The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-06-13
GREAT GEORGIA DAY
Empire Sol thern State Takes
Jamestown By Storm
PRESIDENT PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Georgia Day and the Opening of Bul-
louch Hall, Occasion of PRESIDENT
Second Visit te Exposition, a Gala
Day at jamestown.


was Georgia Day at the jamestown
Exposition. President Roosevelt was
present and made the principal adj
dress. The day was a very successful
"ne, immens crowds being present.
The naval review Of men-ofw wat
IN Hampton Roads and the reception
Of the commanders Of American and
foreign vessels which preceded the
Presidents s arrival at the grounds,
and the military review on Lee Parade
following the Presidents morning
address, were the same as on Ae
opening day, with the exception of
some slight difference in the person
mel Of the participants.
1t was distinguished party that
reviewed the assembled vessels from
the Mayfower. Immediately upon the
arrival Of that vessel the party Of
Secretary Of the Navy Metcalf was
transferred from the Dolphin. The
others to join the President were Gov.
j. NJ. Terrell, of Georgia, and w. n.
Mitchell, of the Georgia State com
mission.
President Roosevelt was introduce
cd by n. W. Mitchell, president Of
the Georgia Day commission, in a
speech Of tribute.
President Roosevelt on being intro
duccd, said in part:
can not express how deeply touch
ed | am at the action of the State of
Georgia, my mothers State, the State
from which l draw half the blood in
my veins, in erecting as the Georgia
State House at the Jamestown Expo
sitiou replica of my grandfather's
house at Roswell, Ga; the house il
which my mother passed her youth
and where she was married to my
father. 1t is an act of gracious cour-
teSY and consideration which I very
deeply appreciate; and through the
governor and other representatives of
Georgia | desire from my heart TO
thank all her citizens. Georgia's his
tory is unique, for she alone among
The original thirteen colonies and the
subsequent new States added thereto,
WAS founded with a consciously bene-
y"}cnt purpose, with the deliberate
intent to benefit mankind by upbuild-
in% a commonwealth along careful
ly planned lines of social, political, F.,
religious liberty and justice. Ogie-
tlr0pe, the founder of Georgia, was
4 true apostle of philanthropy and Of
equality Of opportunity for all. His
set purpose was to found a State the
gates of which should be open to the
oppressed of every land and creed,
and closed to every form Of political
religious, or industrial bondage CT
persecution. This colony welcomed
alike those who fled from political or
social tyranny, and those, whether
Christian of Jew, who sought liberty
for conscience sake. It was high
and honorable beginning; and I an
proud, indeed, of my Georgia anees
try, and of the fact that my grand
fathers grandfather, Archibald Bull
lOch, was the first governor, or as tht
title then went, President of the new
State, when the Continental Congress:
Of which he was also a member, de
elared that the Thirteen States hat
become a new and independent nation
Since then Georgia has grown at I
rate even more astounding than th'
rate Of growth of the nation as ;
whole; her sons have stood high il
every field Of activity, intellectual o
physical, and rapid though her prog
ress has been in the past, it bids fai
to be even greater in the wonderful
new century which has now fairl,
opened.
Perhaps the very fact that an
half Southern and half Northern i
blood, and that for many years
was brought into peculiarly close as
ISOLATION with the life Of the grsa
West, makes 1t natural FOR me to fes
with intensity the strong sense o
kinship with every portion Of ou
great common country, which shoul
De the birthright of every true Ameri
can. Since I have been President
have visited every State and Terri
tory within the borders of the Unio
save such as can only be reached b
sea. / have travelled from theAtlar