The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-04-16
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN CHARLESTON.
Great Crowds Greet the Chief Magistrate
Tribute To The South In War And Peace
Presentation of Sword to Micah Jenkins.

. previous decade you were well wa
Q ranted upon insisting on holding 20,
e Exposition here. (Applauss)
: "And gentlemen, l was very gla
that in arranging for your Expositio
you not only took in the Southern
States but that you specially include
the islands lying south of the Unite
, States, those islands with which th
events of the last few years have mad
it evident that we are bound in tn
future to have closer relations. (Grea
applause). Closer relations for our ad
vantage and our advantage can onl,
be secured by making it for their ad
vantage also. cloud applause.) Ant
about all that l have said applies t,
the greatest and richest of those is
lands, the island with which we have
been brought into the most peculiar
intimacy and relationship-the Islant
of Cuba. (Applause.) And L ask
that III our trade relations with Cubs
we give her marked and substantial
advantage, not merely because it will
rebound to our interest to do so, al.
though that al @ is nc, especially be.
cause ihe event hay, so hap d them.
selves that 1t is our duty IL q great
and mighty nation u nip Cuba and
L hope to see Us do oui du'v. (Cheers
and appl .use.) lshAll not TRY to make
you any speech tonight, b,cause for
your sins ytu will have in listen to me
make one L morrow. Laug hter.) /
shall merely Thank you again with all
my heart and say 10 Jvu that want
you to appreciate that l IN, an every
word L say, ard mean it deeply when
L tell you l have been touched, more
than pleased, touched and stirred hy
the warmth and heaftiness with which
you have made me feel today that |
am one of you" cloud appl,us and
cheers.)
The President was followed by Gov.
McSweeney, who prefaced his prepared
speech by few words in which he as
sured the President that he was as
safe from bodily harm IN South Caro-
lima as he was in Washington. Con-
tinulng he said:
GOV. M'SwELNEY' SPEECH.
Governor Miles B. McSweeney, OF
South Carolina, was then introduced
and made very happy and eloquent
speech. The Governor first paid his
respecJs TO the President of the United
States, and assured him that he was
"safe in the hearts and thoughts of
the people of this State" The Gov
ernor then spoke as follows:
The history of man is series of
great pulse beats, whose flood over
whelms his future and fixes his life.
Like the damned torrent on noun
tain side, it breaks the conservatism
that holds 1T stagnant for generations
and floods the world with its sweep.
Theories, creeds and institutions hal
lowed by age are cast as rubbish Oh
the SCARED hills that mark it's course.
The old world is buried and q new one
appears.
I" The Anglo-Saxon is entering the
new century with the imperial crown
of the ages on his brow and the sceptre
of the infinite in his hands.
The old South fought against the
stars in their courses-the resisting
tide of the rising consciousness of ma
tionality and world mission. The young
South greets the new era and glories in
its manhood. He joins his voice IN
The cheers of triumph which are ush-
ering in this all-conquering Saxon. Our
old men dreamed of local supremacy.
We dream of the conquest OF the
globe. Threads of steel have knit
State to State. Steam and electricity
have silently transformed. the face of
the earth, annihilated time and space
and swept the ocean barriers from the
path OF man. The black steam shuttles
of commerce have woven continent to
continentl'
These words are taken from q
speech delivered at momentous crl-
sis in the history of q sister State.
Civil liberty and religious freedom
have been placed in our keeping as a
trust and it is our duty to be faithful
to that tlust and move on and upward
until the peoples of all lauds shall en-.
joy the same blessings which are ours.
Threads of steel have indeed knit us
close together and now we know nc
North and no South. no East and no
| West, but hand in hand we are striving
for The uplifting and betterment o1
mankind.
/" L want to say in this presence, and
in the presence of the President of the
United States, that while we may no.
agree on many questions of policy, tha
we are all American citizens ard thu
boys of the South will respond to tht
call Of their country, which is the cal
of duty, as quickly and readily as thos,
of any other section. When four year.
ago America 6 let slip the dogs of war
and sent her armies and navies t,
drive the tyrant from Cuba's wasted
shores, together 'in the gloom OF tn
CORY trenches, and the ramparls wrap
in flame stood the sons of the frozel
North who wore the blue, with thos
of the sunny South who wore the gray
TO defend the honor of their commo
country. Side by side and shoulder /
shoulder they fought, till the broke
, power of Spain in the Weste, N worl
, attested the fact that the men VIII
/ made and withstood Pickett's charg
at Gettysburg could clasp hands owe
+ the graves Of their fallen heroes an
/, together shed their blood in defense {
: human rights and their country
8 cause. 1t was Southern boy who fir
: planted the Stars and Stripes on fo
4 eign soil, it was Southern boy WI
4 first gave U. his fair young life in tn
: cause, and the cold still form of III
h sign Bagley, wrapt about with Il
= silken folds of his cOuntry's flag, WI
0 laid to rest 'inid the lamentations OF
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