The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-16
Old GLORY IS GOOD
ENOUGRFOR ATLANTA
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who are OF New England origin. are
perhaps, Of kin TO them, for in our veins
the dominant blood flows from the Nortn.
And vet, do not think it counts for much
whether we are Norman or Saxon or
Dane. The United States has little need
of ancestry; 1t is. in the highest sense,
its own progenitor, and its own sufficient
reason.
s.If we sing the same battle-hymns, and,
bv the firse-side. recte the same bal
lads. the question OF lineage need not
trouble us. Have you not read how
Euglishmen fought against each other
for red roses and white; and again. how
some stood for the King and some for
the Parliament; but when they looked
back through battle-mists TO the days
of old, they all saw-Agincourt?
$50. too, there was a time when come
who are here tonight did not love each
other overmuch; and yet. when the stress
was fercest, and the fires seemed ready
to consume neither side gave up its
memory OF Lexington and Yorktown.
Tradition, language. literature. common
hopes and common interests. make a ma
ton; and these are thousand times
stronger than the sanctions of written
charters or the authority of blood.
The American flag is beautiful in IT.
self; but its colors inspire only as they
symbolic the majesty, the power and
the honor of the American people. Think
of the past year. North and South lose
their insignificance when Manila and San
tiago tell their story. Who cares from
whence came the heroes who led and the
heroes who followed? Alabama shall not
claim Wheeler and Hobson nor Vermont
assert that Dewey is hers alone. What
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great, but only great because they are
parts Of a greater nation. The Spanish
war was not the war OF any state. but OF
all the states; il was the war OF a ma
ton. strong in its high sense OF right. and
strong because IL held in it's keeping the
cause of justice and humanity. American
sovereignty follows the American flag. If
it leads across western seas to the East,
or floats over the Oregon. dashing the
foam of two oceans from her spray as
she speeds onward to the fight. the ma
tional spirit sails with It, 10 the utter
most.
To-day the new Union faces new du-
ties Wars are never exactly what men
foresee The dominion OF the republic has
been enormously enlarged. but 1t was
not the lust OF conquest that brought u
about. II was the logic OF events that
were greater than men.
we may trust the United States. and
we may trust the deliberate judgment OF
its people. Thinking Of all that Is past,
considering the present and its problems.
our look must yet be forward as IS the
habit OF brave men. and OF statesmen
who. are nj 10 rule. Hamlet Is not me
true type Of American character. In the
high policy and conduct Of nations. what
they may. means often what they must.
IT, - % h.
dent OF the United States. whom We honor
for what he is and for what he repre-
sents. we all unite in acknowledging his
sincerity Of purpose. his wisdom. and The
hsgn patriotism which. by day and by
nizht. has guided aim IN difficult sltua-
lions and unexpected emergencies.
know OF no duty which can rest more SOL
EMMY upon the American people. than
that Of sustaining and strengthening him
in the great responsibilities ne IS bearing
80 5rAvely and so wei.
'-Statesmanship does not require ahso-
lutte foreknoTiedge. bul j. does require
the rare ability 10 meet coHd lions as they
arse When Dewey sasied into the bay.
he readjusted n an hour the policies and
aims Of a century lie changed the bal
anc and equilibrium % nations. and served
notice with every shot he fired. that
nenceforth the United States must Re
counted We have entered new feds
a. advancing nations always Do: We nave
sssurned ueE duties. a. living nations al
ways must L may. indeed. be true that
our fathers did uot write OFT on psTch-
ment What u1Us- be done T. b. the for
tunes q var. our flag should bs carried
70 Islands and seas remote. But. genie
rner. the flag cannot coEe down The
Institutions and the p0iify q free Re-
public are equal 20 new conditions Or they
are worthless. A nation that cannot keep
pace Attn shat SIS oHn arms have ac-
conpEs he'd . already cztaioEued 0l,h the
Incapable and the degenerate Tas rev
Crlon. which var has welded more firm
Is together. summons ~ and seats -
forward y does NOT invlre rssD0ns.hs-I-
ties nor shrink FROM them History has
been busy n these last sventful months.
IutsrfusfuE al the elements % orr us-
;loHal lie. so that the parts forge; thai
they are parts and remember oaly
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