The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-21

said, while he groaned and Sobbed: My
life is wrecked. the efforts | have made
for humanity are believed. by my coun-
trymen TO have been hypocritical, the
people whom | wanted TO assist, and
whom | would have assisted, to larger
liberties and the reform for which l
have sacrificed everything, lam not only
charged with having betrayed but the
bcneiiciares believe lit. | go to my grave
despised and spit upon by my country
men" The cord which bound that grand
Intelligence to Il big heart snapped and
the clouded mind passed away few
days afterwards in the asylum
Now, gentlemen. there is significance
greater than ithe festivities with which
You have welcomed us, i'll this occasion.
1t is only within the lfe.ime of most Of
those here present when, without sus-
pieion and with cordiality, without
enmity and with hespitable friendship,
we. of diverse faiths, ciines and sect ons,
could meet in the glorious cammeraderie
of tonight. For three hundred years the
battle ragged between the medlaevM and
the modern spirit. Both had great ylr-
tues and both. We're guilty of great ex-
cesSeS. Ii required ceIi.ulEes of trial
of strength and centuries of approach
along couyerging lines before tho
Cavalier and the Puritan could under
stand one another and act together. At
Naseby and Marston Moor they began to
respect each other and to recognize the
yalor. high purpose and ind0mitable will
of both 1t was at Marston Moor that
Prince Rupert gave Cromwell the name
Of "Old Ironsides." and Cromwell recOg-
niZed the genius of, this brilliant soldier.
ii is only in our time, and in the latest
days OF our time, THAT the cavalier spirit
of Great Britain and of America is
recognizing the genius of Oliver Cromr
wcll. He was the architect of the
EngliSh-speaking world i'll its CONNER
cial aud imperial tendencies of today.
The territories OF Great Britain, cir
cling the glCbe, are the outcome OF this
policy The United States and Great
Britain. competing with Germany, with
France, with Austria. with Hungary,
with Italy and with Russia for the mark
cts of the world, is due TO the impetus
which he gave to the commerce Of Eng
land and the tranSference of that spirit,
that enterprise, that ambition TO the
commercial instinct of America. The
Cavalier and the Puritan had an irfe-
conchble contest, the one represented
by Thomas jefferson and the Gthcr by
John Adanls. They met i'll the clash Of
historic debate. which evolved principles
which could only be settled by arms, in
the Titanic discussions between Daniel
Webster ana Senator Hayne, OF, yor
own State. Bur when that finest flower
of chvllry and that best product of
Puritanism. both modified lberalized,
nodcrnized and enlarged by American
institutions and American liberty, Gen.
Lee and General Grant. mot at Apo
mattoX in the grasp of the hand and the
understanding of each ether. the Caya-
lier and the Puritan came together anu
the forces of disunion and sect, onal strife
were crushed out of existence in that
hand clasp \ new America. a new de-
vclopment. IA new lifc of progress and
growth for the South, the North, the
East and the West began from that
meeting. We. who We're of the Civil
War and knew all its horrors. its de-
vastations and IT'S losses who have been
permitted to survive and witness the
marvellous advance Of our country since,
look upon that great strife not as a
tragedy. but Historically, rs Il blessing.
Cur union OF States, of hearts and Of
aspirations was happily illustrated when
General ice Wheeler and Colonel Roose-
Welt charged together at San Juan, and
Admiral Dewey leaned upon gallant
Lieutenant Brumby as his guns con-
qucred the Philippines and- opened the
doors Of the East.
Whatever may be the discussion as to
the beginning of the twentieth century
sentimentally, we stand tonight on the
dividing line between the nineteenth and
the twentieth. and, beyond all either gem
erations who have been ait the parting OF
the centuries. we ought to thank God
and take courage. We have lived through
the most marvellous half century in the
story Of nations or of humanity. 1t is
the half century of steam, electricity in
ventions, the half century of enaanCdpa-
tion in every department of human en-
doavor and human aspiration all over
the world. The past is secure. Its in
heritance. its experiences, its traditions,
its associations are ours. None ever en-
joyed, none ever possessed SO much be
fore. One hundred years ago our Gov
eminent was a suppliant for recognition
as an independent nation at yhe doors
of the cabinets of Europe. The century
closes with the United States among the
foremost Powers of the world, aud com
peting with the peoples of Great Britain
and the Continent for equal opportuni-
fes and open markets i'll the commerce
OF the Orient. We say to the nineteenth
century, Farewell" but TO the TWEEN
tieth century, with its hopes and its
promises, we cheerfully aud cordially
shout Hail and welcome"