triumph loud.
And sang the triumphs of the cause he loved.
The brilliant victories ly Cromwell won.
He urged the victor oil vo nobler deeds,
Tlie battles, triumphs, and renown of peace.
More .splendid than the glare of martial fame.
THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS,
by Handel, was then rendered in finest style
by the chorus, under the skillful directorship
of Mr. (’. M. Cady, who organized the musical
part of both the opening and closing exer
cises, or d who deserve the highest regard of
the people for his zeal ami liberality in con
ducting this part of tlie exercises on both
days to such successful issues.
governor Colquitt’s address.
Governor Colquitt, as president of the ex
position, then < elivered* the final address,
whicii will be .found replete with hopeiul
thoughts and eloquent passages. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Oil tl-.e fifth day of last
October 1 was txtiumitaioned by Uu; controlling
authority of this exposition to declare in solemn
form that the initial hour of its existence hud
struck, and tiiat we should commit it toits fortune
or its fate.
Who can wonder if in that moment we felt mis
givings mid if our hearts throbbed with brofotiml
solicitude? We were upon the threshold of a great
venture, undemken in a new atid untried field,
remote from great coimhereial centers, mid from
teeming population, and this venture involving
large material interests and vastly greatei moral
consequences.
Failure we felt might obstruct and indefinitely
postpone many cherished plans and hopes of ad
vancement The humiliation of failure was the
bitter thought.
There was. on that eventful 5th of October, one
boast, one consolation wc felt sure of. and tiiat was
Applied to present times, we stand to-day
On ground ensanguined with blood of men,
A field on whicii contending armies fought,
Itesouudi.ig with the tielehiiig cannon's roar,
The noire of shot and shell, me whiz of balls
Thai fro-n leu stiou-ranu deadly rifles pour.-d,
And all t ne dill n -<i tumult of tiles iif-.
:,.it io! h scene l-changed: nud wnui a cliii.gel
iicre- Dims; has T.nllt ner palaces and nn Is.
:.a. spia.if. i • ti.'e be.o-atli ire: magic touch,
i. the c-.mdo; of Lo. a cicala" quests,
lie varied wc-rksi.i Nature 'Mil i Alt,
mi human visions, a n i ,h y hint.
That should ass took-in f.-i enlace,
To gaze upon the ►pects' l- sooliiae,
So lovely, grand, eiieiiaituug io the sight.
Peace here presides, a gentle monarch fair,
Surrounded with the fruit) that she li.lH home.
Insignia of her mild aud prosperous reign.
Here nrc the offerings un aer altar laid,
Rich contributions gathered from afar,
The products of the factory and forge.
The forest, field, and mine of precious ore.
A thousand curious fabrics wrought by art,
i lia labor, skill and handicraft of man.
Or formed and fashioned by machinery.
Itself he offspring of the human brain.
We wander through a maze.of vast extent,
A long succession of surprising things,
That fill the mind with wonder and delight.
Here we behold the secret mysteries
Of Nature darkly working under ground.
Where coal ami iron, gcius and ores, are formed.
Or moulding trees, plants, grasses, ferns anil
flowers.
And Yielding fruitful harvests from tlie soil,
ilere’we discern the wisdom of the mind
And skill of man in framing, works of art.
Machines, designs, devices numberless,
Adopted to the common,purposes,
Toe useful, ornamental emis of li e.
The South, the North, the East and West are hare,
With marvelous displays from every part.
But chiefly does the first a wealth unfold,
0i ores and minerals, and native woods,
Beyond the vitiotiuiy’s wildest dream. •
Here, too, are other and far distant lands,
The hoary East, the Asiatic world.
The ancient climes Of China and Japan,
The mystic, gorgeous raid historic Ind,
With native cottons and tlieir fabrics coarse.
Ift-re Egypt shows the products of her soil,
The licecv fibre from the classic Nile.
Here Turkey. Persia nml Hum are seen,
With other orient and with western lands,
Fair Mexico, Honduras cm! Brazil,
Australia and the islands of the sea.
All gramldivisions of the peopled earlh,
The dusky continent of Africa,
The land of Ham, is represented nerc.
The southern portion with a small array
Oi rare and curious articles and beasts.
Live sheep, four horned, and shells of ostrich eggs,
The famous aegesai by Lulus hurled,
A sharp and deadly weapon in their hands.
And Jately bathed in British gore aud blood
Of Prince, the last of his Imperial line.
Here, too. Liberia, off on tiie western coast,
A rising.Jfrce republic like our own,
A colony of Christian blacks redeemed
From savage, heathen and barbaric bonds.
And re-trausDlanicd to tlicir ancient home
To be the light of tiiat dark continent,
A gateway to the Niger valley large
And vast interior of a mighty zone,
Displays ihe products of her fertile soil,
Her coffee,spiees, indigo, palm oil.
Ami rich metallic ore of purest steel.
Existing in its native, virgin sta'c
Aud hammered to a bar by baud of art.
lo triumphe! Sing the conqueror's praise.
And celebrate ti.e victories of Peace,
More glorious than tne brilliant deeds of war.
No one should neglect a cough, cold or sore
throat. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup cures these
and prevents consumption. Price i'» cents.
Tiie Nebraska woman suffragists claim SO of
the‘J4 newspapers of that state as their advocates.
A Cough, Coiil, or Sore Tbrout Should not be neg
lected. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are a simple
remedy, and will generally give immediate relief.
that we had prosecuted a worthy object with eeuso-
together, not in mass-meeting, not to pass reso- less and prodigious energy, and when we set to
A DMINISTRATRIX’S S.\L!i—UN TUE FIRST
Tuesday in February next, will be sold at the
court honre door, iu tlie town of Alpharetta, Mil
ton county, Georgia, within the lawful hours of
s ilo, lots of laud Nos. ®->, 353 and in the First
District aud Second Section of originally Cherokee
but now said county, and containing each 40 acres,
moie or less; sold as tlie property of Walton Smith,
deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of said deceased. Said land is well improved ami
in a good state of cultivation. Terms cash. This
January the 3d, 1882.
LUCINDA SMITH, Administratrix,
per Thomas L. Lewi.-, Attorney, etc.
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