The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-29
EACH MUST WORK FOR ALL
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! being finally served through the galIantry
| OF the Governors staff. who turned in and
| acted as walters.
| The Presidents speech AT the park. where
the veterans wsre gathered. was most IA
| vorably received. As in the case of Bangor
he admonished his hearers TO remain still
| and not to shove. He said:
| Great Deeds vitality Needed
live proportion Of tn nss must realize tnat to tS,
| men who fought for the Union in the dark ds j:
rstad than to any otnes sat we're aD s6s
! oesis YOU did aad vital the need II aoin; them
! botn by wnat You accomplished in the war and
vS v! 'fs ,-e way IN which "htn Ln@ war was over
Suu turnta to tne work OF peace win tne same
spiLl Which mad led you 70 triumph Cl the tent
| To you alone it was given to face with vic
torious NalNr the one crisis in which merely
| at stake.
To you it was given to solve the one problem
| All OF the work Of the men who founded this
| Republic would have gone for nothing had You
| not doEe your pant well Il would have p-of:t@d
ment OF free government by the people ana fo-
| the people had been founded upor TINS CONT
nent only to go down in bloody wreck the
sns You ,; saved the Union and freed the slave
wors; OF all thralldoms.
Driven by the Lash of Hearts
There was no money reward for what you did
, There was hardly one Of you who did not. during
driven to your work by the lash OF your own
erous soul You felt instinctiveIy tnat there We5e
merely with wealth or bodily velIbeing You
We're willing to wager all for the prize Of death
We are now in a time Of abundance of peace
time OF peace We DO not have Ideals as lofty
as yours and If We do not live up them as
you lived up to yours in the dark days OF defeat
COmradeskip With Gallant Opponents
fact that ' you 6ae also Is "hft m y1q Ts , Sd Tss, @
hearty and Loyal comradeship with your gallant
siientiousiy deemed 'tas 70 be right fought sgai1st
The stars in their courses
besides what you actually did besides, the re
united country. the undivided nation which We
aso the lesson az Of Re ans OF tb deed
There is a great need now that We should show
You showed We need in m oFeq Ke to one sdcessfuy
face the difficult and complex problems OF our
atty and all the faith and clear-sighted sanity
and purpose which there are at our command.
the great lesson ot brotherhood which you taught
Wh Sumter and an % nded wh aa In
the old simple America of our forefathers-the
in country distrlcts-there was comparative free
dom from from certain dangers TO which the country
SenSe of Brotherhood Diminished.
The growth Of great cities and of Individual and
corporate fortuhes-the tendency in great cities
dmnishes the realization Of that essential under
living brotherhood which ought to be deep in the
Locking into the mists Of the future we see
dark problems looming up. before We can
constantly in mind that each must work for ali
e Rf m m e 1 be9E the In e5a os OF 8fed TO
We have just brought to conclusion a war
sequel to our @ short struggle it( with Spain The
army which has done its work 50 well in the
small. indeed, compared with yours. but which;
nevertheless. was frauFht with hardship and
:, The men who; after three years Of painful;
tropical jungles against treacherous and savage
foe have finally brought peace and orGer and
sons your successors. They claim a share in
your glory by ,t inheritance and by their valor
.o. They have sd;J SssP ss5nslly maspsa even by
army gn the best army, and especially in an
toierabie conditions, as those which confronted
our troops in the Pniippines there are bound
" Tempfstion pi IN of1Hi to FAKE "'TSes Tengeance.
The temptation to retaliate for the fearful
and then Il It has been yeded I o reTe hsTe s BEEN
a few. and only few. such instances in the
s e he asa Ssde
But the real marvel is that under such condi-
doing. As time goes by and we get our sense
Stances VIII be PG forsotten but there will Tean
for all time new pages on the honor roll of our
nation In the Philippines.
Our officers and men the march and in bat
men of the great war. They have added to the
by their labor they have brongSt the Peaceful
light OF civilization into one lie worlds dark
We feel that we have /. to demand the
support Of all good citizens for, he army in the
we ask it also for the civil ofcers Of the Cow @
'ernment; who: with faithful toll and wisdom.
the ground made ready for them by the solde-ly
courage Of the troops wearing the American
great crush occurred at Concord as the
train was pulling out and for a time it was
feared people would be hurt The President
said:
Easy Thing Not Worth Doing.
In this life. as rule. the job that is easy to do
is not very well werth doing o,, ,,,, l., IT.. ,,,.
and think what i is that he is proud of-what
sons and daughters.
memory OF hts success. OF his triumphant the
triumph and the success could only come through
effort.
Who are the heroes Of this nation? Who are
the two men that you think of once? Washing
ton and Lincoln And why? Did either lead a
life OF ease2
Because each one Of them all his days worked
for himself and worked for others; because
faced death on a Of stricken fields. and
met IT at the hands OF an assassin for the
cOuntrys sake.
They the men whom America delights to
honGr-they and those like them. There has
never yet been in our history who led
life OF ease whose name is worth remembering.
Now. understand me Take holidays. / believe
in holidays / believe in play, and l believe in
playing hard while You play. but don't make
business of it. Do your work, and do 1t up TO
the handle. and then play when you have got
time to play. and, IL you are worth anything en-
for hat