Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-30

gether as that ideal volunteer, that stall
wart American; he. who to-day is hrst
in peace, first in war and first in the
hearts of his countrymen, the president
of the United States. William Mckinley.
THE cause that gave us Mason ana
Dixon's line being removed, there should
exist between the North and the South a
spirit of generous rivalry; the people OIL
each section should be animated by pa
trotism that begets a broad Americanisil,
patriotism that is not cIrcumscrlpeu py
past differences. partisan prejudces, sec
tional animOsities or religious biEotry; me
heart of every American SHOULD swell "ltl
just pride at the thought that the men OIL
81 and 90, OF the North and the Soutn,
who displayed such bravery in battle, Such
endurance III suffering, such MANHOOD III
defeat and such magEanlmity IN victory
were one people bone of one bone. flesh
of one flesh, Americans all. Divided then,
now neither should yield TO the otner ~
love of country; they should JON halus
and hearts to advance all that ienus 10
the Strengthening, the upbEziding ana the
prosperity of a nation conceived IN hperlE
and dedicated 10 the proposition that an
men are created equal Let the hunureaS
of thousands OF boys and girls in our pub
lie schools, the colleges of the people, De
told the story OF liberty. Let them De
taught to regard as the ark of the cove
nant of their liberties our blessed consti-
tuition, and that for the protecting aeSls
of that constitution they are lnGeoteu 20
the patriotism, the manhood OIL the vol
unteers, who. in sunshine and in storm, IN
victory and in defeat. followed Old glory
as their pillar of cloud by day and of fire
by night:
ton could not continue half slave and half
free. Ever since the morning stars sang
together freedom and slavery nave Deen at
war. Conservatism and compromise for
time checked. but could never reconcile
these warning principles
Comrades, my time will not permit me
TO even briefly recount your privations IN
the frozen camp, your hardshipS on the
forced march your dangers in the battle,
your suffering in the field hospitals from
81 to '65; all these have gone into song ana
. story, which shall be sung and told by
the children of the republic TO the latest
generation. Your deeds of heroism are
written upon every stripe and shine forth
from every star Of the nations flag.
THE marches and battles, victories and
defeats of the conteDding armies, from
Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Is the ricl-
est legacy Of heroism ever bequeathed from
father to son.
bless them-have shown that they are not
degeneraies. On land and on sea- the
deeds OF yalor of the sons OF the blue ana
the sons of the gray have marked them
If We were not proud of our soldier and
sailor boys would be less than human.
They have added to the imperishable glory
of Our army and navy, Manila. Santiago
and Porto Rico; they have written by the
finger of patriotism. high on the scroll of
fame, the names of Dewey. Miles, Wheeler,
Smarter, sampson ana ocnley-
The Spanish-AInerican war, from which
we have just emerged, after having con-
quered an honorable peace. was, as be-
lieve. a righteous war-a war of the civ
the civilization of the dark ages; war
of humanity against barbarism; war of
liberty against tyranny
'The kissing Of the Spanish serpent in
Havana harbor was fittingly answered by
the booming of Dewey's guns in Manila
hay. The Maine has been avenged. Per
sonal liberty has been crowned with vic
tory.
''The Spanish-American war in its results
is one OF the greatest of the ages. In
speaking of il a few days since, a cele-
brated divine in Boston said: In a hundred
Gays God has set forward the civilization
of the world a hundred years
'.All honor to the genius of the men who,
in an incredibly short time, organized our
army and navy for victory; all honor TO
the citizen soldiers. who at their country 5
call enlisted TO fight her battles: all honor
10 them, whether they have been detained
IN camp, or whether they scaled the
heights of Santiago, or whether they were
in the triumphal march through Porto
Rico, or compelled the surrender of Manila:
all honor TO our navy. that transferred
the command of the Spanish fleets at Ma
rila and Santiago to Admiral McGfpty, AT
the bottom of the sea; all honor TO the
commander-in-cfief of the army and navy
of the United States. whose craftsmanship
and conservatism IN peace, whose indomita-
have won for him the admiration and the
love of the American people.
'-The nations of the world know us bet
ter and respect us more than ever before
We have taught them that We are as ire
sistible in war as We are progressive in
peace.
yet, in the midst Of the nations reioic-
ing over our unparalleled victories. there
are those who stand trembling before the
imaginary specter of imperialism-the crea-
, ton of their disordered brains-and in their
q hrDTh -lnof
shall We do to be saved from the dangers
that threaten the republic as to what we
tured?' To their cry, the American people
return the answer, Keep them If our
fellow citizens who lie awake nights worry
ing over what we are TO do with the Phil
ippines would take a large dose of stall
wart Americanism. 1they would be enabled
to say wherever American valor has raised
permit IT to be hauled down. These are my
sentiments: for them no man nor party is
responsible
I'VE are in no danger from imperialism
3D. In no period of the republic have the mass
es been more devoted to our free institu.
tions than they are to-day; in no period
have they been more honest and patriotic
From ocean to ocean, from the lakes to
the Gulf, their shibboIeth is my country
always right, but my country, right Of
me peop s9a or tbe Of neoa hs PeGp
tected by the patriotism of the people
THE prophets of evil are with us now
AS tney were at the close OF the CIVIL war
When the armies were disbanded in 1866
there were those who prophesed greater
dangers TO our free institutions from the
returning veterans than had threatened ii
from the armies in the field. They who
thus prophesied. were those who like Jobs
war horse, shifted the battle from afar.
with the men who did the fighting. tht
war ended at Appomattox. The disbandet
veterans of the armies of Grant and Lee
returned to their homes, not as the enemies
of our free institutions. but as the uncom.
promising champions of law and order the
implacable enemies of anarchy and com.
munism. In the ranks of those armies
carrying muskets. were tens of thousands
who, In the last score and fourteen years
have graced every position in civil life, mer
who have achieved the highest honor ir
the fields of science and literature; mer
who have wisely controlled great banking
and railroad corporations; men whose
IeaInihg mas adorned the professors chain
ann the judicial ermine; men whose fervit
eioquence has given charm to the pulpit
and the bar: men whose craftsmanship has
wisely shaped the policy and controlled tht
dest!nies of the republic; men whose enter
prise has built up the waste places of the
nation: men who were magnanimous in vic
tory and manly In defeat: men whose stall
wart Americanism sympathizes with and
holds up the hands Of all people strugGIfht
for and towards larger liberty; men wflC
demanded that the tyrannical Spaniart
should be forced to take his bloody hanC
from the throat of the struggling Cuban.
MY comrades. thank God thai as actor.
- IN mat mighty drama We recall its scene.
without passion. and review its result.
without regret, for out of thai conflict cam,
me conviction universal. more earnest and
frm than ever expressed by the pen o.
Hamilton. or than ever fell from the lin!
OF Webster that there is no mountain
river or other natural boundary line which
can ever divide this republic. that We ar,
one people i'll custom language law re
iigiOn- hope and destiny
out of the smoke of battle of IT,,