The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-21
ROOSEVELT IN
THE SOLID SOUTH
President Visits Birthplace Of His
Mother in Georgia.
WARM WELCOME EXTENDED
SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE DUR.
ING THE DAY,

ROSWELL. Ga. oct. 2o.-President
X Roosevelt today carried out a long
cherished plan Of visiting his
mothers home-ROswell Ga. one of his
reasons for coming south was that he
might see the old homestead where his
mother spent her girlhood, and which
she left happy bride. That the visit
was fraught with many tender recol-
lections, and as his carriage drove
away from the old Bulloch mansion
where his mother lived and married,
the president murmured to Mrs. ROose-
welt: Il can hardly bear TO leave here"
The president reached Roswell at 80
o'clock this morning, and was Joined
here by Senator and Mrs. Clay, who
were his guests at breakfast. He then
entered a carriage and was driven to
the mansion, This fine old homestead
is now the property of j. ID, Wing, a
lumber merchant of this section, who
lives in it with his sister, Mrs. Wood
the postmaster of Roswell.
Greeted by Old Servants.
Here he was greeted by two old ser--
ants who lived on the place during his
mothers young wOmanhood. One OF
these is Aunt Grace" who acted as
maid to Miss Martha Bulloch, who aft
erWards became Mrs. Theodore ROOse-
welt, and the other is William Jack
son, who decorated the mansion on
the occasion of the marriage Of its
young mistress. The president was
deeply touched as he shook the hands
of these old servants. IN company
with Mrs. Roosevelt he then inspected
the house, calling To the attention of
the company many incidents connected
with his mothers childhood. Before
leaving the mansion he posed with Mrs.
Roosevelt for picture, which included
Aunt Grace" and Daddy William"
At the Town Park.
From the homestead the president
was driven to the town park, where a
stand had been erected. from which he
delivered an address. He was welcomed
TO Roswell by Charles NJ. Reed, Il stu
dent of Mercer university, who, in the
course OF Il well chosen address, said
the only reason he could see for the
selection of himself to deliver this vel
come was because of the presidents
well known fondness for having young
men identified with public affairs.
Senator A. s. Clay introduced the
president. who was enthusiastically
greeted when he arose TO speak.
Presidents Address.
In his address. the president said:
You can have no idea of how much
| il means TO me 10 come back to Kos
well, 10 the home of my mother and
my mothers people. and TO see the
| spot which already know SO well from
what my mother and my aunts have
| told me. ii has been exactly as il ]
were visiting some old place Of my
| childhood. IL has means very much &c
I
Senator Clay has been altogether toe
kind in what he said about me. Now
| am going to say nothing whatever
but the bare facts about Senator Clay,
and those facts amount TO this: II
! the average man l7"d to deal with in
public life pOssesseu Senator Clay's
firm devotion to what he deems right.
my task would be 50 easy that it would
not be worth mentioning. ] have gone
! to Senator Clay for advice and counsel
and help ever since l have been lu
| Washington. just as ! went TO Senator
i Cockrel of Missouri while he was in
| the senate. with the certainty that all
| / had to do was TO convince him that
what I wanted done was right could
not always convince him-but II l did
| convince him. that was the ending Of
it-he went that way.
Proud of Southern Blood.
1T has been my very good fortune to
have the right to claim that my blood
| is half southern and half northern, and
l would deny the right of any man here
| to feel a greater pride in the deeds OF
every SOutheTner than I feel or the
children, the brothers and sisters or
my mother. who were born and brought
| into that house on the hill there, my
| two uncles afterwards entered the COLI
! federate service and served IN the con
| federate navy. One, the younger man.
| served on the Alabama as the young
est officer aboard her. He was captain
of one OF her broadside thirty-tWo-
FOUNDERS on her final fight, and when
at the very end the Alabama was sink
| ing and the Kearsarge PASSED under
| her stern and same up along the side
| that had not been engaged hitherto,
/ my uncle, Irwin Bulioch, shifted his
| gun from one side 10 the other and
| fired the last two shots fired from the
| Alabama.
The Confederate Uncle.
James Dunwoody Bulloch was an
admiral In the confederate service. OF
| all the people whom / have ever met he
| was the one that came nearest to that
beautiful creation of Thaekeray,
Colonel Newcomb. Men and women,
don't you think IndJ nave Ine dltctS-
trail right TO claim proud kinshir
with those who showed their devotion
to duty as they saw the duty. whether
they wore the gray or whether they
wore the blue? All Americans who are
worthy the name feel an equal pride
i'm the valor of those who fought or
one side or the other, provided only
that each did with all his might and
soul and mind his duty as 1t was given
him to see his duty
Driven to Presbyterian Church.
The president next was driven to the
old Presbyterian church in which his
grandfather. James Bulloch. was once
Ia leading member. Mr.. Builoct
dropped dead in thjs church while
teaching a Sunday school class IN lS49
and among those present in the church
today were three members of that class
who We're present at the time. The
venerable pastor of the church, Rev
DR.. w. E. Baker. offered prayer. anc
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt then
shook hands with a number OF tht
townspeOple, many of whom hao
known the presidents mother.
| The reception Of the president at ths
old home of his mother was cOrdia
one. The people greeted him both al
president and as the son Ot one oi
their neighbOrs. Many were the KING
| references to his mother from those
who knew her and many were the eN-
pressions of goodwill toward her dis