The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-11-25
Presented the American People BY
Emperor William Of Germany
es Place in Washington City
With Most Brilliant Ceremonies.
PRESIDENT Theodore Roosevelt is the principal
Orator oftlle Day Several Notables Also make
Brief Addresses Baroness Won Sternberg Par
ticipates in the Proceedings.

soldiers must yet, for the sake of tas
greatness of the man, ponder and adj
lnire the lessons taught BY his unlaunt-
ed resolution, his inaexible tenacity Of
purpose, his farsigatyd grasp of lofty
possibilities, and mis- unfinching. UNI
yielding determination in following the
path ne had marked out. 1t is emin-
emily fitting that the statue of this
iron soldier, this morn leader OF men,
should find a place IN this War Col,
lqge; for when soldisry genius and sol
dierly neroism rsacn the highest poing
of achievement the man IN whom they
are displayed grows TO belong not mere
" to the nation from which he spsang,
but to all nations capable Of showing,
ana therefore capable Of approaching,
che virilc and masterful virtues wnica
/ alone make victors in those dread strug-
gl,s whore resort is at last had to the
arbitrament of arms.
"But, Mr.. Ambassador, in accepting
the statue given US today through you
from the German Emperor, accept it
not merely because it is tine statue of a
mighty and terrible soldier, but ac-
cept it as symbol of tae ties of friend
snip and good will which / trust as
the years go on win bind ever closer
together the American and the German
peoples. This is kinship of blood be-
tween the two nations. We of the
United States ara of mixed stock. In
our veins runs the blood of almost all
the peoples of middle, northern, and
western Europs. We already have a
history of which we feel that we have
the right to b. legitimately proud, and
yet our nationality is still in the
formative period. Nearly three ON
turtles have elapsed since the landing of
tae English at Jamestown marked the
beginning of what has since grown into
the United States.
1 During these three cenrruies streams
l.of newcomers from many different coun-
tries abroad have in eacn generation
contributed to swell the increase of our
people. Soon after the English settled
in Virginia and New England the Hol-
lander settled at the mouth of the Hud-
son and the Swsds at the mouth of rna
Delaware. Even in colonial days the
German element had become very strong
among our people in various parts of
this country; the Irish element was
predominant in the foothills of the
\ Alleghenies; French Huguenots were
numerous. BY the time of the Daclara-
tion of Independence that process of
fusion which has gone on ever since
was well under way. From the begin
ming of our national history men of
/ German origin or German parentage
played distinguished part in tire af-
fairs both OF pace and of war. in tine
/ Revolutionary war one of the leading
generals was Nuhlenberg. an American
Of German descent, just as among thu
soldiers from abroad who came to aid us
4 ONE Of the most prominent was the Ger
imam, Steuben. Munlenberg was the
FIRST Speaker of tla House OF Rcpresens
tatives; and the battle waicn in the
Revolution saved the valley Of the Mo.
hawk to the American cause was fought
Under the lead Of the German, HerlSimer.
As all the different races here tend rap
idly 90 fuse together. it Is rarely posi-
bic after one or two generations to
draw sharp line between the various
elements; but there is no student of our
national conditions who has failed to
appreciate what an Invaluable element
in our composite stock the German is.
Here on this platform, Mir. Ambassador,
among those present today are many
men partly or wholly of German blood,
and among the officers of the Army
and Navy who aave listened to you and
VINO now join with me IN greeting you
there are many whose fathers or grand
fathers were born in Germany, and not
a few who themselves first saw tao light
there.
sEacn nation has its allotted tasks to
do; each nation mas its peculiar diff
culties to encounter; and as the peoples
of the world tend to become more
closely knit together alike for good and
for evil, It becomes ever more impor-
tant to all that each Saould prosper;
for the prosperity of one is normally
not sign of menace but sign of
hope for the rest. Here ON this eonti-
nent where 1t is absolutely essential
that the different peoples coming to our
shores should not remain separate but
should fuse into one, our unceasing ef-
fort Is TO strive to keep and profit by
the good that each race brings to our
shores, and at the same time to do away
with an racial and religious animosities
among the various stocks. In bota ef-
forts We have met with an astonishing
measure Of success. As the years 90
Il by Il becomes not harder but easier "a