The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-31
THE PRESIDENT
MAKES ADDRESS
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nence. Among the holidays which com
memorate the turning points III Anleii-
can history, Thanksgiving mas SSH ,.,.
ficance peculiarly its own. vi ouiS ~.
we celebrate the birth OF the nation, o'l
this day. the 30th of May, we CA. ~
mind the deaths Of those who dleo ina.
tho nation might live, who wagered all
that life holds dear for the great prlle
of death in battle, who poured out ther
blood like water in order that the mighty
national structure raised by the 1ar,See-
ing patriotism of Washington fraiihii'i,
Marshall. Hamilton and the other great
leaders Of the Revolution. great trainers
of the Constitution. should NOT crunioie
into meaningless ruins
LYNCHINGS.
From time to time there occur in our
country. to the deep and lasting shame
oe orr neon1e. Iynchinss carried on under
circumstances Of inhuman cruelty anu
harbaritv-a cruelty infinitely worse thali
ony that has ever been committed by
our troops in the Philippines; worse ~
the victims and far more erutaiz'hs ~
those guilty of it. The men VINO ldil
to condemn these lynchings' anu IS.
clamor about what has been done IN
e &c phi,innines. are indeed guilty OF ne
erlootine the beam in their own eye
s,,,ua 7,untinr their brother about the
"illl0 t1uIieiAeo
mote in his.
TO BRING FREEDOM = +ha
orr soldiers conquer; and what IS the
object for which they conquer! - Tsa
tablsh a military govsrnm oar;ne 10 toe enact
70 W fhe government Of the Philippines are
to increase the power ana oo!ii.. a.. ~
civil at the expense OF the lnintaiS S;ffinTIt
than In the past the chance OF oppresslo oa
R,t our armies do more than bring peace,
do more than bring order. Ihey orlhs
freedom. a;fficn,t art of
se1f-soyernment, an art which our peo-
pie have taught themselves py the a laood
of thousand years, cahhG inst pe e6Sereing
from conditions of life which our ances-
tors left behind them in the dim years
before history dawned. we neneVe tI Iha
Philippine islands not only how to =, en-
low but how to make good use OF their
freedom: and with their growing knoWl-
edge their growth IN sel-soVeiiiiiieii'
Nor, while fully acknoWledglng our
duties to others, need we forget our uu. S
to our own country. The racing sea sea.
board is as much to US as the Atlanti &C.
as we grow in power and prosperity SO
our interests will grow in that farth hes
west which is the immemorial east. ne
ed ite to the shores of Asia. The might Of our
people already looms large against the
World-horizon; and it will loom ever
larger as the years 20 hx b No an
our people in the Pacific; interests which
are important to all our people. but which
are of most Importance to those OF our our
thriving States on the western slope of
our continent.
This should no more be party ques,,
ton than the war for the Union should
have been a party question. At this mo-
ment the man in highest office in the
Philippine Islands is the vice-governor,
General Luke Wright. Of Tennessee, who
calamity wore the gray in the Civil War
and who is now working hand In hand
with the head Of our army in the Phil
ippnes, Adna Chaffee: who in the Civil
War gallantly wore the blue. They are
doing a great work for civlliza ton, a
great work for the honor and the inter
est of this nation, and above all, for the
ippine Islands. All honor to them; and
shame, thrice shame, to us IL we fail to
Ap'.o CHEERS FOR PEsIDENT.
The applause accorded the President
as he concluded was long and contin-
uous, and as he took his seat some one
in the crowd cried out, Three cheers for
our brave President whereupon a
mighty shout went up from the threats
of the thousands who had crowded into
every available space to hear him.
General Ell Terrence. commander in
chief of the G. A. r.. followed the Pres
ident with a few remarks and then the
services were brought to close with the
playing of america by the band, the
choir and assembly joining, and bene-
diction by Henry S. Stevens, department
chaplain
Immediately after the memorial ex-
ercses at the Amphitheatre. the monu-
ment erected to the memory OF Colonel
Edgar OConnor, of the Second Wisconsin
Regiment was unveiled in the presence of
a number of his comrades. The address
of the occasion was delivered BY Repre-
sentative John J. jenkins, of Wisconsin.
At Soldiers Home, at battle-ground
Cemetery, near the site OF Old Fort
Stevens, at ST. Elizabeth's and at other
cemeteries appropriate services were
heu Secretary Shaw delivered the ora
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