The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-14
IN party lines, infinitely exceed in

number those upon which there ca
be such division and, Governor Beck
ham, l shall do all that in me lies t
justify the hope to which you hav
given expression, and to try to sho,
myself the President Of all the peopl
OF the United States. prolonged az
plause)
And, naturally, 1 feel PARTICULAR
gratified as seeing here, today, joine,
In this procession, the men who wor
the blue and the men who wore tn
grey. daughter and applauso.)
In the dayk days-now, keep JUS
as quiet as you can; you won't be abl,
TO do anything more than see me any
how daughter and applause) in th,
dark days, each Of you fought for tn,
right as 1t was given him to see th,
right "a voice, That's rightly ant
each Of you has left us the right tt
feel pride not only In your valor, but
IN your devotion to what you conscien
tiously believed your duty. Great ap
plause.)
And now we are all one Cheers anc
long continued applause) and as 8
united people, we have the right tC
feel the same pride in the yalor Of the
man who conscientiously risked his
life In the Confederate uniform that
we have in the man who fought in the
blue. (Applause.) And as passed by
your ranks, oh, my friends In grey,
to-day, and saluted the flag Of our
common country, held up by man
In the grey uniform, felt that indeed
we are one, and that we have been
able to show mankind the greatest
war OF the century can be followed by
the most perfect union that any ma
tion now knows. Great applause.)
And In coming to this great and
beautiful city of yours, Wish to con-
gratulate you upon the historic spirit
that is found here" pointing to the
statue OF Thomas Jefferson thatstnnds
in front OF the Court House, the Pres
ident continued:
u am glad, as l. say, OF the spirit
that makes you wish to dedicate stat
ues like this OF Jefferson, and like the
great statue OF Clay inside OF this
Court House. 1t is a fine thing to keep
to sense OF historic continuity with
the past, and there Is one statue that
l wish the member in the National
Congress from Kentucky to see Is put
up by the National Government, and
that Is a national statue OF Andrew
jackson, and the victors of the battle
OF New Orleans. The fight at New Or
leans was one In which the whole ma.
ZION mas care, as far as the glory and
the profit went, and the whole nation.
ana not any one State, should join In
putting that statue up.
NOW, am going to say good bye,
because there Is a little moveme ent,
there, and it will be better for the wo-
men and small people If let YOU get
way. Goodbye"
AS the President descended to the
platform from the speakers stand the
voices OF two male German singing So
cfettes burst forth with the strain. of
My Old Kentucky Home" the Pres.
ident remaining uncovered until the
famous song had been concluded.
Then he spoke to the singers as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen: / want to thank YOU
for coming here to sing to day and l
want to say just one thing suggested
by your presence. We as people are
composed OF men OF many different
stocks from the sold WI ID. Each
stock can contribute something OF
great value to our national life. The
people OF German origin who have
come here have contributed much In
many different ways, and not the least
of what they contributed has been the
power to know what the joy of living
means. (Applause.) There is one word
wish 1T were possible to translate,
put as 1T is not possible | wish va
could ad pit it absolutely as it is
'gemuthlichkeit'-for gemuethlich-
keit Is a mighty valuable asset. | only
hope as missionaries you will be able
TO teach us what it means and how to
practice it all through. Goodbye. "
(Laughter
The President and party then en-
tered their carriages and after short
drive through several streets In the
business district arrived at the Louis
vile Hotel. The streets we're massed
with people and the President stood
up III MS carriage, bowling from right
10 lett In respOnce to the cheering
which was hearty and continuous.
In the parlors OF the hotel occurred
one or the prettiest Incidents of the
day the presentation OF souvenirs tt
the Executive. These consisted OF a
massive silver tiagon containing water
from spring Oh the old Lincoln
homestead in Larue County; an ink.
stand OF oak that shaded the spring
at which Lincoln drank when a lad
and beautiful silver vase filled with
orchids. The President was visib!y
touched by the gifts as 1t was a CON.
plete surprise. The presentation was
made by Col. II. r. Dulrctt, fol
twenty years friend OF the Presiden,
and In whose library Mr. Roosevelt
years ago. spent many hours gaining
information as to the history Of Ken
lucky and data as to the Lewis anC
Clark Expedition The group sur
rounding the President when the pre-
sentation was made included Cover
nor Is ckham, Senator McCreary
Congressman Sherley. the Hon. Logar
Q. Murray and few invited guests
numbering altogether not more thar
iiity. The President made feeling
response, saying that he felt NOR,
than ever that he was the Preslden
OF all the people North and South
East and West.
hurried departure was taken, tn
President arriving on board his trail
at exactly | l o'clock. a minute late
with the Executive standing on th
rear platform OF the car with cannon