The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-10-24

IApplausel-tne DECLARATION taa'
pointed out the path on which ;he
colonies trod few months later.
AS got of train here I was greet
ed by one citizen of North CaroliCa,
and know that neither the governor.
the mayor. nor the Senator's will blame
me for what am going to say. wnoss
greeting pleased and touched me moe
than the greeting Of any man coul 1
have touched ne was greeted by
the widow of Ssonewall Jackson ZAP
plauseD. And we of this united coun-
try have a right TO challenge. as a part
Of the heritage Of honor and glory OF
each American tie reunion OF the pso-
ple-Americans VINO fought in the Civ
ii yar-whetle they wore the 0iue
or whether they wore the gray. zap
plause.l The vaior shown alike by
the men of the north and the men OF
the south. as they battled for the right
as Col gave them TO see the right. is
now part OF what we, all of us, Keep
with pride. 1t was my good fortune
to appoint to West Point the grandson
Of Stonewalr Jackson. (Applause,
Here as came up your streets, | saw
a monument raised to a fellow soldier
Of mine, who fell in the Spanish war at
Santiago-Lieutenant Shipp, Of North
Carolina. The morning of the fight,
he and | took breakfast together Ii
was not much or a breakfast, but IL
was the only breakfast that was goug.
and We were glad TO get it, The night
before | had no supper, and he and
his comrades gave me out of the vecy
small amount that they had, a sand
wich. In the morning they had no MA
terial for breakfast, but by that tine
my things had come up and | sha cd
my breakfast with them. That was at
dawn. Before noon, one of them was
killed and the other (as we tael
thought fatally wounded.
And now there are three men who
fought in the great war. We wao
went in '98 had the opportunity to
fight only in a small war, and all that
we claim is that we hope we showed
a spirit not entirely unworthy of tie
men who faced the mighty and terri
BILE days from 81 to IS. (Applausel
And now, gentlemen, though We
glory in the memories of the past, we
must remember ever to keep these
memories, not as excuse for failing 20
do well in the present, but as incen-
tlves 10 spur us on TO action.
Eacn generation has
its problem. The tremendous develop
ment OF the past half century-the de-
veiopment which has produced cities
such as tnis-has brought great PROB
lens with it-problems connected with
corporations, problems connected with
labor, problems connected with both
the accumulation and the distribution
of l. H.
the spirit in which we must approach
their solution IS old We must face
the work we have to do as our fathers
faced their work, if we wish to be sue
cessful. This is an age of organiZa
tion-the organization of capital, the
organization OF labor Each type OF
organization should be welcomed waen
it does good, and fearlessly opposed
when it does evil. Our main object
should be to strive to keep the reign
of justice alive in this country, So
that we should above all things avoiG
the chance Of ever dividing ON the Iiues
that separate ore class or occupation
fromanother. The man who would teach
either wage wo'ker or capitalist tnat
the other is his foe is a bad citizen,
and a faithless American. We cdu
afford to divide along lines that would
represent honest difference Of opinion,
but we cannot afford to divide on the
fundamental lines of cleavage that sep
arate good citizens from bad citizens,
and we must remember that If we Ia
tend to keep this republic in its posi-
ton of headshlp among the nations
of mankind, that We can never afford
to deviate from the old American d)c
trine of treating each man according to
his woren as man, of paying heeG.
not to whether he is rich or poor, but
heed only to whether he acts as a de
cent citizen, or if he is a decent mar
in his domestic lite. an honest mar
in business-a man who in good faith
tries to do his duty by his neighbor
and by the state
And now, my fellow citizens, re-
member there Is no patent device ,~y
which you can achieve good citizen
ship. There is no patent device by
which you can achieve good govern
ment. The good citizen is the man who
is good father and a good husband
the man who behaves himself. CAP
plause.) The man whom you can
trust IN trade and whom you ale
glad to have as a neighbor. He is tAe
good citizen and the man the puuIi,
confides IN, and who does well in toe
state, is the man who applies in deII-
ing with his fellows in the mass, jus.
those same qua tiles that make gco1
citizenship in the individual
And now | have got to say good
bye. | cannot tell you how | enjoyed
my trip through this state, mar-ed
though 1t has heen by the lamenta5le
death that rendered the governor una
bic to come with me and for which
feel profound regret and sympathy
with the governor
And now in saying good bye, I want
to say to you men and women tha.
have been immensely impressed with
North Carolina-wirh her agriculture
with her indus s-ries, but that the crop
that l like best S the crop Of Children
(Applause) and | congratulate Nof'h
Carolina. | congratulate North Caro-
lima on the fact that to all appear
ances, tie children seem TO be all right
in quality and in quantity" (More ap-
r,ia 4