The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

! ing the French Intervention and which
/ was communicated to them by that man
! OF iron by whom Mexico. like the Jews
under Moses. was guided as Dy a pillar Of
I fire during our dark passage through the
desert, that man whose name was Benito
Juartz, he who incarneted the fatheTlsnd,
for at least in his day there was "a father
land 20 inCarnate. Santa Anna was the
! incarnation Of our past strife, of the con-
! fused and inCoherent condition Of our
ideas as 10 the course We ought 10 pursue,
Just when the bonds that had united US
TO Spain were unio0sed We were as vet
mere children. we did not even understand
our own character We stumbled along
i'm "a haphazard sort Of way and our his
! tory was series of anarchy. mistake.
and lack Of foresight Underneath every
| Sedan there is a Napoleonic debauch and
beneath our defeats law our chronic state
Of political. financial, and social disorder.
At present all this has changed. The
country has entered. resoluteIy and firmly,
on the path Of progress and order"
The orator concluded with an eloquent
description Of the solid position now at
tanned by Mexico.
After a salyo Of musketry by the cadets
n poem rocited by A. G. CarrascO and an
other musical selection. Cadet Pedro R
Zayala occupied the roetrUm, saying in
part:
''I will not stihe the latent sob in my
speech with the sonCrous articles Of
rhythm 1 will not try to disguise my
torpidity or bashfulness with the snowy
ornaments OF rhetoric 1 will not seek to
elaborate my phrases as the Iapidary pol
iShes the facets Of the diamond. No. gen
tlemen, my words will reach your ears
just as they spring from my heart-slm-
pie. ingenious and sincere. Afterward
they Will mingle with the solemn dirgc
formed by the muffied drum, with the
groans Of our country, who. like a striclI-
en- mother weeps and refuses to be com
forted with the hymns Of the poet. breath
ing. with sadness. consolation, like the
melancholy notes of a bird which in the
gathering twilight, fills the listener with
dreamy emotions Of hope and rehabilita-
tion.
20. radiant day Of epic memories, From
the far North, as from the tabled cave of
the winds. came that cyclone which swept
over the land, with thunder for its voice,
with lightning for its scCurge and with
the bolt Of JOve for its flame bearing and
terrible dart
Then came the first Of that cruel series
Of battles. indecisive or lost; then were
captured those sacred banners which
form the glory Of the museums of Wash
ington; then were lost TO us those heavy
cannon, which now, like dead Titans. lie
in the spacious courtyards Of West Point;
then were inflicted those wounds that stiu
glOrify the breasts Of our Oldest and most
revered soldiers.
And here II was the last stand was
sustained. that the latest offerings were
made on the altar Of the fatherland. Here
heroism and sacrifice reached their high
est pitch Here persisted the youthful he
TOeS. here they met their end, tragic and
sublime, biting hard like the dying lion
70 the last, here they sank to earth in
the pure regions Of air and sunlight. like
the condor dying in defence OF its eyre
on the summit OF the Andes
old Sol, adOred by the primitive races
Of Anahuac, witnessed from his seat IN
the lmplacable heavens, the eagles Of the
north soaring through the azure fields OF
our sky, while the eagles hOming in this
valley beat themselves to death on the
rocky and inylOlate peaks OF the sierra
without hatred, without rancOr. let US
turn our gaze TO the past. which teaches
us that IN order that the sacred tree of
liberty may thrive and flourish IL must be
Watered with the blood Of heroes and
martyrs
Calm, self-possessed. and firm. let Us
await the future with the profound con-
VlcIOn that no violent CatastrOpne can
ever again shake the foundations Of our
country greatness, resting for a fOunda-
ton on the broad shoulders Of Cuauhtc-
moe and with the noble figure Of Juarez
GROWING its inaccessible summit"
AT the conclusion Of the official pro
Eramme the President proceeded 10 de-
post a wreath at the foot Of the mOnu-
m mt 70 the cadets Of AZ, and, at the same
tMe, the military students fired another
salN, and the cannon doomed their parting
hcnors 10 the President OF the Republic
as ne returned 70 the castle.-Mexican