New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-09


ties of a man. Applause) Now. / said to you
that 10 s go Rsre IN ne1 obc
ali of u.s. an object lesson in good American citi-
the exercise to the same degree OF the qualities
Of which have spoken Your profession is one 81
life greater part from the standpoint of character
with the growth of civilization with the growth Of
luxury a certain tendency to softening OF the
get in consequence Of their disuse the rugged
virtues which inspire life at the back Of Inanhooa,
fession Of the railroad men of the country nave
II to'i is good thing that there should be large
body of our acknowledgements there should be
a3 display those old old qualities Of courage.
daring. resolution, unflinchne WILLINGNESS to meet
velop the softer genter virtues 10 an ever incTeas
Steiner virtues that make men tApplause9
BENEFITS OF RAILRoADING.
feel that the profession of railroading is fine
anti-scorbutic-that IL does away with the tenden-
ey m @ nee n rs NOT e fG IN v other
capacity a railroad long if to speak technically
You are going find it cut and be is going TO be
painfully conscious of II Very soon II is me
qualities in evidence before in the fewcrk OF n
we can succeed permanently only upon the basis OF
ST nding shoulder to shoulder. working in assoca,
yet remembering that we need each 50 10 shape
things, that ZACH man can develop TO best adSan-
In your 9rsanizauonl you accomplish mn Si p =
because of the men who to make mp that broth
erhood. If you had exactly the OrganiZat ton, eX-
nor Ie YOU viii ear5ntne that from time to
nine months who prove that they do not have the
men. (Applause) You have got to have the stuff
in YOU and if you nave got the stuff you can MAKE
cut of it a much finer man by means Of the as
Of which TO make it
HIGHER AVERAGE OF CITIZENSHIP.
need a good fundamental law of The type that we
.au the constitution but back OF il all lies the need
The need for higher average Of individual citizen
snip Ppaqse That We have got Ia to NAYS i6fe the
Spanish war a lot os national guards were
atneu NJ The cToes,iouv rather recent nv com
parison. 1t always irritates me TO see any of our
each man have the best weapon. hut if the man is
is. he will be beaten by good man with a cruz o.
daughter and applauseD / want the best type OF
weapon, but l want the man behind the gun TAP
It is SO in our civic life in citizenship, want
want to see good framework under wise laws of
admirable constitution. whenever the need comes,
FeGeT o amend men iRt cappIause) But reembeTng
the importance of all that oh my my friends 1 ga' to
sort the problem of good citizenship is the prob
That is the Fundamental problem All the organ,
cations in the world, the best development Of the
VI
good engineer good fireman and the best law
the best constitution will work only IL If we have
more than intellect and stands far above lnteiect
as caraeter that is composed Of three
elements. of honesty, of courage and OF haro coii
sense.
GLORY OF THE BATTLEFIELDS-
And now let me say word. speaking not merely
our eitzes So Governor McNin Nj Mayor: fail
how any American can come TO Challahio"sa
hood the battleields here in this State and Just
the border in my mothers state OF Georgia
come here and see evidences of the mighty deeds
who wore the CRAY fail to see how any
can come here and look upon these evidences ah f
country, nrouder because of the valor dlspiayed
on both sides in the contest TIE Falor. tne SCI
devotion. the loyalty to the right as each side Sa"
the right (Applausel
the e chckamanga battieaed by some young
of Northern Georgia, On the cane Were engraved
federate generals One Of those Union generals
General Boynton applause Under one of the
Confederate generals; General Wheeler, mysei,
served (AppiauseD In my regiment there served
under me in the ranks son OF General Hood who
cofnmanded at tunes the SonIeaeTats army dSai t
the opportunity Of promoting to first rank, and to
the field was Micah jenkins of South Carolina, the
H of co ds |h9 }oebt at 9 hc Ti
manga. Two of my captains, and by strange
Santiago-one was Allyn Capron. the fifth in
line who from father to son had served IN tn, the
sa in g Ear il wheh 9pT hfs 9 sd
fought under Meagher when on the day at Fred
ericksburg. his brigade LEFT more under the
had in my regiment men from the North and
South men from the a a5 a and Mast o fathers
had fought under Lee: college graduates capital,
fs sons a ~ 6 the ag nan owed cd eaeh
bread to the days toll had Catholic Protestant
Jew and Gentle. Among my captains were men
whose forefathers had been among the first wnite
men 10 settle on MASSACHUSETTS Bay. ana on IN, me
banks of the James and others whose Par tn
come from Germany from ireland from sss ,ana
ing else, and each stood on his worth as a
TO be judged by II and to succeed or ~! IN
giant death wrestles that reeed over the noun,
tains round about this city the ns fn at IN WHICH
we handled ourselves there hoPS, MaI s in the
big war and the spirit in which we have got 70
face our duties citizens If we are TO make 'ilis
YESTERDAY in passing over the Chickamauga bat
tsiasa bI estaeFT to he non Os and
soldiers from Kentucky who fell on that e united
in life and they united in DEATH let one monument
perpetuate their deeds and one people 0l
brance the glories of that terrible conflict when
na made al as free aqd and aePsuse long
ued9 That is good sentiment: MAJ And n oh nv
friends what does that sentiment have as its un-
DERIVING spirit? The spirit of brotherhood 'NheeiS
firmly believe in copntrymsn and theT eTSee
believe that the chief thing necessary III oi Su
that they shall work together Is that tIey aaIi
know another; that the Northerner shaII h.iom
the Southerner and the man of one occupbtipoi
know the man of another occupation, the man WHO
works in walk of life known the man WI
works In another walk of life. so that we may @
lie that the things that divide us are supeTIcll
unimportant and that are ana mus eyer o. oe.
knit together into one indisSolubie mass ps Jul
American manhood. CHEERS and appiause)
SHOOK HANDS WITH SMALL CROWD.
Athens, Tenn. Sent. s-President Roosevelt
arrived here al 3:15 D. M, and after brief
SION the Presidential train cnntinued on TO