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I", 1)1 TORI A!. ('('MM ISN'T. Kx President Graver ('lev eland’s Addrim* to a Large Audie’no© at The Centennial Celebration. One Hundred Years lienee Washington took the Oath el Ofllee. ~\ President Cleveland said: Veiv.ion o’a people may well i -lober and impressive reilec !'/:■ subject was not be st - divine thought when the .-.as gives to the children I will tako you to mo a people* and will be to you a God.’ This idea of divine relation tions’nip to a yeeple is also recogn ized iu 'he fervent utterance/ ‘Yea. happy is that people whose God is the Lord. ’ W here\ er hu:nan go v crnment has been administered iw tyranny, in despotism, or in op,- pression, there lias been found amang the governed ?. yearning for a freer cotadi eon and the assertion of man'- uoi/'iiy. Those arc but the faltexlag -opts of human na ture ia the dire iion of freedom which is its birihwright, and they pressage the struggle ot men to be come a free people, and thus reach Ihe plane ot their highest and best aspirations In this relation and in their cry of freedom, it. may be tru ly said, the voice ot the people is the vci - v . The influence of those reflections is upon me as I speak of th s ■ who, after dark ness and doub and struggle, burst forth in the bright light of inde pendence and liberty, and become ‘or.s people,’ free, determined and confident, challenging the wonder of the -.nivem-, proclaiming the dignity of man and invoking the aid an 1 favor of Almighty God. In sublime faith and rugged strength, rear fay c-i cried out to the world, ‘We, tho people ot the United States, n order to foriw a more un ion, establish justice, insure domes tic Iran \ nility, provide tor the com men defense promote the general weliare, and secure the blessings of Lbeity to rc-sci esand our poster ity. do oik.-;a and establish this constitution for the United States ot Atnt ri 2ji alius our people in a day as-auused a place among the inti ms ot ihe earth. Their mis sio i was to teach fitness ot man f..-r.s<f'f-g ; . > r;.'.n out, and their dcs linv ■ to outstrip every other people !;• * ational achievement wild mater‘a! greatness. m * O ; li .."ire; . tears have passed. Vfe h.ive .... .souuced and approved to \he ol o' r mission and mads our destiny secure. I will not tame ly recite our achievements. They are ivrit- -u on every page of histo rv, and th-.* monuments of our growth and advancement are all i bout us. l>nt the value of these things is measured by the fullness wi .i which flur people have pre erved their patriotism, their integ rity and their devotion to their free institutions. If, engross 'd iu material advancement, or diverted by the turmoil of business and activity, they have nor held fust to that love of c©un-! try and that simple faith in virtue; a■ and enlighiment which constituted the* hope and trust of our fatlicis. All that wo have built tests upon foundations infirm and weak. Meeting this tesl, we point to the scattered graves of many thousands ot our people who have bravely died in defense of our national saf ety and perpetuity, mutely bearing testimony lo their lovo of country and lo an invincible living host handing ready to enforce our na tioual rights and protect our land, our churches, our schools and uni versities and our benevolent insti tutions, which beautify every town and hamlet, and look out from ev cry hillside, testify to the value our people plara upon religious teach ing. upon education, and upon deeds of charity. That our people are still jealous of their individual rights and freedom is proved by the fact that no one in place or power lias dared openly to assail them. The enthusiasm which marks the celebration of the centennial of the inauguration of their first chief magistrate shows the popular ap predation of the value of the of fice which, in our plan of govern ment-, stands above all others, for the sovereignty ot the people, and is the repository of their trust. Sure ly such a people can be safely trusted with timr free government and ther® need be no fear that they have losi the ({utilities which til them to be its custodians. Il' they sliould. wander, they will return to duty in good time. If they should be misled, they will discover the landmarks none too late for safety, and if they should van be corrupted, they will speed ily be found seeking with peace of ferings their country’s holy altar. Let us have an abiding faith in -our people.’ Let petulance and dis content with popular action disap pear before the truth that in any aad all circumstances the will of the people, however it may be ex ercised, is the law of our national existence—the arbiter absolute and uuchanageablo by which we must abide. Other than, existing: situations or politics can only justi fy themselves when they may ba reached by the spread et political intelligence and the revival ot un selfish and patriotic interest in pub lic affairs. 111-natured complaints of popular incompeteacy and sell righleous assertion ot superiority over the body ot the people are impotent and useless. But there is danger, I tear that tho scope of the words, ‘Oar people,’ and oil they import, are not si ways felly appreaended. It is <?niy ratura'i those in the various walks of life should see ‘our people’ within the range of their own vision, and find jusi about them the interests most ira portant and most worthy ihe csre of the government. The rich merchant or the capitalist of the centre ol wealth and enterprise, hardly has a glimpse of the country blacksmith at his forge aad the farmer ia his fields and the e in their tarn know but little of the labor ers who crowd our manufactures aad inhabit their own world of toil, or of the thousands who labor ia our tmeea. I the representatives of sveiy elesueat ot our population aad industries chottid be gathered together, they would find bat little of pure y EslSab -and person al interest in common, and upon a bu prfioia> glance, but little would De t on to denote that only the people wa* represented. Yet, in the spirit of our iuNtitntioDß, all tbsse. >-o separated in siation and peremul interest, aro a c m ■oon brotherhood, ami are ose people,’ nil of equal value brfoto ike law, ali having, by iluir t effrage, tho **n) voice in governmental affairs; all tie ujandiag wi h equal fonts piotcetiei. and (ItCense, atul all, iu ilucr perilous acid ptopeity, eqauily en'itlul to '.heir goveinißOJt’.s Minpulous oare. The d.vaisiry ot our inter Kta, through the source of bou'iidloi.s wealth anti pioe perity, has a tendency to press tmr people apart. Thin condition demands o us a counterfort}* of liberality uuo toleration towards each other, and an e lightened regard for the condition (f every iudivi ua! who contributed to 1 16 aggregate of cur national great ness. This aggregate, fostered and increased by united earnest and unself ish efforts, will yield full return tor in dividual enterprise and labor, without, drying up the fountain of brotherly kindness and forbearance upon which the political health of our people de pend. This centennial time, which ctirs our pride by loading ua to tho contemp.'a ion of the tremendous stride in wealth am? greatness, also resalls to • ;ur minds the virtues aad unselfish devotion to principle of those who saw the first days of the republic. Let there be anew revival of oar love for the principles which our country rep resents; let there be at this time anew consecration to the use cf man’s free* a- so And equality, and a quickened SMise of the solemn lesponsibility as sumed before the vvoild bv every man who weatt? the badge of “Cui People.” The future beckons ns on. Let us fel low with an exalted and ennoblin' love ot country aad with ct-urige. Though the. clouds may sometimes dar ken the Heavens they shall bs dispell ed, and wc shad see the bow of God's promise set clearly ia tbo sky, and shall read beneath it, bliziag in ra diant characters, the words, ‘Ourpeo* pie.’” Th# New Ymk strikers have cone to terns with their employers. From all over me toon h eomes the news of a great cotton planting. The All lanee ib stilt woiking on the bagging trust, and guanas turtle. WanEamaker is an eeeeutiis on pro hibition. He will certainly see that the postoffioes are exclusively dry. It is thought ky some leading and prominent democrats that Cleveland will bo put forward for the presidency again in 1892. A New York paper, speaking of Gov. Hill, says his “principles are like his too short, ” There may bo somsthiag in tbits. Biaine is already beginning to show his hand as secretary ot stare. Ssyat al appoiatmen s have recently been made through him, It is believed by the ieading mass of politicians from both partioa that Harrison is tho weakest president ev er the repub icau party put in c£iee. Poor, in:;aa-J, is the spirit of mao, that would notice the weak, frail and ! fiuky doings of the piniwinkle. Yut, j iu all End-holes, are those peauvei wiggle-tails o md. What will ne next excitement, now ! that the national centennial ia over? Turning a man loese aatcog his en emies, U l.ke turning a kitten into a lino. Buy Your Shoes FROM ttfa JL • hiLbJ.JLIL UJmL 0 ..f 1 J And Save Money, Athens Consult Your Interests by Buying your ■* DRUGS AND MEDICINES from IgSaSKaBBI m A \AJ afi a Ann k f*H ffa V v &yVs®W {soiaiiu&VNß ratßiwvaU WIB ATHENS, GEORGIA. V t m sell at the lowest possible price, and gurantee every article to be abso lutely Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember the name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Between Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. Id i I n m pm m mnum Athens music House, 112 Clayton Street, Next Door to Fostoffiee, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors. Violins, and all kinds of musical instra tnent*! on hand and for sale at greatly re : dneed piices for cash, or oa the install ,uoDt' ®P ec ' rates to churches and m. .. : *m rcli*ols. Picture frames on band or made to order at short notice. A full tad com "f>lete stock of Artists’ Matoiialtcrdraw mg and painting in oil and water colois. £*s■'■ ' I). P. Haealton, Then. H. Dozier. ..... .... - - ■ omY Savcß! We Sell Gooch to Compete With Any House in the Country. ’feWL&O&fc OiiVwdv qaaA Merchants Can Buy Blank Books, School Books, Paper Bags, Wrapping Paper, Twine sad Stationery of Every Description From us at N. Y, Prices MCGREGOR. & ROBERTSON (Burke’s Old tvsnd,) ATHENS, GEORGIA, —■i—■'—-.. -KnxiunaanEic” xrrxrjxisiyveizsst -t: -rirnrrr<i~T-zausr? r. r iytut.vj: rnty.a SP 48k aSStt W Wan* Stock Larger Than Ever! : riMBRSEGsieB'’ Stoves! Stoves! —Stoves Bought by Car-Loads! — And?Priees That are‘Bound to Attract Jones’ Standa’d Tinware. Roofing, Guttering and Job. Work, Call o: Write for Prices. E. E. Jones, 209 B’oad St. 4HTENS