New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-06


shrsf II he lacks integrity snail feel mos; deep,y
s ss:s ,s sST y acts sa5 fs more
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low reached that time. We canno, avoid ia', ,ss
people Of the world and have entered npon rev
career All tina, We can decide Is wnsshsr we eh h!
career esar e esn see by he fate Of hoa
Is the hope OF cour;inE safety n ead an r e o at
Seen rSss w the Other naton Of Inc world 20
which we 1 are baden se ny 9%T TI't sp Of
people would perhaps for few decades De s a..
wSeh 10 20 f Hs world At arse seem paroh but
later. as the 'ais OF Chna ste.ne. We.
forbearance Of others would provo broken reed,
We yet ages from the millennium; ana oecau i
We Oe ef Se Wn r H' S&b so spare
no effort and shrk from no toll 20 make 1t grand
GREATNESS MEANS STRIFE.
Greatness means strife for nation and man alike
A soft easy life is not worth living IL it impairs
the fibre OF brain and heart and muscle We must
dare TO he great. and We must realize that great
ness Is tho fruit, Of toll and sacrifice and nlen
courage. (Applause)
The guns OF our warships IN the trop'c seas OF
the West and the remote East have awakened us
TO the knowledge OF new duties. Our nag Is
proud flag and il stands for liberty and civilza,,
zion Where n has once foated. there must anu
face TO face with our destiny. and We must meet
1t with high and resolute courage. For US Is me
lot us live in the harness striving nightly; let
rather the risk OF wearing out IMAM OF rust
| should ask the people Of this country 70 sup,
port the administrator OF presGent NM McN nom IKE
the victory at the polls of the men VINO are On
I've interpreted abroad as meaning on the part Of
America a reputation of the war from which we
the hands of every hostile Power which views with
jealousy our victories in the Antilles and the Phllip-
Z, fna ~
cre,iy and envionsiy wish to clip the wings of our
pride will be embodened II will rssSl. ~, IN me
Accomplished 1t will mean the chance of grave
complications. and the likelihood 81 our me f ing
triumph You could get the benefits of the victories
of Grant and Sherman only by re-electing Lincoln.
il the Administration IS not sustained III these
elections
A GREAT. PEACEABLE NATION.
That the question OF National defences IL
very real question and may at any time become OF
vital moment has been brought home TO all OF US
within the last six months. The Nation is great.
peaceable Nation. both by the temper of its people
and by its fortunate geographical situation. and Is
freed from the necessity of maintaining such arma-
e3is al Erope SaG events have
shown that war is always possibility even for us.
averied is 10 be prepared TO do we'll if forced to go
into war i we don't prepare fer war in ADVANCE
They VIII fail TO understand tha with US UnreadineSss
does not me an timidty and they may at any tme 90
n h,es Sncn o W9ud t9rGe us o MAKO Rom wa na ah
Moreover. TO go into war with first-class Power
,dn snd m s is ne long aum an
firmly believe our people would win nut meanwhile
Therefore it is to our interest TO Be prepared both
because thereby we most likely to secure peace
and because if war does come, We minimize, by our
preparations. the chance Of humilia to the Ma
lion and suffering to the individual citizen. Cap
Our experience with the Navy offers case in
point; Soon after the Civil War we let our Navy
less moment than any third-rate Power. In conse-
in the y rsa % u ri Wnh M Would
not have dreamed of niicting had we been ready
10 retaate.
BUILDING UP THE NAVY.
Fifteen years ago we began to build up the Navy.
The first great service this new Navy performed
was in 1880. when by the mere fact of its exist
ence 1t served 10 prevent war with Chill. Moth
ing but having the ships and being ready TO
use them made Chill keep the peace. and. as
mere matter OF expense the war which the Navy
more than the whole cost Of the Navy for the last
for the country was this Year when we were at
last forced into war. and when our tbor0,ugh ly
splendid personnel at once gained for us the com
and OF the seas ana mercy ont 1uf m be
ing make ready the Navy for this war warn you
eqaa in size to Our Sationa needs or our National
greatness Those who remember the panic into
set of this war will make up our minds that
need powerful Navy not merely 20 protect our
gre ,ba sands Of M NOV ns STP
our own coasts. When say defend. wish II un-
for the only defensive that is worth anything s
the rcsa % sb be m %o nO his M
Will defend Sa n~s Sd 5g W Rn dEs Snd q H ne
can strike as Hull and Perry struck IN the days
Of our ,be @ War as and m peWey and sm
son and Schley struck In the war that Is just over
We want to build up Navy, exactly as the
Navy has been built up within the last fifteen
3nsne:s TO spend the money that is necessary for
the task II we fail to exercise such fore,hoaght
and 10 show such willingness 10 stand the neces-
sary burdens year after We have got 10 thank
ourselves II when the ,h span an mg Sa To be
relied upon to make good the faults which az would
never have existed IT we h mao an that army r0 o tbrongh
nse aHq which would test IT as an Army
cellent in its way. but each utterly unaceustomed
10 work a large scale with the others' zap
pause)
NEED OF LARGER ARMY.
We need far larger Regular Army than We now
have and We need 1t trained larger scale than 1t
has been trained for the last quarter OF century
We don't need 1t in the least for police purposes at
home: We don't need 1t TO preserve order, for our
people are quite able to preserve order themselves;
but we do need II TO protect our interests abroad
doubt II there is any American to-day so I'M
generous as not appreciate the debt Of gratitude
he owes to tie splendid officers and splendid men
OF the Regular Army. and we want TO make our
gratitude tangible by building up that Regular
Army. go -,
But we in New-York like the people In the rest
of the Union, must do full share in building
up another branch OF our armed forces the branch
10 which myself have had the honor TO belong.
mean our volunteer soldiers. They have won high
credit for themselves in this contest. In Cuba,
spent their strength, poured out their blood. and
won their right TO full share in the ultimate
triumph They have manned the small vessels that
kept watch over coasts and they have con-
frbuted hundreds, aye, thousands OF soldiers TO
the cruisers. and even to the great battle fleets.
(Applausc)