The times., 1901-06-15

1T is the flag of John Paul Jones and
| Farragut. Under IT soldiers ana sailors
have done their duty, and freedom and
humanity have advanced. Beneath It
Iawtou and Lawrence fell, and the pa
triot's cry, Don't give up the shipr' ap-
peals still to all
1T is the flag Of Washington and ali
the suffering OF valley Forge and sigui-
hcs independence-why should we not
revere it, II is the flag of Jackson at
New Orleans, and won the freedom of the
seas-why should we not follow it? 1t Is
the flag of Taylor at Buena Vista and
opened the Golden Gate of California for
tidings of liberty to the mystic and teem-
ing EaSt-Shall We not bear il On2 1t is
the flag of Grant at Ficksburg and Apo
mattoX, when ShaCkles were torn from
millions Of slaves and j stronger nation
ality was welded in the furnace of war,
and liberty and union, now and forever
one ana inScparable, received new mean
ing the flag was spread over Lincoln's
martyred form-Shall we not keep that
spirit in it? 1t is the flag of San Juan
Hill and Manila Bay, when mans inhu-
manity TO man did its quietus take"
After a selection by the Marine Band
Frank w. Hackett, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, was introduced, and made a
brief speech, in which he made reference
TO the fact that the first time the Amer
lean flag ever received q salute from a
foreign vessel was when John Paul Jones,
In In. sailed alongside the French fleet
with the Stars and Stripes nailed to the
masthead of the Ranger. This flag, he
American commander by the ladies OF
Portsmouth, n. IL, who cut up their silk
gowns to make it. In conclusion, he urged
that a monument be erected in Washing
ton to the memory of John Paul Jones.
MIR. HaclIett was followed by ex-Secre-
tary Hilary A Herbert, who said. in part:
Il speak for myself, Mr.. President,
only because l represented, in 1867, and
represent here now, the Confederate sol
der 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 his past,
heart and soul with the Unionl And our
country, generation ago in the throes
of the deadliest of civil wars, now a union
OF states and people more perfect and
complete than at any period since the
adoption of the Constitution
What il Is that hath wrought these
wonders? FeudS where passion dOmi-
mates reason are eternal; but the Amer
lean people are not only the freeSt-they
are, as a people, the best educated and
therefore the broadest-mindcd and most
magnanimous In the world. Reason some
times drops the helm while passion blows
a gale; but she is always prompt to re-
sumo her sway when the storm is over.
''One step toward rehabilitation was the
magnanimity of General Grant to his fall
len foes at AppomattOX. Another was his
chivalrous demand that the parole of Lee
should be inviolate. He threatened to re-
sign his commission If Lee should be
prosecuted for treason. Another was the
broad acknowledgment by President
Cleveland, In 1885. OF the trustwOrthinesS
show in Office that the war was over.
Stll other and concluding steps were the
appointment of eX-ConfeGerate and eX-
Union soldiers, and of their sons alike,
into our army and navy by President
Mckinley, during and after our war with
Spain.
But, Mr.. President, the initial steps to-
ward reunion were taken by the soldiers
Of the North and South, when from 1861 to
lG5 they were fighting out the quarrel the
politicians had made. Often was the cry
heard on both sides in the thick of battle,
For God s sake don't shoot that mani
Capture him-he is too brave to be killed
When the battle was raging every step
taken under fire by BuiOn or Confederate
tc remove a wounded foe from the zone
of danger was step toward the unity
OF this Republic. When the battle was
over we ministered on each side to the
wounded of the enemy, as we did to our
own, and this is not forgotten. We buried
their dead beside ours, and this is not for
gotten.
so. when armies had been disbanded
the soldiers on both sides were ready
for peace-ready for it long before pol
iticians would give their consent.
These soldiers made friends with
they met. whether incidentally or
in social life, in business, in the halls OF
Congress, or in Government Qlaces-the
American soldier and the American sailor.
Britain, have beer the prime factors in
reuniting our country after bloody civil
war, under the flag whose birthday we
celebrate this evening"
In responding to an enthusiastic encore
or The Star Spangied Banner, Mrs. L.
G. Noyes was presented with a magnih-
cent cluster of American Beauty roses,
caught together with ribbons Of the ma
tional colOrs.
Simon Wolf delivered the concluding
address of the evening. He spoke of the
significance the flag bears for those born
in foreign lands, and have found beneath
its starry folds d home. No flag, he said,
typihes the spirit Of liberty as does ours.
1t means unity and assimilation, for here
have come men and women TO find that
which in their own land is denied them.
II stands also for religious liberty.
The school children concluded the pro-
gEamme by the singing Of Columbia, the
Gem Of the Ocean" Then Dr.. ID. J. Stat
ford, of ST. Patrick's Church, pronounced
the benediction.
To the work Of Barry Bulkley. Secretary
Of the Business Mems Association, Is
largely due the success Of the programme
J. Barton Key and Prof. T E. Tracy, di-
rector of music in the public schools
trained the school children for the eXer-
cises. Among others besides the speakers
who occupied seats on the stage were
John Joy Edison. Charles J. Bell Judge
don, V. Baldwin Johnson, Gen. r. @.
Smith. II. w. Samson, Gen. George d.
Ruggles, w. S. Knox, Col. NJ. Emmet
CrcH, the Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin. DR.. ].
bradford nd Col William, Rprfrar