The Washington times., 1902-09-10

tion in Tennessee, and among those VIII,
gathered to greet me was an old fel
low who had worn the gray. He sal,
I was one of Wheeler's boys l said
so was l. tLaughter.l
1T is a good thing for an American
President TO have the chance to trave
through the different sections of tn,
country. because it is mighty goot
thing for any American to meet hi!
fellow Americans of different parts o
the country, in order that he may real
ize how trivial are the points of rtn-
| likeness, and how essential are the
points OF likeness.
"a good American is good American
and don't care a snap of my finger
whether he comes from the North OF
the South, or the East or the West
If he is straight and decent man
am for him, and if he isn't, l am not
oh, my friends. the lesson of brother
hood, the lesson that is taught by such
a greeting as l am receiving at this
moment, the lesson that is taugh.
wherever you see valiant and true mer
who wore the blue meet valiant and
true men who wore the gray, and strike
hands with them-that lesson applies
through all our national life, and it ap
plies just as much in forming judg-
ment between class and class as be-
tween section and section.
Must Work Together.
eve never can succeed in making this
country what it can and shall be made
until we work together, not primarily
as Northerners or Southerners. Eastern
ers or Westerners, not primarily as en-
ploye or employed, townsmen or coun-
trymen, capitalists or wage earners-but
primarily as American citizens. to whom
the right of brotherly friendship and
comradeshp with all other decent
American citizens comes as the first
and greatest of privileges.
IF = man isn't decent, then the abler
he is the more dangerous he is to the
conn. unity. In the Revolutionary war
one of the best and most brilliant SOL
diers during the early years OF the con-
test was the man who has left his name
as a byword of infamy to the nations
for all time-the man who fought with
distinguished gallantry in Canada, the
man who led all the American forces in
the great decisive battle at Saratoga,
and left leg on the field of victory.
That man. with all of his courage. all
his daring. all his superb military
genius. turned-because the. root of
Righteousness was not in him-sought to
betray his comrades for money, and left
the n9me of Benedict Arnold as hiss
ing foreyermore.
The People the Government.
Gentlemen, / did not come here to
preach to you, though you may think
did. l came here merely to give utter
ance to the beliefs that you and have
deep down in our hearts. We get in The
habit OF speaking OF the Government as
if it were something apart from us.
Now, the Government is us-we are the
you and land the Govern
ment is going to DO well or i'll accord
ingly as we with sanity. with resolution,
with broaG charity, and sound common
sense make up our minds that the al
fairs of the Government shall be man
aged.
mo man can take the burden of gov
ernment off the shoulders of a people
fitted for government. No man can
make It easy for any people to govern
themselves They have got to deter
mine for themselves what the Govern
ment shall be, and in the long run the
Government will represent their wishes
their wishes for good or their wishes
for evil"