The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-16


1orthcrners and suuJhernerS alike.
Proud OF your great deeds: OF course
I'm proud ur your great deeds. fer you
are my people"
President Roosevelt spoke easily
and made few references to the manu-
script which he held III his left hand
and used in his gcsticulation. lie
President said:
PRESIDENT E0n>E>!3 !3LT'> SPEECH.
1t is TO me q pcvUi;ar privilege 10
speak here in v0ur braui i!iN r!;E' NY
mothers pcopl" were from "cotSid.
hut before they cane 10 Georgia. IN
the d.,vS 0i colonial rule. they cWelt
for ucarlva century in South Car0!lna:
and therefore can claim your State
Is mine bv Inheritance no less than by
The stronger and nObler right which
makes each foot of American soil in d
sense the property of all Americans.
HISTORIC CHARLESTON.
Charleston is not only a typical
southern city: it is also L 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 peo-
pie against the Spaniard in the south.
In the days Of the revolution there oc-
Cured here some Of the events Wilcts
vitally affected the outcome OF the
struggle for independence. ana Whlcl
impressed themselves most GeepiF
upon the popular mind. 1t was here
that the tremendous. terrible drama OF
the civil war opened.
With delicate and thoughtful courte-
sy YOU originally asked me TO come T.
this exposition on the birthday CT
Abraham Lincoln. The invitation not
ONLY showed a tire generosity ana
manlineSS in YOU, my hosts. but 1t also
emphasized as hardly anything else
could have emphasized how complete
" we are now united people. Ihe
wounds left by the great civil war. m
comparably the greatest war OF mod
ern times, have healed: and its mem.
cries are now priceless herltages OF
honor alike to the north and to the
south. The devotion, the self-sacrl-
flee. the steadfaSt resolution and lofty
daring, the high devotion to the right
as each man saw it, whether north
erner or SOutherner-all these quail
ties of the men and women of the early
sixties now shine luminous and bril-
liant before our eyes. while the mlStSS
of anger and hatred that once dimmcd
them have passed away forever.
UNITED NATION.
All of US. north and south, can glory
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 its terrible
finish the giant struggle between the
hosts of Grant and Lee. To US OF the
present day, and to our children ano
children's children, the valiant deeds
the high endeavor, and abnegatlon OF
self shown in that struggle by those
who took part therein will remain fol
eyermOre 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 to face foreign Zoe, thc
condolences Of the reunion became m
stantly and Strikingly evident. Inc
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
barred with the results. But it was
satisfactory thing to see the way II
which the sons of the soldier OF the
union and the soldier Of the Confed
eracy leaped eagerly forward, emulou>
to show in brotherly rivalry the quail
tiles which had won renown for their
fathers, the men Of the great war. 1t
was my good fortune to serve under an
Confederate general, gallant olc
Joe Wheeler, who commanded the cav
airy division at Santiago.
TRIBUTE TO MICAH JENKINS.
In my regiment there were certainly
as many men whose fathers had served
in the southern. as there were mer
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 sim
gled out for this promotion because OF
CONSPICUOUS gallantry in the field was
the son of a Confederate general and
vas himself a citizen Of this, the Pal
metto State: and no American otilcer
could wish TO march to battle beside
more loyal, gallant and absolutely
fearless comrade than my former cap
tain and major, your feiloW-cltlzen
Micah Jenkins.
GEN. LUKE WRIGHT.
A few months ago, owing to the en-
forced absence of the governor OF the
Philippines, it became necessary TO
nominate a. vice-govcrnor TO take his
place-one Of the most important
places in our government at this time
I nominated as vice-governor an eX,
Confederate. Gen. Luke Wright OF
Tennessee. 1t is therefore an eX-Con'
federate who now stands as the eXpon'
ent Of this government and this people
in that great group of islands III the
eastern seas over which the American
fiag floats. Gen. Wright has taken a
leading part in the work Of steadily
bringing order and peace out OF the
bloody chaos in which we found the
islands. He is now taking L Leading
part not merely upholding the honor
Of the flag by making it respected aS
the symbol Of our power, but still more
in upholding it's honor by unwearled
labor for the establishment Of ordered
liberty-of law-creating, law-abiding
civil government-under its folds.
The progress which has been made
under Gen. Wright and those like him
has been indeed marvellous. In fact. 4
letter 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 Philippines them
selves. 1t is an added proof CT the
completeness Of the reunion Of our
country that one Of the foremost men
who have been instrumental in driving
forward the great work for civilization
and humanity in the Philippines has
been man who in the civil war fought
with distinction in uniform OF Con-
federate gray.
UNITY OF PURPOSE.
II ever the need comes in the future
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