The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-11

lima. / was not aware, Mr.. President,
that l should be expected to say any
thing today, nor did / know that it was
| lifting that / should until 1 reflected
| 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 1 am glad to say today that there
is South. (Applause) 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 L see the mighty work that
the men and women of this section of
our common country have done. 1 say
there is a South. and a glorious South
| (Applause.) 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, / 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 I ashamed of the mighty deeds which
you wrought from 81 to '65. (Applause}
l shall forever defend the men and wo-
! T In in nrdo To
ify the splendid courage of the Presi-
dent of the United States. (Applause)
| They were a great folk Sturdy, deter
mined, -blooded maybe, but their
blood stayed hot through four years
Your hot-blooded man cools under less
than four years of suffering. But it
| took from Bethel to Appomattox 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
/ say that / have ceased to talk about
the fact that we are in the Union, for
we never got out. (Applause.i And if
there be any State-in the Philippines
CT elsewhere-that wants to secede we
will teach them that they can't get out
| (Applause.)
President Roosevelt: "You are all
fright, Governor.
Mr.. President, the old negro illus
trated the Southern feeling when he said:
You need not be talking about these
Southern people being prodigal sons. If
I they were they were like the fellow that
walked in and said: Look here, where's
1 hot No fo{
itcnt sons of the South. It. is our I'm
ion, made after the splendid hearts and
the glorious minds of Revolutionary he
roes, wrought out with loss of blood
and treasure and death and suffering;
sustained through fifty years of glor-
ious peace and made stronger in the
| blood shed on both sides Of Masons and
.Dixon's line. 1t is our Union AS our
1 Union / come in the name of the sister
/ State of North Carolina 20 extend cor
dial greeting and welcome to our Pres
| ident. (Applause.) And / NAV say for
| the President that 1 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 q
| people who were ashamed of it, CAD
| 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 no
greater-of North and South Carolina
/ bid you welcome. CONTINUED ap-
| plause.
GOV. AYCOCK'S SPEECH PRAISED
Tele9raphing to his paper, the Colum-
bia State, Editor Gonzales had this ref
erence to Governor Aycock's speech on
| Wednesday:
| Gov. McSweency then presented Gov
Aycock, of North Carolina. and as the
| two Governors stood side by side. that
| old joke must have suggested itself to
every mind present, for the audience
cheered again and again. When quiet
was restored, Gov. Ayccclx began an ex-
temporaneous speech, the first sentence
| OF which caught the crowd, and he was
| frequently interrupted with bursts of
| applause. He is much beloved in bis
State, ard there were many North Caro-
| liniGns present. In reference to n state.
| ment of Gov McSWeeney that there is
no North and no South" Gov. Aycock
exclaimed "and yet there is in finer
sense South and glorious South"
He spoke Of the valor of the people of
this section and declared that it required
four years of suffering to cool the hot
blood of the people of the South.
president Roosevelt showed that he
enjoyed Gov Aycock's declaration that
this is not a reunited country, for the
South never got out Of it, and new that
she is back, she will help to put down
secession, whether it be in this country
or in the Philippines. In conclusion he
said that he was sure that Mr.. Roose-
welt would rather be President Of peo-
pie proud of their history than of a peo-
pie ashamed of their history Tie ova-
:ion which Gov Aycock received was a
fine tribute to his eloquence.''
Senator Ransom to Speak