The sun., 1905-10-19

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photograph NJ him, handed ~ mo after Uen
Flt,hush tees death I was no, able 10
thank my old and valued friend 'ho father.
| but put the son on my stan and now have
The grandson ~ Gen. utsrt and tho grand
nephew Of Gen. Ice and the son Of Phil Sheri-
dan on my stan think N IA a mddline good
stan, too. In my regiment organized at
the beginning ~ the Spanish. Amerio8n war.
] think that there we're more men whose
| fathers wore the rrav than there were whose
fathers wore ths biue. The only rivalry
| that ever entered their heads was the rivalry
a. 10 which man could show himself hest en-
titled 10 tho prsise NJ having done all that
In him lay for Our country and our flag.
| | noticed that the statue Of Stonewall
jackson had been raised ne q git by certain
Enelshmen The best biography of Gen.
jackson was by an Englisbman, Col. Hender-
son. n Ia n curious and rather lament able fact
| that he di I'd Just AZ he was about 10 under
| take another biography, which | had ear
| nestly asked him 10 undertake. had written
| him urging that ho should finish his very re-
| markable military study OF Stonewall jackson
! by writing almilitary biography Of Gen lee.
and he had written me back that he Intended
| to do so. shortly 8fterward | learned Of
| his death
Gentlemen. cannot suf9ciently express
| to You my deep appreciation Of the way in
which YOU have greeted me here to-day
You cannot he nearly as glad to see me as
am to see YOU. Let me say once more what
| said in my more formal address; think OF
the good fortune that ia ours think OF the
good fortune that is ours az a people in having.
each of us. whether we in our own persons
or through our ancestors. wore the blue or
the gray. the proud right to challenge as our
own all OF the valor. all Of the self devotion.
all of the steadfast adherence to right as God
gave to each man to see the right, shown alike
by the men who wore the blue and by the
men who wore the gray in the great contest
that was waged from '6i to '6j.
TALKS AT LEE MONUMENT.
From the Masonic Temple the President
and his party went for drive through
some Of the most interesting parts OF Rich
mond. A visit wes made TO the West End,
'hO LNC iliohullieht "htIt IHt Iebl-
dent spoke few words; to the City Hall,
the Confederate Museum, st. John a Church
and Libby Hill Park. At the Lee monument
there was large crowd, and the President
spoke briefly as follows:
My friends and fellow Americans: wish
to say just one word Of greeting to you. |
honor the State Of Virginia because che
has taken charge Of the Confederate veterans
in their old age. All Americans, orth or
South. must ever render high honor to the
men Of the Civil War. whether they wore
the blue or whether they wore the grey, SO
long as they did their duty. as the light was
given them to see their duty. with all Of the |
strength that was In them.
I'm '9s. when we had TO face a very little !
war; our effort was TO face IL in the spirit !
In which you had faced the great war. In my |
regiment think there were. II anything, more |
men whose fathers wore the grey than there |
were men whose fathers wore the blue and |
all alike felt but one impulse and that was
the impulse. the desire. the firm determination. !
to show in generous rivalry that no one man |
could suTpass another in his ardor OF devotion |
to the flag that waved over all Americans |
alike.
Here greet you in the shadow Of the statue |
OF your mighty commander. Gen. Robert |
+. Lee You and he left us memories which, |
inasmuch as they are part Of the memories |
Americans who fought in the civil war are to
serve forever more as spurs and incentives to
the generations coming after to teach us and
our descendants that alike in:peace and in war,
whenever the times that try mems souls
may come. we are to rise level to the oppor-
tunity as you rose level TO your opportunity
and 10 be ready to prove. as yon proved our
Willingness to prove our worth by our en-
deavor.
A visit to st. Johns Church followed.
Antonio Grafigna. keeper Of the grounds
was to deliver the famous speech of Patrick
Henry, standing i'll the exact spot where
tho Revolutionary patriot stood when he
uttered his immortal declaration. When
the President arrived at the church, how
ever, it was almost dark. and Secretary
Loeb decreed that the speech should not be
listened to. There was good deal of dis
appointment over this action. "Graffigna
delivers that speech most remarkably"
said member of the local reception COM
mittee in a tone of regret. Every word
and attitude and gesture is just like Patrick
Henry's; even the voice is the same"
The President returned to his private car
at 8 o'clock, and an hour later he left Rich
mond for Raleigh. N. c.. where he will
arrive early tomorrow morning.
THE TRIP TO RICHMOND.
The President arrived in Richmond at
noon. Only two stops were made on
the journey from Washington. The
first of these was at Fredericks burg.
where the train raused for five minutes
to take water, and where several hundred
townspeople had gathered at the rail-
road station in anticipation of the Presi-
dents arrival. The President spoke few
words from the platform of his car. He
said:
1t is indeed great pleasure to me to be
once more within your mighty State, the
Mother Of Presidents. the Old Dominion,
with its soil hallowed by so many memories
Of the mighty men it has produced, of the
mighty deeds it has seen acted upon it, |
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