The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-06


esteem to address the Sam Houston Nor
mai. Already this school has greatly pro-
ruoiea the welfare OF Texas. and hereafter
year by year. may x grow in power and
pros ptrity, This school exists not merely
for the training OF teachers. but 10 inspirs
them with enthusiasm and ambition &c
serve humanity. The world has nov s1-
vznce1 70 . degree OF civilization where the
grsatest force that promotes It's progress is
the teacher. One o, the profoundest think
ers and wisest statesmen Of the century
has declared that the ,eachfr Is niighiicr
than TIE solder. lie. the folder De
abroad II he VIII" says Brougham. he can
do nothing in this age. These y anoihec
rr-iS3sEe, q parsonage lees imposing 10 the
ayes % some perhaps insignificant; The
schoolnizstrr is abroad. and trust 10 him
srIrei aish bis primer. against the soldier
an full military array
But there is need or the soldier as wei
a. the schoolmhstfr. There comes time
IL tho lie OF every people when war Is not
otlF sEslifled by humanity but nss, auai 20
.xiaonce Like the mighty conyuiE4ons OF
C.
lands saa continuous 0c. o. he ocean. 10
become the habiiatipns OF men and ihe seals
o. u elly empires, Or 81 o.Aer 10 cs nave
submerged them bcroath the vases o. tite
g. wsApGug t1tm AZ t.ernal obli won, 10
war, win rs c3rrpge ard horrors. us say-
age coafliils and animal passions. isg hui
man coBvAsioAs yivalinE those Of baiIre,
war Gomez. sooner o. la.er, mo ihi ME Of
every People 10 decide whether th-y hha.l
be lifted upon higher plane o. cisH.eaiipn
and progress. CT shall destead i1s9er Inward
final degradation and eytirc;ioa. Happy
Is the nation wbpse soldiers ~ pa~ lsrceaIe
teschers is peace WHOSE Washlngipa er'
changes tho sword Tor the pen, whose Lee
puts OFF The generals coai aHd puts en- the
professors gowa Happy is tbs uauoa
whose love ~ war means love OF pt2ce.
whose love Gi peace means readiness fer
war n defense 81 peace. There is 10 last
ipE peace wifhoGi readiness for war. II
may even be that WAY 10 indispensable -
the higher progress, for ~ Es srb.fa-
meat have boon seiEiea ali the greatest
crises ~ human history. The English race
especially. whose achievements IN ali the
pursuits OF JeSce. is agriculture. manu-
facturV~ com nercs. e1ncation. liter4ture.
science aud art have made II supreme
amopg the nhiiuns o. f5f csrth-the En-
glisn race especially has employed wsr %
an Irresistible leverage fuy human progress
~girefher 10 colonization Of IN com u2ert!Al
expansion. o. n political a13 religious
emancipation 3uA reform. Fnglishnen he
~sorld over ars willing 70 ssrrfirr hfs n
d-fense q humanity. p peace no other
rsce has shown equal capariig Tor scif
son1rui. or equal cspxcity f,T seq improve
rDenr through all TIE peaceful instrument
tai.iies 81 life 0ui no otbn5 race has eE-
hltiie-1 such deierninsti3n 20 nife, crises
in is history Ena Fersle them by The a3bl-
traIrsat u war.
Ia our own country she wars VIZ have
sooyhi are r.iesfoles Of National progress.
The wars preceding the revOlifiAoa united
the English colonies and laid tho foguds-
tsons Of a new English ns,tor The rsyolu-
esor-ry war established, ~. only IN Amer
fcs. BAT for English colonies eFerywhere
the great principle Of popular sell Govern
EeDs- THIS war Of 1919 confirmed The wQrg
Of The revolution. and told he world that
h~acefo7th America Wa reserved for Amer
fsa1 civilization. The Texan revolution
snd the va. with Mexico extended the
boundaries Of the Union from OCEAN IA
ocasn, from The lakes 10 the gull. The
civil war o, 1864 maintained the ..rea;
principle q majority rule and secured for
ever the inssYarsbie union az indestructi-
Bile States. The var o. 1928 " marking he
advance Of the youngest Nation OF ths
earth tn lie position among the forcmOs,
powers II pToelains that America here
toiore refuge Of freedom for the on
pressed Of other lands is hereafter 70 carry
10 other lands she priceless blessings q.
liberty aud opportunities for higher civili-
cation. Wha1ever be the immediate conse.
quentF@ Of this war, It's ultimate result viii
% the decline OF the Spanish people 10 thei,
flnal doom OF extinction In competition
with Weather races. II win be. TOO n.
acvesepinent ana extension o, American
locals and the practical unIon o, all N,
members OF the great English race tn,
ce1ter OF gravity ~ the world Is shifting
II IL no longer In Europe. but on the Mi.
ern hemisphere. The currents af our IA
fional life are flowing with rcsisilcxs sxc,.,
across the Oceans. Tho principles OF M,
man liberty proelalmes by Jefferson aat
the right OF humanity TO LIE hbsrfy an
scanning are echoed around the waril
from the harhor OF Naniha In the ihnad
Of Dswey's guns. This Is the voice IN
Garties the dynastios OF Europe. They 10,
not the extension OF American ,errltorv
but OF American thought They know ma
the American soldier viii he follow,d N,
the American teacher; that FREE thonrh,
free speech. free worship. free knowledre
iree labor. frte mca are the pruduers q
American victories They know ,hat ~
new force which has c,y,s "a M tss.ts,
Is not arnored hattleghlps ana lsag-rabr,
guns. but American civilization. Tn. han,I
writing OF the immortal L.agosa is ~ ~
NAILS OF their ancient palace, ard ;rrish
ling they read that government of N
people. by the pcopie. for the people shal
not perish from the earth"
This war is full OF the deepest sicuifI
canoe. 1t marks not only the exteuslo. :
human liberty. but one o. sho rrcsts.
crises in the life of the world The hls.or
Of humanity 10 largely the story OF race d.
selopments and race conflicts. Tso cen
suSics and half ago on this continent b,
San struggle of races for the pnssessio
OF the new found world. Spaniard. Pur,,,
ssse and French. Dutch. German and E,,
klish. Indian. negro and Chinaman. eac
striving for the mastery. has sought to in,
press tho new world with the stamn OF hl
peculiar civilization. The Indian is gon,
leaving on incLr:tsin. river aud plan osl
name. The negro remains, factor Who's
Power Will be- determined by capacity u
progress. The threatened flood O, Chine,
invasion has BEEN checked; The futu,
4 eoems more likely to realize the subject 3
SaanA ~ America than OF America b
The struggle for possession OF this coz
unrnt. really struggle bskween Europes
tafee. has already resulted In tho comras
mUDYmEnnrv ~ tho ~ft~x