Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-09
Presidents cDQv
Al Charleston.
p,,ade GsandeSt Euer Seen in HE Historic CH-h Speech
President Pays Splendid Tribute 10 Soldiers Of he
Nozth and of The South - Touches on NeceSSdy Of
Goueznnrent Confsol Of Big Combinations

CHARLESTON, s. c., April s.-This is
Dpresldents day" at the exposition
,r,o events of the day began with
Grand procession through the principal
4 I'D Of Charleston and afterwards
,s.re we're speeches in the exposition
auditorium. the presentation Of sword
4 \, tbe. president 10 Maj. Micah Jenkins,
luncheon at the Womans building
Il ana inspection of the grounds and
4 landings. The parade was the most
a ,,noosjnq that Charleston has ever
coon Beside the president and distin-
n ,,shed visitors, United States artil-
a lsymen United states marines and
q tackles, there were soldiers from var
ous states and cadets from two null
n ary academies.
III The procession moved from the ST.
NJ lain hotel promptly at 10 o'clock and
N croceeded up Meeting street to Cali
IA bopn through Calhoun to Rutledge
M street and TO the exposition gates. The
N march was continued through the
III Grove street gate and then around me
VA court Of palaces. The presidential
M marty was driven directly to the eX-
NJ POSITION auditorium where the presi-
RI dent reviewed the troops from Q plat
FL form erected at that point. The pres
"A dents salute Of q guns was fired by
M he German artillery on the entrance
q Of the president into the exposition
W grounds
N Al noon the president proceeded from
NE reviewing stand into the auditor
HI hm where the formal ceremonies oc-
nj turred. Addresses We're MAIDS by capt.
FL +. W. Wagner president Of the South
Ri Carolina Interstate and West Indian
exposition company, Gov. insolvency
I'd Of South Carolina; Gov. Aycock OF
'& North Carolina, Mayor Smyth of Char
IA lesion and the president OF the United
= States,
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
III IL is to me peculiar privilege to
Y speak hefe,in your beautiful city. My
W mothers people were from Georgia;
y but before they came to Georgia, before
.# the revolution. In the days OF colonial
III rule. they dwelt for nearly q century
\. IN South Carolina: and therefore ! can
ii claim your state as mine by Inherit
ance no less than by the stronger and
WI nober right which makes each foot
OF American soil in a sense the proper
III " OF all Americans,
III Charleston is not only a typical
N southern city; It is also a city whose
~ history teens with events which link
NJ themselves TO American history as a
n. whole In the early colonial days
4 Charleston was the outpost OF our peo-
y rs against the Spaniard in the south.
NJ IN he days OF the revolution there oc-
! CURED here some Of the events which
n Nnly affected the outcome Of the
N Struggle for Independence aud which
y Impressed themselves most deeply on
b he popular mind, 1t was here that
"A he tremendous, terrible drama Of the
b civil war opened.
n A UNITED PEOPLE.
N With delicate and thoughtful cour-
" tesy you originally asked me to come
70 this exposition on the birthday Of
4 abraham Lincoln The invitation not
ID only showed fine generosity and man
lness In You, my hosts, but II also em-
phaszed what hardly anything else
Il could have emphasized, how complete
We are now united people, The
Mounds left by the great civil war. in
II tomparably the greatest war Of modern
\ times have healed. and its memories
are now priceless heritages Of honor
alike to the north and TO the south.
N The devotion, the self-sacrihce, the
K tleadfast resolution and lofty daring,
n me high devotion to the right as each
Z man saw II, whether northerner or
n toulhener-all these qualities OF the
y men and women of the early sixties now
4 fhine luminous and brilliant before our
d eyes while the mists OF anger and
haired that once dimmed them have
4 lasse daway forever
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
n An Of US. north and eouth. can glory
Il hlke In the valor OF men who wore
tne blue and OF the lltn who wore the
4tray. Those were iron times and on
a y iron men could fight TO It's terrible
& ,nlsh the giant struggle between the
! hosts OF Grant and Lee. To US OF the
PRESENT day and to our children and
Il ehllapn's children, the valiant deeds,
= lhe high endeavor and abnegAtion OF
~ shown in that struggle by those
Z, hho took part therein Will remain for
p t'ernore TO mark the level to which
s ,e IN our turn must rise whenever the
4hour OF the nations need may come
n When four years ago this nation
vas compelled to face a foreign foe.
me completeness OF the reunion be-
.ame Instantly and strikingly evident. ,
me war was not one which called for |
ne exercise OF more than an insigniii-
N ,Ant Traction Of our strength, and the |
sualn put upon us was slight indeed |
X.ompared with the results. But II was |
satisfactory thing to see the way IN |
ruch the sons OF the soldier OF the |
,nOn and the soldier OF the Confed- |
I.laey leaped eagerly forward, emulous |
- show IN brotherly rivalry the quail !
No. which had won renown for their |
a'hers the men Of the great war. II |
s my good fortune 10 serve under an /
,3,, confederate general. gallant old Joe |
IN netiet who commanded the cavalry |
lpFision OF Santiago.
n TRIBUTE TO MAI. JENKINS.
IN my regiment there were certainly
many men whose fathers had /
NO. IN the southern as there were
wv whose fathers had served In the I
|,to.vhern army. Among the captains Z
vas opportunity TO promote hut I
ucld rank. The man who was
s"stl out for this promotion because
speuous gallantry. IN the field.
VI .s lne son Of a Confedsra general.
vas himself q citizen OF this. the
NJ ,,,, lo state, and no American officer
WISH 20 march 20 battle beside
n loyal, gallant and absolutely
~ comrade than my former cap
~ 'a major your fellow citizen,
NAMED AN EX-coNFEDERATE. 1
4 leW months ago. owing TO the en-
n M. absance Of the governor OF the
ines II became necessary 10
"a O. rice-gov nor 10 take his .
u ,,.- one of he most important places
"a ~ soFeInment az this time. I NOM .
r. ~ A Niee-govcrnor an ev-Confed- I
g-n. Luke Wright of Tennessee. {
- therefore, an ex-confcderate who