The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-20
clark Howell. editor of the Atlanta

process which is grinding the ancieni
celestial empire into pulp for the ma
/ cnlneFy Of civilization and Of progress
BUT speaking as a southerner and an
J american / say this has been as naugni
I compared to the greatest good this wal
mas accomplished. Drawing alike from
/ all sections of the union for her heroes
ana her martyrs. depending alike upon
/ north. south, east and west for hei
! glorious victories, and weeping with sym
patty with the widows and the stricken
/ mothers wherever they may be- America
! incarnated spirit of liberty, stands today
/ the holy emblem Of households in which
! the children abide in unity, equality, love
and peace.
When that great and generous soldier
=. ;. Grant gave back to Lee, crushed
! but ever glorious. the sword he had sur
rendered at ADpomottax that magnani-
nous deed said 10 the people of the
! south: You are our brothers"
! But when the present ruler of our
grand republic. on awakening to the
condition Of war that confronted him,
with his commission placed the leaders
sword in the hands of those gallant con-
/ federate commanders. Joe Wheeler and
Fitzhuch Lee, he wrote between the
/ lines in living letters, the words: There
! is but one people of this union, one flag
for ALL"
STEvENSON'S TRIBUTE.
The Hon. AdIai E. Stevenson re-
sDonded to the toast, THE President
Of the United States" He said, in
part:
Not Chicago alone, but Illinois, the
state that gave the immortal Lincoln to
the presidency and to the ages, bids you
welcome, Mr.. President. The incumbent
OF this great Office holds with I'M
challenged title the most exalted station
known to men. Monarchs rule by heredi-
tary right, or hold high place only by
force of arms. The elevation of a citizen
to the presidency of the United States is
the deliberate act, under the forms of
a a
aspirant, he may have been the choice
only of a political party, but as the in
cumbent of the great Office he Is the
representative Of all the people-the preSi-
dent of all the people. 1t augurS well for
the future of the republic when the
American people magnify this office;
when they honor, as now, the president,
who has so ably upheld its dignity, so
wOrthily met its solemn responsibilities.
so periodically discharged its eXacting
and imperative duties.
However il may have been in the past,
the United States energies from the con-
fiict with Spain an united people Sec
tional lines are forever obliterated.
HencefOrth, for all time. we present 10
the foreign foe an unbrOken front
No less important is the fact that the
United States of America today, as never
before, commands the respect and adj
miration of the world. No foreign coali-
ton, however formidable, can excite our
serious apprehension or alarm For all
this all honor to our brave soldiers and
pathy Of Americas patriotic women
As in the early morning and noon OF
the 18th century, America gave to the
world its best lessons in liberty and in
law. so in its closing hours, II has given
to all the nations a neVer-fOrgotten lesson
in the dread art of war.
Thankful TO God for all he has vouch-
safed TO US in the past and with the
prayer that hcnceforth peace may be
the priceless boon OF all nations. we
await the dawn of the new century, and
id n
the future"
TRIBUTE TO THE ARMY.
Chairman Macveagh paid an elo-
quent tribute 20 the American soldier
as he called upon the two men most
prominent in the late war TO reply to
the toast, The Army" The toast was
drunk amid wild enthusiasm, cheer af
ter cheer ringing through the hall as
General Miles rose to speak of the glor-
ious deeds Of the American regulars
and volunteers. He spoke, in part as
follows:
In concluding his brief remarks, Cen
eral Miles said:
I believe we should maintain such a
physical force that we may be able TO
protect our citizens and our interests IN
any quarter Of the globe. What that
physical force viii he. | trust that the
wisdom of the lawmakers and those in
authority viii determine properly; and
that in the future as in the past, we shall
not be found in a position that requires
much time Cor preparation for military
servPe. other nations are on the alert
in preparing for emergencies by manufac-
turing military equipment IN great guam
tity, and we ought at least to keep our
powder dry.
The welcome extended to General
Shafter, who followed the address of
General Miles with another on the same
subject, was greeted with no less ac-
claim than that accorded to his super
Tor in rank. His address was as fol-
lows:
No one can recall the devotion TO duty
and the glorious deeds of our small army
from the date Of It's organization until
the present time. without a sense of pride
in race and country. l believe that the
reQugnauce to a standing army of con-
siderable size is rapidly growing less.
And now that we are broadening our
sphere of action and adding to our broad
domains the islands of the sea, the
necessity OF a considerable increase in the
armed forces OF this country must be
apparent to all thinking men. II should
be u source of great pride TO every
patriotic American that during our
whole existence as nation the army of
the United States has always been
faithful to its trust. and with its record
in the five wars N which it has engaged
TO say nothing of the constant warfare
it can be justly proud.
SIGSBEE ON THE NAVY.
Captain Sigsbee who, with Rear Ad-
miral Brown and Captain McCalla,
spoke for The Navy, said that he
was ordered yesterday by DR.. Harper
in u telegram to come at once to Chi
cago and be present at the banquet.
All that time he was preparing to sail
for Philadelphia on the Texas, but on
receipt of these peremptory directions,
he changed his course and came west
ward. 4 have only to say" said Cap
tain Sigsbee, that the University of
Chicago has a great head" Haugh-
teri.
His remarks were largely an argu-
ment in favor Of the usefulness and
necessity of a large and we'll equipped
navy. The time may come" he said,
when navies viii be no longer needed,
but none of us will live to see that day
I am glad that the issue of the Maine
was not used as cause Tor the war
I trust that we viii all remember the
Maine, but in the right sense and in
the right way, never for revenge" Gap
plause).
PLEA FOR ARBITRATION.
James 3. Angel, president of the
University Of Michigan, responded to
the sentiment, international Arbitra-
ton" He said, in part:
All nations have now learned that
America shrinks not from war if it is
necessary. but in magnanimous,
though self-respecting spirit she loves,
more than the glamour OF victorious war
an honorable peace with all mankind
night not TO celebrate a war jubilee, but
a jubilee of peace. OF white-winged peace,