New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-20
MEETS MRS. JACKSON.
President Greets UidozC of Confed-
crate General at Charlotte.

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Charlotte. n. c. Oct 19-The Presidents
| train arrived here over the Southern Railway
/ at 40 o'clock on schedule time, and during the
| thirty minutes of his stay here this evening he
! had from twenty-five thousand persons recep-
ton Of the most enthusiastic character. Through
| a brilliantly lighted street he was rapidly con
| veyed in motor car four blocks to Vance Park,
| where he spoke for fifteen minutes, although he
had intended to speak only ten. The crowd was
| so great that fully ten thousand persons failed
| TO secure the privilege Of hearing him He
created the widest enthusiasm by referring to
! the Meckenburg declaration of independence.
| to Mrs. T. J. Jackson, widow Of General Stone
wall Jackson. and to Lieutenant William E.
! Shipp a monument of whom he passed the
way to the park.
! The feature of his visit was his meeting with
the widow Of the great Confederate leader. Mrs.
Jackson lives a stones throw from the station
| and when tbs train pulled in she was present as
the head OF q committee appointed by Mayor
McNinch to receive Mrs. Roosevelt. When the
President was introduced he took her hand and
remained talking for fully five minutes. Mrs
Jackson, you do not know how glad am to
meet you. What. the widow Of the great Stone
wall JacksonI Why, 1t is worth the whole trip
down hsrs to have chance to shake your
hand"
He referred to her grandson. jackson Chris
tan. whom he appointed to cadetship at
West Point He is a mighty fine fellow, Mrs.
jackson, a. mighty fine fellow" The citizens
committee stood in waiting while he escorted
Mrs. Jackson to oLrs Roosevelt and introduced
her.
While the President was speaking in the park
Mrs. Jackson entertained Mrs. Roosevelt at her
home, and q hundred Charlotte women helped
to entertain her. After Mrs. Roosevelt had re-
turned TO the car she sent a handsome bouquet
of American Beauty roses and note to Mrs.
Jackson.
The following is the Presidents speech:
Mr. Mayor, Mr.. President. and you. my fellow
Citizens-I have enjoyed more than can say
passing through this great State to-day. I
tered your borders pretty good American and
leave them a better American and have re-
Joiced in the symptoms of your Astounding ma
tertaI prosperity. I here in great centre OK
cotton manufacture Within a radius OF a hun
dred miles Of this city, perhaps half Of the cot
ton manufacturing in the United States Is done
realize TO the full, as does every good citizen.
that there must be foundation Of material
PtOSpeIl1y !pOI "t--GA1 ~ JIM Tic w9I-A- { VI
State or nation: but realize also. as does every
good citizen, that material ertty'-Inaterial
wellbeing-can oever be anything but the foun-
dation- II is the Indispensable foundation put
II do not raise upon it the superstructure OF
a higher citizenship then we fail in bringing
this to the level 10 which it shall and viii be
brought. (Applausa) And so, though I
graduate you upon what you have done IN the
way OF material growth I congratulate you even
more upon the great historic memories of your
State. It is not very far from here that the
Meoklenburg declaration Of independence was
made (applaUse)-the declaration that pointed
out the path which the thirteen united col
onies trod few months later.
A / l
one citizen of North Carolina (and know that
neither the Governor. the Mayor nor the SEN
ators will blame me for what 1 am going to
say), whose greeting pleased and touched me
more than the greeting of any man could have
touched me. I was greeted by the widow Of
Stonswau Jackson (Applause) And we Of this
united country have right to challenge as a
part Of the heritage of honor and glory Of each
American the reunion Of one people-Amertcans
who fought in the Civil War-whether they wore
the blue or whether they wore the gray CAP
plause-) The valor shown alike by the men Of
the North and the men Of the South as they
battled for the right as God gave them 70 see
the right Is now part OF what all OF Us. keep
with pride. It my good fortune to appoint
to West Point the grandson Of Stonewau Jack
Here. as came UP your streets. I saw a mon
ument raised to a fellow soldier OF mine who
fell in the Spanish War at Santiago, 10 Ship,
OF North Carolina (Applause-) The morning
of the fight he and took breakfast together
II was not much Of a breakfast, but 1t was the
only breakfast that was going. and we vera
glad to get it. The night before had no sup
per and he and his comrades gave me out OF
the very small amount that they had a sand
witch. IN the morning they had no material for
brea kfast. but by that time my things had come
m and shared my breakfast with them. That
was at dawn Before noon one of them was
killed and the other (as we then thought fatal
" wounded
the great war We who went in in '9S had the
opportunity fight only in a small war. and all
that We claim IS that we nope we showed d
spirit not entirely unworthy or the men VINO
faced the mighty and terrible days from OIL TO
'65. (Applausel
And now. gentlemen. though glory in the
memories of the past. we must remember ever
TO keep these memories. not as excuses Tor IalI-
inc To do well in the present, but incentives
TO spur US on TO action In life. every Victory
won inevitably brings US face to face with new
struggle. The men OF one generation have to DO
their allotted task If they fail to do II, they
accumulate misfortune upon those who come
after them II they do It, yet it remains true tnat
the men who come after them must do their
tasks in turn. II is lust as IT is with you my
escort the OF the National Guard the az
tiIIerymen the infantrymen. II Inere comes q
war know can count on you and those Ike
you because the memory Of what your fathers
did will make you ashamed not TO rise leVeI 20
the demands OF the new time. as they rose lever
TO the demands OF their time (AppIauSe)
So in civil life. Each generation has its prob
lem The tremendous industrial development
Of the past half ceutury-the development WnICn
has uroduced cities such this-has brought
great problems with it-probleLns connected
with corporations problems connected with
labor problems connected with both the accu-
r,uIatton and distribution Of wealth The prob
lens are new but the spirit in which we must
approach their solution is old. We must face
the work we have TO do. as our fatherS faceo
their vvo-l, II we wish 70 be successful This Is
an age of orEanizatton-the organization or cap.
ital the organization OF labor Each type OF
good and rearlessIy opposed when ii does evil
Our main object should be 10 strive TO Keep Ihs
reign of Justice alive in this country, SO tnaC
we should above AL things a'o-u Ito one
class ar occ,Inatton from another. The man Who
would teach either wage WORKER or C1plCe 10
that the other is his roe Is a Daa CO. 80 Si,t5e
fafthIess American We can anord 70 9 Is
along lines that would represent honest dlIeI-
euce of opinion but we cannot aIIoEu 10 - ~
on the fundamental lines OF cIeaEase l4i1e Ia ~.
- ~ - oj+tvans from bad citizens and we
49, sar11eT that II we intend TO keep this
go az its nosftion Of headshp among the
nations OF mankind kin oa y" american doctrine Of
- 1870 &c ~ man according TO his worth as