The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03

ottho surest ways TO attain these qualities IL TO
keep our navy in nrst-class trim. There never
1 Use s a M 9syeE h Because Sns1 Il FL iis g Ssib RS Tssi ! SSsrTS
There. 10 not tho least danger that tho posses.
sion OF q good navy viii fepSer th 4he eo H,recy
An unmaniy desire to avoid a quarrel :. often
readiness to fight Is even aurer. II at the time
OF our trouble with Chill, six years ago, We had
navy we should almost certainly have been
forced into nghtinR. and even as It was trouble
then taken by the President and by the officers
Of the navy who wore on the spot ~ AT that
time the c hill s, had ! been , p,, abb to ,6 get tn rsndy Z
war would almost certainly have followed, for
we had no battle ship to put against 1t.
IeNoBLE PEACE WORSE THAN UNSUCCESSFUL
WAR.
II in the future we have war. it viii almost
certainly come because of some action, or lack
Of action. on our part in tho way OF refusing to
accept responsibilities at the proper time, or
threaten. An ignobio peace is even worse than
would leave behind It a legacy Of bitter mem
cries which would hurt our national develop.
no nation could actually conquer us, owing to
our isolated position; but we would be seriously
ssT%sS' f gSp , %Saateri az eo BY %isnsto nna that n
these matters, which are far more important
than things material. We could readily DO
begin to compensate the loss Of national self-re-
spect. The damage to our commercial interests
Would al be as nothing compared "a to the humilia.
ton which would be felt by every American
worthy OF the name II we had to submit to such
Is willing TO lay down his life for little ,thinss;'
that is for those things which seem little TO the
man who cares only whether shares rise or fall in
value, and to the timid doctrinairew who breaches
timid peace from his cloistored study.
Much Of that which 10 best and highest in
national character Is made up OF glorious memo
r r. and traditions, The fight well fought, the
those count for more in building a high and flno
type of temper in a nation than any possible
success in the stock market, than any possible
prosperity In or manufactures. A
rich banker may be a valuable and useful
can leave to. the country such a heritage
as Farragut left, when, dashed In the rigging
of the Hartford, he forged past the forts and
stem against the ironclad huh OF the great Con.
fedorate ram. The people Of some given section
shrcwd and wealthy man has built up therein
a great manufacturing business, or has extended
nation Is better. the whole nation is drawer, be.
cause Gushing pushed his little torpedo boat
through the darkness to sink beside the sinking
NEED OF HERoIsM IN A NATION.
Every feat Of heroism makes us forever in
dehted to the man who performed II. All daring
and I'd e sn rage, all i To- id end ~ bnnor Of nrd m ns : for
glory of the flag. make for a finer and nobler
type of manhood, 1t is not only those who do
also the countless thousands who are not them
selves called upon to face the peril. 10 show the
our heads higher because those Of our country.
men whose trade 1t Is to meet danger have met
It well and bravely. All OF US are poorer for
for every instance OF seltishness or weakness or
folly on the part Of the people as a whole. We
point in his duty toward the State in time Of
peace, or his duty toward the State in time Of
war. II ever we had 20 meet defeat at the hands
OF a foreign foe, or had to submit tamely 70
the name Of American would feel dishonored
f fast eVe 81 m n5aSfnp Helps Won to make Ae each Rme ~
us is more Mt to meet, the ,duties and
responsibilities Of citizenship because of
i has ,PPi S1Ils SyGr b %hiGs in IN the the 81 S,o ' sna n s@sat
and tears, the labor and the anSu .sh, through
which, in the, days that have gone. our fore
fathers moved on to triumph. There are higher
things in this life than the soft and easy enjoy.
ment of matcrial, comfort. Il is through strife.
greatness. We ask fora great navy. partly be-
cause we think that the possession of such a
BECAUSE We feel that no national lie IS worth
having IL the nation is not willing. when tho
need shall arise. to stake everything on the SUI
blood. its treasure and tears like water rather
than submit to the loss of honor and renown.
great navy. we ask for an armament At for tho
nations peeds. not primarily 10 fight, but to
avert fighting. Preparedness deters the foe,
and maintains right by the show of ready might
without the uso OF violence. Peace. Ike free
dom, Is not n gift that tarries long in the hands
of towards, or Of those too feeble, too short
sighted to deserve II, and we ask to be given the
means to insure that honorable peace which
alone is worth having.
At the close of the address Commodore Wal
lace congratulated Mr.. Roosevelt on behalf OF
those present upon his very able address. and in
bringing the exercises formally 10 a close, COM
mander Goodrich said that the address would
tend 10 make all present stronger as Americans.
and could not fail TO convince that the affairs Of
the navy were in the hands OF competent men.
Later Mr.. Roosevelt made a stirring, address
to the boys of the train: w station, and this after
noon he went up to the HcrreshofF works on the
Gushing TO inspect the torpedo boat Dupont. This
evening he left for New York ON his return TO
Washington. He has accented the invitation OF
Major 7. X. Gibbs to pass two weeks with him
here at his villa.