_Resolved_, That a copy of this memorial and resolutions be sent to his family. _Resolved_, That the city papers be requested to publish these proceedings, and that a copy be sent to the national organ of the Chi Phi Fraternity. J. W. LEE, } J. T. WHITE, } B. H. HILL, } ANDREW CALHOUN, } _Committee_. W. H. HILL, } JACK M. SLATON, } W. R. HAMMOND, } Hon. Patrick Walsh was introduced by Mayor Glenn, and said: ADDRESS OF HON. PATRICK WALSH. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Fellow-Citizens: We are here to pay a tribute to the worth and greatness of the departed—to him who did so much for the prosperity of the great and goodly city of Atlanta; to him who did so much for Georgia and the South, and to him who did so much for the restoration of peace and good will among the people of all sections of our common country. The most gifted and useful public man of his day has passed away in the person of Henry W. Grady. I will refer briefly to him as an editor before he electrified the country, and won plaudits from his countrymen by the magic of his winsome eloquence. I met him for the first time about twenty years ago at a meeting of the Georgia Press Association in the city of Augusta. Although he had not reached his majority, he was the proprietor and editor of the Rome _Commercial_, which was his first newspaper venture. He was then a striking and manly youth, and gave promise of a career of prominence and usefulness in the field of journalism. He moved from Rome to Atlanta and was engaged for a few years in editing the _Herald_, one of the brightest and most enterprising newspapers in the State. He acquired reputation as a correspondent during the period of reconstruction, and subsequently represented one of the leading journals of the North as its special representative in Florida during the memorable campaign of 1876, when the returning board of that State negatived the will of the people. Mr. Grady gave the country graphic and truthful pictures of the evils which the South endured. He strikingly depicted the wrongs imposed upon our people and exposed the usurpation of those placed in authority by the aid of the general Government. During that sad period of the South’s eventful history, he rendered signal service to the people, and the principles which he advocated, with a steadfast devotion and an exalted patriotism.