Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-30

can say with certainty is that it would
be put back an unreasonable distance II
we should yield to the counselS of unmanIy
weakness and turn loose the ISLANDS, to
see our victorious foes butcher with re-
voting cruelty our betrayed friends, ana
shed the blood Of the most humane, the
most enlightened, the most peaceful, the
wisest and the best of their own number
for these are the classes who have already
learned to welcome our rule.
Duty to Our Country.
Nor while fully acknowledging our du-
ties to others. need We forget our duty to
our own country. The Pacific seaboard is
as much to US as the Atlantic; as we grow
in power and prosperity so our interests
will grow in that farthest west which is
the immemorial .east. The shadow of our
destiny has already reached to the shores
of Asia. The might of our people already
looms large against the world-horizon; ana
1T VIII loom ever larger as The years go
by. No statesman has right to neglect
the interests of our people in the Pacific;
interests which are important to all our
people. but which are OF most Importance
to those of our people who have built pop
ulOus and thriving states on the western
slope of our continent.
This should no more be a party question
than the war for the Union should have
been a party question. At this moment the
man in highest Office In the Philippine Is
lands Is the vice governor, General Luke
Wright of Tennessee, who gallantly wore
the gray in the CiYn war and who is now
working hand in hand with the head of our
army in the Philippines. Adna Chaffee, who
In the civil CALAMITY wore the blue
Those two. and the men under them, from
the north and from the south, in civil life
and In military life as teachers, as admin
istratorS, as soldiers are iabOrlng nightly
for Us who live at home. Here and there
black sheep are to be found among them;
but taken as whole they represent as high
"A standard of DuDlIc This country
has ever seen. They are doing great
work for Civilizat ton. a great work for the
honor and the interest of this nation. and,
above all. for the welfare of the inhabitants
of the Philippine Islands. All honor to
them. and shame, thrice shame, to us if We
fai t. uphold their hands!
Ii was some time before the applause that
followed the Presidents words subsidized.
Prof. Jasper Dean McFall sang The Holy
city.
Gen. Torrence's Remarks.
Gen. Ell Terrence. commander-in-chiefo of
the Grand Army of the Republic, was &C
corded an ovation when he was introduced
to the assemblage. He said, in part:
This is the soldiers coronation day" he
began. "a day when all men speak his
praise; when elOquence and song attain
their widest compass and Hottest strain,
and fragrance of the patriots memory
reaches the skies. This ever increasing
manifestation of the nations love for her
soldier for his sacrifices and sufferings. 1t
makes his wounds honorable, the graves of
his comrades sacred and their memory i'm
mortal
Who is the American SOLDIER he asked.
He is an elector of the republic, a sover
eign citizen. He comes from the homes of
the people at the first call of duty, voiun-
teer In his coUntry's cause and the defender
Of her flag in the hour of peril.
He is first a citizen, then a soldier and
then soldier citizen. but first and last and
always patriot; better soldier for having
been a citizen, and still better citizen for
having been a soldier.
He has given validity to declarations of
independence and made emancipation proc
ldu.atibuS possible. Brave and patriotic
men have first written them with ink but
the soldier has rewritten and given them
force and effect with his Efe's blood
To-day, my comrades, our vision is
Distracted Our eyes have again caught
the futter of the old flags as they led the
toilsome. painful and costly road to vic
tory.
Proud are We he concluded, "of the
yalOr and manhood of those who fought
against US and for the mutual respect and
affection which bind together all the survi-
vors of that great struggle. AS Gods over
ruling hand has directed the affairs of this
nation from the beginning to the present
hour. may He continue to bless our beloved
land. May America eyermore be His fav-
Ored jewel and long be bright with free
dom's holy light. May the memory of her
patriot dead be forever loving, cherished in
the hearts of all the people. and may the
flag of Washington and Lincoln of Vicks-
burg and Appomattox of Manila bay and
Santiago harbor float in the skies of
heaven forever
The band. choir and assemblage Joined in
singing America" Chaplain Stevens pro-
n1unced the benediction. and the memorial
services at Arlington were at end.