New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-10
ESCORTED BYCONFEDERATES
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT AsHE-
VILE. y. CITY ELABO-
RATELY DECORATED.

AsheviIIe N G.. Sept "a warm greeting
was extended to President Roosevelt here to
day. Fully ten thousand people occupied
Courthouse Square, where he spoke from an
improvised stand The special train arrived
here at $50 o'clock. The night was passed at
Hot Springs, and the from there this morn
| ing was uneventfuI- A short stop was made at
Marshall the home of Senator Pritchard- Whsre
a large crowd had assembled The President
thanked them for their greeting
Here he was met by a reception committee
of which Charles NcNamee was chairman
Mayor Miller. Senator PritChard and Congress
man Moody were among those who greeted tPe
President. the members Of the committee beirg
introduced to him in his car by Senator Pritch-
ard. Carriages were in waiting. and escorted HS
Zeb Vance Company Confederate Veterans
carving battle flags. and two companies OF
State militia. with the 1st Regiment band. the
marty started for Courthouse Square At Bat
,erv Park the school children were assembled
on the lawn and sang america as the party
passsd President Roosevelt stood IN MS car
riage bareheaded-
The cirv was elaborately decorated. and nun
dreds of persons had come in from the country
70 see the President After his speech he was
driven 70 RiItnore the home Of George ".
Vanderbilt More than an hour was spent IN
inspecting TIE grounds. In one Of the summer
Der of Confederate veterans. His train left here
at so o'clock
He spoke in part as follows:
II was not far from here, as We measure dis
tances in America. that the Meckenburg declara-
man introduced me spoke Of the & great DEEDS
Of the men @ T5o in 59f M f6reer M fof @
der Marion. Ny forefathers fought win tAs
throGshout the dark days when CornwalIis and the
red dragons of Tarleton oveTran tne ooeIner9
the Cowpens. and they saw the final triumph Nnsn
the men in blue and pun Wno 4 IogN b 80 80 1sst the
flag of thirteen Union States. which had been the
coast and along the foothills of the mountains.
II has been great and peculiar pleasure 20 o
greeted as was to-day by the men wa9 serJsG zee IT
the Confederate Army Yesterday and TO-DAY !
travelled through region WnlGe sem % IL sS si
10 serve with and selr-deVotion tne rghI e
hof" %S esterday Went over the battlehelds Of
Chickamauga and of Chattanooga over mat spaGSs
gigantic death wrestlss OF the Civil War, the terri
}sfe Of Georgia and feel that the man would es
but a poor American who did not come from me
scenes commemorating the valiant deeds OF those
armies a better American than when ne started
While was there delegation T., OF y9uns M ne
s rane cut . from the battTeeId with the names Of
1n 5nTee Of r5e me rnon generals General Boynto vas
showing me around the field one OF tnS - ColLsH, I
my chief in the Spanish va YesteTday I,,,eES W
stopped ar Etlr ~ rat r me was an old fellow
WHO had worn the bsslsr g3ay re PSra SSIe said so
L. q ,..t-.-L-od +bs
lesson that is taught by such greeting as an
receiving al this moment the lesson thst Is taHstlt
Whenever you see valiant and true men VINO WI
the hIue meet valiant and true men VINO wore tlls
gray and strike hands with them. that lesson ap-
niles through all national NE. ana u aP!,lsS
lust as much in forming judgment between clSS
and class as between section ana Sectlon We
naver can succeed in making this country Vfhat ll
can and shall be made until we work together not
erners or Westerners nO{ primarily as enp.oye or
smnIover tovnSmen or Countrvn1en, capitalists or
wage workers but primarily as American citizsi,S
Cap1laIsel to whom the right OF hrotheriy tflend
shin aud conr deship with all other decent amer
iCa1 citizens comes the hrsI and SreateSt OF
nriviIeses We need good laws we need nchsst
and upright administration OF the Jaws. huI W
7eed as fnA fundamental prerequisite Tor good 3oF
ernmenf a high average standard OF sood cltlSeh
snip in the men who make the laws ana stsh0
back Of them. -. =, :. 49,.
more dangerous he Is the community IN tne
Ravolntionary War Of the bravest and most
hrillia1t soldiers during the early years or the
bvvord Of infamy the nations Tor 81 tiIne, es'
man who fought with DISTINGUISHED salantrS IN
t@arada- rhe man who led all the American 1orcss
tn The great decisive battle az SARATOGA ntr
man with all mis- courage all MS ddrlns, 81 T.
s,Derh military genius. turned h~cauSt tne toot ~
rgbtsousness was in him; sousnt 20 netfdS.
he Comrades for money. and left tne name OF
Renedict Arnold as a kissing forevernore
II ciyI life the danger is not so patent. hut IL Is