The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-14

on party lines, Infinitely exceed |
number those upon which there ca
6e such division and, Governor Beck
ham, 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 ar
plause.)
And, naturally, feel PARTICULAR
gratified as seeing here, to-day, joine
In this procession, the men who wor
the blue and the men who wore th
grey. daughter and applause.)
In the dark days-now, keep jus
as quiet as you can; you won't be abl
10 DO anything more than see me any
now Laughter and applause) i'm tn
dark days, each Of you fought for TIN
right as 1t was given him to see th,
right "a voice, That's rightly an(
each Of you has left US the right t.
feel pride not only In your valor, bu
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
united people, we have the right tx
feel the same pride in the yalor Of the
man who conscientiously risked hi.
life In the Confederate uniform that
we have In the man who fought in the
blue. (Applause.) And as l passed by
your ranks, oh, my friends In grey
to-day, and saluted the flag of ouI
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, l wish to con-
graduate you upon the historic spirit
that Is found here" (Pointing to the
statue Of Thomas Jefferson thatstands
In front OF the Court House, the Pres.
ident continued
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 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 national statue OF Andrew
j ackson, and the victorS Of the battle
OF New Orleans. The fight at New Or
leans was one In which the whole ma.
tion has care, as far as the glory and
the profit went, and the whole nation.
ana not any one State, should Join in
that statue up.
Now, l am going to say good bye,
because there Is little movement,
there, and 1T will be better for the wo.
men and small people II l let you get
way. Goodbye"
AS the President descended to the
platform from the speakers stand the
voices OF two male German singing So
cfeties 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: 1 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 a people are
composed OF men Of many different
stocks from the sOid World. Each
stock can contribute something of
great value to our national life. The
people or German origin who have
come here have contributed much In
many different ways, and not the least
or what they contributed has been the
power to know what the joy of living
means. (Applause) There is one word
L wish 1t were possible to translate,
but as it IS not possible L wish wa
could ad pit 1T absolutely as it is
gemuthlichkcit'-for ethlich-
Keit Is a mighty valuable asset. only
nope rs missionaries you will be able
to teach us what it means and how to
practice it all through. Guod-bye -
(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 were massed
With people and the President stood
up III MS carriage, bowling from right
TO left In responce to the cheering
which was hearty and continuous.
In the parlors OF the hotel occurred
one OF the prettiest Incidents OF the
day the presentation OF souvenirs tt
the Executive. These consisted OF q
massive silver tiagon containing water
IRON spring on the old Lincoln
homestead in Larue County; an ink.
stand OF oak that shaded the spring
at which Lincoln drank when a lad
and a beautiful silver vase filed with
orchids. The President was visib!y
touched by the gifts as it was com
plete surprise. The presentation was
made by Col. r. II. DuIrctt, fol
twenty years friend OF the Presiden,
and In whose library Mr.. Roosevelt
years ago. spent many hours gainin.
information as to the history Of Ken
tucky and data as to the Lewis ant
Clark Expedition. The group sur
rounding the President when the pre-
scntation was made included Cover
nor b ckham, Senator McCreary
Congressman Sherley. the Hon. Logar
O. Murray and few invited guests
numbering altogether not more thar
liity. The President made feelin,
response, saying that he felJ NOR
than ever that he was the Pres,den
OF all the people North and South
East and West.
a hurried departure was taken, th
President arriving on board his trail
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