The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-23

the men who wore the blue and who wore the gray from one HermitaEe or
 honor for all Ameficanss in whatever
 position of this nation they live. on:
 to ail our history. think how much 1t means to our people of today that we should have this Hermitage as place
 of national pilgrimage for all citizens
 to quicken their patriotism in the pres- ent by being here In the abode. in the living place of one of the great pa-
 triots of the nations past.
 Thanks the Women.
 "on behalf of the nation. I wish to thank the ladies of the Hermitage As-
 sociation who have taken hold of this i property and who have preserved 1t. l but I do not think 1t just or fair that
 the burden which should be supported l by the nation should oe drain upon | private purses. It Is greatly to your credit thet you have done this work but I shall do all that I can to see l that the nation relieves you. not of the I management. but of the expense of the
 management. and shall count on the
 congressmen from Tennessee and from every state want to say that An- drew Jackson was Tennesseean but
 Andrew Jackson was an American. and
 eannat claim him that has not the I right to claim him as national hero. ssThe Hermitage should be cared for by the nation in the same spirit that we now care for Mt. Vernon. Of kcourse Mt. Vernon stands absolutely | unique among all places, but the Her nitage represents the home of one of lthe three or four greatest presidents
 this nation has ever had. of one of I the three or four greatest public men that any nation has developed in the same length of time Andrew Jackson
 was great national figure. His ca
 reer will stand ever more and more
 as source of inspiration for boy and
 man in this republic. A soldier & statesman, a patriot, devoted with a single mind to the welfare of his whole country make it their object, acting through the national Government, to see that hereafter there is no question | of keeping the Hermitage and all its surroundings. Public questions change from time to time.
 "One generation has to meet and solve given set of problems, but the spirit In which these problems must be met, if they are to be successfully
 solved, cannot change. The man who
 has the stun in him to make him 8 good citizen in one generation would ha- good citiaess- ...ss eattes- -esese@.@-
 tion. That is true of civic life exactly
 as it is true of military life. At New Orleans, General Jackson's troops fought with the long. heavy pea rifle. | the old flint lock. the weapon that the | first hunters carried when they came over the mountains into Tennessee and
 Kentucky. Weapons change, tactics | change, but the spirit of the soldier ! who wins victories remains unchanged from generation to generation. And
 believe that at need the American
 cause I believe that we have among us men who would be borne up by
 the same spirit to which Andrew Jack | son was able successfully to appeal on
 fog iifting S showed the ' ranks nos of the the | gallant British regulars advancing, to | die in the assault on the breastworks
 at New Orleans. So 1t was true of you
 old confedeTatss standing in front of
 the stand) you fought with the mug l gle. loader. Some of them were flint
 locks guess. Now we have the high | power small caiibrs rifle, rifles that
 were new in your day or unknown in | your day are antiquated now. The tactics change. They wear khaki in-
 stead of blue or gray, but if ever the l If they show that they have now the same spirit that sent on to battle the
 men in blue and the men i'm gray in
 the dark years from '61 to '65.
 Spirit Unchanged.
 "The spirit does not change, and 1t Is the spirit Of the men that counts, as the ultimate decisive factor in bat tie. We need organization, we need
 eraiship cannot avail unless the fri- vate soldier in the ranks, unless the average man with musket has got the right stuf in him. for if he has not
 got the right stun in him you can not
 T should not say that Old Hickory was faultless, but Andrew Jackson was as upright and honest a man and fear had in public oH private fife. His memory will remain for ever a pres cious national heritage and his rublic career should be studied and assinilat- ca pyt M every public man who desi-es whole people of the United States.
 Chancellor Alison--Mr. President a member of the club, of which you are an honorary member, wishes to pr eeent you with button. and Mrs. Doris at the same moment most magnificent stick.
 Mrs. Dorris-Mr. President, in, order that you may carry away with you souvenir of your visit to tine Hermit age, we have prepared this stick, of hickory, we have to call hin Old Hickory, as Old Hickory is typical of the sturdy character of his nature and the undoubted hardihood of his char acter. @
 The President--I cannot gay how deeply appreciate the gift of the cane made of hickory. from Andrew Jack sons place, from the Hermitage.
 Presented With Button.
 Immediately following the delivery of his address MT. Roosevelt was pre- scented by President H. A. Luck, of the Mckinley Club of Nashville, with a beautiful Mckinley button. which the members had designed for the occasion.
 At the conclusion of the Presidents address, Mir. Roosevelt and those com prising the official party began the journey to the Presidents train at the Hermitage station. the road passing the Tennessee soldiers home. At this point the Confederate veterans re- ceived the President in line. and re- quested that he favor them with his autograph in a register specially pre- pared for the occasion. His signature was written in this book with a quill designed and made at their instance for this feature of the program. On leav- ing the soldiers home the President and party proceeded to Hermitage sta tion, where they boarded their special train and left immediately for Chatta- nooga. Upon regaining his train the