New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-28
TWENTIETH CENTURY PATRIOTISM
IpIsrocRAcIEs REMAINING N THE REPUBLIC
WHICH MUST BE DEALT WITH.

lpIsrocgAcIEs REMAINING IN THE REPUBLIC
WHICH MUST BE DEALT WITH.
.resrs s. Grant Post Of the C. A. r. attended the
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church Brook
lvn. in body last evening. and was addressed oy
the Rev. Dr. Louis Albert Banks on The American
Patriotism Of the Twentieth Century" lie said III
part ,..o
We come at this time to pay our annual tribute
=. ,r,ss and gratjtpde TO the hundreds of thousands
Of who In the hour OF the Natioh PEI rera
their lives for It's qny "a, Sna ar I Of the od
World sneered that America was Nauon %, oI
tsrs That win the exception Of the chivay Of the
Southern plantations, her men mad no SOUL aDUN 49,
q cashiers desk or drygooas couhier' mn ba,,,
denly the sheer was interrupted py t'e aeI - II -,
Of cannon aimed at the national nag on I'll
Sumter. when 10, tnese traders anu g s,cb a.
marched army under the assau'eA nag sun a., az
the world had never before beheld navy spians
into existence such as up 10 that time me oceans
But we would do less than our duty today II we
did not remember that days of peace nave their De
mands for patriotism as unseIiish anu mo- ~,
times of war. We are facing problems to-day that
will test the last extremity the sincerity OF our
our National career by the overthrow Of aristocracy
bat certain other aristocracies such as color ah1
sex and money, have continued 70 nave gItdt any
controlling power among The aristOcracy or
color the story Of which Is written on all the DARK
pages OF African slavery, and which brought aDout
the war Of which the Grand Army OF the Republic
Is brilliant remnant is Of course an Old ana veHed
any bloody shirt. but the question Of the equality
Of citizenship and the just treatment Of all citizens
white black reds too large for sectional ques-
ton II Is a Southern question than il -
Northern one. The color caste in hotels and Oh
railway cars and IN business circles must 20 down
before Increasing intelligence and a higher moral
conscience. The patriotism OF the twentieth century
whether black or white or red. must. and believe
The arstocracy Of sex will also die out in the
century that is coming. This is the Oldest OF al
the brutal aristocracies which have cursed the
world. II seems 70 ne peculiarly appropriate tlne
ana place 70 speak u the new patriotic suppDrl
which is 10 come from womanhood, when addressing
post OF the Grand Army OF the Repubhc lou.
gentlemen. cannot have forgotten the heroic part
which American women took in the dark days OF
the Rebellion. Is it not strange that when az ths
man, that Il was not given 10 the white woman
marvel TO find a member OF the Grand Army Of
me Republic who is not an enthusiastic woman
sunragist. II there Is here tonight, VIII you
permit me In all candor to ask you why you are
AFRAID 10 trus, the American woman with the ballot
VINO has given more hostages TO fortune Tor the
safety OF the Republic and the stability OF gov
eminent than she? II you cannot trust these
American mothers guard the purity Of our Arner'
can institutions. whom then can you trust?
me arisiocracy Of money must also % Gown De
and misguided men scattered through the country
under the misnomer Of the Armies Of the Common
veal are & sad commentary present economic
eonditions. think no Well-balanced mind can hope
ior any good result from such fantastic exhibitions
gentlemen. back OF al this there is much OF rea
wrong, Of cruel injustice. that deserves the mos
.aihest thought Of the wisest men and women o
.ae country When 1t Is possible for a coal trust Z
,sase Woodworking settlers on the Western 2rair
lee 10 0eath Tor lack OF lutl, OF n lOul u
wheat manipulation IKE the man known as OK
tt,oteh, In Chicago. to make bread an iInpossiDI'
luxury TO the city poor. may be sure that Their
s.roor FOR the keen eyes OF patriotism 10 searcl
r,o The problems OF our financial and social IRE
..nstead OF tho "NapOleOns' Of finance or the cap
ans OF Industry must introduce the brothers
Industry
,,Ine Grand Army OF the Republic will see as int
we twentieth century. While II lives We shal
naturally rely upon 1t the backbone of America
pSulotsm After II will come the sons OF the vet
s.sns and refuse to believe that the little lad wh
xS. nsrsed at the bosom OF volunteers WIG WIG
sSaose first memory Of his father was when he cam
NUM-, rgme IN his cd army overcoat, and whose mrs
Mssy Thing the scapbsrd OF n soldiers sword
wiz fail In patriotic devotion TO his country.