The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-01

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/ 10 the ship yard, the President being
/ warmly cheered, all along the route. AT
| the ward an immense crowd had assem-
bled and the President, having been in
troduced from the stand by Mayor Tay-
! lor. made the speech of the day.
He spoke as follows:
/ Mr.. Mayor, Ladies' and Gentlemen;
am glad to meet my fellow-citiZens OF
| Richmond and to join with them in this
! interesting celebration in honor of the
| launching Of the torpedo boat Shubflck
| built in this city, of American material
BY the labor Of American workinglnen foi
| the use of the american Navy. / con
hyratulate the builders and worlmen
upon this evidence of their skill and IN
duStry. SO creditable to the mnnufac.
turing company and SO highly commend
ed by the officers OF the Government.
"FIJms is not the first contribution
which Richmond has made to our navy
She equipped the warShip Texas with
all her machinery, boilers and engines,
which were tried and tested with emf
nent satisfaction in the brilliant naval
engagement in the harbor of Santiago,
when the gallant vessel so gloriously
assisted in the destruction of Cervera 5
fleet, winning a memorable victory and
Fastening nm honorable and enduring
peace.
Il heartily rejoice with the people OF
this great city upon its industrial revival
and upon the notable prosperity it is
feeling in all of its business enterprises
You are taking advantage of the com
mercial opportunities of the hour. You
are advancing in manufactures. extend
Al
ed share of the worlds trade.
''What can he more gratifying to us
than the present conditions of the coun-
try? 4 universal love of country and
an able national spirit animate all the
people. We are on the best terms with
each other, and on most cordial relations
with every power ON earth. We have
anple revenue with which to conduct the
Government. No deficit menaces oua
credit. Money is abundant in volume
and unquestioned III value. Confidence
in the present and faith in the future
are firm and strong and should not be
shaken or unsettled. The people are do
ing business on business principles, and
should be let alone-encouraged rather
tnan hindered i'm their efforts to increase
the trade in the country, and find new
and profitable markets for their pro-
duction.
Manufacturing was never so active
and so universally enjoyed throughout
all the State Work was never SO album
0ant. The transportation companies
were never 50 taxed to handle the
freight offered by the people for distrl-
button. The home and foreign markets
contribute TO our prosperity. Happily
the latter has increased without any
aiminunition of the former. Your loconio-
tlvcs go to Russia; the watch cases from
my little city of Canton go to Geneva;
the bridges Of Philadelphia span the
Nile. and the products of the American
farm and factory are carried upon every
sea. and find welcome in most OF the
ports of the world.
SIN what respect would we change
these happy conditions with the prom
ises they give of the future? The bust
ness activity in every part of the country
the better reward to labor, the wider
markets for the field of the soil and the
shop; the increase of our Shipbulldlng
not only for our Government, but foI
purposes of commerce.: the enormous
increase of our export trade in manu-
factures and agriculture; the greater
comforts of the home and the happiness
az thelspeople; the wonderful uplifting
O. thee business conditions of Virginia
and the South and of the whole country
mark this not only AN era of good Will
but an era of coed times.
1T is great pleasure to me to stand
in this historic capital and to look into
the faces of my countrymen here as
sembled and to feel and know that We
are all Americans standing as one for
the Government we love and mean TO
UNFOLD united for the honor of the
Americans name and for the faithful
fulfillment of every obligation which
national duty requires, ! cannot forget
II could not forget in this presence to
make my acknowledgement to the men
of Virginia for their hearty and patriotic
support of the Government III the war
with Spain and for their continued and
unfiinching Loyalty in the suppression of
the instruction in Luzon against the
authority of the United States. They
came in swift response to the call of
Countrywide best blood of the State,
sons of noble sires, asking for service
at the battle front where the lighting
was the hardest and the danger the
greatest The rolls OF the Virginia vol
urteers contain the names of the bravest
and best, some of them the descendants
of the most illustrious Virginians of it,
earliest and latest times They have
shed their blood for the flag Of theil
| faith and are now defending it with
their lives in the distant lands of the
sea. All honor to the American army
and navy! All honor has been shown
the men returning from the field OF
| hostilities and all honor attends Those
who have gone to take their places.
My fellow citizens, two great his
| torical events, separated by a period OF
"a years, affecting the life of the re
public and of awful import % mankind