The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-05-05

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the Cold and Wintry Weather.
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escorted by the committee i,.n "a.
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pellod to take his roonsa, MOL NIT
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3 liberal ara. b,if5ir~ 49,. -,
with an possihl, -.o.s v-ho, t,.,
president ross. to sneak fe vras ob,..,,.,
20 tho echo Tre hovr.5 ac,i, OIL
again. suseesti,- hy his manner tbor
quiet De restored. President R,oso.
Welt lauehoa ana shook his head Tai.
ing atvrntar, OF rho INN no csllos
Sow WOW NV fellow citizens give mo
Tho chance was given tho nrosia,-,t
and no began his address. \ burst of
applause greeted his statement thar
The Dutch had done great things for
the country in its infancy. and tho
/ president laughed i'm manner which
plainly said. THAT means nv anccs.
+ tors" Among other things Mr. Roosa-
Welt said
At the outset OF nay address let mo
rec all 10 the minds of nv hearers that
the soil upon which we stand. before
IL was ours. was SUCCESSFULLY the nos
session o. Two miehty empires. Spain
and France whoss sons made n
deathless record of heroism in rho
early annals OF the New World
we have met here today to com
memorate the hunarcdth anniversary
Of the event which more than any
other. after he foundation Of the gov
eminent and always executing its
preservation. determined the charac- /
ter Of our national life-detaruined /
that we should be a great expanding
nation instead OF relatively a small |
and stationary one.
or course il was not with the Ion. /
isiana purchase that our career OF ex-
pansion began. In the middle of the |
Revolutionary War the Illinois region.
including the present states of Illinois |
and Indiana, was added to our domain /
by force OF arms as a sequel to the /
adventurous expedition OF George /
Rogers Clarke and his frontier rife /
men. Later the treaties of jaw and
Pinckney materially extended our real |
boundaries to the west. The old
thirteen colonies had aIu-avs cIoir,od /
that their riqhts stretch.I ,,,o-+,,-a..I |
to the Ntssissippi and vaeue and nm.
real thougi these claims were until |
made good by conquest. settlement and
diplomacy. they still served to give /
the impression that the earliest west
ward movements of our people were
little more than the filing in Of al.