The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-28

4, the spirit that you showed. we neeu, ~,
| and complex problems OF your industrial
| civilization, all the courage ana ioyaity
and all the faith and clear-sighted SANITY
and purpose which there are AT our CUM
Above all. we need TO learn Alright, and
To apply the great lesson on protherhVSpa ~
which you taught and pracdiced IN the
four grim years that began with sumter
and ended with Appomattox In the s 9sa
simple America Of our foreIatners..tne
America which still for our good fortune
exists In country districts. there was
comparative freedom from certain Dan
gers to which the country as whoie Is
now necessarily exposed.
The growth OF great cities and OF In
dlvidual and corporate fortunes-the ten
dency I'm great cities 10 divide men into
groups and classes-naturally diminishes
the realization OF that essential under
lying brotherhood. which ought 10 be deep
In the heart Of every American. rich or
poor, and whatever the form of the re-
llgious creed in which he worships his
Maker
Standing on the threshold of the 10th
century and looking into the mists OF
the future, we see dark problemso looming
up before US. for the successful settle
nient of which we shall need all our
courage, all our kindness, all our sane
common sense.
EACH FOR ALL.
We can solve these problems Alright
only II we keep constantly in mind that
each must work for all and all for each;
that while there cannot with safety be
any destruction OF the power OF individ-
ual Initiative yet that each individual
must have implanted in his being the
sense OF the common interest OF all In
the common good OF all. In other words
we need TO feel In our being the sense
OF brotherhood.
Well was exactly this sense OF brother
hood which all OF you showed very
short experience Of campaigning and OF
lighting taught you to prize your COM
rades for their courage. their resolution,
their fertility in shift and device dur
ing the time of need, for the qualities or
heart which mad them loyal and faith
full TO their friends as well as terrible TO
their foes.
WOULD HE STAY PUT.
During the years OF your service In the
army you cared nothing as to the wealth
or social position OF the man on your
right hand or on your left. What you
wanted TO know was whether he would
| stay put" In time OF stress. and whether
| his metal would ring true in the supreme
l hour Of danger.
Well. that IL exactly what we want TO
| know I'm civil life II behooves US TO real
/ ICES what is essential and what IL nom
| essential TO the worth Of any man.
| We cannot afford In this country and
| under our government to permit condi-
| tions which will decide men along other
| lines. We Americans must strive onward
| In the same spirit. unless We are false
| to the ideals which have made our coun-
| try what IL Is.
we have just brought TO a conclusion a
| war in the Far East. a war which sprang
| up as a sequel to our short struggle with
L ~. tah Haa 1.,na tfo
| work so well in the Philippine islands,
| has had task which was small indeed
/ compared with yours. but which never
| theless was fraught with hardship and
difficulty peculiarly Its own. The men
| who after three years of painful. harass-
/ ing, Incredibly laborious warfare In the
| tropical Jungles against a treacherous and
savage foe have finally brought peace and
| order and civil government In the Phil
ippines are your sons, your successors.
They claim their share In your glory
by inheritance. and by their valor and
their steadfast endurance have added new
lustre 20 that glory.
CRUELTY MALIGNED.
They have been cruelty maiigned. even
by some who should have known better.
In an army. In the best army and es-
| pecialy In an army doing Its work under
such well nigh intolerable conditions as
| those which confronted our troops In the
| Philippines. there are bound to be In
stances OF occasional wrong doing
The temptation 10 retaliate for the
| fearful cruelties OF a savage foe is very
} | great, and now and then IL has been
, yielded to- There have been a few. and
! only few, such instances In the Philip
pines. and punishment has been metec
out with unhinchng justice to the often
ders.
} But the real marvel Is that under such
I conditions there should have been 80 lit
{ tie wrong doing As time goes by and
! we get our sense OF the proper proportion
: OF things. these Instances will be for
gotten. but there will remain for all tim,
J new pages In the honor roll OF our history
> because Of what has been done for th'
> nation in the Philippines.
RIGHT TO DEMAND.
Z Our officers and men on the march ant
z I'm battle showed themselves not un
l worthy OF you. the men 90 the great war
, They have added 10 the memories o
: which Americans are proud, and by thei
! labor they have brought the peaceful
light OF civilization into one OF the world
dark places We feel that we have a r1gh
20 demand the support OF all good citi
, Yens for the army In the Philippines be
: cause of what 10 has done; and we asl
! II also for the civil officers OF the govern
{ ment. who. with faithful toll and wisdom
] are building structure OF orderly lib
{ crty on the ground made ready for then
: by the soldierly courage OF the troop
: wearing the American uniform.
$ President Roosevelt's train left for Con
9 cord at o'clock.