The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
COL. ROOSEVELT IN VERMONT.
me- SPIAkS TO TINE CIVIL VFT-
ERtNS ~ BURLINGTON.


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In the Dsy at the state Pair In Rutland.
BURLINGTON. Vt. Sept. S-Vice-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was the guest OF honor
At the Thirty-ei2hth annual meeting OF
tho Reunion Society Of Vermont Onicers
held here to-day. A rousing welcome was
given 10 him Cot Roosevelt arrived
here by special train over D" RUTLAND
Railroad accompanied by Senator hed-
field Proctor. whose guest he Wa ~ iunoh
this afternoon.
Al tho station he was met hy the ohice's
~ In society. Mayor Hawl"N ana many
other well-known Nermonters Tie was
escorted 10y a squadron 81 cavalry from
Port Ethan Allcn TO Ove:lskc. the summer
home of Col. Ie GRAND u Cannon "hero
he will remain over night.
The Vice Presidents reception here
WAS mast entlmsis-tio. the streets being
ihronged THIS evening he delivered
al address before the Society az the Opera
Hou-e. following n brief speech OF wei
com" 60 the city bv Mayor ID. 1 hA"ley
He said
Il - difficult ~ r,pra-. the full measure
Of obligation under which this country -
60 N. mon Who from al 20 q, tn"k w w"
which has ., or fallen tn the los Of any gene
ration NJ men In the western hethl-ph"t"
other msn have rendered great srINl1. I
she country. hut the serN ice YOU trhh.irh
was not merely great. IL was i~ncslcuahl'
other mon bv then lives or their deaths hay"
kept unstatned our honor. have wf"ush,
marvcis for our inter --i. have led u- forward
"a triumph or ward.d on disaster from ~,
other men have mar,hall"d our anks "p""''
acrOs, the -tonS slopes Of Efeatnes@
Bu' you DID more. for YOU .aVed f'ul
sn9ihi ,iion lhc, s,;ry %, s MsidI' ss,%n
fTfrnNNgl tHfn meaningless aust " You
and yout comrades had not huttrrs-"h
Their vors with your strength OF steel
~ Indspendenre would nov sound ike
Il windy plntItuds. the Constitution y Va"
",'SS s S ;ss s Would r, ,S.s Sas,i,..ocGf I;sa' fiTa"c@
terror. II Nour stern yAor. had ny proved
the truth ot the one aud mad" good ne prom
so 81 the other in our history 'h-i" ~
b-en other victorious struggles Tor tigh'.
On tho field Of hattie aud In civic siril" To
have Loot iu these ether struggle would hnN"
meant bitter sharnr and grIsvou- los but
YOU fought Ia The ono struggle where iailut"
meant death aud destruction 7" our Ir"Iir
meant that oar whole pa-'. history ""yld
bn ,rp-sed out 81 the records Of -uc'"~-id!
eudeayof With the rod aud black inc. "t
failure meant that NOT one man IN all ms
uid. country would now h" holding hLs head
uprigh'assfr free citizen NJ mighty ana f''f'
You not a great need. TIA, vanished h"
cau-. III your suruess. You have l"t u-
many mcmorir-. 10 10 pfiled ior"N"Tu"r"
NoI have taught a. many lessons, and non"
more Important than the ls-sdu ~ brother
ho,J Nc r.alirntion IL tho underlying
brotherhood 81 our people. TIE ie"liug That
,.,r -,'.1 ,,,. and s,,Trsthy. must Ice
Kept clos. ~ heart /. We ~" ~ do "ur W"rF
vol here IN our Amercau W.,
lu tho nr.t place Won have lei' ~ IN" ftght
81 brotherhood VITA the gallant mon Nh'
WI, ,hc gray IN the TanA- 's''n,, M"''.
ever growing sens" % ~" al-imr"rtanc'
not merely e. oar r""p'' eit - men.
kind Of Vie nio. N',,'t. M'''"
~. sincerity and = 70 devotion u th"s" Nu"fi
cpu-. nur fellow o"untrN men. "h" 'h"n i",E.l
rssr. n ,," * >"mr,r ~ soa,s. Who docs
not take ~ and pride iu ~" ' niof aud
when tire YEAR. ago Ne once more, had u
face a foreign en"n'. Tn" heart OF r'"rl
true American thrilled with pride q ."
veterans who had fought an "a" '"uI'Iefa{e
s%n,dGt@ ,S once .,5 %o rr . Gtgsse sI,a t RSr former @S.r
foo. and leading 20 victory under tho famous
old har tho sou- both " tho-e who had worn
the blue and 81 those vho had worn ~" gray,
But there urs other wav- IN which YOU
have taught the Lesson 81, brotherhood IN
dustdsI lie ~ TODAY there are many tend
en,ia- Tor good. sud thor. AZ. also many
tandencie- for evil Chief among nc latter
l. thu way in which IN great industrial '"h-
tr-s m. segregation 81 INTEREST invites q
aggregation Of sympathi~- IN our Ola
American life. and ~ the country District
Obtain. there Wa aud = "" such sharp ana
rigid d-marcation between different stoul.
NN HNNHEfIA NN Ak~N VIZ" - .
M. present d1v not oniy hay" the poor"
many feeling q common. eut Nhat =, anu.
s,sS.,T kSTe ",6.." feeling in common In The
cites the divergence Of real i~ni"te-t- l. moth
ing like ~ great a. = ~C"tnuo"iN euppn~"d
bat n does exist. and ab"V. MI they" -
a tendency To forget 81 iEnor" IN" 'nthuIuhliN
Of interest There :. Comp"t'li,'N h,,'-
popuintion - crowded that ~ r. imrrssihl"
isr the average man 20 ret into touch Wt'hHuy
81 ~ fellow "titS"n~ save lh"'r m IA. w
.-.H..t. IEHN. rW.FHL In commemorative there
,~rd- tn grow up q feeling 81 e-trangeineni
between different grour,. ~ iuIfrtlHlh--~
sion, M ~. common t. al of Us
In the civil War. merchant and clerk, manu-.
fao'ur-r and mechanic tatm-t "nI hmeh
man. capitalist aud waE" worker. citv man
and Cpuutryman. Iastsruer aud N"-trrn"r,
went INTO The army together. t.cel 70, anl
came forfitude AID frl' ~. came dlsin'et-
e-ted thrill of triumph Whcnih victory came"
In our modern lti" there are 1hly,A lev occt,
nations where Ttsk has to I've feared, and
there AZ" many occupations Whcr" no exhaust
inc lahnr has To- he faced and - ih"te aIeplen'v
81 - Who can he benefited nv \ httle actual
"Sperienc" with tho rough Sld" "i ihlhE>
u va- y good thing a N"tv good th,nS
,g naIs st.s' ms'I o, n .nGJrt. iiooii
together. and all on an exact Level The
average man Who fought IN our ar,nlr-
during The Civl war could have
STAYED In civil NE When he end came
be-. Iole reNard va" 10 s".i ,Gac We heed b n.or,
~ NNFNN " ~ VIII wv NhN
rent aSuud.r wa ono" moremad. hole Nom
inF was more noteworthy Than ~. marvellous
wav In which. once tho war wa- ended IN" st"hi
Armies which had fought ~ y" n 'riunlnhnn'
conclu sion dishand~d and w"t" in-' tntlr
lost IN the current ~ our C%iVtlli" me soldier
turned A. oncp w. tho task 81 earning NJ own
livelihood Hlt he carried Win MN MONO
fie~ OF l~ncstimablc b"ueNf 20 hinl~"l'. and y"
bc4ueathed to us that come after MN 70"
priceless heritage 10 hi- "Nnurl" In IN"
breasts of N. men vho saN Npp"tnallnN
there was TO room for the growth 81 IN"
salous. greedy. sullcu envy which MAX" -
anarchy. which hss bred N" rcd commune
sy had gone down Co the root 81 things
and knew how to Judge and vain" earh man
hi neighbor. whether that ueishh"r was
rich or poor neither rnvyiuE nm hT'Al~" "I
his wealth nor d~spt~tng MN h'Fan~e OF
HE poverty
The lesson taught by the great war could
only h. imperfecilv tauEht nv any l'~srf war
Nevertheless not . little g"od has. l"'h u,hf
oven bN such struggle - ih7i Nli'h chdru
~ In -utius indeprnd"nv~ q" 'uh" 'he "
giving To- tho philiupln"- 4 if""duiu u" Nhi'h
th.N could never have attained had Ne Ter
mitted them 10 fHli into auhrth' "t hh'"f =
tyranny II was o. pleasant ih'nH y" see w"
way IN which men caW" totNHrd lrnir 'NrlN
valk ~ life. from ~Nerv -ect"h ~ we 'Nuh
try. - soon a. the cull g. arm "''nii"h.
Tn. need was mall ard "a.lN mo anu ~
one ~ n hundred - the srd"n' Young l'l
lows who pns~..d forward g. "u'"l '' athlN
lad = shaut. tu 800 any f. r'|'' NhNls,'l,