The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-05
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Van OYSTER BAY N /. ~ July President
4 Roosevelt was pleaaed tr1 qstify his
In d review OF sas1ia year for
S|tile beneAt 4 of y his netg tgh bors "a o-day. He
n spoke In the open 81 y D and nearly all
of his ntterances were delivered during;
Sa downpousS of 4, rain. W hen ho had
4 1anished. both he and his thousand and
more audit tors were drcncfed.
ssS$s sS$s No one deserted ( thes celebra ton. 81 The
3 rain came down sud denl Is. and there was;
s no sitter In sight +, ana \; when the Presl-
dent paused while Sumt,r ,rel las were sral lsed,
&heFremarked 1000 maj turedIy y sss
I2 II am sorry for you ] ladies, but sashaTn-:
4 Sed sof you mel as you && & are saf afraid YOU
VIII melt III e IN:
Speech Sof Y Presid dent.
To Z emphasi ia that lis acts as President
had been free from malice, 81 he begged
j pardon OF the doninles and took ID "A text.
illustrating this point from III incoln. r he
sentiment Of this text ran through his
entire speech. and whe n he said he would
g.'curb the trusts 4 he emphasized that In
doing this V du tys he II would act without
z fear. favor Or malice. II @ spoke for;
nearly am hour. Sss HI III was cheered
4 on by tho waving OF Wet flags and cries
q of2appTofhltEH1I y tA!tu ett9
+ drerl { were present. Tho President spoke
as folio WE: ~ Il l SS ss# ,9
Mr.. Chairman and you. my old 81
friends and neighbors. you anon III
whom j was brough 81 up and whom
Ss$s i have lived for so many years, 1t e
is$ q real and great pleasnre 8s,t 3a
IA the 4 chance or being with you to-. rs
day to say q few words Bof greeting Isl
X s to you. and In q sense to give mn ac-- #
count OF my stewnr rds ZIP '1 say ~ 4 a.
W. sense. friends, !, because after all the
stewardship really has to 81 ye az ar. ac- ltss
count of Itself, } II a man needs to III
/ eYp1atn over much what ne has done, Il
1T is pretty sure proof that j he ought IS
"a have done It a little differently
sa}s3 and SO as regards most OF What VI ] ! MT
s have DONE ] must let It speak for
Z itself. V
# Example Of Lincoln.
about which want to talk to you #
to-day, $ and Il, NJ In the presence OF "A
" donlinies i may venture to speak from "a
U d text I shall take as my text the slS
words of Abraham Lincoln. which he rs
II F smoke in q remarkAbl little address gt
delivered TO band OF people who
& were serenading him t IL the w Whtte as
House Just after his re- election to the
8l dency. i. He said i,,s
8i8 IN any great national :lal here Il
s after the mon OF that lda y as compared
with those OF this Will be as Il weak 5ii3
S!a and as strong, as 81 as WIS as S.B
i bad and as good. IN Let q US, therefore,
study the Incidents OF this. sas philos-sss
j. ophy from which to learn wisdom, n
\ and not as wrongs to be avenged, and Il
IA he 3ad dded aters In the speech = touc h
ing characteristic expression OF his
Fl saying, 80 long as ] have been here,
Il N ] have not willingly planted q thorn
IN any mans breast, 4 f@5
Nov, friends. remember that Lin
coin faced the grea test crisis that
81 5Si this nation has had since the Reyolu-fi
tipnary Wari ms great q crisis as the ne 33f
nation can ever face. for II was a.
rs crisis, q which, accordingl as the re-
f8 sult went ono way or the other, mean
ri national life OR national death. and AZ
vet with all his firm resolution Of
IN nurpose, with all the unbending I.
strength OF his will. With all the s
Il Az deep seated intensity and slncerity #
= IA OF belief which alone could h have li
~ borne him up through trials spoll as IS
those he had to- face, II was YET pos
sible for him TO say VII u entsEe e
that he bore no rancorI even 70 those ts
~ who had gone hopelessly wrong that
Y while epdeayoring rut hi casly g Scut opt VA Mtis
$ RI the evil, he yet did his work without
4 hatred to the doer Of the evil that
S85 while never for one moment bllndlng
himself to the truth, to philosophy of
what was round about him, ne yet
Il did not treat anything that was done VA
5 against him as wrong 10 20 ia sssSi
avenged He treated the wrong as Z,
calling for n remedy, not as Call ms I
u Tor ,yeng nee, s,s 81 ss Al Az
ut Is In Just that spirit that we, as 25