Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-13
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
N LAND Of THE SKY
Royalty Entertained in the City
of ASheVille.

pleasure to be greeted as I was today I
by the men who served in the Confed- I
crate army. Yesterday and today f
Travelled through region which sent T.
It's sons. some 20 wear the blue. some +
90 wear the grey. all 90 serve With cOuT- 4
age and self-devOti0n 20 the right as &c /
was given them 20 see. I feel that the
man would Doc bus a poor American
who did not come from the scenes COM j.
memorating the gallant deeds Of those
armies a better American than when
hc started Whue WAS there a dele
cation or young men from Che State OF
Georgia came % present me cane cut
from the battlefield with the names OF
three Union ana three Confederate
generals on g. One OF the Union gen
erals. General Boyton. was showing
me around the lcld. One Confederate
general. General Joe Wheeler. had been
my chief in the Spanish war CAP
plausc.l Yesterday wc stopped no llf-
DE station iu Tennessee ana among
those -lo gathered Cd greet re was Am
ola fellow who had worn tine gray lie
said- D was one of Whorlor's boys
SAID. SO was H. daughter au4 ap-
plouse.l
ALL AMERICANS
"It is a eaef thing Tor an American
Pres Ient fl have the thau.. CD travel
through the different sections or the
country. because be- is u.rhfy g0oi
thing ior auy American to r..t hfs lcl-
low-Ar-criears at different parts of the
country .n crl.. chat ho many rrai|a.
how trivial are tine points of uuii1cuass
and how essential are the points OF
likeness. lAppause.l a good American
is good American. and don't care q
snap OF my finger whether Dee comes
from the North or the south 0r The
East on the West. Do he is Straight
and decent man ann for him. and d. be
is not. I am not applause
On. nag friends. the lesson of broth
erhooi. the lesson that is taught hy
such greeting ass l ann receiving at
this moment. thc lesson that Is taught
whenever you sec valiant and trlo men
who wore tle blue meet valiant and
true men who wore the grey and shake
hands With them. that lesson applies
through an our national lite and DC ap-
plies just as much in forming iudg-
mcnt between class and class as bee
tween section and section We mower
can succeed ina making this country
what b. cam and shall be mas until We
work together. NOT primarily. as North
crncrs or So-therncrs. Fasteners or
Wcstcrntrs. nos primarily as employ,
or employer. tOWnsmcn orrOuntrymcn
capitalists or workers but pri-
marily MS American citizens. lan-
plauscl. Go whom the right OF brother
ly friendship and conrad liD with al
other dee nt American citizens comes
as the first anl greatest az privileges
We need good laws we mood houes
and upright administered of the laws
1ut wc need as the Fundamental pro-
requisite for good government. "a h.gl
average standard az citizenship ia ta,
men who make the laws and stan.
back of them. lApplalseI The best lau
ny itself viii not brlng good citizen
snip. q bad law win DO in.alculah.t
harm lu1 no great damage can Doe Con.
90 amy community than mal-adminis.
trauon. dishonest or unfair admins.
trauou OF laws. a Saw badly admins
tered can do great harm. and Otter
most harm 20 those who at any givef
moment may think that 10 is 20 thci
interest 90 have Che law violated or @.
have BE- put upon ghe statute books la,
laws can 90 harm. Good laws can ii,
|. a measure OF good. but IL is the mar
behind the law who viii ultimately B.,
the way In which he performs his du
ties determine whether this country Il
20 SO up or down tApplause)
CHARACTER COUNTS
Character is what counts. The mes
here who fought in the Union army
the men who fought in the Confederat
army. let them look back. What al,
they care for most in the men VII,
were their comrades. who fough- ol
their right hand in time of action? /
was not 10 the mans antecendents. i
? was not as 20 whether ne was rich @
poor or what his social ton ha,
been, IL was 70 know whether when IN
5 time OF crisis came he would stay
daughter and applause) If the nee,
r. came 70 go forward you wanted 20 b
: sure when he moved that he wOul
BV Wire and Cahfa