The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
Continued from First Pare.)

the soldiership Of Grant. and the loyal
valor of those who upheld the arms OF
one and followed the sword OF the other
which made permanent the work OF
Washington, Of Marshall. and their COM
peers.
1T would have profted little TO US or
10 mankind at large If the experiment OF
Tree government by the people and fol-
the people had been founded upon this
continent only TO go down IN bloody
wreck on the question OF slavery. You
saved the Union and you freed the slave
and thereby freed the slaves master
from the worst of all thr2Idoms-
Things Higher Than Material Triumph
You did US the service Of struggling
in a cause and FOR a reward in no way
based upon aught that was merely ma
teriaL We pride ourselves and prop
erIy SO. upon our great industrial ca
pacfty. our great industrial SUCCESS. We
need such success and such capacity tc
make broad and stable the foundations
OF our national well-being. vet there a (
things higher than any possible materig
triumph
We Tus1 in the great trial OF the Civi.
war and came through the fiery furnace
unscathed- We sprang level to the
height OF our opportunity. instead Of
sinking into the gulf OF !gnoble failure
because in the early COS yoC AID those
like you in the flower of youth sad early
manhood had in you the stuff that knows
hCw 10 Prize certain ideals more than
material we'll being. more than life it.
self
People OF Great and Generous Soul.
There was no money reward for
what you did. There was hardly one OF
you Who did not, during those four
years. receive far less than he could
have earned in safety at home, but you
we're driven TO your work by the lash
% your own hearts. Yen were spurred
onward by the lift which only comes to
q people CT great and generous soul
You felt instinctiveIy that there
were causes f4r greater than anything
that had to do merely with wealth OF
bodily we'll being. You were willing t
wager all Tor the prize Of death 10
righteous war.
We are now in a time Of abundant
peace and not in time Of war, but woe
to Us II IN peace we do not have IDEALS
as lofty as yours, and II We do not
live up TO them as you lived up 10
your; in the dark days Of defeat and
in the gol9en glory Of the hour Of tr.-
umph-
Determined to Do Exact Justice.
'Couraga and loyalty, the stern de-
termination TO do exact justice, the high
purpose to struggle for the right and
the common sense TO struggle for it
in practical fashion. All these qualities
we must show in our civil and social
and bushes life as you showed them
in the days when IN your youth and Iusts
strength you marched forth, an army
with banners and brought back the
peace that comes, not to the weakling
ard the craven. but to those whose
proud eyes tell of triumph lasted.
"Amocg the greatest Of the benefits OF
what you did was the fact that you have
also left US the right OF hearty and loyal
comradeship with your gallant oppo-
nents, who in fighting for what they
conscientiously deemed to be right, yet
fought against the stars In their courses
All Are Loyal Americans Now.
We are all loyal Americans now
North. South. East, and West-aI alike
Jealous OF the nations honor and wei
fare. proud OF the nations past and
resolute that her future shall stand even
higher than her past. The iron times
have passed and there is not need al
the moment for Us to show the quail
ties which steeled your souls TO endur-
ance. your hearts 70 labor unto death
But there IS a great need that We should
show. if not in degree. 81 least in kind
the spirit that you showed. We need
in order successfully 20 face the diff
cult and complex problems OF cur in
dussriaf civilization all the courage and
the loyalty and all the faith an clear
sighted sanity and purpose, which there
are AT our command.
Great Lessons Of Brotherhood.
Above all. we need TO learn Alright
and to apply the great lesson Of broth
erhood which you taught and p-acticed
in the four grim years that began with
Sumter and ended with Appomattox.
IN the old simple America Of our
forefathers, the America which still for
OFT good fortune exists in most country
districts. there was comparative free
dom from certain dangers TO which the
country as q whole Is now necessarily
exposed. The growth Of great cities
and Of Individual and corporate fortunes