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


which they had Suffered in the fever
laden atmosphere Of a hundred prisons
HONOR THE LIVING.
l feel that to ,apy American audience 1
need ne ed, not t., refer to those glorious cam
| from the pageso oflnhistory as long as
there remains in THE, human heart chord
that responds t9 heiYalorous act and the
glorious Institutions preserved served to 'H TIE
world as their fruit but I may say to
the American people; deeply immersed as
lshly active Hfel THAT, while with one
on the last resting place Of those who
with the other handswe should place the
laurel wreath of public recognition on
the stlvered brow off those who still re-
We can in NO. way emphasize the sin
certify of our respect for the dead more
effectually than'fby making manifest on
our full appreciation of the virtues of the
living The nation does well to make the
its honored guest s Considering What he he
has done and what he has passed
through, considering what he deserves
and what he has received. the American
people cannot treat him with aught else
than honor and respect, and then cancel
the stain of ingratitude by shedding in
greatness. - SIS 81
Prior to the war of 1852 the American
republic might justly be termed an ex-
pertinent on probationLa sort of Utopian
Idea chrystalfzed by dreamers into rep
reseptative FORM of government, but unre-
liable and as impracticable as the Re-
pendence had announced a doctrine that
had never before been given PRACTICAL
recognition among the governments of
men, but. the. constitution had failed to
give effect to that doctrine until the pas
sage of the thirteenth amendment That
doctrine as expressed in the inimitable
ctx Of a
declared that 1--WE hold these truths to be
Self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Gre
ator with certain unatanable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness. That to secure these
rights governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed. The doctrine,
that had never before been practiced or
protested, constitutes the cornerstone,
yea, the complete foundation upon which
rest. Without 1T government of the peo-
pie and by the peoples cannot exist, and
with 1t no other form of government can
exist. Under it the consent of the people
governed becomes an essential element in
liking the powers of those who are charg
ed with the duty of framing as we'll as
administering the slaw,aand as the consent
of all who were supposed to yield ODE
d1ence to governmentsWaS essential to the
those who Administered It, men practic-
ally became obedfentSsto their own con-
sent previously expressed and there was
no room left for discomfort or revolution
because men feltathat the perfection of
their institutions SandEthe golden age of
their country depended not upon the
whims and fancies of those who claimed
the power to rule by divine right, but
the continued Improvement in their own
intelligence and patriotism.
This is the beautifuli theory of govern
ment that was considered chimerical and
impraeticable by the nations of Europe
before they had learned what American
| intelligence in civil life and American
valor and patriotism In military life can
accomplish n the greatest of all sciences,
the science of governing mankind and of
governing 1t we'll.
tested, not against the last indignity that
can be offered to the spirit Of liberty, the
reduction of humanity to the condition Of
a commodity for the purposes of barter
and trade but their protest was against
a form of oppression little less acceptable
| to the proud spirit of the American colon
ist-the attempt to. levy and enforce tax
alton without representation. They real
| lied, undoubtedly. that the boon of lib
erty, so long denied to the children of
men, could not be wrs sted from the shack
| les and prejudices of a thousand years ex-
] eept by piecerneal They felt that, having
declared the doctrine and announced the
/ line, to construct, It syousWill, a govern
! ment wherein. this doctrine should for
ever remain the foundation stone, leav-
duty of maturing ansf peffeeting within
the limits and upon the Foundation out
lined by their isdom and their patriotism
| these imperishable principles with which
their names will forever remain entwined
on the loftiest pinnacle Of human fame
BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE.
| AS builders of empire. as benefactors of
! the human race, as the 1egatees of cen.
turtles of hope they. commenced a noble
| structure, harmonious In its design SYM
| metrical in it's proportions, majestic in It's
| simplicity and falling short of perfection
| by one flaw only, aid to the everlasting
| glory of the Union soldier of so be It
said that he, under the guiding hand of
| Providence, removed that flaw and turns
! over to poSterity in perfection and beauty
| impaired. What good and faithful serv-
ant to increase that which he had re-
ceived against his masters return,
,,, But what we ,-n nave, been we still are
| the American heart and burns with a
| brilliancy that sheds the light of hope
not clone 61ae on the thirteen colonies but to
cradle of the world on the distant shores
of old China. The courage and the
heroism of 81 Speaks to wonder
soldiers today ON 4a9d and sea: A
Jones and a BiddTe of, 1916 clasp hands
fb as s W ba Perry a. and tbs
| patriots feast Farragut and a Wor-
den of 1852, and the charmed circle of
nations heroes isd enlarged by the ar
|
That family represents 120 years of
American history, and it serves notice
on the world that, notwithstanding the
fear covertly expressed that the com
mercial spirit of theg-age was under
mining the pristine virtues of the race,
that the fires of Patriotism still burn
the American people, that the sons of
! today are not unworthy of their an
cient sires, the echoes from Lexington
and az; Bunker Hill join with those from
/ Gettysburg and Appemattox, and the
! music is made perfect by the echoes
| from Santiago, San Juan and~San Fer
nando.
HEROES OF A YEAR AGO.
Can there be any doubt when the gal
liant youths who passed out from our So
cial, our commercial, our professional life
! little over one year ago in response to
their countrys call, return to take up the
pursuits of civil life, crowned with
| the precious diadem of the country's love-
| can there be any doubt, I ask, but that
| the warmth and the enthusiasm of the
| reception they shall receive from us will
rival in brilliancy the fires that burned on
Beacon Hill when the Englishman's tea
was distributed to the fishes of the har-
| Dor.
How futile would be any effort of mine
! to usurp the place of history in recount
ing the heroism, the valor, the love of
| country and the self-sacrifice exhibited in
the war that has just happily closed, but
| feel that, speaking as a humble rep
| resentative of the present generation Of
American citizans, speaking in the light %
that record that places it's valor and its
patriotism, both upon land and sea, so
high upon the enduring monument of q
| virtuous fame, in the light of that Chris
tan spirit. of that almost inspired philan-
throphy that within the past eighteen
months thrilled the world with the spec
! fiery ordeal of international combat
| combat for the avoVed purpose of bring
! ing the blessings Of liberty, of freedom,
OF self-government to the alien races of
an adjacent. SOIL I aay3 without assump-