Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-26
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
AT The outset I wish to say a word
Of special greeting to the represents
tiVes OF the foreign governments mere
present. They have come 10 assist MS
in celebrating what was In very truth
the birthday Of this nation. foT 1t was
here that The col0nists FIRST settled
whose Incoming, whose growth fro1p
their own loins and by the addition
Of newcomers from abroad. was 70
make the people which 1863 years
later assumed the solemn responstbill-
ties and weigfltY duties of com lete an
dependence.
ENGLISH BLOOD.
In welcoming all of you l must say
a special word first TO the represent
tatfve OF the people OF Great Britain
and Ireland The fact that so many
OF OUT people of whom as 1t happens
/ myself arm one. have but q very
small portion Of English blood in onr
veins. in no way alters the other fact
that this nation was founded by Eng
Iishmen. by the cavalier and the
Puritan. Their tongue, law. IItera"
trlre, the fund of their common
thought. made an Inheritance which
all Of us share. and marked deep the
lines along which we have developed
~ WIS Cnt nlFN OF EllEIlSN stpch W 'lN
did most in casting the mold into
which our national character was run,
THE BLOOD OF ALL EUROPE,
Lot me Furthermore greet all OF you,
the Representatives OF the people Of
continental Europe, From almost
every nation of Europe we have
ralF OF our traits This mixture OF
lsloot has gone on from the beEnnine-
and with il has gone on kind OF de-
velopment unexampled among poo
pies Of the stocks from which we
spring; and hence today we dilier
sharply from. and yet i'll some ways
are fundam entally akin to all OF the
nations of Europe.
OUR SISTER REPUBLICS.
Again. let me bid you welcome,
representatives of our sister republics
OF this continent In the larger as
poet. your interests and ours are iden-
teal Your problems and ours are
in large part the same; and rs we
strive to settle them. j pledge You
herewith on the part of this nation
the heartiest friendship and good WILL
ASIA's REPR EsENTATIvEs.
Finally, let me say special word Of
greeting TO those representatives OF tho
Asiatic nations who make up that new
est east which is yet the most ancient
east, the east of time inln1emorlat. In
particular, let me express word OF
hearty welcome to- the representative
Of the mighty island empire of Japans
that empire which. In learning from
the west, has shown that II had So
much, so very much TO teach the west
In return.
To all OF YOU here gathered / eX-
press my thanks for Your coming, and
] extend to you my earnest wishes for
the welfare OF your several nations.
The world has moved so far that II Is
no longer necessary TO believe that one
nation can rise only by thrusting an
ether down. All farsighted states
men, all true patriots, now earnestly
wish that the leading nations of man
Kind. 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
believe that there is a rising tide In
human thought which tends for right
eous international peace; a tide which
II behooves us 10 guide through ra-
and all OF us here present can wcll
afford to take 20 heart ST, Pau's
counsel; IF IL be possible, as much
a. ieth in you, live peaceably with all
men,"
THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
We have met today 10 celebrate the
opening OF the exposition which itself
commentaries the first permanent set
Element OF mon OF our stock In Nlr'
enia. the first beginning OF what has
since become this mighty republic,
Three hundred years ago IL handful "
English Ndventurers. who had crossed
the ocean In what we should now call
cookie boats. as clumsy as they were
frail. landed In the great wooded viii
dernsss, the lndian-h haunted waste.
which then stretched down TO the wa
ter's edge along the entire Atlantic
coast. They We're NOT the FIRST men
OF European race TO settle III what
rs now the United States. for there
were already Spanish settlements In
Florida and on the headwaters OF the
Rio Grandei and the French who at
almost the same time We're struggling
up the ST. Lawrence We're likewise des-
tined 20 perform permanent settlements
on the great lakes and In the valley
of the mighty Mississippi hcfoiN the
peuplo of English stock went NgCsE-
ward of the Alleghenies Moreover,
both tho Dutch and the SWedes were
shortly TO found colonies between the
TWO sets of English colonies. those that
grew lip around the Potomac and those
that grew UP on what ~ now the
New England coast. Nevertheless, this
landing At jamestown POSSESSES
for us. Of the United States an alto.
eether peculiar significance, and this
Without regard 10 our severa origins
Tine men Who landed ~ jamestown
and those who 10 years later landed /
al Plymouth, all OF English stock. and /
their fellow.settlers who during tho 4
next few decades streamed IN after /
mem. were these who took The lcad Ia [.
shnplne ghe life history II this people |
IN the colonial ana revolutionary DAYS |
n was they who bent Into definite |
shane our nation while II was stlIl |
young enough most easily, most read,
which were 10 become part Of Us per-
manent life habit
LEST WE FORGET
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