The times., 1898-10-12
AT CEDAR RAPIDS,
HE President Speaks From Plat
form beside The Tracks

Carroll, Ia, Oct 1I.-At Mount Vernon,
the only stop between Dewitt and Cedar
Rapids, the train was at a standstill only
long enough for the President TO begin
a sentence and the people of the Cornell
College town must be wondering yet what
+, it was the Chief Magistrate had to say
to them.
AT Cedar Rapids it was the first time
the President left the train to speak on
platform right beside the tracks. Thou
sands of persons were in the square and
others had taken their places on the op-
posite side of the track Probably 5000
were there altogether Perhaps 1900 or
1900 or more. Excursion trains had been
run 10 the city for the occasion and
| brought hundreds of persons. The mayor
/ of the city introduced the President, who
said:
1t gives me very great pleasure TO
meet with the people OF Cedar RAPIDS
as we journey TO the great Western city,
whittier / so to celebrate with the people
of the TransM Mississippi States the tri-
umphs of their Skill their genius and
their industry. II is a fortunate situation
that this people, while engaged in war.
never neglect the industries of peace, and
while the war was going on and we were
engaged in arms against a foreign foe.
the industries of the people went on and
their progress and prosperity were in 10
wise checked.
1 go there also that l may celebrate
with my fellow countrymen of the West
the progress of the war thus far made
the protocol which has already been
signed and the suspension of hostilities
with the hope that you and / entertain
in the final settlements that the treaty
may be founded on right and justice and
IN the interest of humanity
This statement elected applause and
cries of good
The war so speedily closed, the Presi-
dent continued, through the vaIor and
intrepidity of our soldiers, will bring to
Us, trust, blessings that are now beyond
calculation. II will bring also burdens
but the American people never shirk re-
sponsibiiity and never unload a burden
that carries forward civilization. We ac-
cepted war for humanity; we can accept
no terms of peace which shall not be in
the interest Of humanity. That hostilities
have ceased upon terms so satisfactory
TO the people of the United States is cause
for congratulation and calls for senti-
ments of pious gratitude to divine Provi-
dence for those faVors which he has man
ifested unto us and of appreciation of
the army and navy for their brilliant vic
tories.
such celebration cannot but be help
ful. 1t will encourage love of country
and will emphasize the noble achieve
ments of our soldiers and sailors on land
and sea. War has no glories except ii
achieves them. and no achievements are
worth having which do not advance civil
Hzation and benefit mankind. While our
victories in battle have added new hon
ors to American valor, the real honor is
the substantial gain to humanity. Out
of the bitterness and woe, the privations
and suferlngs and anxieties of the past
five months viii follow benefits TO the
nation which may be more important
than we can now realize.
NO development of the war has been
more gratifying and eXalting than the
complete unificauon of the nation. Sec
tional lines have been obliterated; party
differences have been hushed in the great
chorus of patriotism which has been
heard from one end of the country to the
other. To the Executives call for volun-
reers. no prompter response was received
than came from the patriotic people of
the South and the West-and none were
more patriotic than the people of Iowa
and when the orders were given to adj
vance into foreign territory, every SOL
der was disappointed whose regiment
was not included in the orders to march.
All were anxious to go with that portion
of the army which was first 20 meet the
enemy Our gratitude is boundless to
these brave men and the nation will hold
them in perpetual memory.
Paying tribute to the patriotism of the
men engaged in the war, we must not
fail to give deserved praise to the nobility
of the women. As in the war for indie
pendence and for the Union, they never
hesitated nor murmured. freely offering
their best beloved on the altar of their
country. Husbands and sons went from
every walk Of life. even at personal self
sacrifice in the struggle for support, and
! were not held back. but encouraged to
respond to the sacred call of duty Alert,
generous, and practical in providing re-
lief work. ministering where disease and
death were most frequent in the camps
and at the front, tenderly resigned and
sublime in their submission and faith
when death claimed the dearest of their
household, the women of the United
States, in all the nation-s trials through
which we have passed have placed the
Government and the people under a debt
of gratitude that they can never repay.
They have added new glory to the rare
and exquisite qualities of American
womanhood 1 thank you all and bid you
good afternoon
AT Belle Plain, speaking of the last
war, the President said there had been
touches of humanity in it which would
impress mankind for all time
The commander of the ship who said
TO his crew: Don't cheer; the poor fel-
lows are dying; the commander of that
other ship who said to his crew. Don't
fire, their flag has gone down; the COM
mander of the Rough Riders who said
Don't swear, fight, seemed almost to get
a glance Of the divine spark in these
splendid humanities that characterized
our war"
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