Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-11

New Mexico, who gave aid and support
to the New Mexico volunteers, and called
attention to the fact that the most beau
tiful flag that floated over the battle
fields before Santiago was that of the
New Mexico squadron of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders, a gift from the patriotic
ONE of New Mexico. 1t is no less
true today than when it was uttered,
that "The hand that rocks the cradle is
the hand that rules the world
THE FLAG AND THE NATIoN.-Hon.
Frank Springer.
Mr.. Springer made a very eloquent
address, part of which is here given,
in which he said: If an orator were
in quest of a subject which might
awaken the enthusiasm of his hearers,
he could scarcely wish a more inspiring
theme than the M which, Mr.. Toast
master, has been assigned me. The
subject means something in this year of
grace, 1899, something it has not meant
before. Prior to the last twelve months,
the fires of patriotism seemed we'll night
e%xtinguished. They had fickered for
many years with but a dull and feeble
flame. What with the pursuit Of money
on the one hand, and the spirit of an
archism, ~sectionaIism. fads and isms OF
every kind throughout the land on the
other, the flag had come to be a mean
ingless piece of bunting, and the nation
had ceased to occdpy the thoughts of its
citizens, saw as the arena for a quad
rennial scramble for the spoils of
Office. The t%houghtless many seemed
nearly dead to all sense of the
majesty and high dealings of their coln-
try, and the thoughtful few almost dcs-
paired of the republic. A galvanic shock
was needed to rouse the nation from its
lethargy. 1t came, and the slumbering
giant awoke. The spark that ignited the
mine underneath the keel of American
battleship, kindled the smouldering
members into a fame of patriotic en-
thusiasm that mounted to the heavens.
1t illumined the darkest corners of the
country with a great light. By that
light we saw, almost as a revelation
from the skies, the mighty fact that in
this great republic there was no longer
any north or south or east or west.
That which has been to us of moment
GUS import, is not merely the glory of
the war which has added to the annals
Of our victorious arms the ame of
Manila and Santiago. 1t is not that
our armies are vallient-that had been
proven before. 1t is not that our navy
is invincible-for when was it ever
otherwise? But it is now, at least, at
the close of the. 10th century, there is
realized in fact that grand ideal, set be-
fore us in the admonitions of Washing
ton, the eXortations of Webster, the
longingS of the patient affd far-seeing
Vinon1n n on,n,1o+o o,J ,,nrfoo% Irp;n,
Out OF discordant elements of a century
of sectional strife, the. nation has been
born again. Enriched by the best blood
of its HEROES, north and south, shed up
on Il thousand battle fields of the civil
war, to settle by trial of battle the one
question which could not be settled in any
other way, we have seen it arise in power
and majesty, the wonder of the world.
10 meet in war a foreign foe. it buckled
the sword upon federal and confederates
alike. And when the battle Scared
veteran, Joe Wheeler, put on a federal
uniform, and marched towards the
sound of battle at the head of Yankee
soldiers, then, indeed, we began to feel
in our heart what all this meant.
And then we beheld a wonderful
thing. As if to give to the
world. the living proof of this new birth
among the nations, there came together
the most remarkable body of men hat
eve followed the American flag. Imean
the Rough Riders, many of whom, heroic
sons of New Mexico, are with us to-
night. Men from every section, of
every race, calling and condition; Chris
tian, Jew and Catholic, Mexican, Amer
lean, and Indian, the millionaire and tho
bread winner, the COW puncher and the
dude, the incarnation of the American
people. And when they planted our
glorious emblem upon the bloody nights
of San Juan, they wrote in crimson
letters upon flames eternal tablet, whore
all the world might see; the sign and
seal of II reunited nation. One flag; ono
nation; one country; one destiny; what
a majestic thought! l heard it spoken
in this place nearly 20 years ago by the
great commander General q. S. Grant.
Now the nation gives it voice. The pre-
sident proclaims it from a once Con-
federate capital. The world recognizes
it. Now, the nation strews with flowers
the graves of the blue and the gray alike.
the band plays Dixie, and the ma
soldiers keep step to its martial
U'hS' 1uu WHCH IL pluyS UH0 oGdI
Spangled Banner, the nation stands with
uncovered heads!
Mr.. Springer spoke with energy his
sentiments, for they came from
his heart, and he made an excellent I'M
Til PREss.-Hon. II A. Clinical.
Senator Finical responded with a very
speech to this familiar toast.
lie began by detailing the obstacles met
md successfully overcome in the Span
sh-American war by the great Amer
can dailies, and in the dangerous work
IT gathering news in the face of the
The speaker referred to Ed
ward Marshall lying on the battle.
as was thought, mortally
wounded, and how the other corre-
'pondents faced Mauser bullets in tho
immortal charge up San Juan hill.
Moreover, when military conditions
their going further in front
# the Spanish entertainments, these
,attle field reporters lent their aid to
he Red Cross Society. and worked as
veil in that field as in the other. The
asst and Improbable expense the great
allies were put to, in gathering war
'ews, was mentioned as actuated by a
pirit of patriotism, and the progress
nd determination displayed were most
ommendable. No matter where the
7ar correspondent was placed, he never
orgot his duty to his country or to the
merican people, and the speaker mar
elled at the ~fullness, accuracy, faith
illness and rapidity of the American
ress, worthy tonight, as it has evcr
cen, to mould the thought and direc t
right the energies of the American
The speaker did not agree
18th some people who characterized it