The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-10
GOOD TIMES ARE NOT THE
PRODUCTS OF THE LAWS
President Roosevelt Says 1t Is Difficult to OiSsipate
Financial StringenCieS by Legislation.
Major Micah Jenkins Gets SwOd Notwithstanding Tmans
Withdrawal Of the Invitation

CHARLEsTON, s. C., April g.
l President Roosevelt was the
guest Of the South Carolina IN
teTstate exposition today The wealth
er was ideal The events of the day
began with a grand procession through
the streets of Charleston, and after
wards there were speeches in the au-
ditorium, the Presentation Of a sword
by the president to Major Micah Jen-
kins, with a luncheon at the Women's
building and inspection Of the grounds
and buildings.
The parade started from the st. John
hotel. the Presidents quarter, at 10
o'clock. and was composed Of marines,
seamen. cadets artillerymen and mill
itiamen Of four states, under command
Of Colonel Charles Morris, u. S. A,
Of the garrison at Sullivan's island.
At the exposition flags and bunting
were draped in the building and a dais
erected for Mr.. Roosevelt was covered
with a large flag.
President Roosevelt's Speech.
1T is to me peculiar privilege to
speak here in your beautiful city. Ny
mothers people we're from Georgia.
N
fore the revolution, in the days of colo
NAL rule, they dwelt for nearly a cen
fury in South Carolina and therefore
1 can claim your state as mine by in
heritance, no less than by the strong
er and nobler right, which makes each
foot of American soil in a sense the
property Of all Americans.
Charleston is not only a typical
southern city; IL is also a city whose
history teens with events which link
themselves to American history as a
whole In the early colonial days
Charleston was the outpost OF our
people against the SpaniaTd in the
south. In the days Of the revolution
there occurred here some Of the events
which vitality affected the outcome Of
the struggle for independence and
which impressed themselves most
deeply on the popular mind Il was
here that the tremendous. terrible
drama Of the civil war opened. With
delicate and thoughtful courtesy you
originally asked me TO come 10 this
exposition on the birthday Of Abraham
Lincoln. The invitation not only
showed a fine generosity and manli-
ness in you, by hosts but it also en-
pbasizsd what hardly anything else
could have emphasized. now complete
0 on y
wounds left by the great civil war,
incOmparably the greatest war Of mod
ern times. have healed and its mem
cries are now priceless heritages Of
honor alike to the north and 10 the
south The devotion. the self-sacrifce,
the sJeadfast resolution and lofty dar
ing. the high devotion 10 the right as
each man saw IT, whether nOrtherner
or southerner-aH these qualities OF
the men and women Of the early COS
now shine luminous and brilliant
before our eyes, while the mists Of an
ger and hatred that once dimmed
them have passed away forever.
Proud Of the Heroes.
"AH Of US. north and south, can
glory alike in the valor Of the men who
wore the blue and Of the men who
wore the gray. Those were iron times,
terrible finish the giant struggle be-
tween the hosts Of Grant and Lee. To
US Of the present day and TO our chill
dren and children's children, the val
liant deeds the high endeavOr and alb
negation Of self shown in that strug
gle by those who took part therein, viii
remain fOrevermore to mark the level
to which we in our turn must rise
whenever the hour Of the nations need
may come
When. four years ago this nation
was compelled 10 face a foreign foe,
the completeness Of the reunion be-
came instantly and strikingly evident.
The war was not one which called for
the exercise Of more than an insignifi-