Evening star., 1902-02-22

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| proposition to rename the war of 1861 1865.
and his firm belief that no command of
| continental soldiers ever re-enlisted for
service in the face of the enemy without
| delays wl1ica harassed the commander
1n-ehief almost beyond endurance.
| Result Of Seandalous Attack.
The city now contained representatives
| OF two organizations which reflected the
| spirit of American womanhood. began
4 Gen Grovernor. A delegation Of one of
| these organizations which desired to in
struct Congress on the application of free
government to its feminine population had
| become greatly alarmed over certain re-
ports which had come from the Philip
pines.
| To that delegation he would say. briefly:
| Never believe anything you may read;
then consider carefully whether there is a
| grain of truth in the whole story.
/ Their alarm Gen. Grosvenor said.
| was the result of a shameful and scan
| dalous attack on the manhood and decency
| OF the American soldier. which permeated
every town and village In America. and
which If successful would damn Ameri-
| can chivalry in every portion Of creation.
| The American people are not bad or
criminal. exclaimed the speaker. with an
| emphatic sweep of both arms. "They are
not carrying rapine and fire into the Phil
ippines. The statements to which those la
| dies refer false. We are here to cele-
brate the fame Of the first great American
| soldier. and the reputation he left behind
| him. without single stain, has been up
| held in the Philippines by an American
| army of wonderful size and pronounced
| Christian character.
States Two Propositions.
| With that preface Gen. Grosvenor stated
| the two principles which he meant to eluci-
| date. During an idle week one summer he
had gone deeply into Washington's atti-
| tude toward third term, and had con-
| cluded that personal considerations. not
| consideration of conscience or principle,
| had moved Washington to decline to con-
| slider a third term. Gen GroSvenOr con-
| tinued that he had expressed that opinion
| publically. adding that If any man since
Washington's time had deserved a third
term 1T was William Mckinley but that
he appreciated, doubt Mr.. Mckinley
had also. that no man would ever be
chosen to serve three terms President
OF this country.
| The speaker was opposed to a third term
as 1t was opposed by general sentiment
throughout the entire country. But it was
manifest to the student of history that in
Washngton's day no inherent objection
was urged against it,
He found in the study of continental his
| tory great deal of solace for the modern
politician. Several of Washingtons letters
indicated that the methods of latter day
| politics were well known in that day. He
had written Massachusetts,. for example
| that Patrick Henry's voice would defeat the
proposed constitution unless Massachusetts
| threw her influence Immediately on the
side of it's adoption.
There was solace. also. in a comparison
of the patriotism of those days with that
Of today. In revolutionary times enlist
ments were made, not for the period Of the
war. but for six months or year only. and
the speaker was aware this statement
would surprise his hearers-there was no
single instance of a re-enlstment in the
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lays. In the war of the rebellion-he under
stood an effort was being made to change
| it's name to the war between the states.
but he would oppose that change and call
the war a rebellion with his last breath,
which statement, evoked some applause and
a great deal Of kissing from all parts of
the theater-in the war of the rebellion he
had seen two regiments continue fighting
without even the formality of re-enist-
| ment and lose a vast number Of their men.
Foreign Alliances.
Washington's protest against foreign al
liances as expressed in his farewell ad-
dress had been generally misunderstood.
He was widely quoted opposing all for
eign alliances. Instead he had opposed any
thing like a permanent" foreign alliance.
At that time the President was involved
with France and sympathizers with the
French nation and his declaration against
permanent foreign alliances was intended
to offset an agitation which then prevailed
to permanently ally America and Franco.
The Presidents judgment in that instance
was more than justified by such subsequent
conduct on the part of the French that he
was called to head army formed to
fight them.
THE advice given by the great father of
his country against foreign alliances, said
General Grosvenor in conclusion was
given to coalition of weak states lily
formed into nation. That advice to sew
eral small commonwealths. humbly strug-
Cling for independence and existence, was
given by one who had little thought his
decision would become the unwritten law
of a mighty nation whose morning guns
salute the rising sun on every foot of the
soil Of the whole world
Applause for the Band.
Director Santlemann and his band then
rendered a selection from Loraine's "Sa-
lome which was greeted so heartily that
the band was forced to respond with an
encore. While the audience waited to dis
cover what the second selection should be
the bandsmen rose in their places. turned
to face the flag at the front Of the stage.
and began the inspiring strains of Hail
Columbia Instantly the theater respond
ed with handclapping, and the entire as
semblage stood. and when the hymn was
ended the applause continued for two or
three minutes
Gen. Grosvenor's address was followed by
Mr.. Bulkleys reading of Gen Henry Lees
funeral address. Its sententious sentences
and impressive periods were delivered by
Mr.. Bulkley with fine effect, and the APP
plause when he concluded was pronounced.
THE Marseillaise' and Strauss irresst-
ble waltz, THE Beautiful Blue Danube,
aroused the audience to insist a second
encore from the band. and the leader signi
fled to his men to render ''The Blue and the
Gray" 1t was the signal for almost
continuous demonstration. The selection be-
gan with Maryland, My Maryland" which
was greeted apparently by the entire audi