Show General Laivtons Splendid Speech ATLANTA Ga September 2 General Law tons speech was the feature at the ceremonies cere-monies of laying the corner stone of the Capitol today Among other things General Gen-eral Lawton said The people of the various sections of this country now understood each other better than they ever did before The North knows that the South is not altogether given to ex libitions of fiery temper and are capable only of much ebullition and explosion without with-out the capacity for prolonged efforts and endurance Four years of war and at least four more of loneliness and poverty which followed have satisfied them and the world laiows how wrongly we were judged The South too has learned that the North is not so absorbed in its money bags that it will not shed its blood and risk its all even for a sentiment As Georgians we are also citizens citi-zens of tho United States and claim to be as I loyal to that great Government as any portion por-tion of the Union Since we are no longer called upon to surrender our self respect to do violence to our most sacred sensibilities in making that claim we are ready and willing to render ren-der service to defend her honor to fight her battles to give every man of every section his just due In that sense we know no North no South no East no West but thank heaven the time is past when any right thinking man of the North thinks we shall not love our own families and neighbors better bet-ter than the stranger our own State better than any of the thirtyeight Yes my friends 1 they know it and respect us for it That while we join in good faith in tho tribute paid to the great soldier the United States recently borne to the tonib in Riverside Park with such display and demonstration as no Roman Emperor ever received yet in our own homes in the tenderer moments of our lives we mourn the illustrious sons of the South who sleep in modest graves at Lexington Lexing-ton with a sorrow and pride which are all I our own |