Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-03
A SWORD IS
PRESENTED
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captain ever faced a more crucial test
than when that morning, bearing the fate
and the honor of YOU country in your
hand, thousands of miles from home,
with every foreign port in the world shut
to you. nothing between you and annihi.
lation but the thin sheathing of your
ships. your cannon and your devoted OFF,
GERS and men. you moved upon the
enemy's batteries on shore and on sea
with unf1inching faith and nerve, and
before the sun was half way up in the
heavens had silenced the guns of the foe.
sunk the hostile fleet, demonstrating the
supremacy of the American sea power
and transferred to the United States an
empire of the stands of the Pacific.
Later. by your display Of large powers
of your administration, by your poise and
prudence and by you discretion, not only
in act but also in word. which is almost
more important. you proved yourself a
great representative citizen of the United
States as well as its great naval hero.
The lustre of the American navy was
glorlOusly bright before and you nave
added to it a new lustre. Its constella-,
ton OF stars was glorious before and you
have added to it another star of the first
magnitude.
And yet. many of your grateful coun-
= men ieeI tHdt. III the tlme to come, 1t
may be your still greater honor that you
struck the first blow. under the provi-
dence OF God. in the acknowledgements Of
those beautiful islands which make the
great empire of the sea, in relieving them
from the ondag and oppression of CEN
turtles and in putting them on their way,
under the protecting shield of your coun-
trys guidance, to take their place in the
clv'llzatlor. the arts. the industries. the
Liberties and all the good things of the
most enlightened and happy nations Of
the world. so that generations hence YOUR
name sha b. to them a household word.
enshrined in their history and in their
hearts. Clouds and darkness may linger
about them now. but the shining out
come Will be as the rising of the sun.
by authorizing the presentation OF
this sword to you as the mark of its ap-
prevail your country has recognized
therefore not only the great rich fruits
winch. even before returning from your
victory. you have poured into our lap, but
ais her own responsibility to discharge
the great trust which is thus put upon
her and fulfill the destiny of her own
growth and Of the empire that is now her
charge. 1t is a new demand upon all the
resources of her conscience. wisdom and
courage. 1t is a work in the speedy and
tenement contamination of which she
is entitled to the cordial help, sympathy
and support of all her citizens, not the
faint hearted doubts and teasing cavils
of any of them. 1t is a work on which
she has entered in the interest of early
peace in these new lands, their stable
government. the establishment in them of
law and order. the security of life II
property and the American standards OF
prosperity and home. Let those who
fear remember that thought her children.
guided by you. took the winds of the
morning and dwe!t in the uttermost parts
of the sea even there the hand shall hold
them. In this work., in view of the great
part you have taken in the sudden devei-
opment of her sovereignty, your full
knowledge of the situation and the lust
hold you have on the hearts of all her
people. she looks for your continued SER
vice and listens f,r our counsel in the
high hope and purpose that the triumph
of her peace shall be even greater than
her triumph in war.
1T is my good fortune, under the terms
OF the enactment of congress-, to have
the honor of presenting to you this beau
tiful sword. If. during the many coming
years which I trust will be yours of useful
service to your country, it shall remain
sheathed in peace. as God grant it may,
that fact will perhaps be due more thar
anything else to the ~thoroughness with
which you have already done it's work.
congratulate you on your return across
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to receive it here. here in the national
capital, here on these consecrated steps
where Lincoln stood, here, standing be-
tween the statue of the first president of
the United States and him who is it's liv-
ing president today: here in this beautiful
city adorned with the statues of it's
statesmen and heroes, the number in
complete until your WI is added: here
amid this throng of citizens who are only
a type of the millions and millions more
who are all animated by the same spirit
of affectionate and grateful welcome.
cannot doubt that it is one of the proud
est days of your life, and l know it is one
of the happiest in the heart of zach one
of your fellow countrymen wherever
they stand. whether on the continent or
on the far off islands of the sea.
Now, following the authorization of
congress. | present this sword of homo,
which I hold in my hand-my hand-rath-
er let it go to you through the hand of
one who in his youth also periiled his life
and fought for his country in battle. and
who today is the cOmmander-in-chief of
all our armies and navies, the president
of the United States"