Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-14

| CHARLESTON, S. c., April 9.-The
speech of President Roosevelt at the ex-
position this morning. was as follows;
"It is to me peculiar privilege to speak
/ here in your beautiful city. My mothers
people were from Georgia; but before
| they came to Georgia, before the revolu-
i ton, in the days of colonial rule, they
! dwelt for nearly a century in South Caro-
/ lima; and, therefore, can claim Your stars
/ as mine by inheritance no less than b.
/ the stronger and nobler right which makes
/ each foot of American soil. in sense, the
| property of all Americans.
| charleston is not only a typical south
4 ern city; II is also a city where 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 Span
/ iards in the south. In the days of the rev.
| olution there occurred here some OF the
| events which vitality 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 civil
/ war opened.
A United People.
with delicate and thoughtful courtesy,
1 you originally asked me to come to this
| exposition on the birthday of Abraham
| Lincoln. The invitation not only showed a
/ fine generosity and manliness in you. my
/
1 anything else could emphasize how COM
| pletely we are now a united people. The
| wounds left by the great civil war, incom-
| parably the greatest war of modern times,
have healed, and its memories are now
I priceless heritages of honor alike to the
north and to the south. The devotion. the
self-sacrifce, the steadfast resolution and
| lofty daring, the high devotion to the
right as each man saw it, whether north
erner or southerner, ali these qualities of
| men, and women Of the early sixties now
| shine LUMINOSITY and brilliantly before our
eyes, while the mists of anger and hatred
| that once dimmed them have passed away
| forever.
"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, and only iron
men could fight to it's terrible finish the
giant struggle between the hosts of Grant
| and Lee. To US Of the present day and to
| our children and children's children the
| valiant deeds, the high endeavor and alb
negation of self shown in that struggle by
those who took part therein viii remain
forevermore to mark the level in which
we in our turn must rise whenever our
nations need may come.
The Blue and the Gray.
when four years ago this nation was
| compelled to face a foreign foe, the COM
| pleteness of the reunion became instant
ly and strikingiy 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 compared with the results.
But IL was a 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, emulous to
| show in brotherly rivalry the qualities
which had won renown for their fathers,
/ t.
| good fortune to serve under an ex-Con-
federate general gallant old Joe Wheeler,
who commanded the cavalry men at San
| tiago. In my regiment there were GER
| tainly as many men whose fathers had
| served in the southern as there were men
| whose fathers had served In the northern
| army. Among the captains there was
opportunity to promote but one to field
rank. The man who was singled out Tor
this promotion because of conspicuous gall
| lantry in the field was the son Of a Con-
| federate general and was himself citizen
of this, the Palmetto state; and no Amer
lean officer could wish to march to battle
beside more loyal. gallant and absolute
ly fearless comrade than my former cap
tain and major, your fellow-citizen, Micah
| Jenkins.
Honors for the South.
"a few months ago. owing to the en-
/
Philippines. it became necessary to nomi-
nate vice-governor to take his place
| one of the most important places in our
government at this time. nominated as
vice-governor an ex-Confederate, General
Luke Wright. of Tennessee. 1t is there
for an ex-Confederate who now stands as
1 the exponent of this government and this
people in that great group Of islands in the
eastern seas over which the American
| flag floats. General Wright has taken
/ leading part in the work Of steadily bring
| ing order and peace out of the chaos in
j which we found the islands. He is now
| taking a leading part, not merely in up
| holding the honor of the flag, by making
| it respected, as the symbol of our power
| but still more in UNFOLDING its honor by
/ unwearied labor for the establishment OF
/ orderly liberty, of law-creating, law-abid-
/ ing civil government-under its folds.
| THE progress which has been made I'M
| der General Wright and those like him
/ has been indeed marvellous. In fact a let
| ter Of the generals the other day seemed
to show that he considered there was far
more warfare about the Philippines in this
/ country than there was warfare in the
i Philippines themselves. 1t is an added
/ proof of the completeness OF the reunion
/ of our country that one Of the foremost
men who have been instrumental in driv-
| ing forward the great work for civilization
and humanity in the Philippines has been
a man who in the civil war fought for the
distinction in a uniform Of Confederate
gray.
There Is Only One Flag.
eff ever the need comes in the future
/ the past has made abundantly evident
| the fact that this time on northerner and
southerner will in war know only the gen.
| erous desire to strive how each can do
the more effective service for the flag of
/ our common country. The same thing
| is true in endless work of peace, the new
er-ending work Of building and keeping
the marvellous fabric of our Industrial
| prosperity. The upbuilding of any part of
| our country is a benefit to the whole and
| every such effort as this TO stimulate the
resource and industry Of particular sec
/ ton is entitled to the heartiest support
| from every quarter of the union. Thor
| oughly good national work can be done
| only If each of US works hard for him
self and at the same time keeps constant
| ~ in mind that he must work IN conjunc-
| ton with others.
you have made a particular effort in
| Nour exhibition to get into touch with the
| West Indies. This is wise. The events
| of the last four years have shown US that
| the West Indies and the Isthmus in the
| future occupy a far larger place in our
national policy than in the past. This is
| proved by the negotiations for the pur-
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