Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-19

Nirginians, we are Amerioa,s, ~,
surely, Mr.. Mayor the MAJ, ,.o,,,, !,
but poor American who wos mo
anu Stirred to the depths b,
tie reception that have met with TO.
~ ~ THIS great historic city O.
America. - :"
coming, today, by the stotue ot
StoIleWall Jackson. in tho c;ty -,
Lee ielt what a priviltpe il 10 tbot
!. as an American, have IN cI,iuing
int you yourselves have IA ,a,.o
mint OF kinship in Lee ana IacI,son
'iht nave l can claim ia h. a mid
Us gu" american, because nv an
was nan Southern and haIf
~ l was porn in the East ana
"e hFed good while in thu West
- ioiis IN TACT that do not admit that
any man can be a better u,as.,,r,,,,,,
thn | am. "es'eriier
| There was an uncle or nina ,,,..
"ad. my mothers brother u,ba III.
aVays been among al! tha n,on h.,s
me man, who, ii seemed 10
-, o'i'''e nearest TO typifying in the
''''' .'idt most beautiful of all charac
=" III notion Thackeray's Colonel
| "Wcoihb-my uncle james Dunwoody
| liiocH. an admiral in the Confedarato
hNS. Next only to Il mans having
WIN the blue comes the fact of the
IAN having worn the gray. as EMIT
hg him to honor in my sight
Hfhtielheh, cannot sufficiently AZ
~ !" you my deep appreciation Of H..
~ al WHICH you have Srected me 10 |
r, 10" cannot De nearly as gl:d to ST..
Us am 10 see you. Let me sIy one.
~ ~ Vial l Sald In my more tormmuI |
ddfeSS. Think OF the good tnrtu,,. ti'',t
ours, as IL people, IN hIvinr ..Ic,' a.
whether we IN our own IL rsors III
uouSh our ancestors, wore Il ~. K,,ln H.
,n I." ,s,,. inc proud right to challenge
al-deNotl"n, all OF the str,dtast -
renee to right as God gave to each
~ 10 Sc the right, shown alike bv he
10 w"T,. M M, r IN que and by the men
men was WaStd from 81 10 ~
AFTER the President had Iinis%.d .b.I
graph. Piioto
! ne PRESIDENT then proceeded to the Ic.I
ioiitint nt where the ConfrdtrI,. x,t,,r
,4r.i rom x. T. Le Camp Soldiers lirrn,
seie Gathered t. greet him Ad,Ir,.cs,n..
II" on soldiers tn, President said.
NY friends and fellow Amrrlcuns. !
nn soy JUST one word oi greeting to
%. honor the state of VIr.rjn;r hr
fuse Sht has taken charge Of iii. IN.
~ r'tle veterans il their old upc AuI
m, rlctns. North ana South. must .vr,.
~ tr nlsh hrnor To the men OF thu. civil
ar whether they wore M, nm.
httier they wore the gray. 50, i,Ii., ~.
leH hid their duty as the light was pIynnI
leil 70 See their duty with ali of m.
ithSth That was IN them
licrc greet You in tn. shadow or III
Ii.u', OF the mighty commander Cen |
ppcIt T.. Lee. You and he left vuur
eI'ories, which, inasmuch as they mr.,
= vi tne memories bequeathcd to tho
tH+ country by all the Americans w:
ueht IN the Civil war. are to srrv.,l1
arnlore rs spurs and inccntivcStn's
~ r d dationS coming after, to tc;cvcl 10
descendants that alike III to your
m"r whenever the times,/ to prove.
iS may come, We artncss to prove
oppoi tunity as yo,v9r
Va, " 49,, dhu !" listened to witt!
r wnrth ~. was heartily cheereu
he Pr e x veterans; u, IAN. 81
the .rshall, chief justice OF the
he states, the Confederate museum
/. the ladies' of the Confederate Me
Il aud Literary Association present
:, Presidcnt with a bunch of red ana
, roses tied with Confederate COZ
md St Johns Episcopal church III
Il Patrick Henry made ms iadnth:'
me liberty or give me death
,r.rly after 6 o'clock, the president
d Mrs. Roosevelt at the Governor
SION and little later The dlSt ttn
led visitors were escorted to ne sta-
whence at o'clock their tram &c
al FOR Raleigh. n c., and the far
South. ;a 60 , -.
er: ~. o;o,oora to
:, what !: great pleasure it has bet'n
me to have been with them: and y
!, had an opportunity OF meeting them
+ they like me half as much as llke
n wc'u call it square and III be SIT
i. ,oanrle Jabn |
enwny here will tell you so-and
= exnress how greatly ] apprrrl',"
warm Virginia welcome l received
iy.