Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10
SPEECH AT ASHEVILLE,
Presidents Remarks Excite Great
Enthusiasm,

In his speech at Asheville, N. c.. yester-
day President Roosevelt said: Mr.. Chair
man, and you, my fellow-Americans: 1t is
indeed a pleasure to have the chance of
saying word of greeting to you this morn
ing, to speak here in the midst of your
beautiful country Of western North Caro-
lima, in this beautiful city, In front of the
monument raised to Senator Vance Gap
plause), and to be addressing people whose
forefathers have borne a distinguished part
IN every great military or civic struggle
through which this country has come CAP
plause.)
1T was not far from here, as we meas
ure distance in America, that the Neck
lenburg declaration Of independence was
formulated. (Applause) The gentleman
who introduced me spoke of the great deeds
of the men who. in the revolutionary war,
followed Marion and Mcdowell. My fore
fathers fought under Marion (applause);
my forefathers fought with the Georgia and
south Carolina troops, who battled through
out dark days when CORVALLIS and the red
Dragons OF Tarleton overran the southern
tain. at the Cowpens and thew saw the
final triumph when the men in the blue and
buff who followed Greene wrested victory
out OF defeat, and when at last the flag of
thirteen united states, which had been the
thirteen colonies waved without a rival
along the coast and along the foothills of
the mountains. (Applause)
Compliment to Ex-Confederates.
IL mas been great and peculiar pleas
ure to be greeted as 1 was today by the men
VINO served In the confederate army Yes
teroay and today I Travelled through a re-
glon winch sent Its sons, some to wear the
blue, some to wear the gray. all to serve
with courage and self-devotion the right as
II was given to each to see the right The
Gay before yesterday / went over the battle-
neids or Chlckamauga 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 party in INV nother,s
state OF Georgia (applause), and 1 feel that
the man would be but a poor American who
ola not come from the scenes commence
h sattns tne valiant deeds of those armies a
petIer american than when he Started
w nile was there delegation of Young
men from the state Of Georgia came to nre
sent me cane cut from the battlefield
VIII ea5 the names OF three Union and three
confederate generals on It, One of the
Union generals-Gen. Boynton-was show
ing me around the field. One NJ tbe COW
federate generals-Gen. Joe WheeJerZhad
oeen my chief In the Spanish war. (Ap-
plause.) Yesterday we stopped at IittIe
station In Tennessee, and among those uho
gathered to greet me was an old fellow who
had worn the gray. He said: I was one
OF Wneelers boys l said, so was r
daughter and applause)
1T Is good thing for an American pras
ident to have the chance to travel throngh
the different sections of the conntru ta'
cause It Is a mighty good thing for any
different parts OF the country. in ordar tho ~
he may realize how trivial are the points a.
unlikeness and how essential the roints
OF likeness (Applause,) A good Amer,can
sooo american. and I don't care