New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-20

US learn but which all of US do not practise
II a man is fearless. is honest. has considsra-
lion for others and is gifted with the crownlng
grace Of common sense, he IS gong 10 40 larry
well.
We. all of US, tend TO rise or fan together.
II any set Of US goes down the whole nation
Says little If any OF US raise ourselves
little then by just so much the nation. a
whole IS raised. Every man VINO does markedly
good work I'm sphere Of government by just
so much helps all of Us and elevates all of us.
n Is A great thine when we can point to amy
American who has rendered signal service in
any position IT makes all Of Us a little better
Americans. makes feel spurred on to do a
little better work citizens each in his own
sphere Of activity
General Wright stands for duty well done in
the Philippines. He stands for the qualities Of
hrmness. of strength, OF fair dealing with AL
fair play for each. according TO his capacity
and character, which must apply at home
just much. All Of us should remember that
the qualities which We are anxious TO have lie
other fellow apply We must apply ourselves.
For that reason. we owe to General Wright
double debt of gratitude Americans. as men
and women Interested in the honor of our com
mon country. We owe him debt of gratitude
for The way in which he has administered the
greatest OF the cOuntfys dependencies, Whlcn
came "a il a result OF the Spanish war. ana
furth srmore. as American citizens, we owe HIM
2 debt of gratitude for having practlsed IN a
high position those qualities of good citizenship
which each OF must practise in our several
degrees If we are to make and keep this
nation what il shall be made among the nations
Of the earth. Cheers and applause)
At the conclusion Of the Presidents remarks
the entire audience of more than 5000 people
united in singing God Be with You Till We
Meet Again
Al the dinner this evening the President was
frequently cheered in a speech in which he de-
Tended the administration. not only in its work
ia the Philippines. but also in its other lines
Of effort and achievement. He paid a grace
fuI tribute to the part which General Wright
had taken in the Philippine problem. and showed
hon. = had nerfOrr1ed IT, He said.
II is a real and great pleasure to come to
this typical city of the southern Mississippi
Valley in order to greet a typical American a
citizen Of Tennessee who deserves honor not
only from his State but from the entire country
General Luke f. Wright. We have a right to
expect high standard OF manhood from ZEN
nessee II of the first two states ere
sted west Of the Allegheny Mountains. ana II
WAS in this State that the first self governing
community Of American freemen was estah-
Iished upon waters flowing into the Gulf The
pioneers Of Tennessee were among the earliest
IN that great westward march which thrust me
nations border across the continent 10 the
Pacific and il is eminently fitting that a son OF
Tennessee should now play So prominent
part in the further movement of expansion be
Nond the Pacific. There have been Presidents
Of the United States for but ono hundred ana
thirteen years, and during sixteen of those
years TenneSseeans sat in the White House
Hardihood and daring. and iron resolution are
Of right 10 be expected among the sons OF a
State which nuTtured Andrew Jackson and
Sam Houston: which sent into the American
Navy Of the most famous fighting admirals
of all time. FaTragut.
There is another reason why cur country
should he glad that il General Wright who
rendered this service. General Wright fought
with distinguished gallantry among the gallant
men who served in the armies of the Conteder-
acy during the Civil War. We need no PROOF
OF the completeness of our reunion as A people
When the war with Spain came the sons Of the
men who the blue and the sons Of the men
who wore the gray We'd with one another in
the effort get into the ranks and face for
eign foe under the old flag that had been car
sHiad in win nh
Zachary Taylor and Andrew Jackson. 1t was
my own good fortune to serve under that fear
less fighter, old Joe Wheeler memory or
which I shall always be proud But if we
needed any proof of the unity of our interests il
would have been afforded this very year 10y Gen
eral Wright, the ex-Confederate. IN his admins
1ration as acting Governor of the Philippine
Islands. Upon him during the months Of sum-
mer rested a heavier burden Of responsibility
than upon any other public servant at that
particular time; and not the least of his titles
TO our regard is the way in which he was able
work terms of cordial good will with
the head of the army. himself "A man who had
honored the blue uniform Wright had honored
the gray.
General Wrights work has been as difficult as
il was important. The events Of the last four
years have definitely decided that whether we
wish 10 or not we must hereafter play great
part in the world. We cannot escape facing the
duties. We may shTk them If built of
poor stuff or we may take hold and do them
If fit of sires-but face them
We must whether we will not Our duty in
the Philippine Islands has simply been one of
are there and We can no more haul down our
flag and abandon the islands than could
now abandon Alaska. Whether are glad or
sorry that events forced to go there is aside
from the question; the point is that. as the in
evitab bile result of the with Spain, We found
ourselves I'm the Philippines, and that could
not leave the islands without discredit. The
islanders wholly unfit govern them
selves, and il We had left there would have
been brief period of bloody chaos, and then
some other nation would have stepped in to do
the work which we had shirked.
II cannot be too often repeated that there
Was no question that the work had 10 be done
All the question was, whether We would do it
well or III; and thanks to the choice Of men
ike Governor Wright IL has been done well.
The first and absolutely Indispensable requisite
WAS order-peace. The reign of lawess violence,
Of resistance TO legitimate authority, the reign
Of anarchy, could more be tolerated abroad
than il could he tolerated here IN our own land.
The American flag stands for orderly liberty.
ana II stands for it abroad it stands for il at
home. The task of soldiers restore
and maintain order in the islands. The army
had the task to do. and it did il well and thor
oughIy- The fullest and heartiest praise belongs
10 our soldiers who in the Philippines brought
10 a triumphant conclusion war small. indeed
compared 10 the gigantic struggle in which the
oder men whom am addressing took part in
The early sixties. but inconceivably harassng
and difficult, because IL was Waged amid the
painless jungles of great tropic islands and
against foe very elusive, very treacherous, and
often inconceivably cruel both toward our men
and toward the great numbers Of peace loving
Ffipinos who gladly welcomed our advent. The
soldiers included both regulars and VOlUnte GERS
men from Inc the oDutIl tIlt East anu
the West men from Pennsylvania and from
Tennessee, no less than men from the Rocky
Mountains and the Pacific Slope-and to all
alike We give honor, for they acted as Ameri-
soldiers should
Crueltes were committed here and there. The
fact that they We're committed under Wellnigh
intolerable provocatiOn affords for
such cruelties nor we admit justification
that they We're retaliatory in kind. Every effort
has been made TO detect and punish the wrong
doors. and the wrongdoing itself has been com
pletely stopped. But these misdeeds We're eX-
and In no x,,isa oil