The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-08


US into closer communion with Washing
ton than we have enjoyed in years.
President Roosevelt was especially
pointed in his manifestation of pleasure
and in his hearty endorsement of a
number of the Governors utteranCes.
Both We're especially earnest, and the
broad platform of true patriotism which
caused the lines Of their speeches to al
most converge, has unconSciOEsiy
brought about a mutual understanding
and respect that both for our State and
our worthy Governor will be most far
reaching in its influence.
AYCOCK IN THE AUDITORIUM.
As wired yesterday, Governor Aycock
made a great hit by his speech in the
Auditorium, winning the applause of the
President. AS reported by the Charleston
resident. AS reported by the Charleston
News and Courier. he said:
Mr.. President: | thought that we
were in Charleston, but this warm well
come gives me the impression that we
are in Goldsboro, n. c. But then 1t
does not make any difference whether
it is North or South Carolina, it is Caro-
lima. | was not aware, Mr.. President,
that / should be expected to say any
thing today, nor did / know that it was
fitting that | should until [ reelected
that IN the early days all Of these two
great States constituted Carolina, and
it takes them both to extend to the
President Of the United States the well
come to which he is entitled. Cap
plause) There is very high and fine
sense in which, as my DISTINGUISHED
friend, the Governor Of South Carolina,
said, that there is no North and South,
and yet there is another finer sense in
which | am glad to say today that there
is a South. CApplause.) When / glance
over the magnificent Exposition which
has been made here through the indus
tries Of these people, stricken as they
had been by four years of disastrous
war; when | see the mighty work that
the men and women of this section Of
our common country have done. l say
there is a South, and a glorious South
(A~pplause.) And then, too, when l re-
fleet upon the history of this country Of
| ours and recall the glorious deeds Of the
noble people of this State when they
| were struggling with British tyranny,
when. under the leadership Of the great
| Revolutionary soldier, under that of
| Marion and others, l am glad to say that
there is a South, and that in the num-
Der there is no truer and better State
! than South Carolina. (~Applause.) Nor
; am l ashamed of the mighty deeds Which
| you wrought from 81 to So. (Applause.J
| shall forever defend the men and Wo-
| men, and | must do so in order to just
fly the splendid courage Of the Presi-
| dent of the United States. (Applause.)
They We're a great folk. Sturdy, deter
mined, hot-blooded maybe, but their
| blood stayed hot through four years.
Your hot-blooded man cOols under Tess
than -four years of suffering. But Il
took from Bethel to AppomattoN to cool
the blood of these Southern people.
They were tired Of fighting against their
brethren, but they had just gotten
themselves into good training for fight
ing the greater battles of life. And so
I say that | have ceased to talk about
the fact that we are in the Union, for
We never got out. (Applause.l And il
there be any State-in the Philippines
or elsewhere-that wants TO secede we
will teach them that they cant get out
(Applause.)
President Roosevelt: you are all
right, Governor"
Mr.. President, the old negro illus
trated the Southern feeling when he said:
You need not be talking about these
Southern people being prodigai sons. If
they We're they were like the fellow that
walked in and said: Look here, where's
that Ve2l?'" No fatted calf for the pen
itent sons of the South. It is our I'm
ion, made after the splendid hearts and
the glorious minds of Revolutionary he
roes, trough out with loss of blood
and treasure and death and suffering;
sustained through fifty years of a 2lor-
ious peace and made stronger N the
blood shed on both sides CT Mason's and
DiXOn's line. 1t is our Union. AS our
UniOn / come in the name of the sister
State of North Carolina 20 extend cor
dial greeting and welcome to our Pres
ident. (Applause.J And | NAV say for
the President that I know that he is
happier that he may be President of a
people who are proud of their history
than he would be to be President of a
people who were ashamed Of it. ZAP
plauSe.) And SO. in the name of all
the manhood, and in the name of that
better portion of our population, the
splendid Women-than which there is nc
greater-of North and South Carolina,
i bid you welcome. Continued APP
plause.
GOV. AYCOCK'S SPEECH PRAISED
TeleSraphing to his paper, the Colum-
bia State, Editor Gonzales had this ref
erence to Governor Aycock's speech or
Wednesday:
Gov. insolvency then presented Gov
Aycock, of North Carolina, and AS the
two Governors stood side by side. that
old joke must have suggested itself tC
every mind present, for the audience
cheered again and again. When quiet
was restored, Gov. Ayccck began an ex-
temporaneous speech, the :irst sentence
of which caught the crowd, and he was
frequently interrupted with bursts OF
applause. He is much beloved in his
State, ard there were many North Caro-
linians present. In reference to 4 state
ment of Gov. McSWeeney that there is