The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-04-17
PRESIDENTS EXPOSITION SPEECH
Says Many Things Complimentary
to Southern Progress.

to Southern Progress.
The address of President Roosevelt
at Charleston Wednesday was we'll
timed and we'll received. The President
said in part:
1T is to me a peculiar privilege tc
speak here in your beautiful city. My
mothers people were from Georgia;
but before they came to Georgia, be-
fore the Revolution, in the days Of Co.
Ionial rule, they dwelt for nearly
century in South Carolina; and there
fore can claim your State as mine by
inherrance no less than by the stronger
and nobler right which makes each foot
Of American soil in a sense the proper
ty OF all Americans.
Charleston is not only typical
Southern city; it 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 reo-
pie against the Spaniard in the South.
In the days of the Revolution there oc-
Cured here some OF the events which
vitally affected the outcome of the
struggle for independence. and which
impressed themselves most deeply upon
the popular mind. 1t was here that the
tremendous. terrible drama OF the civil
war opened.
with delicate AID thoughtful cou--
tesy you originally asked me to come to
this exposition On the birthday or
Abraham Lincoln. The invitation not
only shows 4 Gne generosity and man
illness il you. my hosts. but it also en-
phasized as hardly anything else "oula
have emphasized how completely We
a.e now united people. The WcInG3
lest by the great civil war. jncomDa"a-
BY tie greatest war OF modern timss,
have healed; and its memories are now
priceless heritages Of honor alike 10
the North and to the South. The de-
yot;cn. the se,f-cacrifce, the Steattast
resolution and lofty daring. the mGn
devotion to the rights as each mal saw
it. whether Nor.herner or SoutheTner-
all these qualities of the men aid wo-
rlea OF the early sixties now shine H.
minous and brilliant before our eyes.
while the mista Of anger and hatred
that once dlmmcd them have passed
away forever.
"A!l of US, North and South, :an
glory alike in the valor Of the men who
wore the blue and the men who wore
the gray. Those were iron times. and
only iron men could fight to its terrible
finish the giant struggle between the
hosts of Grant and Lee. To us OF the
present day. and to our children and
childrcn's children, the valiant deeds.
the high endcavor. and ablegation CT
self shown in that struggle by those
| who took part therein will remain for
evermore 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
vas compelled to face foreign foe, the
completeness OF the reunion became in
stantly and strikingly evident. The
war was not one which called for the
| exercise Of more than an insignificant
| fraction of our strength. and the strain
put upon Us was slight indeed COM
pared with the results. But it was
satisfactory thing to see the way in
which the sons of the soldier OF the
Union and the soldier Of the Confeder-
! acy leaped eagerly forward. emulons
! TO show in b-otherly rivalry the quail
! ties which had won relown FOR Sheir
! Gathers. the men of the great war. 1t
vas my good fortune to serve under
an ex-Confcderatc general. gallant old
| Joe Wheeler. who commando the cay
airy at Santiago.
in My regiment there were certainly
as many men whose fathers had served
! in the Southern, as there were meE
whose fathers had served in the North
ern army. Among the captains there
was opportunity to promote but one
to field rank. The man who was sin
gled out for this promotion because OF
conspicuous gallantry in the field was
| the son Of a Confederate general and
was himself citizen of this, the Pal
metto State: and no American officer
could wish to march to battle besides a
more loyal, gallant. and absolutely
fearless conrade than my former cap
tain and major. your fellow-cit!zen.
Micajah Jenkins.
"a few months ago. owing to the en-
forced absence OF the Governor of the
Philippines, it became necessary t0
nominate Vice Governor ta take his
place-one of TIE most important places
IL or government at this time. NOM
| mated as Vice Governor an eX-Confed-