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Rosponso of W. W. Finley, President Southern Railway 'Company, to Toast at Annual Banquet of the St. Andrew's Society of tho City of Oharlostpn, S. 0., November 30, 1907. (Mr. Toastnmster and Members of the St. Andrew's Society: Tlie toast to which I am to respond, "The Day We Celebate: Scotland in Art, Anns, and Industry," is one which invites historical allusions. This is a field which 1 enter with some trepidation in the presence of my friend Major Hemphill, who has so severely criticised my recent reference to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The Major may he courage*mis enough to stand up helore a Chariot te audience and deny that there ever was any Mecklenburg Declaration, but, if lie should do so. j T imagine that he would be convinced j t hat Lord ('orn \va 11 is made no mislake when he called that town "The Hornet's Nest." There, I am in danger attain, for. possibly, it is not admitted in Charleston that Lord Coruwallis thus characterized Charlotte. However lliis may be, I propose to demonstrate to Major Hemphill. and to the people of Charleston, that my historical statements can be relied upon by declaring that Andrew Jackson was a native of South Carolina. T know that my good friend Mr. Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer. contends that Andrew Jackson was born al Waxliaw, which tliej United Postal fluido says is a post-1 office in Union county, North Carolina. lint, was lie born at tire exact spot on the map now known as Waxhaw? Tu an early sketch of the life of Andrew Jackson, I read that he "was born in the Waxliaw settlement in Lancaster county, South Carolina. "The Waxliaw Settlement" is a very brond, indefinite term, which was doubtless applied to several square miles of territory. Lancaster county, however is definite, and M'eins to leave iio reason to doubt that the hero of New Orleans was born in thai part of the Waxliaw settlement on |he South Carolina side "I' the line, t'nlil I o,.| further evidence. therefore. I shall stand by this early sketch and insist that Andrew Jaciison was a native of South Carolina. Now. the authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration bavins; been j established for North Carolina and Andrew Jackson having been given to South Carolina, T shall expect, the ( harleslon News and Courier and tho Charlotte Observer to vie with each other in sinning my praises as a historian. and I shall not fear that eithei will criticize any statements T may make this evening. You are proud of the history of the St. Andrew's Society of the Citvj of ( harleslon and well you may be. It is not only the oldest organization ot the kind in ('harleslon, but it is one of the oldest in the United Stales. Its list of members is a roll ol'j iioiior, on which are louud llie names of men who have been prominent in the history of Charleston and of our count r\ since colonial days. The list ! unbraces representatives of everv l clan and lamiiy in Scotland of la-j niilies t hat traee their lineage bark to the limes on Hum-an and Maelielh.and e\ en to si 111 ea !'licr days. I >el ore I he ! Uevidution. colonial governors. otti" I eei> ot the Lrilisii Army and of the ! hoval Navy, ami representalives of' I he ii'dde families of Scotland were proud to be numbered atno.i^- the members ot this society. Surviving! I lie s|ornit\ times ot the licvolnt ion, j the high character ol your member- ! ship has not deleriorated. and I lie St. Andrew s Society has ever been foremost in the field of its special work ot assisting the needy and distressed. and relieving the wants of' 'the widow and orphan. 1 ll was (ieorge Stephenson, a Scot-' cbniau. who built I he lirst practicable locomotiw engine and made possihle tlie .ureal railway systems of the! world. The people of Charleston ' were aniony Ihe earliest in (lie U.iited Stales to appreciate Ihe importance ot railways. The construction of Ihe railway from Charleston to 1 r.unberir, which was undertaken in .1K27. was the first result, and when Ibis line was put in operation throughout its entire length of one hundred and thirty-six miles, on Oct. I, ISIW, it enjoyed Ihe distinction ol" being Ihe lousiest continuous railway in Ihe world. Koneouraged by the success of litis line, the people of Charleston conceived tho larger scheme of building a great railway northwesterly through the states of South On ml inn and North Carolina, passing down the \alley ol Ihe. I'Vench .Hroad river and across the mountains into Ten. t nessee. thence via Knoxville lo Lexington. Ky>, ami tlicnce to (Cincinnati. The ditlicuil ie- in ihe way of this en-I terorise were too ;;-renl to be easily j overcome, but the people of Charles- j Ion kept constantly in mind the im-1 portance to their port of rail coin ? * mimical ion with the Ohio and Mis- ( sissippi Hiver gateways. As Char- y lesion is the principal seaport in t< South Carolina, your city has ever 0 had tho united support of the state, v and the legislative enactments of '1 JOouth Carolina show that since 1832, f it has been the continuous, persistent, < and cherished policy of this state to lj establish a railroad from Charleston, d through Columbia, over tho moun- tl tains to the valleys of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers. The carrying out, of this policy was delayed not only by s, flic difficulty of surmounting the phy- 1 sical obstacles in the way, but, al- |( so, by the Civil War, which left all a ol' our industries proslrate and the railways of our section almost desi roved. I hope it may yet prove that the Southern Railway Company, ^ by thi' amalgamation into a single system ol' dis,jointed lines, by I in? con- ..( slruclioii of connecting links, and 'j( through projects under way, has n brought about tho realization of the persistent dream of Charleston a.id of South Carolina of a great highway j|( connecting your port with the interior of Iiie south and with the gateway of the west. I realize that Charleston may not ;l| in the past, have obtained the full m hcneilils that were expected to follow from the establishment of through rail (j. communication with the west, and |( with the interior of the state, but j-( 1 hope that the results of a areccnf undersamling between ihe representa- p lives of Hie City of Charleston, nilder the lead of an honored member of this society, your ablo and energelic mayor, and the representatives of the railways, who met, not in a spirit, of antagonism, but mutually | ] recognizing the interdependenco of j( their interests, will inure t<? the ad- |f vantage of Charleston and of South j, Carolina, and, through the advance- ^ menl of your prosperity, will be ? beneficial to the railways. The | course that was followed in this i, case is. I believe, Ihe proper one to be adopleo in all cases where queslions arise between communities and |( carriers as to transportation rales , or service. In such conferences | where each side lias ample opporlunity to present its facts and arguments i | ami lo have I hem considered as pure- i I ly business questions, I believe that I il is almost inevitable that an agree- s meal will be reached which will do ( subsl.itial justice, to all the interests involved and will be based on sound | economic principles. In Ihe eases in which il may be found impossible lo reach an agreement in this way, I do not think there is reason for agila- i lion whicii, if carried t?? extremes, may disturb business and he injurious s to the community, as well as to the .. carrier. There are Federal and State j tribunals with full authority to hear , these questions and lo settle them in v I accordance with the principles of jusice and even-handed impartiality. j Il is of the ill most importance, I ( believe, thai, in ihe considcralion of all questions affeeling Iransporla- p lion, ami in Ihe determination of v public policies affecting Iransporla- |, lion agencies, I here should be kept <. const,ml ly in view Ihe two basic (coiiomie principles thai elliciency of ;l transportation facilities is essential to I lie prosperity of any community, jaml i lull Ihe prosperity of ihe com- w iiiuiiilies served by il is essential lo v fhe prosperity of the carrier. When these I wo principles are thoroughly j] understood, and are consistently act- n e>l upon, I am convinced il will be jv found thai, in every instance, Ihe o ultimate interests of (lie community <' ami of the carrier are identical. This being true, all that is necessary for ** the settlement of any question is that the community and the carrier, iu the spirit of Ihe SI. Andrew's Society. shall have "a good understanding and acquaint a nee with one another," and.* keeping in view the economic laws which control the situation, sliall debate it oul until they reach a conclusion as to Ihe set I lenient, in their best judgment, will |< work substantial justice to all con- ;1 cerued, and adv;,iice, not merely Ihe immediate interests of one side or s Ihe oilier, but the ultimate interests ;l of both. You enjoy the advantage of ti the l*cst harbors on the Atlantic ,, Coast and other advantages with re- w ference to the markets of the West Indies and all of Ihe Kaslern ports ]) of Hie Central and South American s countries. The possibility of building |] up an enlarged trade with these countries is uno that muv well re- w eeive your attention, for the reports v of the Hureau of Statistics in the De- tl partmenl of Commerce and Labor rshow that exports from Ihe Cnited f| Slates lo the 1 /atin-American conn- e< trie< are growing at a rate far in ex- V cess of the total increase in exports. si I lie latest available figures those for o '' C nine mouths ended September ii " (M!i, show that in I lie nine months \' ol this year Ihe total value of ex- ? ? ports to the Latin-American coun-jg lies exceeded the figures lor 1 ho ? nine period last year by 13.7 per I out, while the increase in the value t' cxpor's lo all other parts ol' the I'orld amounted to only G.6 per cent, 'he Ivtilin-American trade is, thereore, well wortii looking after, ospoially as thos" cour.tr 'js consume irgc (piaulilies of cotton mill pronets such as are manufactured in lie Southern mills. We celebrate this day as the one nndred and seventy-eight anniver;iry of the founding of the St. Anrew's Society of the City of Charjslon. We also celebrate it as the n.iiversary of the martyrdom of our patron Saint, the apostle St. ndrew, who, we are told in ecclcsr.dical histo.-y, was crucified in chaia on the .iOth of November, ghlecu hundred and lliirty-.-even ears ago. According t0 a tradition ri car to every Scot, (he reinai.is of j ie apostle were removed in the third nfury lo Scotland, where tliev were itornlu d in a church built in his * ?m>r by a Pictish king on a site 4 here the ancient city of St. Anrews ijow staads. Hence, he hemic I he pal ron Sain I of Scotland ml of (Ik1 Scot in whatever land he ay bo found. Scotland in Art. Arms, and In- j[ iislry." \\ hat an opportunity this xl olio's for laying |he foundation m* historical controversies beside hicli those as to (he Mecklenburg eelaration and the birthplace of Anrew Jackson would pale into in- | gn ificance. My only safety lies in pne ratifies. fn the arts, the genius of the eotch race has tended to the indus ial arts, rather lhan to what are 'rmed the line arts, though there ave been Scotch painters of :io(e, icluding (he Scotch-America'.), 'harles fjilb^rl Stuart, whose porraits, painled i? the early days of lie Republic, have eslnblisiicil his sting lame, and Ihroughoul I lie ighlands and the lowlands, cables. 4 athedrals, and abbeys bear witness m '? I lie nobility of |||(. Scotch archi- j> eelure. which, perhaps, found its i"hest expression in Melrose Abbey, m> 'he linesl examples of (lie g British (lothie. It is. however, in iterary art that Scotland has excelld. As long as I ho Knglish language hall endure, the intense human inerost ol' the poems of Robert Ibirns ? nil appeal to the hearts of me i. and 11 ne chivalric romance of the poems P ind novels of Sir Waller Scoit will 11 nspire high thoughts and honorable a leeds. In our own day, Robert j Amis Stevenson, James M. Rarrie, (* nd others, have worthily upheld the 1 landard of Scotch literal ure, while " imong our own American authors, w wo of the most brilliant?Washing- a on Irving and Kdga.r Allen Foe? s iviy men of Scotch descent. ' I'lie history of Scotland has been c be history of the Scots in arms. In P lie older days, when (hey had no one)'' Ise to light, they could always be !11 elied upon to light auioiiu t lionise!-|.' es. I heir courage and daring mav ave been approached by that ofotli- < ' r races; they have never been exelled. I lie tide of Roman < ompiest, j S( id 111 ?* advance of Caesar's con-j ?' tiering legions were staid at tiie|;l veof.tish highlands and Hadrian's d all was a monument to Scottish alor. For Hi centuries after Caesr's invasion of Rrilain, Scotland, ti liougli often r "t by internal strife, T lainlained an almost constant war- I: are along the border. In the lan- gi uagc of Rums' beautiful tribute to II 'aledonia? |'; tl A lambkin in peace, but a lion in gi war, ai The pride of her kindred the lie- b roine grew; j(i Her urandsire, old Odin, triumph- ii anlly swore, )); MY ho'or shall provoke I bee lb' en- yi counter shall rue.' " I, a i (lenerations of Fnglis'n kings, of- w ;i taking advantage of dissensions |t niong the Scots, were'unable to sue- n i'cil where the Romans had failed, tl cot laud was never wholly subdued, nd maintained its independence nil- i\ 1 a Scottish king sal o.i the throne (? I Kngland and the two kingdoms (1, ere merged into one. From I hat (,i ay to Illis, wherever British troops jj, ave fought, Scotch regiments affd ],, cotcli officers have ever been in the lick est of the .fray. 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