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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. II was a Scot- ()]
lunan, Sir Ralph Ahercrombie, of (jj
hose family the second President of
our society was a member, who, in
ie bat lb1 of Alexandria, supplementl
I/ord Nelson's victory al the bate
of the Nile, and shattered Xapol- f
i?n s dream of an Kaslern 10 in pi re. c?
Hio has not been thrilled by (he 1<:
ory ol' the expedition for the rescue le
I' the Knglis'i prisoners at Magdala tl
v Cencral Napier, afterwards l.ord w
apier of Magdala, a member of I he N*
lebraled Scotch family which has el
iven to the world John Napier, tlicjgi
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