The excesses so often committed by the whites, when, after many checks and failures, they at last grasped victory, are causes for shame and regret; yet it is only fair to keep in mind the terrible provocations they had endured.
Roosevelt acknowledges the shameful actions of whites while also recognizing the provocations they faced.
Share
More from Teddy Roosevelt
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
I want every labor man, every labor leader, every organized union man, to take the lead in denouncing crime or violence.
The boundaries of said National Forest are now as shown on the said diagram.
The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.
Other voices in this conversation
