Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
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EntitIeJltS Reverence.
cit is the flag Of John Paul Jones and
Farragut," said Gen: Breckenridge. Under
1t soldiers and sailors have done their duty
and freedom and Aamaaity have advanced
Beneath it LawtoR and Lawrence fell, and
the patriots cry. ADont give up the ship,
appeals still to all It is the flag of Wash
ington and all the suffering of Valley
should we not revere ia3 It is the flag OF
Jackson at New Orleans and won the free
dom of the seas; why should we not follow
1t? 1t is the flag of Taylor at Buena Wis.,
ta and opened the GolAsn Gate of Califor-
mia for tidings of liberty to the mystic and
teeming east; shall We not bear it on? 1t
is the flag of Grant att Kicksburg and APP
pomattox, when shackles were torn from
millions Of slaves and a stronger national
ity was welded in the furnace of war; and
liberty and union. now and forever one and
indissoluble, received new meaning as it
was spread over Lincoln's martyred form:
shall we not keep that spirit In it? IT ia
the flag of San Juan Hill and Manila bay,
when mans inhumanity to man did it's uui-
etuS take
Of Full Stature.
1.-THE child of 1776 has reached Its major
ity. And new duties are gathered beneath
the clustered stars of our Union And the
future with all 1t foretells is borne In upon
us like torrent. The day is won and we
stand before the pressing duty of the hour
and proclaim peace On earth and good will
among men. Upon this platform stand
Protestant and Catholic. Jew and Gentle,
Confederate and Union man-all united TO
honor the flag and serve our common coun-
try and defend liberty and humanity pro-
tected by law The star of the east has
been borne again to the east And there
the old dragon is face to face with the
clustered stars Shall confusion reign?
Shall He who said Let there be light and
there was light not illumine our pathway
and direct us now? 1t is declared that our
opportunities are greater than our burden
Our twice chosen leader, our well proven
standard bearer, points the way With con-
fldence in the purity of our motives and the
justice of our cause and appealing to heav-
en- to guard and guide and strengthen us.
we advance as in duty bound in the course
set before us with freedoms banner floating
Ger US. In all our line of Presidents none
has won more completely, the confidence of
his country than he who as chief magis-
trate directs the COUNCILS of the nation now
AS a servant of the only power we serve
we follow him. And, so with William Nc
kinley in command, We assemble here tn
ask all
Who for country's cause and law
49, Freedoms sword will strongly draw.
Freeman live or freeman fa'
Let them on wi us.
General breckenridge spoke double his al
lotted time but he. was cheered vocifer-
ously as he took his seat
Original Stars and Stripes.
Assistant Secretary Hackett was next lis
tened to after the Marine Band had rem
dered THE Invincible Eagle Mr. Hackett
told of the first flag of stars and stripes
that was ever saluted by the fleets of for
eign nations. 1t was made from the silk
dresses of patriotic young ladies of Ports
NOUN, ana was nailed to the masthead of
the the Ranger, commanded by John Paul
Jones in 1I77. The resolution which Gre
ated the flag, 1t passed the continental
congress, had this sentence on its end. Re
solved, that Captain John Paul Jones be
appointed to command the Ranger" After
wards this gallant commander had re-
marked. 1.-THE flag and l are twins" Mr.
Hackett took occasionpto urge the appro-
priateness of the erection of a monument
to John Paul Jones In the national capital.
For the South.
Former Secretary ofthe Navy Hillary A.
Herbert was thenqintrbduced to speak for
the south. Mr.. Herberts address aroused
the most intense enthusiasm. His words
were applauded from the start, as he de-
tailed his conversion to the stars and
stripes from the confederate emblem after
it's surrender. He toldi how in 1862 as
prisoner of war he had refused to attend
church under guatd where the Union flag
foated over the edifce,
Little ulU l0lflk Ilpn, MI. CHAIRMAN,
he said, that the day was coming when
I should accept gladly,.as I have accepted
from you, an invitation to do honor to that
f,ag and that shoaa GENE =, to say as
proud of 1t as It floats On land and sea;
proud of it as the emblem Of the might
and majesty of a reunited republicr
Speaking for the confederate soldier, Mr..
had been taken to form the now existing
close bond Of union between the north and
south.
81 speak of myself. Mr. President, only
because 1 represented in 1862. and 1 repre-
sent here now, the confederate soldier. How
striking the contrast; how marvellous the
revolution In the mind Of that soldier!
Heart and soul with the confederacy then,
and now with never a moments abatement
of pride in the past, heart and soul with
the Union! And our country, a generation
ago in the throes of the deadliest of civil
wars, a union of states and people
more perfect and complete than at any pc
Rod since the adoption of the Constitution.
What is it that has wrought these Won
ders? Feuds where passion dominates rea-
son are eternal; but the American people
are not only the freeSt, they are, as a peo-
pie, the best educated. and, therefore, the
broadest- minded and most magnanimous in
the world. Reason sometimes drops the
helm while passion blows a gale, but she
is always prompt to resume her sway when
the storm is over.
Grants Magnanimity.
"One step toward rehabilitation was the
magnanimity of Gen. Grant to his fallen
foes at Appomattox. Another was his chiv-
alrous demand that the parole of Lee
should be 1nVlolate. He threatened to re-
sign his commission If Lee should be pros
ecuted for treason Another was the broad
acknowledgement by President Cleveland, in
1880, or the trustworthness of ex -confed-
crates He enabled them to show in office
that the war was over. Still other and
ver-to-be-forgotten steps were the ap-
pointment Of ex-confederate and ex-Union
soldiers, and of their sons alike, into our
army and navy by President Mckinley dur
ing ana after our war with Spain"
In picturing the possibilities as well as
the perplexities Of The future, Mr.. Herbert
mentioned things which the experiences of
the past would teach. above ALL let them
point to the history of our past and show
the dangers of excessive party zeal; that
part1sanship has led us into the greatest
mistakes we have committed, and brought
US face to face with the most imminent
perils we have encountered. Let our chill