Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1899 — APPOMATTOX BANQUET. [ARTICLE]

APPOMATTOX BANQUET.

Oov. Rooaevelt aod Other* Moke Stir* riog Boeetite**. Three thousand perooas greeted and cheered the speakers at the Haauhon Club’s Appomattox day banquet ta. Chicago. but Gov. Roosevelt was the star He, Postmaster General Smith. Congressman Settle of Kentucky and Gen. John C. Black of Illinois were the speakers. Gov. Roosevelt's practical patriotism brought applause again and again. His plea was for active Americanism and not the "doctrine of the love of ignoble peace.” He aroused enthusiasm by declaring that “a great nation can no more lead a cloistered life than can a great man,” and then, in stirring sentence*, he proceeded to an advocacy of wide-awake nationalism. The audience was keyed a* to a high pitch by the speeches es Gov. Roosevelt and Postmaster General Smith, who spoke on 'Tbe Uniou,” and by Gew John Black, who began the oratory with a tribute to Grant. This was followed by a eulogy of Robert E. Lee by Coagrrasman Settle.