The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-10

self-devoton the right as It was given
to each to, sea the right. The day before
yesterday + went over the battlefields
of Chickamauga and of Chattanooga;
over that space of territory which saw
for two months one of the gigantic death
wrestles OF the Civil War, the territory
partly in Tennessee. partly in my
mothers State Of Georgia (applause),
and feel that the man would be but
poor American who did not come from
the scenes concentrating the valiant
deeds of those who IS a better American
than when he started.
A GEORGIA CANE.
While was there a delegation Of
young men from the State of Georgia
came to present me cane cut from the
battlefield, with the names of three
Union and three Confederate generals
en- it. One Of the Union generals, Cen
eral Boynton. was showing me around
the field. One of the Confederate gen
erals General Joe Wheeler. had been my
chief in the Spanish war" Applause)
Yesterday we stopped at a little sta
ton in Tennessee, and among those who
gathered to greet me was an old fellow
who had worn the gray. He said:
WHEELER'S PRIVATE.
:" 7 was one Of Wheeler's priEates.
80 was T. replied. daughter and
applause.)
1T is good thing for an American
President to have the chance to travel
through the different sections of the
country, because it is a mighty good
thing for any American to meet his fell
low Americans at different parts of the
country in order that he may realize how
trivial are the points of unlikeness and
how essential are the points of likeness.
Applause.) a good American is good
American, and don't care snap Of my
finger whether he comes from the North
or the South or the East or the West If
he is a straight and decent man am for
him, and if he is not, am not. Gap
plause)
ooh, my friends. the lesson of brother
hood the lesson that is taught by such
a greeting as am receiving at this mo-
ment, the lesson that is taught whenever
you see valiant and true men who wore
the blue meet valiant and tr1le men who
wore the gray and shake hands with
them, that lesson applies through all
our national life, and it applies just as
much in forming a judgment between
class and class as between section and
section. We never can succeed In making
this country what it can and shall be
made until we work together. not prima-
rily as Northerners, or Southerners,
Fasteners of Westerners, not primarily
as employee or employed. townsmen or
ccuntrymen. capitalists or wage workers,
but primarily as American citizens Zap
plause) to whom the right Of brother
" friendship and comradeship with all
other decent American citizens comes as
the first and greatest of privileges.
Roosevelt at Salisbury.
(By Associated Press.)
SALISBURY. N. C., Sept. o-Presldent
Roosevelt arrived here at 6:30 o'clock
this afternoon on the way back to Wash
1ngton and was welcomed by a large
crowd The run from Asheville through
the mountains was greatly enjoyed by
the President who praised the scenery
and the engineering skill displayed in
building the road. A short stop was
made at Old Fort and here the Pr.si-
dent found a large number o. country
people waiting to greet him.
Greeted at Greensboro.
GREENSBORO. N c., Sept. o.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was accorded very en-
thusiastic reception here tonight Fully
5000 people were at the station when the
train arrived and they cheered the Pcs
ident when he appeared on the platform
of his car and also at the conclusion of
his brief address.
Speaks at DanvilIe.
DANvILLE. VA, Sept. s.-President
Roosevelt Roo and nty passed ..,s through the
en- route to Washington. The train
stopped for fifteen minutes at the South
ern Railway d\pot. The President was
met by several thousand people who
cheered him heartily and he spoke to
the crowd from the rear platform of
the last car. His speech dealt principal
~ with generalities. He said that 1t
was a real pleasure to meet Virginians
face to face and that he was sorry his
journey through the historic old Com
monwealth was necessarily made in the
night instead of the day. He said that
an honest American was the same were
ever he might be found and that there
should be no divisional lines drawn be-
tween the States. A soldier of the Span
ish-American War climbed on to the
platform as the train started and called
to the President that he had been a SOL
der. too serving in Cuba with the
Fourth Virginia Regiment. The Presi-
dent Immediately leaned over and grasp
ed the follows hand. He said that some
of the best men in his Regiment had been
Vlrginians.