The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-11

dull mind, whose soul is incapable Of feel
ing the mighty lift that thrills stern men
with empires in their brains"-all these, of
course, shrink from seeing the nation I'M
dertake its new duties; shrink from see
ing us build navy and army ADEQUATE TO
our needs; shrink from seeing us do our
snare Of the worlds work by bringing or
der out OF chaos in the great fair tropic
lsiahds from which the valor of our sol
diers and sailors has driven the Spanish
nag These are the men who fear the
strenuous life, who fear the only netionsl
me which is really worth leading.
Our army needs complete reorganiza-
uon-not merely enlarging-and the reor
gahization can only come as the result Of
legislation. A proper general staff should
De established and The positions of ord
nance, commissary and quartermaster Of
ncers should be filed by detail from the
me. Above all, the army must be given
ne chance TO exercise in large bodies
never again should we see, as we saw in
the spanish war major generals, in com
mapd OF divisions, who had never before
commanded three companies together In
'he he ia Yet incredible to relate the re-
cent Congress has showed queer inabil-
Ivy TO learn some Of the lessons of the
war. There were large bodies of men In
poth branches who opposed the declaration
OF war, who opposed the ratification of
peace who opposed the upbuilding of the
aIi'y' ana who even opposed the purchase
OF amor al unreasonable price for the bat
'leshlps and cruisers, thereby putting an
absolute stop to the building of anv new
lighting ships Tor the navy. If during the
years to come any disaster should befall
our arms afloat or ashore, and thereby
any shame come to the United States, re-
member that the blame will lie upon the
cans OF Congress on the wrong side of
these great questions. On them will lie
the burden Of any loss of our soldiers and
sailors, OF any dishonor to the flag; and
upon you and the people of this country
VIII lie the blame if you do not repudiate
IN 20 unmistakable way what these men
nave zone. The blame will not rest upon
the unframed commander of untried
troops; upCn the civil officers of DEPART
ment, the organization of which has been
lett utterly inadequate; or upon the adj
mlral with insufficient number of shins.
but upon the public men who have so la
mentally failed in forethought as to re-
fuse 10 remedy these evils long In advance
and upon the nation that stands behind
those public men.
80 at the present hour no small share
OF the responsibility for the booIdshed In
the Philippines, the blood of our brothers
ana the hlVod of their wild and Ignorant
Ioes' mes at the threshold Of those who so
long delayed the adoption of the treaty. of
peace, and of those who by their worse
than foolish words deliberately invited =
savage people to plunge into a war fraugbt
with sure disaster for them; a war FOO in
Whlch our own brave men who follow the
nag must pay with their blood for the
silly, k-humanitarianism of the pratt
tiers who sit at home in peace.
In the West Indies and the Pbilinnines
ahke We are confronted by most dificult
problems. 1t is cowardly to shrink from
sowing them In the proper way; for solved
they must be, if not by US, then by some
stronger and more manful race; if we are
too weak, too selfish, or too foolish TO solve
them some holder and ADLER people must
undertake the solution. Personally. l am
lar 100 firm believer in the greatness of
my country and the power of my country
men to admit for one moment that we
shall ever be driven to the ignoble aIterna-
tives.
When once we have put down armed
resistance, when once our rule is acknowl-
edged, then an ever more difficult task
will begin for then we must see to ii that
the Islands are administered with absolute
honest and with good Judgment If we
let the public service of the islands be
turned into the prey of the spoils polit-
clan, we shall have begun to tread the
path which Spain trod to her own destruc-
ton. We must send out there only good
and able men, chosen for their fitness and
not because of their partisan service, and
these men must not only administer impair
tial justice to the natives and serve their
own government with honesty and fidelity
but must show the utmost tact and firm
ness, remembering that with such people
4, 10, 1.r, l.
ness is the greatest of crimes, and that
next to weakness comes lack of considera-
ton for their principles and prejudices.'
Before Gov Roosevelt delivered his adj
dress Gen. John c. Black of Chicago spoke
on Grant" and eulogized the command
er In a warm and happy manner.
Congressman Evan Settle of Kentucky
followed with an address upon Lee" APP
plause which had greeted the remarks of
Cen Black found its counterpart in the
cheers that met the Kentuckian's praise
of the great Southern leader.
Postmaster General Emory Smith closed
the addresses relating to the war by
sneech on 1.-THE Union" His remarks
were met with the greatest applause, and
his sentiment that the flag flew over the
men who followed Grant, now flew alike
for those who marched with Lee, and
would continue to fly for both, called
forth cheers of approval.
Postmaster General Smith said in part:
1.-THE apple tree of Appomattox, even If
It belong to the beautiful romances of his
tory. never blossomed so fair and full as
to-day. Its flower and its fruit were never
so fine and fragrant. The union which
ADnonattox re-estabished and cemented
was never so strong and glorious. Its sa-
cred bonds have now been welded, not
merely by the mutual pledge of devotion
but bv the fire of heroic service, side by
side under the common flag on distant
soil for the noble cause of humanity and
civilization, and they never before bound
IN so much of national pride and hope
and high aspiration.
you have blended the names of Grant
and Lee in the tributes of this evening.
The greatness and the magnanimity of
the one and the valor and endurance of
the other are the common heritage of the
American people. Separated for time by
divided sentiment and allegiance, we are
one to-day in loyalty, in conviction and In
patriotic purpose.
Tomorrow will be the first anniversary
of the Presidents memorable message on
Cuba. which opened new chapter of