The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
CLASS RULE FATAL.
PRESIDENT GIVES WARNING AT
JAMESTOWN.
In Exposition speech Says End of
Republic VIII Come When Gov
eminent Is in Hands of Either

President Roosevelt's speech at the
opening of the tercentennial exposition
at jamestown was an appeal to national
pride to preserve the republic by avoid
ing the fatal error of ''class rule"
"Other nations have fallen he said.
'because the citizens gradually grew to
consider the interests of class before
the interests of the whole; for when such
was the case it mattered little whether it
was the poor who plundered the rich or
the rich who exploited the poor. In eth
er event the end of the republic was at
hand.
1--WE are resolute in our purpose not to
fall in such a pit This great republic
of ours never shall become the govern
ment of a plutocracy and it never shall
become government of the mob.
God willing, it shall remain what our
fathers who founded ii meant it to be, a
government where each man stands on
his worth as a man and where we strive
to give every man fair chance to show
the stuff that is in him."
Avoiding politics. in the accepted sense
OF the word, he devoted his address to
history, reviewing the founding of the
nation. giving especial credit TO the Eng
lish. but calling attention to the fact
that the blood of many peoples flows in
the veins of the typical American. He
then referred to our national problems.
saying that the struggles in times of
peace are as great and as important as
those of war. The President spoke in
part as follows:
A
special greeting to the representatives of
the foreign governments here present. They
have come to assist us in celebrating what
was in very truth the birthday of this ma
tion. for 1t was here that the colonists first
settled whose incoming, whose growth froN
their own loins and by the action of new
Corners from abroad was TO make the peo-
pie which 100 yeaps later assumed the sol
emn responsibility and weighty duties OF
complete independence.
In welcoming all Of you I must say a
special word, first to the representatives OF
the people of Great Britain and Ireland.
The fact that SO many of our people. OF
whom as it happens I myself am one, have
but very small portion of English blood
in our veins. in no way alters the other
fact that this nation was founded by Eng
lishmen, by the Cavalier and Puritan.
Let us further greet all of you, the rep
resentatives of the people of Continental
Europe. From almost every nation OF Eu.
rope we have drawn some part of our
Dioou some part OF our traits;
again, Jet me pa you "eicome' Iepre
sehtatl'es on our SISTER repuoncs OF tnis
continent. In the larger aspect. your IN
terests ana ours are identicai. Your prop.
iens ana ours are IN a large part the sane
ana as we strive 10 settle them. L Iiedgt
you herewith on the part OF TINS nation
the heartiesf friendship and good will.
Finally, let me say special word OF
greeting 10 those representatives OF the
Asiatlc NATIONS VINO make up that newest
East which Is yet the most ancient East
the East OF time immemoriaL IN parucl
lar, let me express worq OF nearly Wei
come to the representative OF the mlghts
island empire OF Japan. that empire which
In learning from the west, mas shown tnai
it mas so much, SO very muea 10 teach the
west In return.
First English Settlement.
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