The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-03

mutual advantages by tariff conces-
slons as will draw them to us, and give
us in return the better position for
our products among their people.
Radical differences of creed and
temperament created out of men of the
same race and country the Puritan and
| the cavalier. The harsh, forbidding,
| almost uncomfortable obstacles of the
! New England wilderness and climate
! intensified the unbending doctrines, the
| stern purposes, the temperate life and
| lnVincible determination of the Puri-
| tans. The semi-tropical luXuries and
/ easy adaptation of the South gave op-
| portunity for the elegance, the social
pleasures, the sports of field and for
est, the generous hospitality and state
ly homes which the cavalier loved.
A high and common aspiration for
freedom made them comrades on the
battletields of the Revolution, and Lin
coin from Massachusetts and Green
from Rhode Island fought with Marion
and Moultrie and Sumpter over these
hills and plains. They were in elbow
touch facing the enemy in the War
of 1872, and in storming the heights
of Chapultepec and the walls of the
city Of the Montezumas. Both willing
to die for what each believed the right,
Federals and Confederates after four
years of bloody battles became friends
as only soldiers can who mutually re-
spect each others courage and con-
science. At Manila and Santiago, and
| charging against Spanish batteries and
Entertainments on the hills of Cuba,
they were again emulous comrades and
| eager patriots following the old flag
The spur of necessity created out of
Puritan education and conditions a race
| of restless state builders and pioneers,
inventors, merchants and artisans, and
the most successful organizers of in
dustrieS Of any age or country. Their
genius for enterprises on shore and
sea, and the unequalled opportunities
of our land. have given them vast
wealth, and with it luxury and ease.
When, after the exhaustion of the Civ
il War, the spur of necessity pricked
the skin of the cavalier, the mettle re-
sourcefulness and pluck of the race
were found unimpaired. Then came the
| exercise of qualities which overcome
all obstacles develop resources, and
energize and enrich communities. The
East is surrendering it's spindles and
the Middle States its furnaces, and
they are giving a new and broader
1 and healthier life to the South. The
past is but a suggestion of the future
of our united country. Sectional lines
have disappeared and jealousies and
| preJudices have worn away. The nine
tenth century has opened exhaustless
| avenues for spiritual, mental and ma
terial progress in the United States.
Our mission in the twentieth is their
| extension over the new world"
AT the conclusion of the senator's
Grafton, President Wagner of the Ex-
position, stepped to the wire connect
ing the auditorium with the Executive
Mansion in Washington and sent
greeting to President Roosevelt. A few
minutes later the response of the
President was received and the exposi-
ton was formally declared open.
A large party of distinguished Mary
landers, headed by the mayor of Bal
| timore, arrived today and dedicated
! their state building at o'clock.