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olution, who would not abandon the pol
| icy to which the nation was definitely
| committed; who regarded disaster as
merely spur to fresh effort; vino saw
| in each plunder merely something 70 pe
retrieved and not reason FOR abandon.
| ing the long determined course. Above
| all, the great man of the people possess
ed tough and stubborn fiber of charac-
| ter There was ample room for criticism
and there was every reason why mistakes
| should be corrected. But in the long
| run our gratitude was due primarily not
| to the critis, not to the ultfinders, but
to the men who actually did the work;
not to the men of negative policy, but to
| those who struggled toward the given
up the names Of those who rallied at the
goal Merciful Oblivion has swallowed
men who were saving the union, while it
has given us the memory Of these same
men as heritage of honor forever; and
brightest among their names flame the
names of Lincoln and Grant. the stead
fast, the unswerying. the enduring, the
| finally triumphant.
There is a fine lesson in this to the
people who have been asking us to in
vfte the certain destruction Of our power
IN the Philippines. and therefore the GER
tain destruction of the islands themselves
by putting any concession on our pant
ahead Of the duty Of reducing the islands
to quiet at all costs and Cs stamping out
the last embers Of armed resistance At
the time of the civil war the only way to
i SOSA4 pCdCC W DIS ~ -A6ul lIl ~ ttIA -
would have been crime against human
ity to have stopped lighting before peace
was conquered. So, in the far less inI-
portant but still very important crisis
crime against humanity if. whether
from weakness or from mistaken senti-
lmentalism, we failed to perceive that in
the Philippines, the all-important duty
Is to restore order, because peace and the
gradually increasing measure of self
government for the islands which will
follow peace, will only come when armed
resistance has completely vanished.
But In considering the life of Grant,
1t is peculiarly appropriate to remember
that besides the Regeneration in politi-
cal and social life within our. own bOr-
ders, we must also face what has come
upon us from without. No friendliness
with other nations, no good will for them
or by them can take the place Of national
self-reliance. No alliance. no inoffensive
conduct on our part would supply in
time Of need, the failure in ability to
hold our own with q strong hand: We
own strength A vigorous nation like
J ours does not always stay still. Now and
; then there comes time when 1t is sure
either to shrink or to expand. Grant saw
to it that we did not shrink and there
fore we had to expand when the newt
able moment came.
. Great duties face us in the islands
, where the stars and stripes now float
in place of the arrogant flag of Spain. AS
we perform those duties we'll or i'll. SO
will we in large part determine our righ,
| to a place among the great nations of the
, earth. We have got to meet them in the
very spirit of Grant. IF we are frightened
at task. above all, if we are cowded OF
disheartened by any check or by the
!, clamOr of the sensation monger, we shall
show ourselves weaklings, unfit to in
, woke the memories of the stalwart mer
who fought to finish the great civil war
If we do not rule wisely, and if our rule
is not in the interest Of the people who
have come under our guardianship ther
we had best never have begun the effor1
, at all. AS a nation we shall have tt
choose our representatives in those is
; lands as carefully as Grant chose the
| generals who were to serve at the vita
! points under him. Fortunately so fa
the choice has been most wise. No ma
ton has ever sent a better man than VIZ
sent to Cuba when President Mckinley
appointed as governor general of that is
: land Leonard Wood; and now in sending
e Judge Taft at the head of the Commission
> to the Philippines, the president hal
again chosen the very best men to b,
found in all the United States for ths
purpose in view.
"Part of Grants great strength lay ii
0 the fact that he faced facts as they wer,
a and not as he wished they might be. HI
;, was not originally an abolitionist and HI
. probably could not have defined his view
as to state sovereignty but when the civ
: il war was on he saw that the only thinl
- to do was to fight it to finish and estab
lish by force of arms the constitutions
!, right to put down rebellion. 1t is just tn
= same thing nowadays with expansion
| 1t has come, and it has come to stay
= whether we wish 1t or not. Certain dutie
, have fallen to use as legacy of the wa
: = with Spain and we cannot avoid perform
= ing them. All we can decide is whethe
:, we will perform them well or i'll. We can
, , not leave the Philippines. We have go
:. to stay there, establish order and the
give the inhabitants as much self govern
:. ment as they show they can use to advan
!. tage. We cannot run away If we woult
!. We have got to see the work through. be
= cause we are not a nation of weakling.
y We are strong men and we intend to d
= our duty.
"To do our duty, that is the sum an
, substance of the whole matter We ar
). not trying to win glory: we are not tryin
to do anything brilliant or unusual. w
!. are setting ourselves vigorously at eac
- task as the task arises, and we are TRY
3 ing. to face each difficulty as Grant fac
= ed inpumerable and eminently create
9 difficulties. The sure way to succeed
= Ito set about. our work in the spirit tina
- marked the great soldier whose life thi
!. day we celebrate; the spirit of devotio
!. to duty, of determination to deal fairl,
= Justly and fearlessly with all men, and Z
: iron resolution never to abandon any tas
:, once begun until it has been brought to
= successful and triumphant &C -clusion."
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