Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-09-26
THE new PRESIDENT
Life and Character of Ron. Theodore
Roosevelt.
Ills MOTHER WAS A GEORGIAN,
She Was Martha Bu,ioch, a Grand.
Daughter of Captain In the Reyo.
luton.
Atlanta Journal.

Atlanta Journal.
Theodore Roosevelt IS closely boun l
to Georgia b. ties OF blood. HIS motn-
er, Aar,ha Bullock, was the grand
daughter of James Bullock, who was 4
doughty sod ar OF the Revolution, serv-
ing as sap ain OF Georgia and Viz
giria troops.
The father of Jams Bll.och was
Archibald BuilCCh the frat Revolution
AIRY Governor of Georgia. ana his faith
CT was named James BulloJh, also, a
Scotchman, who s3tled in Gaorg in
1715. and was a member OF the Georgia
provincial congress. He was clos Iy
related to The he: oic DOuglasses Of
Scotland. Thus Theodore Roosevelt
comes of il!ustrious stock, Scotch as
we'll as Dutch. He has HEguenot blood.
too, by reason Of the fact that the wife
of Archibald vas Mary De Vaux,
grand daughter OF q distinguished
HuguenOJ, who fed from France after
the ediCt of Nantes was revoked.
1t VIII be seen that the lineage If
Theodore Roosevelt is very rich in his
tOric associations. His mother WAS a
woman of rare beauty and gTaCes of in
telleCt. One of her brothers was the
gallant Captain BuI!ocn, who resigned
from the United States navy to cast his
fortunes with the COnfederaCy.- It was
he who secured that historic cruiser,
the Alabama, for the Confederate gov
eminent and succeeded IN getting her
to sea IN spite OF al the efforts Of the
United States minister, COnsuls and
agents in England. Captain BullCch
never returned to this country and del
only a few months ago in London re-
s~eCtcd and honored by all who knew
him.
The old Bu!loch mansion in Roswell
where Theodore Roosevelt s father
wOoed, won and married his mother, IS
still in fire preservation and is now the
property of Mr.. James y. Wing. who
is connected with the White Hickory
Wagon Works aC East Point, six mills
from Atlanta.
Theodore Roosevelt has been married
twi~a. His first Wife was Miss Al e
Lee. of BOs on, who died two years at
ter her marriage, leaving q daughte".
III 1856 he was married again to Miss
Edith Kermit CareW'. OF New York.
They have six chil3Iren, four sons AMI
two daughters. Never has the White
House held so many children among its
occupants as it viii have during she
Roosevelt aGmini@tratiO
Few men have won fame in so many
different direct ions as Theodore ROOse-
welt. He is a scholar author, soldier
and statesman.
At Harvard he was DISTINGUISHED for
his excellence both il studies and at?-
letics. There he acquired q great part
been 50 useful to him and strengthened
his originally robust Constitution to q
degree that gave him renlarkG be
physical power ana endurance.
Remarkable stories are related OF his
experiences among lie rough element
III the wild West when he was a ranch
man and the manner in which he In
sHirod respect where 'tan1erfeet" are
held in contempt until they prove their
manhood.
Theodore Roosevelt has hem pro-
life author of biographical historical
and poiit cal Wo KS.
Among his more notable con ributi0Ds
to literature may be mentione1
"Huntng Trips of Il Ran: hman,"
"Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"
"The Wilderness Hunter" These We're
all written in the first three or for
Later he wrote The Naval War OF
1872" ''The Life of Thomas H. Ben
tor" ''The Life of Governor Norris" a
"HistOry of TIE site OF New York"
Essays on Practical Politics." AMI
american Political IDEALS" He col
the ''Impe'i ! as'n"y OF the British
Navy" and With Kerry Cabot Lodge on
Hero Tales from american History.'
IN 1884 he pubIis' ed his last book,
THE Rough Riders" which gives a
thrilling history Of The war With Spain.
and especially the part which his IA
nous command took in it.
Roosevelt has made MANY notable
public addresses and has appeared fire.
quently upon the lecture platform. He
is q very fOrceful speaker, plain and
pointed of speech, and affecting none of
the tricks or fancy flights of the pro-
feeeional orator He is a man of action
rather than words. He cares little for
society in the technical sense Of that
word, but has strong social jnEtincts
which he loves to indulge among his
special friends. These he numbers in
various walks of life. from the mill
1ionairs to tfss humDe Cay labo~er, from
the learned professor to the plain far
mer.
man of more democratic nature
and manners than Theodore Roosevelt
is rarely seen.
In college he took an active part in
deha ties and soon after his era duatIO1
became prominent in his rarity COnve1-
lions and among its campaign Spea lze"s.
With Henry Cabot Lodge, of Maesa-
Chueette, and n number of other RS ne
Young Republicans he was coneDicuolS
for his opposition to the presidential
nomipation of Blaine in 1884. George
r. EdmunGs. then a Senator from Yer
mont. was the candidate of this coteria,
but he received a very small vote in
the convention.
AS Governor of New York Roosevelt
displayed marked executive ability AMI
frmness and his admirers REGARDED
him as future President of the Unite1
States.
His nomination for the viCs pres; den
cy was aided by few of the party bosses
and Wos, in fact, accomplished over the
CeSiTe and opposition of most of them
by one Of the most enthusiastic and al-
most spontaneous uprisin@s ever wit
messed in q national convention.
Theodore Roosevelt is one Of the
youngest men who ever achieved the
vice presidency and certainly few of our
Vice Presidents have had so swift a
rise or so romantic a career. He Wos
born in New York ci V October 81. 1873.
and is, therefore, under - years of age
The original Roosevelts of New York
have been famous from the time the
Dutch founded their settlement at the
mouth of TIE Hudson to the present
day.
Through successive generations they !
have been sturdy, valiant and fOrceful |
men, who hav" contributed their full !
pert to the country's history.
T"eir individuality has asserted itself |
IN many ways and there has never ben |
= time since political PARTIES were |
formed in his country when each Of |
these le9ding forces did rot number |
PCoeeVelts among its devoted a1- |
he"onts and valiant captains.
The FoosGTe'tS have distinguished |
themselves in war as we'll as in politics. |
COura GO is part OF their nature To thu |
stolidi'y and stubbornness OF their
Dutch nature has been added the en-
thusiasm and fire which has ever dis
tngniehed the men OF this republic. No
f. milY in the United States has sur
tanned itself more steadily. Since the
hrst Roosevelt landed here there has
not been a generation in which one or
more OF them was not d commanding
figure.
The fine strain of Dutch blood which
in Theodore Roosevelt
has been enriched by a dash Of the best
Scotch-Irish ancestry to 10 found. Tn
original Roosevelt in America came in
1919. He was Klaas ~ Roosa- |
vel, q man who had proved his quail
ty before he crossed the sea and wh1 |
showed hin-self equal to large dut 81
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