Show CONHDfRAHsl I GREET MKINLy 11 il Demonstration J By Survivors j j of the Lost Cause 1 4 I PRESIDENT DONNED S CONFEDERATE BADGE + And Paraded Between Lines of Old Veterans 1 + l Presidents Remarks About Dead Confederates Arouses the Hope 1 That Congress Will Provide For 1 Living CanfederatesMcKinleys Speech at Macon Warmly Ap il plaudedSpoke of the Wonderful Results of the War 1 + 1I I Macon Ga Dec lJThe president and his Darty were received here by 1 the largest crowd which has gathered in Macon since the last 18it of Jefferson Davis to this city Drawn up in front of the station was the Bibb county camp oC the Confederate Confeder-ate Survivors association 400 strong headed by Commander C 11 Wile As the president reached the old confederates confeder-ates he was hailed by Colonel Wiley who in welcoming the visitors said We extend to you and your party a most generous hearty and sincere welcome wel-come to our beloved city You sir have endeared yourself to the heart of all confederate soldiers on account of the noble sentiments exoressed by YOU In reard to our confederate dead I assure you that these old maimed and infirm veterans who have met here to I do you honor tOday appreciate such words of love l and kindness and uttered utter-ed too by the president of this great I country and by one who was a member mem-ber of the Union army in the sixties I hope and pray Ur President that God in his infinite mercy may so direct the future legislation of this country that the livIng confederates will be remembered remem-bered This country aut the stars and strIves belong as much to the confederate confed-erate feterans as it does to the Grand Arm of the Re1UbJie The south proved Its loyalty to this grand old country when the war was declared with Spain and now henceforth and forever she will be found ready to take up arms to defend our country and our flagMi Mi Preside on behalf of the brave and maimed confederate soldiers or Bibb county Ga I present to you thIs parchment engrossed in letters of gold the beautiful sentiment expressed by you oi in our capital city In i regard to our onoted defu 1 A aORFEDElliTE BADGE As the Dresident was about to proceed pro-ceed Dr Roland B Hall another veteran vet-eran addressed him as follows Mr President in behalf of our noble dead and as confederate veterans were we-re hereto manifest our appreciation of the noble and generous sentiment you have recently uttered Do us the honor sir to accept and wear this badge of a confederate veterans assocIation asso-cIation which bears your likeness anti words which should endear you to the heart of every confederate I do not know that it would be proper said the president But you must said Dr Hall and without further ceremony the president presi-dent marched ahead with Judge Speer The sight of the confederate badge on I the presidents coat as he passed i esi through the lines of veterans called forth vociferous cheering I The president worim the badge durIng his sty In Macon One of General Vhelels old cavalrymen cavalry-men also pinned a badge to the lapel of his major generals coat and the doughty little warrior proudly wore It away with him when he left the city The presidential party was driven in carriages to the stand where the president presi-dent was to review the trOOJS of General Gen-eral Bates divisIon of General Wilsons army corps As his carriage passed the confederate monument an old confederate confed-erate veteran frantically waved a con federate flag while by his side was the son of the colonel of one or Geor gins hardest fighting confederate regiments regi-ments who was as vigorously waving the stars and strioes When the president was abreast of them the two flags were brought to a salute sIde by side The incident seemed to appeal to the president Emblazoned Em-blazoned on the base oC the monument were the words of the president about the graves of the confederate dead The line of march was crowded Mr McKinley and the other guests were vigorously cheered The troops made a fine appearance in review After the review a great crowd gathered gath-ered about the stand though a steady rain was falling UKINLEYS SPEECH I Judge Emory Speer introduced the president who spoke as follows It gives me great pleasure to meet and greet the citizens of Macon with many of whom I have been associated in public life It has given me pleasure pleas-ure to witness the review of the soldIers sol-dIers of the United States How much indeed has this nation to be thankful for at this hour With what reverent gratitude we should express our thankfulness thank-fulness to Divine Providence who has so tenderly cared for the AmerIcan people peo-ple We have been at war with a foreign for-eign power That war ended after 112 days of conflIct a conflict on two oceans a conflict in the east and thq west 12000 miles apart wIth 50000 of our soldiers on illstant shores and 20000 sailors and marInes afloat with a loss In army and navy ot less than 2000 and without the loss of a shIp or sailor or soldier or flag captured Never before was there a more magnIficent army mustered and never was an army mustered mus-tered for a holier buse or under a more glorious flag than the stars and stripes Cheers and applause On the 24th day of this month the day beore Christmas our peace com > missioners will deliver to the president of the United States a treaty of peace a treat with honor peace with tIle blessIngs of lIberty to a struggling pee pIe east and west I congratulate my people on another fact We have not only triumphed over our enemy but we have a unitEd country Prolonged cheers and applause ap-plause It has done my heart good to witness the demonstrations of patriot ism from one end of this country to the other SIx weeks ago I went to the extreme ex-treme west I sUet there a wave of patriotism pa-triotism I come tOt the sout and I witness the same spirit oC loyalty tad devotion to a common country with a common faith under a common flag Applause I know this great auditnc 5 crw Ja wants to see the heroes of the war i They ae bare with youShater ad Wbeeler and Lawton and Bates and others who were conspicuous In the recent re-cent confljt cheers and I give way that ou may have the pleasure of metIng tem and other distinguished me who are in my party a I journey through the suth Great aDDlause The presidents remark vere frequently fre-quently interrupted by cheer Then the were loud caBs for General Wheeler Little Old FIghtng Joe a he was aectonately called He responded Genera Shater was next called In the course of a brIef speech he said 1 tank yen for thIs enthusiastic reception re-ception I am not deservIng of the ap 1use you gve me There were 16000 men In front of Santiago every one of whom was a much a hero a hIs general gen-eral All rIsked theIr lives for their I country and without the hope of reward re-ward some of those higher in command mIght expect Genera Lawton would not speak but spa appeared on the stand and bowed GEN WILSON WOULD EXPAND General Baths sad a dozen or two words and thtm General Wilson tool the stand He made the speech of the I occasion He sad In conclusIon I But splendid as the presidents work has been there sOl remains a I greater work for hIm t do It is glorious i glo-rious work I Is work whIch justifies the presIdent In saying we are at last one the confederate solder should receive re-ceive the same treatment a the federal fed-eral soldier I hope to aee the day when our starry flag shall float everywhere from the forest of the north to the annny clime of Central America We are too bIg and powerful and progressive progres-sive to nave neIghbor on thIs cont neat and I trust that before the next aninistaton of the presIdent closes the fag wm fly over ever foot of the continent from the northern extremity of the Dominion of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico The presidential party was ten In charge by the committee and driven about the city until it was tme to take theIr departure 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