The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

day.
Through successive generations thov
have boon sturdy. valiant anl fore ecul
men. who have contributed their fum
rart to tho cnnntrv's history.
Their individuality has asserted itself
in many ways and there has never ben
{" time since political parties wer"
formed in Ibis country when each cf
these lending forces diG rot numhe-
PooseveltS among its devoted ad-
heronts and valiant CdntainS.
The I,ooceveltS hav" distinguished
themselves in war as vel as in politics.
COura ce IS rr"rt OF their nature. To the
ctoli1iy and ctuhhornness of their
Dutch nature has iG"n1 a'dad the en-
thueiacn and fire which has ever dis
tinrriehed the mon Of this republic. No
family in the United States has sue-
.aino6 itself more steadily. Since tn"
FIRST Roosevelt landed here there has
not been n generation in which one or
more Of them was rot commanding
figure.
The fine strain of Dutch blood which
predominates in Theodore Roosevelt
has been enriched by dash of the bast
Scotch Irish ancestry to r" '"ura. The
original Roosevelt in America came in
1919 He was ki9aS " Rno"e-
vel. n man who had rrCved his quail
~ before he crossed the sea and wh1
showed himself equal to large dut'es
after he was domicil Il in New York.
The descendants of this bod and re-
sourceful Dutchman held many places
of trust and honor in their adopted
State and became connected with sew
eral CT the other leading families OF
New York.
The father of Theodore Roosevelt was
in
won for his wife q brilliant and accom-
plished woman, Martha Bulloch. daugh-
Ter of James and Martha (Oswa.d) Bull
loCh, of Roswell. Ga.
1t is said that the Vice President is rs
much q Bulloch as Roosevelt. In
him as in many men of marked ability
and high ambition the traits OF his
mother are clearly displayed.
The Bullochs made history in the year
Of the Revolution. the struggle with
Engla nd in 1925 ard on both sides
Of the civil war.
Admiral Eulloch, Of the Confederate
navy, who succeeded in sending out the
cruiser Alabama on its wonderful and
historic cruise. was a brother OF our
Vice Presidents mother.
Theodore Roosevelt was born not rich
but in comfortable circumstances. with
a proud and honorable family name
back Of him.
He was largely self-educated. but az
ter the high school training he received
in New York he went to Harvard.
where he distinguished himself as
much by strenuous and daring man
hood AS by his excellence in studies and
society debates.
Like Macauley. he was looked upon
as a prospective leader in politics long
before he entered public life. AMI he has
mere than justiried TIE highest of these
expectations.
He was graduated from Harvard IN
1850 and after spending year in travel
and study came 10 his home to find
himself in demand for active party SER
vice and leadership.
From his youth he has been a leader.
Nature made him one and ne has de-
velo~ed and exhibited powers of COM
,nand which are rarely eGualled.
lie vas elected to the New York Log
iSlatnre in 1882 and served there col-
GricUously for five years.
He then resigned it to become cf M
r!On of many reform measures. a. is
the real author of New York's present
civil service law.
He was dafea ed for the mayoralty OF
Few York in 1856 as the candidate OF
tic reform party.
In 1889 President Harrison apUointe1
him member of the Untel States civil
service commission. an Office which he
held as president of TIE board until
May. 1925.
He was the author. advocate. pro-
motcr and president of the New York
citv board Of police commissioners IN
1Sn5.
In lScs he was elected Governor OF
New York.
When the war with Spain broke out
he organized his famous Rough Riders.
Before the expiration Of his term as
Governor he was nominated for Vice
President.
ROOSEVELT'S TRIBUTE TO LEE.
In his Life Of Thomas H. Benton
Theodore Roosevelt says OF General Lee
and his soldiers:
The decline of the militant spirit ir-
the Northeast during the first half OF
this century was much to be regrett ID.
ITO il is due more than to anv othe-
cause the undoubted average individual
inferiority of the Northern compared II
the Southern troops: at any rate. at
the beginning of the war of the reb''-
lion. The Southerners by their who Q
mode Of living. their habits. and tNni"
love Of outdoor sports, kept M thai~
war-like spirit: while in the North he
so-called upper classes developed along
the lines Of a wealthy and timid bour-
geois type. measuring everything by
mercantile standard "a peculiarly de-
basing one by itself. and submitting
to be ruled in local affairs by low for
eign mobs. and in national matters by
their arrogant Southern kinsmen. The
militant spirit Of these last certainly
stood them in good stead in the civil
war The world has never seel. better
soldiers than those who followed Lee:
and their leader will undoubtedly rank
as without an exception the very great
est Of all the great captains that the
English-speaking peoples have brought
forth-aud this. although the last and
chief of his antagonists. may himself