The Washington herald., 1907-04-27

70 the present-day prosperity and the
necessity of combination both in the
world of capital and in the world Of labor
He said that each kind Of combination
can do good. and yet each. however pow
erful must be opposed when it does i'll"
The President said
AT the outset ] wish 20 say word OF
special greeting to the representatives OF
the foreign governments here present.
They have come TO assist us in celebrat-
ing what was in very truth the birthday
of this nation, for il was here that the
colonists first settled whose incoming.
whose growth from their own loins and
by the addition OF newcomers from
abroad, was 10 make the people which
one hundred and sixty-nine years later
assumed the solemn responsibilities and
weighty duties of complete independence.
In welcoming all of you I must say a
special word, first to the representative
of the people of Great Britain and Ire
land. The fact that so many Of our
people, of whom as 1t happens myself
am one, have but very small portion
of English blood in oar veins in no way
alters the other fact that this nation
was founded by Englishmeu. by the
Cavalier and the Puritan Their tongue,
law. literature, the fund of their COM
mon thought. made an inheritance which
all OF as share, and marked deep the
lines along which we have developed. It
was the men OF English stock who did
most in casting the mold into which cur
national character was run.
Let me Furthermore greet all OF you.
the representatives of the people of con-
tinental Europe From almost every ma
ton of Europe we have drawn some
part OF our blood, some part OF our
traits This mixture of blood has gone
on from the beginning, and with it has
gone on a kind of development unexam-
pied among peoples Of the stocks from
which we spring: and hence to-day We
differ sharply from. and yet in some
ways are Fundamentally akin 10, all OF
the nations of Europe.
HeRrtiest Friendship Pledged.
Again. let me bid You welcome. rep
resentatives OF our sister republics OF
this continent. In the larger aspect
your interests and ours are identical.
Your problems and ours are in large part
the same; and as we strive to settle
them. / pledge you herewith on the part
of this nation the heartiest friendship
and good will
Finally let me say special word of
greeting to those representatives of the
Asiatic nations who make up that new
est East which is yet the most ancient
East, the East of time immemoral In
particular, let me express a word OF
hearty welcome TO the representative of
The mighty island empire OF Japan: that
empire which, in learning from the West
has shown that il had so much, so very
much. 20 teach the West in return.
To all of you here gathered 1 express
my thanks for your coming, and / extend
20 you my earnest wishes for the welfare
OF your several nations The world has
moved so far that il is no longer neces-
sary 20 believe that one nation can rise
only by thrusting another down. All
far-sighted Statesmen. all true patriots,
now earnestly wish that the leading ma
lions Of mankind, as in their several
ways they struggle constantly toward a
higher civilization. higher humanity.
may advance hand in hand, united only
in "a generous rivalry TO see which can
best do its allotted work in the world.
l believe that Ihere is d rising tide in
human thought which tends for righteous
International peace; a TIDE which it be-
hoOves us 10 guide through rational
channels 10 sane conclusions; and all OF
US here present can well AFFORD to take
10 heart St. PauTs counsel: IF it be
possible. as much as Heth in you. live
peaceably with all men,.
First Permanent settlement.
We have met to-day TO celebrate the
opening OF the Exposition, which itself
commentaries the first permanent set
Element of men of our stock in Virginia,
the first beginning Of what has since be
come this mighty republic Three hun
dred years ago a handful of English ad-
venturers, who had crossed the ocean in
what We should now call cockle-boats,
as clumsy as they were frau. landed in
the great wooded wilderness. the Indian
haunted waste, which then stretched
down 10 the waters edge along the en-
tiTe Atlantic coast They were not the
first men OF European race 10 settle in
what is now the United States, for there
were already Spanish settlements in Flor
Grande; and the French, who at almost
the same time were struggling up the
st. Lawrence. were likewise destined 10
form permanent settlements on the Great
Lakes and in the valley of the mighty
Mississippi before the people of English
stock went westward of the Allcghenies.
Moreover. both The Dutch and the
Swedes were shortly TO found colonies
between the two sets of English colonies.
those that grew uD around the Potomac
and those that grew up on what is now
the New England coast. Nevertheless.
this landing at jamestown possesses for
as Of the United States an altogether
peculiar significance, ana this without re-
gard 20 our several origins. The men who
landed at jamestown and those who,
thirteen years later. landed at Plymouth,
all of English stock. and their fellow
settlers, who durins the next few decades
streamed in after them, were those who
took the lead in shaping the life history
of this people in the colonial and Revolu-
tionary days. II was they who bent
into definite shape our nation while Il
was still young enough most easily. most
readily, to take on the characteristics
which were 10 become part of its perma-
nent life habit
Represent New Type.
Yet let US remember that while this
early English colonial stock has left deep
er than all others upon our national life
the mark Of its strong twin indivlduaH-