The age-herald., 1900-05-18
ANOTHER BIG DAY
 AT THE STREET FAIR

at Yorktown, at the Cow Pens and again in 1872, when the citizen soldiery was found equal to the demands; and again under Taylor and Scott, when the American cit izen soldiery planted their eolors on the walls of the Montezumas and captured Chepultapec. He said when the war clouds gathered and strife followed, and the citizens of the north and of the south engaged in deadly and destructive war fare, they were found equal to every re- quirement.
 Then, he said it was Greek meet Greek; it was the citizen soldery of two sections of the country marching to battle for what they believed to be right On each side were brave men, true men, and hon est men. He said third of a century had passed away and still the chasm had not been thoroughly spanned until the Hispano-American war came. Then there was mingling of the north and of the south for the common country. There had been nothing since AppomattoX he said, to bring them together as this war did. He said the forefathers had shown wisdom in committing the safety of the country to the citizen soldery. That the national guard constituted the bulwark of national defense
 The placing of the gun here, he said is notice that no strong country should stand by and see the weak oppressed by the strong. He said the strong powers of Europe stood by and let the Turks slaugh- ter the weak and helpless Armenians, but that when the Americans saw the Spanish slaughtering the defeneeless Cubans they went to their rescue, the soldiers in the blue and the grey fighting side by side to free Cuba. He said that Napoleon once said that England was country of shop keepers and that it took the guns of Vel lington at Waterloo to shoot that delusion out of him. For half a century Europe said America was a country of traders, but bright May morning and little later when the sound of American can nops went resounding around the world they changed their minds about us. The victory of the Americans over the Spanish means that the English speaking people have largely assumed the white mans bur den.
 Another thought in connection with the recent war with Spain, said the speaker, was that this country is advancing civiliza- ton and Christianity. This government was not moved in freeing Cuba by the wiles of statecraft, but by the walls of the suf- fering. The martial spirit necessary to pro- tect the country, he said, should be domi- mated by right.
 He said that Alabama took share in the victories of the Spanish war and will take renown in the future for Wheeler and Hob son and the part they played in the war. He said that wisdom was shown in placing d gun III blfHllnSnanl, the lfOn center Ol the south. He said 1t was right that one of the trophies of the war should be placed in this iron district.
 Col. Sanford paid a tribute to Col. Her bert and the part he took in the uDbuild- ing of the navy, of his record as a con- federate soldier, a congressman and as secretary of the navy. He said the fact that so few years after he had been en- gagged in war he was appointed secretary of the navy showed that the American heart was generous. He said the soldiers were entitled to great credit for their victories, but they not entitled to more credit than the women, and especially the women of the south. He told of the soldiers in the Crimean war being cared for by the women of England. and added that the first ship to pass up Santiago bay after the American victory was one that carried the red cross with Clara Barton on deck.
 Colonel Sanford closed his remarks with called to fight with foreign country except it be for a cause that can be com mended to the conscience of the country.
 Colonel Sanford was given close and respectful hearing, and added to his rep utation as an orator. He is a pleasing speaker, and delivers his speeches in clear and convincing manner
 At the conclusion of Colonel Samford's speech, Mr Wood called on Father O Reilly to give the benedictlon, which closed the ceremonies of the day.