The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-02-22
ADDRESS or hon. JOHN P. ROSS.


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memory Of men and Of all things which
teach Of the triumphs OF principle and
the blessings Of truth. Hence, the i'm
memorial custom Of erecting monu-
ments TO psrpetuate the memory Of
the good deeds Of great men and Of
ceIebrating important eventp, from
the birth Of child to the birth Of
nation. Such senOtaphs and celebra-
tions are not intended to appeal to the
vanity Of mar, but to teach that truth
% abidipg and good works are eternal,
and to impIant in the minds Of al he
people some high ideal, 50 that every
one in his appointed place may stand
against the evil which has marred the
perfect symetry Of the world and
polluted II with crime and stained it
with the blood and blotted it with the
tears of suffering millions. Wa have
gathered here tonight, not as votsries
Of that pleasure which for a moment
drives away dull care and leaves Us in
darker gloom, that pleasure which is
ike popp es spread, you grasp the
aower-the bloom is shed, or like the
snowflake in the river, a moment
white, then lost forever" We have
assembled to enjoy the contemplation
. Of the purposes and work Of a brother
hood which has done great things Tor
the good of man; whose members 10
your midst are edged to aid in
britg ipg to tins community 81 the
J blessings which are the fruitsgs Of
friendship, charity and bensvolsnee
We live 10 an age Of marves uso.ie-
: velOpment--d vel5fmsnt OF virtues
and, alas, Of vice, as vel development
: Of colossal material wealth and OF as
tonishinK depths Of poverty. Law
: and order hold imperlsl swAy, add
yet the growl Of anarchy, the demon
consort Of poverty and despair is
heard 10 the dark tsverns Of sqnallor
aud want slmost under the shadow Of
palatIal homes We look forward 70
: the future and attempt to imSKine the
q broad expauss Of our vast territories
RiIsd with free, intelligent and vir-
tuous population, covered with cities
and towns and luxurlant cultivation,
i and rich with the produots of mine
i and field and forest and factory, and
the picture Of majsstio grandeur is too
great for the grasp Of fancy. Charmed
9 with the enhancing vision, We do
: not see mans inhnmsnity to man; en-
raptnred with the hum Of commerce
we hear not the moan Of the countless
: thousands Ailured BIZ the power Of
peif and msddened with the strife OF
getting gain ties Of blood are broken
. asunder, the universal brotherhood Of
man ignored, and men forget that
"rhe rank is but the guineas stampi
The honcat man, though e'er so poor,
Is King Of men sor All that
Self-loye is compatible with true
benevoIencp, and, when it's desires are
conformed to duty, it is virtue
fruitful OF energy, probity and hap
pness-a spring of motion in the soul
prompting to noble aims and generous
deeds. When allowed to degenerate
into selashness 1t isa vice utterly at
variance with the happiness Of him
who harboys ii aud hurtful to all who
feel its ungharitable hand. Il would
be pleasing to think that the selnsh-
ness which ehokes charity and causes
the strong 70 prey upon the weak is
indigenous to the breasts ofthe unciv-
iIized only. Buttruth forbids US such
felicity.
sordid selnshness is che curse Of
civil;.ad sncistv. VET the Individual