Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-04-12

Wednesday was presidents day" at
| The Charleston exposition. The events
| Of the day began with a grand procession
through the principal streets of Charles
| ton, and afterward there were speeches
| in the exposition auditorium. the pre-
sentation OF sword by the President to
| Mai. Micah jenkins. luncheon at the
| WOmans building and inspection of the
grounds and buildings. The parade was
| the most important that Charleston has
ever seen.
Besides the President and distinguish
ed visitors. United States artillerymen,
| United States marines and jackies. there
were soldiers from various States and
cadets from two military academies.
At noon the President proceeded from
the reviewing stand into the auditorium
where the formal ceremonies took place.
| Addresses were made by Capt +. w.
Wagner. president of the exposition
company: Gov. McSwecncy of South
| Carolina. Gov. Aycock Of North Caro-
| ina, Mayor Smyth of Charleston and the
| President of the United States.
President Roosevclt's Speech.
President Roosevelt spoke in part as
| follows:
| With delicate and thoughtful courtesy you
| originally asked me TO come to this eXpoSl-
| tion on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
| The invitation not only showed Il fine gcner-
| oSity and ManlncSS in you, my hosts, but
| it also emphasized what hardly anything
| else could have emphasized how completely
| We are now united people. The wounds
| left by the great Civil War, lncomparablY
| the greatest war Of modern times, have
healed and its memories are now priceless
nj h0rlnT North
to the South. Tho devotion, the Sclf-Sacri-
| flee, the stcadfast resolution and lofty dar-
| ing. the high devotion to the right as each
! man saw it, whether Northerner or South
| erner-all these qualities of the men and
women of the early Cos now shine luminous
| and brilliant before our eyes, while the
| miStS of anger and hatred that once dinlmcu
| them have passed away forever.
| All of us, North and South, can glory
alike in the vaIor 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 and childrCns children, the
| valiant deeds. the high cndeaV0r and Abn&-
CATION of self shown in that struggle by
| those who took part therein will remain for
! cvcrm0rc 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 com
| PEELED to face Il foreign foe, the complete
| ness of the reunion became instantly 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
| compared With the results. But it was a
satisfactory thing to sec the way in which
! the sons Of the soldier of the Union and
| the soldier of the Confederate lcaped eager
| ly forward. cmulouS to show in brOthcrly
! rivalry the qualities which had won renoWn
| for their fathers, he men of the great war
| 1t was my good fortune to serve under an
| eX-Confcderate general, gallant old Joe
,J,hn In,1 ~ nc u nv i
| vision at Santiago.
In my regiment there were certainly as
many men whose fathers had served in the
| Southern rs there were men whose fathers
| had served in the Northern army. Among
| the captains there was opportunity to pro-
mote only one to field rank. The man who
| was singled ont for this promotion because
of conspicuous galantry i'll the field was
the son of Confederate general aud was
| himself citizen of this. the Palmetto State;
and no American officer could wish to march
| to battle beside more loyal, gallant and
absolutely fearless comrade than my former
captain and major, your fellow-citizen
| Micah Jenkins
A few months ago. owing to the enforced
| absence of the Governor of the Philippines
| it was necessary to nominate Vice Gov
ernor to take his place-~one Of the more
| important places in our Government at this
time. ! nominated as Vice Governor an cx-
Confederate. Gen. Luke Wright, of Tcnncs-
see. 1t is. therefore, an CX-Confederate who
stands rs the exponent Of this Government
and this people in that great group of ISL
andS in the Eastern seas over which the
American flag floats. 1t is an added proof
of the completeness of tho reunion of our
country that one of the foremost men who
have been instrumental in driving forward
tho great work for civilization and human
ity in the Philippines has been man who
in the Civil War fought with distinction in
Il uniform of Confederate gray.
Sectional Lines Wiped Out.
If ever the need comes in the future the
past has made abundantly evident the fact
that from this time on NOrtherner and
Southerncr will in war know only the gen
erouS desire to strive how each can do tho
more effective service fer the flag OF our