The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-13

President R~OOSeyeltsS trip tnrough
1.-THE south promises to be one of the
lhappiest incidents of his official life.
beneficial alike to him and TO the peo-
lple of the south. Everywhere along
Ihis route there is the keenst interest
lin his coming. Towns and cities are
struggling to obtain as many minutes
iof his time as they can. His schedule
is kept somewhat elastic, and it is
probable that thousands of people In
lsmaller places who are now disap-
tpOinted will be able to e and perhaps
Ito hear him At Richmond, Raleigh,
ATLANTA, Birmingham, Tuskegee, and
New Orleans, at least the President is
lexpected to deliver addresses which
will command the attention of the en-
tire country. 1t is more than probable
THAT he will make important impromp-
Itu speeches at other places.
The southern people are strong ad-
Imirers of the qualities most c%onspicu-
lous in the president. They are gener-
Ious enough to recognize them in a po-
llitical opponent. SOmeof his greatest
achievements, which rise above all
partisan lines, are as heartily applaud
led in the south as though they had
lbeen accomplished by a southern dem
locrat- Universal praise throughout
THE south is accorded to President
Roosevelt for his efforts in bringing
Ipeace between Russia and Japan. No
Isection of the country was quicker to
!extend it's congratulations to him, and
lit will delight to do him personal
lhOnor.
The presidents vigorous policy with
regard to the Panama canal is spoken
Iof in the south with warm approval.
1.-The coming of the great event when
ocean will be Joined to ocean is already
iforeshadowed in Louisiana, Alabama,
Georgia and other southern states,
(which are growing with remarkable
lrapidity. New Orleans, lin spite of the
blight of yellow fever, is growing as
rapidly as any city in tn country, large
lily On account of the prospective COM
merce between the south and the 18TH
mus. When the President enters that
lefty, and pierces the very stronghold
Iof the plague specter, he will have
done inestimable service to New Or
lleans. And his reward will be an Ova
Ition worthy of a %conqueror.
A mistaken impression prevails in
ISome quarters regarding the reception
to be given to the President at Mont
Igomery, Ala, ON account of the mar
lrow attitude of a councilman toward
an appropriation of city funds. The
lpeople Of Montgomery share the feel
ings of the rest of the south. They are
anxious to see and hear the President
Iof the United States. and to do him
honor. 1t is probable that they will
loutdO themselves in honoring him, as
a result of the unfortunate impression
that went abroad from Montgomery.
At Richmond the President will
Ispeak in the capitol grounds, surround
ed with reminders Of the COnfederacy
and the long history of Virginia A
memorable welcome awaits him, and
mo doubt his utterances on that occa-
sion will make his hearers still warm
err friends. At Raleigh the North Car
olina state fair will be open, and it is
ESTIMATED that 100000 Carolinians will
see the President. It will be a peculiar
eyent to tens OF thousands, TO be re-
lmembered during their lifetime. In
Georgia the President will visit the
home of his mother, who was SO loyal
"a s%outherner that she flung the Con-
federate flag from the window of her
home in Philadelphia. during the late
unpleasantness. Georgia will claim
president Roosevelt as her w
The attention of the country will be
strikfngly called. finally. to the Amer
Iican navy when the President returns
from the south on one of the finest war
vessels in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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