The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-10-11
THE DAYS DOINGS.


nave DttH tpDtu years III AnCIfC1f
History and American valor. Gu
armies on land and sea, in those tw,
years, have won unfading and immor
tai renown. Their victories rank will
those at Salamis and Trafalgar, ant
the records they have made will be al
Ienduring as the stars.
Perfect valor consists in doing with
tout witness all one should be capabl.
Of doing before the whole world. A
crime against the civilized world and
posterity will grow in magnitude al
time rolls on, and will forever and Il
the refaotest times, blast the mans
and the fame Of him who committed
it. But the man who does a nobls
and patriotic act, an act that will en-
noble his fellow men, will be cherished
by the people that are good until thu
centuries cease to roll.
All along the centuries, my friends
| the sword has been regarded as an
emblem OF authority and symbol Of
power. In the sacred Scripture w
read Of "the sword Of the Lord and O
Gideon, and how, with it, that great
1 chieftain and defender of the FAITH
used it with mighty effect upon th'
enemies Of the living God. Shakes
peare, in immortal verse, describe.
the Sword of Denotes" suspended
forever. above the heads Of those thai
/ persist in waywardness and wrong do
ing. The Egyptians, the Persians. thu
Babylonians, the Greeks and the Ro
mans, In the centuries agone, placed
the sword in the hands of their chief
tains, and with it was conveyed the
authority to command, pursue anc
conquer and rule. The mighty swort
of England flashes in the sunlight al
around the world to-day. Our OWL
| American Damascus blade" un
sheathed in the cause of truth, libert.
land higher civilization, is lifting Cub
and Puerto Rico to more exalted con
ceptions of life and duty; and befor'
the nineteenth century passes int
history, it will, If / mistake not
bring to the inhabitants Of the Phil
ippine Islands better government
broader ideas of civilization, create
liberty, and eternal gratitude to thu
American sailor and soldier, although
the formerly oppressed Fliplnos d.
not seemingly understand it now
War is right, forever right, wher
waged for liberty, righteousness ant
truth; but war is wrong, foreve
wrong, when waged simply for con
quest and extension.
We have assembled here to-day, m,
lcountrymen, to honor one of our citi
zens who as d sailor and soldier hal
greatly honored us. Some of our en-
terprising public-spirited West Vir
ginians have brought the fact con
spicuously before the people of GU
State, that Captain f. E. Chadwick
a native of this thriving city, is emit
tied to more than passing mention
because he commanded bravely ant
conspicuously the flag ship "Ney
York." when Cervera's fleet wen
down in the great naval battle of San
tiago. Brave as only Virginians cal
be, Captain Chadwick, with the star
and stripes floating from the mast
head Of his great American battleship
amid shot and shell, that historic da,
in July, 1898, with his other cocoon
manders in that immortal contest VOL
more than Lord Nelson won at Ira
falgar: they won more than "a peer
age and grave in Westminster Alb
bey," they won the hearts and admira
tion of all the people of "the grea
Republic" They won, indeed, GU
admiration and our gratitude forever
| am glad to know, sir, that ther
are no spots upon the horizon of you
long and eyentful military career.
is to-day and has ever been as spot
less as a maiden's and as unsullied a
a ray of light. The brave, clean
manly sailors and soldiers are the me-
the people reverence and love
and they will never cease TO homo
such heroes until time shall cease t
be.
And now, my dear captain, as
slight expression of the high apprecia
tion in which you are held by you
neighbors and your friends here a
Morgantown-the place of your brit
indeed, / may say the people in a
parts of West Virginia, am directe
! by them to hand you this sword. l
is made Of high grade material, an
in this respect it is emblematic of tn
stern, true stuff out of which 20
yourself were moulded. Take it, m
friend and countryman, and unsheat
it ever in the cause of right and libeI
ty; and may Gods best blessings fol
ever rest upon you, S the sincere wisl
of your thousands of friends who al
assembled here to-day.
Capt. Chadwick arose TO reply an
the cheering redoubled. The enthu
siasms was remarkable. 1t lasted fo
several minutes at the end of whic
time he made himself heard and r.
sponded to the speech of presentation
as follows:
Reply of Captain Chadwick.
Governor atkinson and Friends:
To say that / come here feelin
deeply the kindness and honor bestov
I ed by you is to express but badly TIL
thoughts which fill my mind and heal
in being among the men and womer
and seeing the hills which were tn
familiars Of my boyhood. | than
you for the noble gift, the sentimer
of which fulfllls all to which l coul
ever aspire; for there is nothing in tn
life of man to which one can reac
higher than the honest, frank an
spontaneous regard of those VIII
. know us. This, / know, is the llmi
of my own aspirations and l will sa,
for the comparatively small society {
the Navy in which have passed mos
of my life, that it is but rare to fin
an officer whose first thought is M
that of standing well with his fello
officers; to have the good will, the e
TEEN and honor of those who be-
: know him. And let me say, too, thu
in our profession-the one in I'll
world in which men are thrown mos
intimately together-we come
know one another fairly well.
/ am rejoiced to renew once mo
my bonds with my native state, an
with my old friends and kinsmen I
native hills. In this long reach {
!. years, now well nigh forty, since
left Morgantown to enter the Navy,
+ have followed the fortunes Of my sta
7 and town with the keenest interes
My return to either have been muc
J more infrequent than / could ha'
' wished; the breaking up of fami
J. ties, the exigencies of duty, the I'M
bility to get away from these, as
rule, for any but few days-and n
leaves of any duration have been ra