The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-31

credit and respect to those of our public
servants who have contributed by their
efforts and their influence to advance the
name and fame of our country and, par
long and so honorably connected with the
history of this state, the distinguish VI
soldier, statesman and diplomat who
holds the honorable position of senior
senator from Minnesota. We give them
all credit for their loyalty and their pa
triotism, and if in the discharge of their
an error Of judgment, and it is but ftl-
man to err, under the happy form Of our
constitution that error can be most kind
ly but completely corrected by the public
opinion of TO0O0,OO0 of people on the first
opportunity when that opinion can be
effectually an. and legally recorded.
essary by war; that has passed away.
We have spoken of the rewards that fol-
lows the discharge Of duties faithfully
performed, and the renown left by the
dying patriots as legacy to inspire and
to encourage those who come after him.
We have spoken of those aspects of war
the eyes of humanity to the dark and
fathomless despair, the long train of
misery and suffering a:.d death presented
by the other side of the picture. War is
contrary to the highest and most enlight-
ened conceptions of a Christian civlllza-
ton, and, except when waged in behalf
Of the noblest interest of humanity of
every race, should find no place in the
closing hours of the nineteenth century
KEEP UP THE CUSTOM.
F.: Let US continue this generous custom SO
happily conceived, meeting year after
year to bind our love more firmly to our
institutions and the memory of those who
preserved them Let US continue 1t until
the republic grows aged in the. fulfillment
of her, destiny, unless perchance there
should arise that dark, despairing .condi-
ton against the possibility of which l
close my vision and my Imagination. If
the hour should over come when the fare
w Address -Of q 9thnT- n country
should be turned to the wall when. the
doctrine of peace on earth and goodwill
to men should yield to the soulless de-
mands of commercial avarice; if the hour
should come when the doctrine that all
men were born with equal rights and
equal privileges before the law was de-
MED; if the hour should come when the
freedom of an independent, fearless and
an Intelligent press should bow in ODE
dience to the imperial demand Of auto
cratic power, then let us forego this Gus
tom and leave our heroes alone with their
glory because the heritage for which they
died shall have departed from US.
We are told that In most things in this
world of which we understand so little,
the spirit of life and the seeds of death
conformity exist. The infant in his cradle
contains within himself those fatal weak
nesses that will in natures course one
day terminate his existence, and so it is
with nations. The fairest constitution
that was ever drawn, the noblest fabric
of government that was ever conceived
contains within itself those seeds that
constantly tend to it's dissolution and de-
cay 1t remains for the intelligence and
the patriotism of the people to constitute
a perpetual antidote to these dangerous
tendencies, and on so many fields and
never yet found wanting. This task IS
most confidently assigned.
In the midst of conditions and oppor-
tunities that point to a future greatness,
unparalleled in the history of the world.
surrounded by those whose distinguished
ability, bravery, and patriotism in every
walk of life, has not only given Mime.
sofa an exalted position in the galaxy of
states, but raised it to a conspicuous place
among the intellectual commemorative OF
history. Inspired by the glorious memoir
les Of the past and made i5 hopeful by the
I feel, confidently hope, that when the
last record Of men and nations has has been beer
magnificent republic that raised the
column of its greatness and the standard
| of civilization to such a high station in
the glorious atmosphere of the new world,
never unsheathed the sword except for
the noble purpose of establishing. main
tanning, or defending liberty and the
blessings of liberty"