Confederate Dead.”  There is no inscription that even hints at who erected it.  The builder subordinated his personality to the glory of his purpose, and only the consummate beauty of the memorial stands forth.  The inspiration of his impulse was only equalled by the modesty of his method.  Truth, touched by the tenderness and beauty of the tribute to those heroes who died “for conscience sake,” has revealed the author, and in him we recognize a generous surviving comrade. [Applause, and cries of “Latham!  Latham!  John Latham!”]

Turning from this epitome of sentiment, we are confronted by abundant evidence of the substantial interest taken by Wall Street Southerners in the material affairs of the South.  What they have done to reclaim the waste places and develop the resources of their native States is beyond estimate.  They have not only contributed liberally by personal investment, but they have used every honorable endeavor to influence other men to do likewise.  Loyalty has stimulated their efforts.  Their hearts are in the present and prospective glory of the New South.  They are untiring in their furtherance of legitimate enterprises, and the fruit of their labor is seen to-day in every Southern State where new railroads are building, various manufacturing enterprises springing up, and vast mining interests being developed.  The steady flow of capital into all those channels is greatly due to their influence.  There is more money drifting that way to-day than ever before, and the time will soon come, if it is not already here, when the sentiment to which I have responded will admit of transposition, and we can with as much propriety toast “Wall Street in the South,” as to-night we toast “The South in Wall Street.” [Great and long-continued applause.]

KING EDWARD VII.

THE COLONIES

[Speech of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales [Edward VII, crowned King of England January 23, 1901], at the banquet given at the Mansion House, London, July 16, 1881, by the Lord Mayor of London [Sir William McArthur], to the Prince of Wales, as President of the Colonial Institute, and to a large company of representatives of the colonies—­governors, premiers, and administrators.  This speech was delivered in response to the toast proposed by the Lord Mayor, “The Health of the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family.”]

MY LORD MAYOR, YOUR MAJESTY, MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN:—­For the kind and remarkably flattering way in which you, my Lord Mayor, have been good enough to propose this toast, and you, my lords and gentlemen, for the kind and hearty way in which you have received it, I beg to offer you my most sincere thanks.  It is a peculiar pleasure to me to come to the City, because I have the honor of being one of its freemen.  But this is, indeed, a very special dinner, one of a kind that I do not suppose has ever been given before;