The herald., 1898-10-19
Is Metaphorically and Literally
Launched
THE ENTHUSIASM WAS WATERPROOF
Six Walls OF Oratoy Uncorked Alone Remembers
That Governments Derive Their Just Powers
From the Consent Of the Governed"

supreme there u universal supremacy
Peace among. men, peace among nations.
After an eloquent reyisw Of .alien
feature: OF the tns Tn,snS q the nation in hu
"The war IL ended. It would III becom
me to say what details shall enter into tn
treaty of peace which America is con
oluding with her vanQuished foe. stan,
in the presence Of the chief magistrate o
the republic. 10 him it belongs by righ
Of official position and Of personal wisdom
to prescribe those details; The country ha
learned from the acts Of his administratiol
that to his patriotism, his courage, his pru
dence, she may we'll oonfide her safety, he
honor, her destiny, her peace.
| Whatever the treaty with Spain, Ameri
| ca will be pleased when appended to thi
treaty 10 the name of William Mckinley"
| After a glowing and beautiful tribute T.
America and its opportunities IN the pro
gress OF the world, the Archbishop ciose<
his great address - follows:
"Lead, my country, in peace-in peace fo
thyself, in peace for the world: When wa
10 necessary, lead, we pray thee, in war
but when peace is possible, lead, we pra,
thee yet more, lead in peace; lead IN al
that makes for peace, that prepares tn
| world for peace.
America, the eyes of the world are upoI
thee. Thou livest for the world. The new
thee on the whole world. Its light ane
power daze me; even more the responsible
ties to God and to humanity daze-I woult
say alright me- America, thou failing
democracy and liberty fail throughout the
world.
"And now know In the day of the tri
umphs and they victory, what guards demo
cracy and liberty, what is thy true gran
deur. Not in commerce and industry, not
n nd svS fotv nv1r
the grandeur of nations, and more especi
ally of republics. Intelligence and virtue
build up nations and save them; without in
tclligence and virtue, material wealth and
victorious armies bring corruption to ma
tions and precipitate the ruin Of liberty.
Americans, your country demands in
teliigence and virtue. Build schools and
colleges; drive from the land the darkness
Of ignorance; practice and encourage virtue
justice; of social purity and Of temperance;
Of honor and of truthfulness; of self-re
straint and Of obedience to law. Even more
than intelligence is virtue needed that Am.
erica live and be great.
And now, America, the country of oul
pride, our love, our hope, we remit thee
for today and for tomorrow into the hands
OF the Almighty, under whose protecting
hand thou canst not fail, and whose com
mandments are the supreme rules Of truth
and Righteousness"
Judge Emory Speer Of Georgia followed
with the closing address.
Judge Speer's Address
Judge Speer spoke for the South. Ate,
lengthy review Of that earlier part Of his
tory in which the Spaniard and the Ameri
can have had to do with each other, show
ing what constant menace the possessior,i
and the policy Of Spain have been to thu
United States, the orator continued:
1T was not enough for the American
people to recognize the independence of ths
Spanish American republics. It soon be
certain eventualities it was our purpose to
defend their national existence. When,
therefore, the absolutism of the holy al
lance, not content with smothering q
feeble spark of liberty in Spain, initiated a
joint movement of their arms against the
Spanish American republics, it gave the
people OF our country the gravest concern
In the meantime our relations with Great
Britain had been growing more cordial
That they may grow ever stronger and more
cordial should be the prayer OF every man
Of the English-speaking race. Certain it il
that we also had the sympathy of England
when in 1923 it became necessary to call a
halt to the holy alliance. Then It was that
President Monroe announced that famous
ished the holy alliance That we should con.
slider any attempt on their part to extend
their system to any portion of this hemis.
phere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
The logical result of this doctrine, as has
been developed in our subsequent interna.
tional relations, made it the sacred duty
of the American people to terminate Span
ish attrocities N Cuba, peaceably If we
Experience had shown that they could
not be made to cease save by strong display
of force. This would not be made by any
great European powers, except for a sub
stantial equivalent in Cuba. The Monroe
doctrine had forbidden this. Then the duty
was on us in the sight of God and man
to stay the unholy policy, which, as demon
strated before the Senate Committee, had in
one year resulted in the starvation of 2OO,.
900 men, women and children. To this
purpose our President devoted every ex-
pedient of his resourceful nature, every con-
siderate representation, and all the gentle
magnanimity that a christian heart could
suggest, and all in vain.
FINALLY, when our gallant seamen, repos-
ing in fancied security, were cruelty and re.
had developed the truth, we had been de-
spicable on the historic page had we not
appealed to the god of battles for retrib,,-
ton. Let the waters of the Orient as they
moan through the shell-riven wrecks at
Cavite, the booming wave of the Caribbean,
as fathoms deep it sweeps over Pluton and
less and fire.distorted steel of vizcaya and
Oquendo, tell how the navy has paid our
debt to Spain. Nor ia the renown which
crowns the standard of our army one whit
less glorious. Nothing in the lucid pages
Of T6ucydides, nor in the terse comment
aries Of Caesar, nothing in the vivid narrat-
i've. of Napier, or the flowing battle scenes
Of Allison can surpass the story, how spurn-
pressing thier rifles to their throbbina
hearts, toiling up the heights, on and vet
Santiago fell"
Mckinley Speaks
At the conclusion Of Judge Speer's ad.
Srsss' ~sre loud %' calls Of Mcinley 1esrs
The President had turned and was i;,s,
about to leave the box, but he turned and
came back to the front. He waited for !
moment until Ex-Governor Richard Oeies.
by brought the assemblage to something re.
sembling quiet. Then the President spoke
"My fellow-citizens: I have been deeplv
moved by this denomination. have been
deeply touched by the words of patriotism
that have been uttered by the distinguished
gentlemen SO eloquently in your presence
this has never ceased to be a war q, I'M. hu.
nanity. The last ship that went out Of ths
harbor of Havana before war was declared
was an American ship that had taken "a
the suffering people Of Cuba the suuplies
furnishsd BY American charity. (Applsuse.) !