The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24

statues in an insatiate demand for NE
mentoes. Think you that this vandal-
ism is Tie work of the descendants of our
military heroes? Think you that this
igncble larceny is done by the members
of our hereditary patriotic societies or by
the members of their families? Far from
1t. Our members and their children are
trained above that low line. Against all
such crimes our patriotic societies make
efforts to develop national sentiment
and to fix that sentiment AS a living
principle in the daily life of our people.
Think you that the trif1ing and Hler-
cenaIy use of our national flag IS bad
work of our members? Witness our con-
tlnual efforts to secure national, state
and municipal legislation against such
! abuse. Think YOU that the disgraceful
DENIAL Of the legal rights of the individual
| ard the outbreaking Of cruel and furious
| passions involved in the brutal lynching
| and torturing OF criminals, without pro-
| cess Of law, are the results OF The teach
| ings and influence of oGr patriotic So
| cieties? Far from IT.. Our influence Is
| always eXerted 10 encourage and develop
! fair and honorable methods and respect
| for the rights eN en- of criminals AND IN
this direction &. great work yet lies before
lis to cultivate in every man, woman ana
! child. a sense of justice which demands
| that in our favored country no person
| shall forfeit life, liberty or property eN-
| cept through a fair trial by proper
] authorities.
The competition of our school children
for the riedals- Of some of our patriotic
| societies for the best essays on patriotic
| subjects will lead our children to &C
quaint themselves with the particulars
| of our national history, and with the
| careers of our heroes. And the knoWl-
edge thus acqIired will lire their hearts
with devotion to their country when
their turn comes to stand for the right
WHO SAVED JERUSALEM?
..When the Roman emperor Vespasian
oeslcged the city of JerEsal LEM. in Whlch
civil war and patriotism had killed more
| men than the weapons of tee Romans)
! the Rabbi Johannes ben Saki knelt De
! fore the victorious emperor praying lot
his neofJle What shall / grt MT you!
asked the proud victor Grant ne me
school of Jubne and its schoolmasters'
| repl;ed the Rabbi Your request Is
| erort( d. said the emperor, for 1t seemed
o mere 'trife to ask The Hebrew nation
| seemed almost destroyed. But what was
| the result? Fifty-five years afterwards
| the national spirit Of the Hebrews hau
| been SO zealously fostered by TINS eIc"t
| school that % 900 of its pupils, not ohly
| Instructed in the Hebrew language anu
| literature but also secretly ollIleo III llis
| manual of arms of that day, restoreu
| the national independence: - VINO, tneh'
| saved Jerusalem? A patriotic society:
| And nv what means? The cultivation o.
the national spirit. And however tat
fycro us. such a danger may seem to De-
| there is no country winch can A!ho 't "
| permit the lapse of its national sp li ~
EVERY patriotic society Is proIectioi
to the liberties of its people. Aho' on lne
other hand. those who see in our patr4otIc
ocsociations nothing serious ana usel III
are using their influence to retaru ouI
good work. If you would cohteiilpla'o
of an example of country "4Ihoul "
distinctive national spirit, witness poor
old China, with q population almost IarSe
o,,o,,ob ~ eween the people from the rest
of the earth, yet conquered by niue icy
an In a very short war. And why DE-
cause China had no national enthusiasm
I'VE are willing to concede 10 any man
| a fair amount Of harmless pf1oe III In9
| natrtotism of his ancestors, PROVIDED tnaN
he will maintain In himself the same hlsn
standard of character and devotion; pro
! Yidad that in both war and peace he VIII
+aka his place in the ranks to nght A1I
| corrupting and enslaving influences.
'Tn our late war with Spain and Its
ofpehoots what was the record OF the
members of our hereditary patriotic So
cieties? Did they all stay at nome Aof
mutual admiration?
"In the very few days notice L nave
| had. I have made a list Of such members
IN our army and navy as fully as l could
learn of them. But l have been unaoie
to secure in time the records oil some OIL
the largest of our societies, ana so my
list is very incomplete. But aIter COL
| lating the lists, to avoid dupncatlng'
| find that members OF our hefeutaty pa
! triotic societies have taken part in the
| late war as follows: Generals, 81; COLO
! ne1s 81: lieutenant colonies, %; majors,
| Al: CAPTAINS 81; lieutenants, 50; enslgnS'
| Q: surgeons 26; chaplains, s; non-com-
| nissioned officers and privates, ~; max
| ing a total of 349 for the army; and IN the
| navy a total of 81, as follows: Admlral'
! I George Dewey; vice admiral l. rear
| adrnirals 2; captains, 3; commanders, =;
lieutenant commanders, 10; heutenants,
| 10: ensigns 9; naval constructors, pay
masters, engineers, inspectors, etc, ); sur
! geons, 9; chaplain, l; seamen, etc, - max
! ing a grand total for army and navy or
| 431 And this, remember, is a partial nst
only And to these may be added clerks
and others in the civil service connected
with the army and navy, of whom L have
no list And this is the showing in
| small and short war undertaken In aid
! of a weak neignbor. And we may we'll
suppose thtat it is put fraction of what
! the result would have been in case OF q
| great war in defense of our country. In
| this list of 4S1 we find twenty-five belong
! whom we have the honor to have with
! us this evening.
MEN WITH RECORDS.
And in counting this record, remember
! that many Of the members of these patr1-
! otto societies are now old men, physically
untitled for service in war; and remem-
! Der, too, that many of those old men bore
! their honorable part in the War of the
Rebellion, a generation ago. And yet
| quite number of these veterans, espe-
! cially officers of the army and navy, act
! ed a conspicuous part in the late war
also.
MANY others in civil life who have
taken a very active part in the Spanish
wars are members of our patriotic societ-
! ties; and, it may be added many Of these
also bore their part in the War OF the Re
bellion, including President Mckinley and
our own Senator Davis. Add to these
services the fact that out patriotic So
cieties sent considerable sums of money
to the hospitals for our troops and also
| furnished bands of music, etc, for va
! rious regiments, besides all the good
work done by the patriotic societies Of
women.
Now in going over the lists of our