Nope, not Charlie.
6 months after the words were spoken there was a vicious civil war in the relevant country. Get the country/nation and you are doing well to get the names of ' our President ' and speaker ..... in the civil war they were enemies.
When he was in the USA seeking funds "our President " gave speeches to huge crowds.
Was it Garibaldi of Italy?
No, sorry. Not Garibaldi.
His presence in the US was kept secret for the first 10 days during which he visited his mother in Rochester and his half-brother, a priest in Boston.
He spoke to huge audiences and acquired large amounts in donations for his cause in the 'home' country.
He had a thirty-minute standing ovation in Chicago. But some places he met unfriendly crowds and there some who were critical of his perceived pro-German stance during the WW1.
(Sorry for delay). Steve, Gene... you've got the country but not the Speaker or the 'President ' who spent about 18 months travelling across the US. That man did become the official President of the country a few years after the civil war.
Michael Collins was present when the words were spoken.
You got it, Anita. The speaker was Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein. De Valera went to the US in 1919 . He was born there. He was fund raising for the fight against England. Griffith and Michael Collins negotiated a Treaty with England but De Valera and others didn't. like the terms .... (James Connolly, executed 1916, worked in the US for a while.)
Well done Anita. You win a complimentary something.