The Greenville times., 1910-08-19
A SHADOW OF DESTINY.

political condition of this republic.
One of these was the rude and un-
| compromising setback administered to
Theodore Roosevelt by the leaders of
the Fstandpat' or conservative Repub-
lican Party in New York State, as
sembled Tuesday in executive commit
tee in the metropolis to arrange for the
State Republican convention.
The other was a letter from Colonel
Roosevelt to the chairman of the Sou
thern Commercial Congress, which is
to meet some time soon in Atlanta.
| As to the New York incident, some
member Of the party proposed Mr.
Roosevelt as the temporary chairman
to open the convention, which is to
meet next September, and give tone
and temperature to it. But the com
mittee promptly and decisively rejected
the colond who was there present
and named Vice President Sherman for
the post.
The rejection by the committee in
such plain and uncomprOmising terms
of Mr., RoOscvelU's active participation
in the party's affairs was quite start
ling, and it is clear that the commit
tee, which represents the standpat ele-
mont Of the party, regarded Mr.. ROOse
volt as an "insurgent,' - ani when he
at once declared himself progression
ist, that set the measure of the differ
cnce between the conservative and rad
zeal factions of the old party
simultaneously with the opening of
the chasm between the two elements of
the party was the extraordinary Roose-
welt bid and greeting to the South.
The Roosevelt letter to the South
contained the following expressions:
E'T earnestly hope that the young
mon of the South will never forget the
past glorios of the South, because 7
earnestly hope that the young men asl
over America today will keep ever in
mind those glorious memories of ev-
y
the men Of the North and of the West
will remember the South s past with
the same pride the South itself does
for the undying glory, won by the men
who so valiantIy and with such sinccri-
tv fought for their convictions. whcth
er they wore the blue or gray, is now
common heritage of all of rs, where
ever we lwell
"This nation is thrilling with Ideals
at this very moment, and these ideals
rC'atc to constructive work in the fin
ture. The South must DO its full
Share in realizing it, AMI from now on
it must participate in full in the solu-
tion of all the national problems. All
Of us alike must turn to the special pro
bIoms of this age with the courage that
onr fathers showed in those heroic davs
to which we look back with mournfuI
pride.
"The statne of General Lee, in Con
foderate uniform, stands in the hays
Of Congress today, and his memory is
honored no more bv the South than it
is by the North, and in the North, as
in the South, 7 think we are now learn
ing to apply absolutely in good faith
the great words of Grant. Let MS have
peace.
'The part played by the South in
the constructive craftsmanship of our
nation during all our earlier years was
of incalceable weight ana value 7
firmly believe that the time has now
come when the South 5 influence will be
again felt, not only in constructive
craftsmanship, but in the enormous
field of constructive business enleavor.
No part of Our country has seen such
progress rs the South has made in the
last twenty years along material lines.
and 7 believe the next twenty years
will see a greater progress. For long
the eyes of this nation have been set
steadily westward to watch its great
md typical growth.
From now on, / think, the South
will share with the West in rapidity
Of growth This leadership will be
FASTENED by the completion of the
Panama Canal. The East has the At
| lantic and the West the Pacific; the
South even more than the East and