Georgia

Silas Comfort Swallow is distressed by the lynching of African Americans by a mob in Georgia. Swallow criticizes the spirit of lawlessness, claiming the United States practiced such in the overthrow of self-governance in the Philippines and in her approval of English rule in South Africa. He believes that lawlessness is caused by “the spirit of brute force that has been engendered and encouraged by men in high position” and the consumption of alcohol. He accuses Roosevelt of promoting alcohol consumption. Since the government is involved in the manufacture and sale of alcohol, Swallow urges President Roosevelt to overthrow this partnership.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-18

Joseph Bucklin Bishop will write about “three elements of Parker’s party – lynching in the South, Bryanism in the West,” and “Hillism in New York.” The Evening Post is no longer as supportive of Judge Parker and is having trouble with its readers. Bishop believes that “the bottom has dropped out” of Parker’s campaign. He mentions the lynchings in Georgia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-19

Speech by Harry Stillwell Edwards seconding the nomination of President Roosevelt at the 1904 Republican National Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-23

Clarece Martin presents a brief history of the construction of the Georgia House at the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition, as well as Theodore Roosevelt’s dedication of the house. The Georgia House was modeled after Bulloch Hall, where Roosevelt’s mother grew up. Martin quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s words dedicating the house, where he spoke of the history of Georgia along with his own personal ties to the southern United States. A brief biography of Clarece Martin follows the main article.

Four photographs supplement the text, including one each of Georgia House and Bulloch Hall. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Obituary of Earle Looker, a childhood friend of Quentin Roosevelt and author of The White House Gang. The notice relates one of the gang’s White House encounters with President Roosevelt and the popularity that the children gained during Roosevelt’s presidency. Looker’s service in both World Wars is recounted as is his work as a speech writer for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1977

In response to recent criticism of a speech he gave, William H. Fleming submits two letters from former Governor of Georgia Allen D. Candler and former Supreme Court Justice Henry Billings Brown, in which the two distinguished figures support his views.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-17

A house in Walthourville, Georgia, that belonged to Theodore Roosevelt’s grandfather, James S. Bulloch.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08

In a letter to the editor, Edward P. Moses states that the Senate Committee of Education will hear Senator John Houk’s bill providing for the collection, transcription, publication, and distribution of materials relating to Tennessee history on the following Monday. He discusses how many books on history were possible because of manuscript collections.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-23

A certificate from the Polk County Warehouse Company detailing the rules and regulations concerning its use for the purchase of cotton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-26

Oscar S. Straus gives an address at the University of Georgia tracing the development of religious liberty in the United States. Beginning with the founding of several American Colonies, including Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, Straus examines how many of the colonies dealt with religious freedom, or lack thereof, and how as the United States has developed as a nation it has set forth the law that no religion or sect of religion is above any other, and that the laws apply to all equally.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-13

Advance proof of an editorial by Julian LaRose Harris on the South’s political future, intended for publication in the March issue of Uncle Remus’s Home Magazine. Harris discusses the reasons why white southerners currently vote only for the Democratic Party, and why this has caused a stagnant political landscape that the Republican Party might exploit. Harris supports the disenfranchisement of African American citizens. However, he asserts that the focus on this disenfranchisement in the South has resulted in the diminishing influence of Southern Democrats over national Democratic Party policies and presidential nominations. He suggests that president-elect William H. Taft could encourage more bipartisan voting by white southerners if he heeds their political appointment suggestions and refuses to give federal appointments to African American candidates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02

Marshal Johnson reports that while there was some disorder at the Georgia Republican State Convention, it was not as bad as was represented. Johnson was more disturbed by the “large number of ignorant and impecunious delegates.” Johnson states most of the delegates were people of color. Johnson found the conditions at the convention unpleasant but worked to ensure that the delegates were instructed for President Roosevelt. Johnson expects Roosevelt’s nomination and election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-26

Marshal Johnson reports on recent District Conventions held in Georgia and tense race relations at one such convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-05

William H. Fleming writes to defend himself against an editorial in the Augusta Herald and to criticize the paper’s endorsement of the “fraudulent administration of the proposed disfranchisement law, as explained and advocated by Mr. Hoke Smith.” Fleming notes that, contrary to the claims of the paper, he has received a great deal of support for the speech he made in Athens, Georgia. He further explains that the belief “that such a doctrine of total negro disfranchisement can be harmonized with the Federal Constitution” is not a position any reputable lawyer would take, and hopes that the paper will realize its error in supporting this policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-18

Songbook supporting the Republican presidential campaign of 1900.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1900

Hugh Gordon Miller addresses the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York. He jokes about his previous speaking engagement in New York. He describes the historical and contemporary relationship between Virginians and New York. He celebrates the rebuilt union of states. Miller reviews the accomplishments of the United States and New South since the American Civil War. He teases about Kentucky’s politics. He pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, William McKinley, and Rough Riders. Miller regrets that the South is aligned with the Democratic Party and calls on Republicans in the North to help settle “the problem of the suffrage and of the races.” Miller concludes with a vision of the ideal United States. Club President Henry Edwin Tremain introduces Senator John M. Thurston.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-02-12

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Kyle Orr of the Knights Templars, Atlanta, Georgia, to thank him for the first of a bound book of songs from Georgia. Roosevelt congratulates him on the choice of songs and expresses his appreciation for having them bound.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-14

Two men labeled “Georgia” and “Maine” hold bottles, “Orange Phosphate” and “Cold Tea,” respectively, which contain alcohol. Their pockets are filled with such bottles, their method of subverting prohibition.

Comments and Context

Puck and cartoonist L. M. Glackens were letting their cynicism show — or, rather, emblazoning it on its colorful cover — about the Prohibition movement in America, generally; and in Georgia, specifically.

Theodore Roosevelt addresses the “negro question,” concerning African American delegates to the National Progressive Convention. Roosevelt deliberately brought into the Progressive Party African American delegates of good character from the Northern states, which was accomplished by encouraging men in the North to act fairly toward their neighbors, giving African Americans the opportunity to earn respect instead of “paying obligation to them” as the Republican Party did in the South. Roosevelt argues that following the course of action taken by the Republican Party, while politically expedient, would ultimately be detrimental to both black men and white men in the South, as well as the Progressive Party itself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-06

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks that Oscar K. Davis send any future articles he pens to Mr. Baldwin, treasurer of the Roosevelt committee in Baltimore, Maryland. Baldwin owns a newspaper in Georgia and is interested in any publication regarding Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-23