The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-11-24
Washington,

Washington, Special-President
Roosevelt made an address Sunday at
the 10th anniversary celebration at
st. Patrick's church and the dedica-
ton Of Carroll Hall, the new parochial
building and parish school. The Rev.
DR.. d. J. Stafford, rector of st. Pat
ricks, acted as the master OF cere-
monies. Cardinal Gibbons, several
erchbishops and other dignataries OF
the Catholic Church attended the ex-
ercises, the former making an ad
dress Immediately preceding that OF
the President, H. B. F. MacFarland,
president of the board Of commission
ere of the District OF Columbia, was the
concluding speaker.
The Knights of Columbus formed a
guard of honor for the President, but
d squad Of policemen was necessary to
open the crowded streets. Cheer after
cheer went up as the President and his
escort appeared. He was met at his
carriage by Father Stafford, and as he
passed into the rectory children's
choir of 200 voices, stationed in front
of the church, sany hymns.
DR.. Stafford introduced President
Roosevelt as 1.-The man of evenhanded
Justice; the President of the square
DEAL" President Roosevelt thanked
the rector and Joined in the laugh
which preceded prolonged cheering
Then he spoke in part as follows:
''1t is a great pleasure to me to be
present with you To-day, to assist at
the dedication of the school, hall and
rectory, of this parish. l am glad in
deed, to have been introduced, Cardi-
nal Gibbons, by you, the spiritual rep
resentative in peculiar sense of that
Bishop Carroll who played so lustrious
part in the affairs of the Church, and
whose kinsfolk played as illustrious a
part in the affairs of the nation at the
dawning of this government. In greet
ing all of you / wish to say that l am
especially glad to see the children pres
ent. CHEERS and applause.) You
know l believe in children. l want to
see enough of them and of the right
kind. (Applause.)
J Il wish to-day, in the very brief re-
. marks that | have to make, to dwell
! upon this thought, that while in this
country we need wise laws honestly
and fearlessly executed, and while we
! cannot afford to tolerate anything but
the highest standard in the public ser
vice of the government, yet that in the
last analysis the future of the country
must depend upon the quality of the
individual home, and of the individual
man or women in the home, and that
very largely depends upon the way in
which the average boy or girl is
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| Therefore, a peculiar responsibility
rests upon those whose life work is to
see to the spiritual welfare of our peo-
| pie and upon those who make is their
life work to try to train the children
OF the future so that they will be
worthy of that future The rules Of
good citizenship are tolerably simple
The trouble is not in finding them out;
the trouble is in living up to them af
ter they have been found out WI
know fairly we'll what quantities ther.
are which, in their sum, make up tht
type Of character we like to see II
man or wife. son Or daughter; but
am afraid we do not always see then
as well developed as we would like to
/ wish to see in the average American
citizen the development of two sets o
qualities, which we can roughly indi
cate as sweetness and strength-th
qualities on the one lhand which max
the man able TO hold his own, an
those which on the other hand max
him jealous for the rights of other
just as much as for his own rights.
You probably know trat / do no
care very much for the coward or tn
moral weakling. ! wish to see in tn
man manliness, in the woman woman
!; l;ness. ] wish to see courage, perse
verance, the Willingness to face work
to face, you men, if it is neceSsar,
danger, the determination not t
Shrink back when Temporarily beate
, in life, as each one will now and ther
but to come up again and wrest tr
umph from wefeat. / want to see yO
! men strong men and brave men, and i
: addition I want to see each man c
you feel that it has strength and coul
, age are joined the qualities Of tender
ness toward those he loves. who ar
: dependent upon him. and Of right dea
{ iEg with all his neighbors.
! Finally, want to congratulate a
OF US on certain successes that "
have achieved in the century and
quarter that has gone by of our Amer
: can life We have difficulties enough
and we area long way short of pei
fection. ] DO not want 10 see any in
mediate danger Of our growing to
] good; there is ample room for effo
| yet left. But we have achieved certai
. | results: we have succeeded in measu
/ ably realizing certain ideals. We ha'
q grown TO accept it as an axiomat
truth of our American life that II
man is to be treated on his worth as
man. without regard to the acciden
of his position. (Applause.) that tn
t is not a government designed to favt
the rich man as such. or the poor ms
. as such, but 1t is designed to fav'
D. every man, rich or poor. il he is d
e cent man who acts fairly by his 3ellos
y | Cheers and applause.) We have grow
j. to realize that part Of the foundation
= Epon which our liberty rests Is Il
}. | right OF each man to worship his Gre
l. ror, according to the dictates OF b
it conscience. and the duty Of each ma
|. to respect his fellow who so WORSHIP
Him. (Cheers and applause.) And, {