Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
HE GETS WARM WELCOME
President, His Wife and Party
on Southern Tour.
Roosevelt Said North Carolina Led
In Formation of the Union and



RALEIGH, n. G., Oct. 19.-President
Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and party
arrived in this city today. They were
enthusiastically welcomed, many of the
most noted citizens being ut the depot
to extend hearty greetings to the ma
tons chief executive.
In redemption Of a promise given
more than a year ago Mr.. Roosevelt
has begun his trip through the states
of the south. lie will visit in the
course of his tour all of the Atlantic
coast states, Alabama, Arkansas and
Louisiana. On the completion of his
trip he will have visited during his
administration as president every state
in the Union IN an address to the as
sembled citizens of Raleigh he said in
part:
Il am glad here at the capital of
North Carolina to have a chance to
greet so many of the sons and daugh-
tiers of your great state. North Caro-
lina's part in our history has ever been
high and honorable. 1t was in North
Carolina that the Mecklenburg declara-
ton of independence foreshadowed the
course taken in few short months by
the representatives of the thirteen colo
MES assembled in Philadelphia. North
Carolina can rightfully say that she
pointed us the way which led to the
formation of the new nation. In the
Revolution she did many memorable
deeds. and the battle of Kings Noun
tain marked the turning point of the
Revolutionary war in the south.
~ congratulate you upon the great
industrial activity shown in your com
monwealth. an industrial activity
which, to mention but one thing, has
placed this state second only to one
other in the number of its textile fac
tories. You are showing in practical
fashion your realization of the truth
that there must be foundation of ma
terial wellbeing in order that any COM
munity may make real and rapid prog
ress.
"And | am happy to say that you are
in addition showing in practical fash
ion your understanding of the great
truth that this material wellbeing,
though necessary as "A foundation, can
only be the foundation and that upon
it must be raised the superstructure of
higher life if the commonwealth is
to stand as it should stand.
More and more you are giving care
and attention to education, and educa-
ton means the promotion not only of
industry, but of that good citizenship
| which rests upon individual rights and
upon the recognition by each individual
that he has duties as well as rights
in other words, of that good citizenship
which rests upon moral integrity and
| intellectual freedom.
"The man must be decent in his home
| life, his private life, of course, but this
| is not by itself enough. The man who
| fails to be honest and brave both in his
political franchise and in his private
business contributes to political and so
cal anarchy. Self government is not
| an easy thing. only those communi-
ties are fit for it in which the average
| individual practices the virtue of self
command, of self restraint, of wise
disintereStedness combined with wise
self interest, where the individual pos
| sesses common sense, honesty and
courage.
and now / want to say a word to
YOU on a special subject in which all
| the country is concerned but in which
| North Carolina has special concern.
\ The preservation of the forests is vital
10 the welfare of every country. China
and the Mediterranean countries offor
examples of the terrible effect of de
| forestation upon the physical geog-
raphy and therefore ultimately upon
! the national wellbeing of the nations.
One of the most obvious duties which
our generation owes TO the generations
| that are to come after us is to preserve
the existing forests.
The prime difference between civil
lized and uf.civilized peoples is that in
| civilized peoples each generation works
not only for its own welbeing, but for
the wellbelng of the generations yet
unborn, and if we permit the natural
resources of this land to be destroyed
so that we hand over to our children
| a heritage diminished in value we
thereby prove our unfitness to stand in
the forefront of civilized peoples"
On the trip from Washington a brief
stop was made at Ashland, Va The
president made an address in Capitol
| square at Richmond, Va, and was en-
tertained at luncheon by the citizens
and taken for drive to the points of
interest in the city.
BY reason of the building of the Pan
anna canal President Roosevelt declar-
! ed in his speech at Richmond that the
United States Is responsible for the po-
| Icing of West Indian waters and for
the maintenance of order not only in
those islands, but in all adjacent eoun-
tries. To refuse to do these things. he
sald, would be to invite humiliation
and perhaps war.
Mr.. Roosevelt complimented Virginia
for the part her sons had taken in
making history in the United States
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