Show HOW THE SOUTH I LOVS THE UNION + Outbursts of Loyalty Witnessed Wit-nessed By lflKinley t PURPOSE OF HIS TRIP HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN i Demonstrations That Wiped Out 41 Bitterness of the Past 4 I Crlebration of Peace With Spain Was I Turned Into a RatificLtion of I I Peace Between the North and SouthPresidents Political Enemies En-emies Gave Him a Most Enthusiastic Enthu-siastic ReceptionTouched By His I Reference to the Confederate Dead + I Savannah Ga Dee lSThe visit of the president and his party to Savan mill ended tonight after two days of Y rcmarlable displays of enthusiasm I The president attended two pUblic functions func-tions and received ovations But far above the importance of the receptions today and the receptions alreadY re I Iurted is the fact that the original object ob-ject of President McKinleys visit has II been entirely lost sight of The unprecedented unpre-cedented outbursts of loyalty to the I lnion have completely overshadowed the rejoicing over the peace with Spain though participation in the latter was the avowed object of th presidents outhern trIp To thoroughly explain ehat 1s going on in the south today it Is necessary to not only record the continuous enthusiasm and hospitable receptions but also to recount the causes that have made th trip so remarkable I markable In all thc speeches and In all the demonstrations which have marked the presidents visit to Atlanta luskegee Montgmnery and Savannall there has been the tacit admission that the war with Spain was the great factor in achieving the result but it Is to the result and not to the factor that the chief trend of speechmaking and of enthusiasm has lent itself Political influences seem to play no part In the reception of President IIc Kinler On all sides there is an eagerness I eager-ness to publicly express the loyalty of the southern states and to admit that the war with Spain not only helped to I weld the compact of the sections but gave to the south the opportunity to express sentiments of loyalty that have long lied but which have lacked opportunity portunit of expression and this has been done chiefly by Democrats many of whom fought for the stars and bars and to all of whom the name of Dais 1 is a sacred memory The frank references refer-ences to and the discussion of the iv11 ear have led to many delicate 8ltua i LIons that were only saved from becomIng becom-Ing irritating dilemmas by the tact of a president who fought against southern south-ern troops or by the graceful utter ztnces of the confederates who years ato opposed him on the battlefield The marvelous scenes of an audience in the old confederate capital cheering the Stars and Stripes until they grew hoarse of confederate veterans struggling strug-gling to grasp the hand of a northern HepubliCJ1n president of General heeler leading the people of his state In cheers for William McKinley in the place where Jefferson Davis once urged the south to fight for separation are all reeemed from the suspicion of fulsom lIES or the faint praise of politicians bl the blunt truthfulness of the men who led in these new and tremendously fervent declarations of loyalty ALABAlIAS LOYALTY Governor Johnston of Alabama said at Montgomery Ve of the south having nothing to regret except our dead But he at once went on to say that he rejoiced in the United States with a strong accent ac-cent on United and if any man now said Is Alabama loyal to the Union he a ked an absurd question because Alabamas loyalty had been proven by and there were Wheeler and Hobson hundreds of other Wheelers and Hob sons in Alabama ready to give equal proof of Alrbamas glad fealty to the Union Such utterances as these have marked mark-ed the trip with more frequency than It has been possible to report One quarter of the former confederates who have made addresses of welcome to tctidont lcKinley said there had i ieen no elcventhhour confession of sinn sin-n 511b5tame they have all said that they fought for what they then thought tas right that they neither blame themselves nor their dead fathers or sons for enisting in the cause of the confederacy but that they accept today to-day the changed conditions with a gladness and sincert they never felt until the war with Spain knit the nation na-tion into u common cause and until a Republican president urged the people of the nprtll and south to honor the confederate dead In the latter reason lies the main Incentive In-centive to the Intense and almost un expected enthusiasm wIth which the presidential party had been greeted oinfe Mr McKlnleys first speech In Atlanta Scarcely a speaker or a paper pa-per in Alabama or Georgia has made reference to the president without men tionln on every occasion his tribute to the confederate dead A dlstin glliFhcd southerner saId to this correspondent corre-spondent There have been many reunions re-unions of north and south 011 paper and In speeches These were well meant but they signIfied little because neither side had given In to the other on the principles that they fought over This suggestion of the president to care for our dead is the first rac ticable evidence given to the south that the north really meaDS what it sa sand s-and it has touched our hearts more than we can say Coming as it does upon the heels of the war with Spain which gave to the south the chance to h1 Inlalty this utterance of the president enables us to say not oely that we are true to the Union but I Jfo the first time that we love ItS 1 I It-S This utteranr represents a host of PulIJlc and private speeches that have I en made since the arrival of the lJre1t1enUal party In the outh It Is tIle consensus of various opinions expressed ex-pressed to this correspondent by state offifers and citizens of Georgia and Alabama nearly all of whom arc op psed to the lresldent in polities but who have welcomed him right gladly in his capacIty of chief executive and who have given vent to wild enthusiasm enthusi-asm over his utterances regarding the confederate dead In this way what was planned to be a celebration of the peace with Fpaln has become almost entirely a genuine practical ratifies tion 01 the peace between north rnd j t Mi south epochmaking In its sisnlfiUlce thrilling in its details and pathetic In the countless memorIes it awakens SUNDAY AT SAVAJfNAJI Row the Presidential party Sp nt the Sabbath Savannah Ga Dec ISNQtwlth standing this was supposed tQbe a day of rest with the presidential party It was as a matter of fact filled with Interest and activity The day was an Ideal one Though they had sat late at the banquet ban-quet last niShtit was near 2 oclocl when General Wheeler delivered his delightful peroration to WTomanthe president and nccompanyiilg members of his cabinet arose to breakfast about the usual hour and later they separated separ-ated to attend divine services President McKinley attended church at the Wesley Monument Methodist church Mrs McKinley did not ac company him She is suffering from a I slight cold and remained in the hotel I Her indisposition however docs not amount to real illness and this afternoon after-noon she wa able to take a carriage I ride about the city The president was met at the door of I the church by leading members of the congregation who esorted him to a I I pew reserved for him As lIe entered the congregation arose and remained I standing until he had taken his seat The sermon was by Rev John A I Thompson D D There was no reference refer-ence to the distinguished presence during I dur-ing the service beyond an invocation br the preacher for divine guidance for the president during the crIsis which now confronts the country I eeretary Alger aml General Shaner i attended the First PresbyterIan church I and after the service held an informal I levee in the aisles many persons crowding around them to shale hands I and bid them welcome I General Joseph Wheeler and Secretory Secre-tory Wilson worshiped at the First Baptist church After the service they I sbook hands with several hundred persons per-sons Secretary Long attended St Johns Episcopal church and Secretary Smith the Independent Presbyterian They also were greeted by many members I of the congregations After dinner the president visited the Georgia agricultural and medical college col-lege colored where he delivered an address The route to the college took the president through the camp of the Seventh army corps and going and I coming he stopped at the camp for a brief inspection and to speak words of I anoreciatlon and encouranement to the men secretary Alger and General Shaf tel also visited the camps Secretary Alger paId more attention to the camp I than any other member of the party lIe I went through several of the regimental villages from headquarters to kit = chens and made a critical examination r tion He alsa visited the hospital of the I FIrst division where he spoke kindly to I the sick men and made Inquiries Into their wants and how they were supplied I sup-plied After his trip he expressed himself him-self as very much gratified with the II camp and the work of the hospital corps Postmaster General Smith General I Sharter and the newspaper correspondents I correspond-ents with the presidential party were I the guests of the officers of the Third battalion Third Georgia regiment at I the camp this afternoon and an oyster dinner was served Postmaster Gev oral Smith made a short address during I dur-ing the course of which he paid a high trIbute to the press for its integrity General Shafter made an impromptu I l ih I conversational I talk to the men assembled assem-bled wheh was full of suggestiveness I and at once placed the general in touch with all of his hearers After dinner the party made an inspection of the camps Without exception the visitors pronounced the arrangements excellent The members of the visiting party spent the evening in the parlors of the llOtel until the time came for them to depart for Macon for which place their train left at midnight On the way to the depot the president was greeted with hearty cheers as itldee he has been every tIme he has come within sight during his visit here PRESIDBNTS ADDRESS Eloquent and piioti Remarks D livered Bfore Colored Students Savannah Ga De ISThe feature of thepiesidents day was his visit to I the 9 Agricultural and Mechan lcaitqlieaj This is an institution for colored 1lSons supported by the state I of Georgia Its president is R R I 1 I Continued on Page 2 1 HOW THf SOUTH I I lOVE THE UNIN Continued from Page l Wright colored who was recently appointed ap-pointed by President McKinley as a paymaster In the volunteer army with the rank of major but who ha resigned re-signed and returned 10 the school There were no elaborate exercises cnn cn-n < te with his sit The pupils were gathered in the chapel Mr McKinley was introduced by the president of the college He sad Feilow citizens I have been Felow citzes hve pro fculuy Impresd with this see and I have been deeply touched with the eloquent words and the exalted sent meats which have been uttered by the gentleman hor you delegated to spenk in Jour behalf I gives me pe cuUa pleasure to meet ges and to greet you In this institution of lear ing presided over by one whom I have known for more tha twenty years and whom 1 have come to admire and respect as one of the splendid leader of your race I congratulate him and all asilte with him in the goo work done here for the eaton of your race I congratulate all of you upon the splendid adctmae by you in the last third of a cerur You are all entite to praise and to high comme daton which I am sure you receive from your white fellow citizens in this and every par of the country 1 cngatulat you upon your acquirement ac-quirement of proper Many of jour race have large properties on the tax list in the several states and in that way contribute proportionately lo the support of the government I congratulate congra-tulate you upon what you have done in learning and the acquirement of use fuful knowlege on the fact that there 1 not t foot of ground beneath the fag < stars and stripes where every boy and girl white or black cannot have an education tO fit them for the battle o life Keep on is the word I would leave n ilh you today Keep on In the efors upward but remember that in acquiring knowledge there Is one thing as Important as that and that is char actor Nothing in the whole wide world is worth so much will lat so long and serve Its purpose so well as goo char ace It is something that no one a take from you that no one can give to you You must acquire it for yourself your-self selfTere is another thIng Do not forget for-get the home The home is the foundation founda-tion of good Individual life and organized organ-ized government Cultivate goo home mae them pure and sweet elevate tem and other good things trill fnloy J congrtulate you that this institution is nc only looking after the head but after the hand I congratulate you that i is not only making good orators but < god mehnic I is beer to be a skie mechanic than a poor orator O an Indifferent preacher Great applause f ap-plause J a word each of you must want to be bet in whatever yo Undertake Un-dertake NothIng In the world com i mnds more respect than ski and industry in-dustry Ever avenue is open to it f I congratulate you upon the splendid f valor of your race My friends the r president has made an allusion in hIs speech to what many ear ago I sid In t public address I told of a white k colonel who had delivered the fag of ou country to his black color eec geaD and sid to hIm Sergeant I place In your hands thIs t sacred fag Fight for i C die for i sre never surrender I to the hands T That black soldIer with L of an enemy wih 10ye of country and priie in his heart i f answered 1 will bring the fag back I colonel in honor or report to God tho Ion whY In one battle in carry lag that tag of freedom he was strh k I U don n He fell with the folds of that flag wrapped aqt him bathed in his i blood He did not brIng it back but the reason why He did all t God kniw rea al t he ol1d nil any man cld do He gave I his hearS blood for hat fag f At San Juan hm and at El Cant I but General Vbeeler Is here Great t applause I know he can tell you better bet-ter than I can of the splendid heroism r or the black regiments which fought side by side with the white trOS on that historic field Mr Lincoln was not tat frem rIght when speaking of the black men he sad The time will come f when they will help to keep the jewel of liberty in the hands of the human race and in a third of a century since you re have helped to give liberty in Cuba people to an opprese peple j leave with you this one word Kee t on You wl solve your own probler Be patent Be progressive Be bon cat be Gferng and you will wIn > for no effort fels that has a stout honest earnest heart behind it honet Returning from the college the presIdential Idential Party passed through the camp of the Indiana regiment which Is to embark for Cuba on the transport In neWaka tomorrow morning The pre Ident graciously wished the officers and men go4speed and a safe return At the conclusion or the presIdents speech America was sung by all pre spech ent with possibly more vilor and spirit than harmony General Joseph Wheeler was introduced as The Hero or Sntag He was given a an ovation which lasted for several ovaton minutes He spoke briefly of the hope and minute the county and oC the efforts which were being made by both white and colored people to secure educations After IPW cuie gc General Wheelers speech he was np plauded for several minutes plaude Gage also spoke He said that he had not fully realized until this I trip south that there was any such thing a tat a negro problem and that i was oC such wldesprtad proportions What lie had 1iS howeer had opened his eyes There was such n problem and i was a very se rlous one However the information derived one rived by him at Tuskegee and at the schoOl which he was addressing had iei him to believe that the true solutIon of the problem had been found and that it i laV In the industa education oC the clored yputh 01 plans that were bin at the lnstltutionr named worked out at te Insttuton named I i tw |